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I have been driving my Z9 V6 Stick-Shift for 5 days now without visiting fuel station. This night, the fuel gauge caught my attention. The position of the indicator on the gauge was interesting, considering where it was 5 days ago when I drove out from Total fuel station. It was as if I was driving a 3-cylinder engine without touching accelerator pedal.

I set out to convert this lion to Stick-Shift (purely for spirited drives), but ended up gaining lower fuel consumption (even though I was ok with the higher fuel consumption when he had auto gearbox). Considering that my daily drive is about 80% fun drive (high rpm & hard braking), I now get to utilize the full Engine power with little fuel consumption. The world claimed "You Can't Eat Your Cake and Have It". I would tell them, "You haven't met my Z9."

The consumption has become so little like my D9 V6 Stick-Shift, even with the weight differences of both lions. The conversion transformed the lion to selfishly make me happier, beyond my expectations. My Z9 is likely the only Z9 V6 Stick-Shift (petrol) that exist and/or ever existed.

I have never given a rip to people's opinions when it comes to what I want for me. The outcome of My choice of cars, choice of powertrains & modifications I do on them have been some of the proofs that "thinking for myself" always work out for me.

Thank you Peugeot for making this wonderful vehicle that have been serving me so well (so trouble-free).

Lion King - Monk.

Update on my 505 Project:

The brand new Engine successfully assembled and swapped in, including the brand new Gearbox and brand new rear Differential I purchased for the project, among other parts. The major Electrical part of the conversion done too, while other parts of the conversion await for me to complete, soon.

As for the naysayers, envy ones and haters, continue to beat that drum as I continue to focus and manifest my desires.

Lion King - Monk.

I received a create of Guinness Foreign Extra Stout and a pack of Red Bull, from Navy Commodore .... (a client) as appreciation gifts (my 2 favourite drinks).

I really appreciate.

Lion King - Monk.

I love mine so dearly.

Lion King - Monk.

Preventative maintenance is what guarantees years of trouble-free Peugeot vehicle ownership & motoring.

Lion King - Monk.

Stepping out of your lion on a journey to buy some local stuffs and they are staring at your lion (probably wondering what a strange car).

It takes a lot of courage and discipline on life choices to choose differently from the crowd.

Lion King - Monk

No longer available.

Lion King - Monk.

OFFICIAL FUEL CONSUMPTION (504/505)

A.

504 Saloon 1.8 L Single Carburetor Engine with 4-sp Stick-shift.

- City Drive : 11.1 L/100 km (25.4 mpg).

- Highway drive - 90 kph :. 6.9 L/100 km (41 mpg).

- Highway drive - 120 kph :. 9.4 L/100 km (30 mpg).



B.

505 Saloon 2.0 L double barrel Carburetor (Solex 32-35 MIMSA) Engine with 4-sp Stick-shift.

- City Drive:. 11.4 L/100 km (24.75 mpg).

- Highway drive - 90 kph :. 7.1 L/100 km (40 mpg).

- Highway drive - 120 kph:. 9.7 L/100 km (29 mpg).


Lion King - Monk.

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Chilled & Enjoyable on Long Distance Trips.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHCFSS5w_ss


Ready & Always Responding.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYBy_SxAzu0


Lion King - Monk.

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CLEAN TOKUNBO PEUGEOT 406 AUTO FOR SALE (SILVER).

1. Vehicle:. Peugeot 406, D9, Saloon.

2. Engine:. 2.0i, EW10J4, 138PS, 190 Nm.

3. Transmission:. 4-speed Automatic Gearbox, AL4.

4. Production year:. 2001.

5. Factory Driving Position:. LHD.

6. Mileage:. 72,000 km.

This is the cleanest & newest Peugeot 406 with Automatic Transmission & EW10J4 engine I have ever come across. I have fully inspected and driven the car. The engine, transmission, suspensions and electricals still perform like new on high-speed and city drive. Minimal or no rust.

