Our latest purchase, a Peugeot 806 Quiksilver
So putting talk of a UK MPV owners club aside, I wanted to tell you about my latest purchase, which has taken 5 months of searching to find – a low mileage Peugeot 806 Quiksilver. Yay! The Citroen Synergie has now been sold, after serving us brilliantly for 7 years, to be replaced with, an almost identical model!
Key factors in my selection process where: start at a lower mileage than last time (bought Synergie at 91k), must be newer, better condition, comprehensive history and most importantly, CRUISE CONTROL. I do a fair amount of motorway driving over a year, and this felt like it would make a big difference to my driving.
I set some ‘Alerts’ to email me as soon as anything came up on either EBay or Autotrader. So that when the actual car appeared online on AutoTrader, I was told immediately, and went to see it in Wales pretty much the same day. It had been PX’d, and was in very nice condition. The previous owner had fitted some aftermarket alloys which I got rid of, as on a test drive of the car they totally mucked up the car’s handling.
I’ve been driving it now for a few months, and there are some small differences between this one and the Synergie before it. The main one was that the HDI power was delivered in a slightly different way on the Citroen, and I’d gotten very used to it over the last 7 years. So I’ve had the 806 remapped after looking on a lot of forums, taking the output from 110bhp to 130bhp or thereabouts, but with a it’s torques pleasantly increased.
Hi there..
I am from Malaysia, I own a 2.0 16V 2002 Model of Synergie (Evasion over here).
Please advise what brand of shock absorber should I buy for my Synergie. We do not really have much choice over here in Malaysia though.
Thanks!!
Hi, thanks for your question. You can be our Malaysian correspondent! In terms of replacing parts, am I presuming correctly that you are unable to purchase an original from Citroen? If so, what choice have you been given, and we’ll see if anyone has a preference here.
Hi again,
You are right. The original parts from Citroen are hard to come by.
Some spare parts shops are selling me a brand called RECORD. The other one was APCO or something. Anyone have used these 2 brands before?
I have also found TRW brand by online searching. Please advise which is the best choice.
Haven’t used or heard of any of these brands, but from my experience, if all 3 are different prices, buy the one that’s in the middle price bracket! Sorry that’s not more technical – & good luck.