I've always wanted a 605, but as I'm sure many of you know they're not easy things to find. So when this popped up online, I went to Cheshire from Huntingdon to pick it up before anyone else could.
It was cheap, and as you'd expect, it has issues. One of those issues are irrational hatred of coolant, a substance which it dumped over the petrol station forecourt of Tesco in Stockport after I bought it. The next day a late night workshop session shown the culprit to be a dicky expansion tank cap...The repair bill? £3.50.
For added bonus points it was towed to the workshop by an XM after the expansion tank turned into a vegetable steamer en route. It over-heated on the way, but a compression test has shown no signs of HGF...Fingers crossed.
It still loses coolant slowly, so that will need to be sorted before winter (which is approaching too fast).
It needs:
A new windscreen. Current one has a massive crack.
A damn good service.
A damn good clean.
New front discs and pads
The tracking sorted.
A new exhaust at some stage.
A respray.
Not easy when I have other cars asking for attention as winter approaches!
It's a brilliant car though. It feels like a FWD BMW and rides like a Jag. For such a big car it's very chuckable and even has hints of passive rear steer. I'd not go as far as to say it's a hoot, but it is smile inducing. It's also very relaxing on a run...A great M-way muncher.
Enjoy the pics (yes, that is my 800).
I do like the 605 and always reminds me of the 405s I've owned in the past... If they're anything as good as a 405 then they're excellent.