I have also verified the custom duties/papers and it's genuine.

- Price:. For any interested serious buyer, contact me to discuss the price (conditions apply if you are purchasing).

- My WhatsApp Phone Line:. +2348095721703.

- Email:. ikenna351@gmail.com

Lion King - Monk.

The Rear Sunblind


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTvqW-pEa6o


Lion King - Monk.

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Lion King - Monk.

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CLEAN NIGERIAN USED PEUGEOT 406 AUTO FOR SALE (SILVER).

This car belongs to a client of mine who have decided to let go/sell. Below are car details:

1. Vehicle :. Peugeot 406, D9 with Sunroof.

2. Engine :. 2.0i, EW10J4, 138PS, 190 Nm.

3. Transmission :. 4-speed Automatic Gearbox, AL4.

4. Production year :. 2002.

5. Location :. Abuja, Nigeria.

I have inspected and test driven the car and would recommend the car to anyone interested in owning one of the best Peugeot creation for Nigerian roads.

- Price: For any interested serious buyer, contact me to discuss price before I can connect you with the owner/seller for the rest.

My WhatsApp Phone Line:. +2348095721703.

Email: ikenna351@gmail.com

Lion King - Monk.

Peugeot 504 in Action, with 1600cc & 4-speed Stick-shift.

Covered 615 km on the journey, with no oil burn or oil shortage, on synthetic 5w-40.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzXCF1mQtIw


Lion King - Monk.

Covered 2,348 km on 70 liters.


Lion King - Monk.

C4

MY FIRST EXPERIENCE WITH CITROËN C4 PICASSO (REVIEW)

It took me awhile to articulate my thoughts and put this experience in writing (perhaps, texts). Even the pictures were not enough to remember every details. The POV video didn't help either. But after about 2 days, it started flowing.

The Red Citroën C4 PICASSO was there staring back at me, flesh and blood. It took awhile while we were both staring at each other before I took out my camera and started clicking.


THE BODY:

Obviously, it's a Van, a mini one. But PSA designs can be difficult to understand sometimes, just like the early Peugeot 3008. The body design is dated a little, considering this one is 2008 production. But you could tell, even from a distance, that this is CITROËN. The signature is written all over. The car is based or shares platform with Peugeot 307 & 3008 (1st gen), i think or it appears.


THE INTERIOR:

This is a car you spend some minutes figuring out how to drive the car, irrespective of millions of kilometers you have spent covering behind wheels since your birth. I mean, I spent about 3 minutes trying to learn how to drive the car. Not like drive the car, but drive the car with other things that comes with driving a car.

The Steering Wheel assembly has Remote, Switches & some controls that can control almost all the gadgets in the interior, including exterior & engine bay. Yet, none of them rotates with the steering wheel as it steers. Like when you are doing some donuts, you are not searching or waiting for the wheel to return, for the switches are where they are waiting for you to operate at any moment. It takes minutes to reorganize one's brain to actually drive this car, if you were meeting him for the first time. Really something to admire. Weldon Citroën!

The Electronic Instrument Panel is in the middle of dashboard (which is not news anyway). The panel is merged with Multifunction Display on this one. Probably the mono or bi- model (couldn't tell the difference). Some might argue that it could make one take eyes off the road while driving and checking the panel. But I don't keep my eyes glued on instrument panel while driving. Do you?

I mean, you would probably need to read the handbook or owner's manual to figure out how to control some functions in the car. Even the ventilation system control panels took me awhile to understand they were for that system. For those complaining 307 is too electrical, you haven't met this car.

Speaking of Electricals, I didn't ask how long the car has stayed in Nigeria, but the Electricals still work, usually an indication for PSA vehicles that have not stayed long in Nigeria. I mean there are some modern lions that I have come across and the only interior electricals that work are the ignition switch and the half dead BSI unit. At least, they need those 2 to function to be able to start and drive. How they drive is a topic for different article (maybe 2). So either this C4 owner really takes care of his/her car or the car hasn't been properly welcomed to Nigeria. However, the radiator engine cooling system fan has been bypassed or abused to spin constantly with ignition on. So, I suppose what is remaining is "properly" to complete the welcome. Hope the Electricals don't go beyond the current conditions I met him days ago. Anyway, I didn't check, but would assume the electricals would be similar to Peugeot 307 T6.

I tried to adjust the seat (driver's) but realized it could turn into a journey that would take awhile to arrive. So I let it go. But, I wasn't uncomfortable, even though the last person that drove the car adjusted it too close to the steering wheel ( I am not saying I was relaxed anyway). It's a 5-seater MPV, but I didn't actually test the rear seats comfortability. It's MPV. They should be.

There are 2 rearview Mirrors inside the car, specifically mounted only for the driver to use (big & Small). The small one can only view the rear seat occupants (parent to keep eyes on children). The bigger one can only view through the rear glass/view outside rear of the car. They positioned the mirrors such that one cannot do the work of the other. Never came across such design/feature before. Note that I am referring to the conventional external rearview Mirrors on left & right sides of every car.


SUSPENSION:

I peeped under and I didn't the conventional Hydraulic Suspensions Citroëns are known for. They look similar to that of Peugeot 307 & fist gen Peugeot 3008. They could be identical. At least, you have something to work with in your research, if you are now considering adding the car to your fleet in Nigeria.


DRIVING/PERFORMANCE:

Where i truly appreciate this car are the 2 key components of the Powertrain (Engine & Transmission). I was excited when I flipped the bonnet open and met 2.0i EW10A under. I prefer that engine to the THP150 - THP163 engines, even when I know the latter are more powerful (not by much though). I am not saying it's one of the best PSA Engines. I am saying it's far ahead of EW10J4. Of course, it's not a performance engine or was never designed to be. But when mated to right gearbox, it's goddamn fun! This car reminded me of it.

The car has 6-speed Piloted Manual Transmission (Electronic). It's actually a manual gearbox, but electronically controlled. So it offers toughness of manual gearbox and also the complexity/fragility nature of automatic transmission, all in one transmission/system. It means you get to rough use the gearbox with low maintenance cost and worry not, but has to handle to delicate electrical control of the gearbox. For if it the Electrical part fails, the gearbox becomes inoperable, no matter how new or good the Gearbox is. The clutch & gear select Electronic Actuator is usually the major weakness of this transmission (sometimes the Transmission ECU if electrically abused). So, you must not abuse the Electrical systems to enjoy that transmission.

I have driven a number of Peugeot cars with this engine mated to 5-speed manual gearbox and liked the experience. But this 6-speed manual experience made me love it. One of the tyres on the car wasn't as good as the other three, so I chose to drive the car for economy. Still, even with slight press on the accelerator, the car hit 100km/h effortlessly and quicker (thanks to the 6-speed short gear ratios). This gearbox made AL4 looked like 2-speed gearbox. If not for the wind noise, you wouldn't hear both the engine and gearbox as the speed figures increases, as gear changes (of course there is delay as gear changes since it's manual gearbox). It made me wonder why Peugeot decided not to mount this actual 6-speed manual gearbox (without the Electronic control) on manual version of Peugeot 407 with this engine, instead of the 5-speed, since this gearbox perfected the Engine efficiency in power & fuel consumption compared to the 5-speed? Someone was still not sober, I guess. Or maybe Peugeot 407 Manual version with 2.2i EW12J4 needed to sell, I supposed.

The car wasn't designed for performance (I mean the maximum top speed is 195 km/h). So, I wouldn't advise anyone to buy the car for that purpose. But men! You can have good time during the ownership on roads. With the little 143 hp & 200 N-m, the car pulls with ease, even with the about 1,600 kg load on the engine and gearbox. There is a flap buttons behind the steering wheel to manually override the automatic mode and select the gears yourself manually, if you need more action. But I didn't bother with it. I tried it few on occasions on Peugeot 508 and felt like I was playing video games on real roads and never bothered using that feature. If it's not Manual, it's not Manual.

This particular one I drove is Bi-fuel (CNG & Petrol, I guess). I honestly didn't know which of the fuel the engine was running on while I was driving and didn't care. It's probably stock or aftermarket. It works for the owner, that's what matters.


CONCLUSION:

I know the above might sound weird to Europeans & Australians reading this because you guys drive Citroëns a lot. It's still a thing over here in Nigeria. It's a car I would recommend to a family man or woman with young children. The fuel economy is good (about 6.0 L/100 km on highway), if fuel economy is a must to you (not for me). Most parts are easily accessible here, I believe (as long as you are not the type that struggle for gap with every car you come across in cities, or traffics, considering body parts accessibility in Nigeria).

All it will take to have a long blissful Motoring Ownership Experience with this Citroën C4 PICASSO in Nigeria is "Don't Abuse Him".


Lion King - Monk.

Great Memory, Great Design, Great Technology & Great Driving Experience. All captured in one click.

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Peugeot VIN data from British Columbia, Part 3:

505

Unlike the older models of Peugeot in the VIN data that I got, the 505 was introduced to the BC market after the computerized vehicle regthre was online so I can say that these are all of the 505s that were ever sold here. A few could have been private imports, but not many at all, under 5, if that.

Peugeot Canada Ltd. handed over sales to Chrysler Canada between 1983 and 1987, so the relatively few sales reflects the disinterest of that dealer network in selling Peugeots.

505 GL XN6 96 HP Automatic Sedan - 80
505 GL XN6 96 HP 5 speed Sedan - 48
505 GL XN6 96 HP Automatic SW - 2
505 GL XN6 96 HP 5 speed SW - 10

505 S XN6 96 HP 5 speed SW - 8
505 S XN6 96 HP Automatic SW - 14
505 S XD2S 80 HP Automatic Sedan - 46
505 S XD2S 80 HP Automatic SW - 9
505 S XD2S 80 HP Automatic SW - 2

505 STI XN6 96 HP Automatic Sedan - 238
505 STI XN6 96 HP 5 speed Sedan - 99
505 STI XN6 96 HP Automatic SW - 16
505 STI XD2S 80 HP 5 speed Sedan - 4
505 STI XD3T 95 HP 5 speed Sedan - 6
505 STI XD3T 95 HP Automatic Sedan - 17

505 GLS ZN3J 145 HP Automatic Sedan - 7
505 GLS ZDJL 120 HP Automatic Sedan - 1
505 GLS ZDJL 120 HP Automatic SW - 1
505 GLS ZDJL 120 HP 5 speed Sedan - 1

505 Turbo GL N9TE 160 HP 5 speed Sedan - 5
505 Turbo N9TE 160 HP Automatic Sedan - 33
505 Turbo N9TE 160 HP 5 speed Sedan - 14
505 Turbo N9TE 160 HP Automatic SW - 2
505 Turbo N9T 150 HP 5 speed Sedan - 21

505 STX ZN3J 145 HP 5 speed Sedan - 3
505 STX ZN3J 145 HP Automatic Sedan - 24

505 XD2 70 HP 4 speed Sedan - 2
505 XD2 70 HP Automatic Sedan - 5
505 XD2S 80 HP 5 speed Sedan - 23
505 (unknown) (unknown) Sedan - 233
505 XN6 96 HP Automatic Sedan - 1
505 XN6 96 HP Automatic SW - 1

The reason I can't identify some in the lower block is that they pre-date the modern 17 digit VIN syntax and I don't know Peugeot's codes for the 505 in that era. Any help with that would be gratefully received. I could use that info for the 504 as well.

- by Mike Tippett, Canada.

Lion King - Monk.

Some days ago, I was busy under the bonnet doing some maintenance repairs in this my Lion and a man walked towards me and started saying to me how sweet and fun driving Peugeot 406 can be and ended it saying they are killed by high cost of maintenance because of their unreliability and their parts keep breaking down all the time . I raised my face, opened my mouth to speak but no sound came out. I held it open for some seconds, shut it and faced back what I was doing under the bonnet. He went on again with his blabbing on the "unreliability and high cost of maintaining a 406" while I kept my face down under the bonnet without uttering a word. It was obvious he wanted me to argue with him, defend, disagree or agree with his claims. He suddenly shut it and walked away when he became uncomfortable at my silence, I supposed.

I finished what I was doing, cranked and the Lion came alive, roaring (I love the throaty loud exhaust note on mine). Took the car for a spirited drive and minutes into it, my 32 were all out. Got back home, wanted to switch off engine and changed my mind. Left the engine running, opened the door, stood by the door with my right foot on Accelerator pedal. Pressed the pedal down till rpm hit close to 7,000 and left it there, while I watched the tail of the car. No smoke of any color was seen from the car tail, as the 20 years old Engine continue to sing in it's melodious high tone.

The over 200,000 km 20 years old car with:

- Same Steering Rack.

- Same Steering Pump.

- Same front suspension wishbone.

- Same Head gaskets.

- Same Intake & Exhaust Valves.

- Same Cylinder heads.

- Same Camshafts.

- Same VTC Sprockets.

- Same Fuel Injectors.

- Same FPRs.

- Same VVT Solenoids.

- Same Cylinder Reference Sensors.

- Same CKP sensor.

- Same TPS

- Same Detonation Sensors.

- Same Pistons & Rings.

- Same Crankshaft.

- Same Conrods.

- Same Engine Bearings.

- Same Engine Oil Pump.

- Same Engine Block.

- Same Oil Pan.

- Same Complete Engine, running on lighter Synthetic Oil with no Oil consumption (infact).

- Same Wheel Hubs and Bearings.

- Same Clutches.

- Same Gearbox.

- Same Gearbox Cables.

- Same Shock Absorber Mountings.

- Same Rear Brake Discs & Calipers.

- Same Brake Master Cylinder.

- Same Brake Booster.

- Same Intake Manifolds.

- Same Exhaust Manifolds.

- Same Pre-Catalytic Converters.

- Etc .

He was right. Peugeot 406 are truly unreliable pieces of nightmares with high costs of maintenance because of constant failure of parts.

Flee for your life!

Lion King - Monk.

SHORT STORY OF THE PEUGEOT 504 Pickup GROUP B


A SUCCESSFUL CAREER IN AFRICA
The Peugeot 504 had a really successful career on the African rally tracks during the 70s. Safari Rally, Morocco Rally, Bandama (Ivory Coast) and local championships, the saloon version of the Peugeot was dominating the Africain rallies. Homologated in July 1975, le Coupe V6 version proudly carried the legacy on ! Following all of its successes, the car earned the nickname of « Queen of Africa ».
At the beginning of the 80s, it was time to replace the 504 Coupe V6, and for a new protagonist to enter the story, named Peter Hughes. He was a local former rally driver, who had been pretty successful on the Rally Safari with several Ford cars. At the time, he was the owner of Associated Vehicle Assemblers (AVA), a newly created company transforming 504 saloon cars into pickup trucks for the local market. He was then approached by Marshalls of Nairobi, the Peugeot distribution network in Kenya. They were aware of the good publicity that could represent a racing Peugeot on the African rally tracks, and this is how the former pilot got in charge of the homologation of the Peugeot 504 Group B pickup.
The new Group A category seemed to be the perfect playground for the Peugeot pickup, allowing high production tourism cars to race against each other with reduced costs. Moreover, while waiting for the manufacturers to finish the development of their new bespoke rally cars, FISA eased the homologation conditions. Any car homologated to race in Group 4, which was the case for the 504, could be transferred in Group A with a simple application, allowing private teams to create a field of cars while waiting for the manufacturers.


AN ACCIDENTAL HOMOLOGATION IN GROUP B
Unfortunately for the team, one detail of the regulation had been neglected, the minimum volume of the driving cabin. Because of its particular design for a rally car, the pickup did not fulfill this requirement and, as stipulated by the FISA, was automatically transferred into the new Group B regulation. The car was then approved for the Group B on December 1, 1982 and the 20 cars required for the homologation (which most of them never raced) have been built shortly after.
Unlike the 504 Coupe, the homologated pickup version was not fitted with the powerful but highly-fuel consuming and expensive V6, but with the 4-cylinder 1971 cm3 engine. Pilots have been reporting that race marshals were so much used to see the Coupe V6 racing for the past years, that many of them accidently wrote « Peugeot 504 Pickup » on the entry and result lists during the 1983 season. It is also important to note that the Group B-homologated version was RWD, having proved to be very performant and reliable on African endurance with the old versions of the 504.
The 504 Pickup started racing in 1983 during Kenyan Rally Championship. Luckily, the local championship was overlapping with the World Rally Championship during the Marlboro Safari Rally, and the 504 pickup would be able to compete against some other Group B cars.

Most manufacturers had still not launched their Group B cars, and the competing cars at the time were also former Group 4 cars transferred into the new regulation. The starting line-up was still very impressive, with an Opel Ascona driven by Ari Vatanen and two audi Quattro A1, including one driven by Michèle Mouton. The Peugeot pickups were competing also into the B11 category, respectively cars with engine displacement between 1.6 and 2 litres.

A SHORT CAREER IN GROUP B
Two Peugeot 504 pickups took part into the race, and then officially became the first Peugeot cars to race into the Group B category. Johnny Bellier and Basil Criticos, two local experimented rally drivers, are at the wheel. However, the cars had really low chances of finishing the race at a good position, facing opposition with much bigger engines.

The first one finished the race in eighth position, more than seven hours later than the leading quatuor, lost into a field of smaller private cars. Criticos retired from the race due to a broken gearbox. Another pilot, called Vic Preston Jr, drove the Peugeot for the rest of the national season, driving it once to the victory.

An evolution of the pickup has been homologated for the 1984 season, the biggest update being the fitting of new Weber carburetors instead of the old Solex ones. Thanks to other small evolutions, the engine was then delivering 170 hp.

The 504 pickup started becoming (a bit) successful. The French truck has still been taking part into the Kenyan Rally Championship with Johnny Rellier, and a second car is driven by another experimented local driver named David Horsey. Rellier managed to finish the 1984 Marlboro Safari Rally in 15th position, still seven hours away from the official cars, but Horsey unfortunately had to retire after a crash.

Although Johnny Rellier was only racing in Kenya, David Horsey decided to take its Peugeot out of the borders of the country. He notably entered the pickup into the Bandama Ivory Coast Rally, also overlapping with the World Rally Championship. As part of a field including only 12 competitors, he finished the race in 5th position. Thanks to this incredible result and to victories in Zimbabwe and Rwanda, he also won the 1984 African Rally Championship and, at the same time, written down the name of the atypical Peugeot 504 pickup into the rally rankings forever.

The racing career of the African version of the Lion pickup seems to have ended at the end of this race. Other Peugeot 504 pickups competed into the Dakar Rally race during the 80s, but these have no link with the cars which competed in the Group B championship. They were being built by Dangel, a French custom workshop.

Today, a few rebuilds can be found racing into some historical events in Africa and a wonderful replica has been displayed at Goodwood in 2018, making every exotic-car lover happy.

Another Peugeot 504 pickup Group B also took part into the 1984 Finnish 1000 Lakes Rally, without any visible link with the cars racing in Africa.

- by Drivetribe.com (Author)

Lion King - Monk.