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For Sale: Peugeot 407 Coupe 3.0 GT Manual

Posted: Sun Aug 03, 2014 7:51 pm
by David Hallworth
Well, the time has come to part with my 2007 407 Coupe after 11 months of ownership. This car hasn't put a foot wrong and has been totally reliable in the time I've had it and has been nothing but a pleasure to own and drive, however, it's done just over 4000 miles since I've had it and now the Activa has a V6 manual in it I find myself using that more then the 407 now and I don't want it to sit about as it's not going to do it any good :)

This 407 Coupe is a little special in a few ways really... It's a 3.0 Petrol which makes it quite a rare car, rarer still is the fact that it's a 6 speed manual, not the usual Automatic, and what makes it a bit more special is it's one of the last of the V6 Petrols made :)

The car is black with black leather and being the GT spec it has everything. Fully electric heated black leather bucket seats, full colour sat nav with the jukebox, CD changer in the boot, iPod connection in the glovebox and a single slot CD in the dashboard for ease. It has only covered 27k miles since it left the factory and it still drives like a new car.

It also has digital air conditioning, cruise control with speed limiter, Bi-Xenon Directional headlights, rain sensing wipers, built in telephone and trip computer. This car still has it's tyre pressure monitoring system in full working order as well, it's not been turned off like most of them have at this age. In September last year I fitted 4 new Pirelli Scorpion tyres to it (the same tyres it had when it left the factory), and I had the tracking checked and adjusted on it as it was slightly out.

The only thing that I've had to do to it in the last 12 months was fit two new wiring looms inside the rear light clusters as it kept throwing up bulb failure warnings despite the bulbs actually working without fault. The beeping from this got annoying so I sorted them out, apparently this is a common fault on all 407's. One problem that is specific to the 407 Coupe, and a common one at that is the front windows delaminate. This is due to moisture getting between the double glazing. These windows retail at over £600 each from Peugeot. This car has had two BRAND NEW front windows fitted to it to get rid of delimitation that was present when I bought it. It's also had a full service using only Genuine Peugeot parts. I also have both keys for the car.

I am the 2nd owner of the car from new, the first being an elderly gentleman in Northern Ireland. Unfortunately he passed away and his family were unable to find the service history for the car when I bought it. I did telephone the supplying dealer in Northern Ireland who confirmed that the car had been serviced as required by the manufacturers standards. I have purchased a handbook for the car.

It is being MOT'd on Saturday morning and will be for sale with a full 12 month MOT. It passed it's last MOT without even an advisory and when I did my pre MOT checks on it earlier today I cannot find anything that should stop it doing the same this year.

There are a couple of marks on two of the alloy wheels but I am including two unmarked alloy wheels with the car.

There are a couple of marks on the car, there is a stone chip on the front of the bonnet which has dented it, there's also a little dent in the roof at the front offside corner. Neither of these stand out and unless you're looking for them aren't really noticeable. There's also a slight graze on the front nearside of the bumper :roll: Although the car isn't immaculate, it's not far from it. It drives and smells like a new car inside and I'm sure will please anybody who buys it. It's a car I would quite happily jump in and drive to the south of France tomorrow :)

The car has just had new front brake pads fitted to it as they jammed in the caliper and started to bind. The front discs still have loads of life left in them yet and the rears look like new still :)

When I went down to my cousins in Manchester with the cruise control set to a steady 70mpg the car was returning 34.8mpg, for the size of car it is and all of the toys that it's got fitted it's not bad on fuel at all. Will and Steve have both been in this car in the last couple of weeks so am sure they can share their thoughts on it.

Here's a few pictures from when I got the car: (Please note the registration has been changed to a UK style plate and is now on an 07 plate).

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I'll post some fresh ones on Tuesday afternoon as I'll have the car back from being detailed by then.

Asking price for the car is £3,995 or nearest offer.

Thanks for looking :)

David.

Re: For Sale: Peugeot 407 Coupe 3.0 GT Manual

Posted: Sun Aug 03, 2014 8:02 pm
by MTXM
That does look like a very clean car with a full and honest description given David and good luck with the sale! With regards, Matthew T.

Re: For Sale: Peugeot 407 Coupe 3.0 GT Manual

Posted: Sun Aug 03, 2014 8:31 pm
by David Hallworth
Thanks Matthew. I must say I'm really not sure I want it to go as I'm very fond of it but it's just not getting used enough.

David.

Re: For Sale: Peugeot 407 Coupe 3.0 GT Manual

Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2014 9:45 pm
by ragger
That looks wonderful, David.

As I was reading the description, I played guess the price and estimated quite a bit over the reveal. To my mind, that is excellent value for money - if you can find someone who wants one, and in the current climate that seems to be the main problem when selling big engined petrols.

Having just purchased Jim's Xm, I'm not on a position to buy anything else but that is a lovely looking car! :mrgreen:

GLWTS!

Re: For Sale: Peugeot 407 Coupe 3.0 GT Manual

Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2014 10:56 pm
by russ92xmsed
Very nice car David. Best of luck with the sale. That's a lot of car for the money........ Still needs it's rear bumper restyled though!!! :lol: :twisted:

Re: For Sale: Peugeot 407 Coupe 3.0 GT Manual

Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2014 8:10 pm
by David Hallworth
Well the 407 went in for it's pre sale spruce up at the local detailer this morning. It looks great and as stupid as this sounds, it looks blacker now! After seeing the results outside and inside I really don't know if I want to sell it. However, Cheryl has told me that I need to finish doing my house up.

Apparently if I can come up with the readies to do that, I can keep the car, however, if a buyer comes up with the readies first then it's got to go :cry:

The results speak for themselves :) I didn't get a chance to get some decent pictures of it as the sun faded and the rain started.

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Re: For Sale: Peugeot 407 Coupe 3.0 GT Manual

Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2014 8:48 pm
by Dean
Hi David

Next time we chat remind me to show you how to sell a car without any chance of actualy selling the car :lol:
Looks stunning though, good luck with the sale / keep!

D

Re: For Sale: Peugeot 407 Coupe 3.0 GT Manual

Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2014 9:04 pm
by David Hallworth
I think I've had the Dean school of not selling a car before...

Advertise it for £15k in the back of cross stitch monthly!? :lol:

Ha ha!

David.

Re: For Sale: Peugeot 407 Coupe 3.0 GT Manual

Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2014 9:19 pm
by Dean
Well that just proves ive got a rubbish memory and your a cr@p student David :lol:

D

Re: For Sale: Peugeot 407 Coupe 3.0 GT Manual

Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2014 9:54 pm
by David Hallworth
:lol: