Another thing that may be worth noting is that the C3 is about£300 peryearcheaper to insure than my 206.
Also, does anyone have recommendations for good, honest garagesg in Warrington?
That does not surprise me as the 206 is very much a young persons car where the C3, well, isn't!. I recently found out through a conversation with my nephew (just turned 17) that he can insure a Skoda Fabia VRS (1.9 turbo diesel, 130bhp) for considerably less than a Fiesta 1.4 (petrol, 80bhp). Apparently because the Fabia is considered a 'family car'?!. So if you do decide to change motor, might be worth getting a quote for a Fabia, not neccessarily a VRS(!), but a 1.4 petrol should fit your needs.
However, as most others have advised, if the repairs to your current car can be done without costing a huge amount, that would definately be the best route for the reasons i said earlier. Buying a car at that price point really is a lottery, unless you are buying it from someone you know has looked after it, not abused it, and has owned it for some time.
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Thanks for that tip! When I upgrade in a few years ilI keep it in mind. I'm definitely going to get the 206 fixed, I've had a surprsinglsy cheap quote, I imagine it could go up a bit when the work is done but hopefully it won't be too bad.
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In view of all the interest in the thread, it would be good if OM could update us when he's had the work done so we can know the cost.
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I'm not sure if advertising is allowed but I know a good self-employed Peugeot mechanic and Peugeot owner in Stockton Heath. He's retired so does jobs for beer money. You'll find him on the Peugeot forums, or motoring around in an old 205 or 306!
Edited by Gibbo_Wirral on 21/11/2018 at 12:34
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Thanks for the tip but I dropped it off at another place yesterday. I'll keep him in mind if anything goes wrong in the future. Could you PM me his details?
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I'm not sure if advertising is allowed but I know a good self-employed Peugeot mechanic and Peugeot owner in Stockton Heath. He's retired so does jobs for beer money. You'll find him on the Peugeot forums, or motoring around in an old 205 or 306!
Gibbo - please copy the details to me also, as S-H is only a few miles from here, and he might like to work on my 205 as well. He may even be driving my old 306 ....
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His name is John Brander, he lives by the canal in Stockton Heath. He's owned Peugeots even longer than me and loves working on them, the older the better. You'll find him on peugeotforums.com
If you want someone more commercial, there's a guy who runs a garage in Ellesmere Port. He used to race Peugeots many years ago and also has a soft spot for them and can do any Peugeot job (especially 306s) faster than anyone else. He's in Ponds Yard on the Rossfield Industrial Estate.
Edited by Gibbo_Wirral on 22/11/2018 at 12:30
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“especially 306s”
Now there was a great Peugeot. I loved these both to drive and to sell. Rarely went wrong believe it or not and were a joy to drive.
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“especially 306s” - now there was a great Peugeot. I loved these both to drive and to sell. Rarely went wrong believe it or not and were a joy to drive.
My daughters and I between us have owned about fifteen 205s over the years (there is still one in my garage) and followed them with four 306s - three diesels and a cabrio. The 306 was clearly a grown-up 205, but what used to amuse me was that underneath it looked almost identical, just slightly bigger. All fun to drive. Unfortunately the 206 lost the plot somehow, but the 207 seemed to recover some of it.
Edited by Andrew-T on 22/11/2018 at 14:46
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I ran a 306 HDi for a while - the only diesel car I've had. Though it felt (and was) a heavy car, it returned over 50 mpg consistently, no matter how it was driven, it seemed. The handling felt solid, as if the car was glued to the road.
Very reliable. I had the windscreen wiper motor replaced (well-known problem with self-parking) and the indicator stick (another well-known problem). That's it. I had it from around 30,000 to around 120,000 miles. Sailed through the MOT every year. Same clutch, same exhaust. Six new tyres and two front disks in that time, if I remember correctly. Got through a couple of batteries, though.
I was sorry to see it go.
Edited by FP on 22/11/2018 at 14:51
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Every time I get tired of a modern car, I always go back to the 306 for a while. Still good cars, simple and cheap to maintain.
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Every time I get tired of a modern car, I always go back to the 306 for a while. Still good cars, simple and cheap to maintain.
Last one I had was a late model W plate 1.4 LX I paid £500 for from a neighbour who was emigrating. It needed a clutch which I had my wee garage do for £240 all in. I liked it that much I kept it and ran about in it and sold the Mazda 6 I had at the time. Ran it for a year without a single issue and flogged it to a friend for £750 who then ran it for another year without a hitch before someone ran into the back of it in traffic on the M77 and wrote it off. Great wee cars, really fluid handling with plenty of communication from the steering. Hard work if you bought one without PAS though.
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Every time I get tired of a modern car, I always go back to the 306 for a while. Still good cars, simple and cheap to maintain.
Yes, I always liked mine. They are disappearing from the roads now, almost as vanished as the 205. The 306 launch had a great welcome from the press. Odd that it has not become a 'classic' in the way the re-emerging 205 GTi has - maybe its day will come if there are still some good ones hidden away in barns.
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“Odd that it has not become a 'classic' in the way the re-emerging 205 GTi has - maybe its day will come if there are still some good ones hidden away in barns.”
Try buying a decent GTi-6, D turbo or XSi. If they’re good they’re selling for strong money now and only going upwards. I had a hankering for one and went shopping a while back but everything I could find had been messed with by the boy racer idiots and ruined. A nice unmolested one was a bit too rich for a toy.
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The 306 launch had a great welcome from the press. Odd that it has not become a 'classic' in the way the re-emerging 205 GTi has - maybe its day will come if there are still some good ones hidden away in barns.
Not that odd, the 205 was around a good 10 years before the 306, and as SLO says, trying to find one of the more sought after versions is not easy. As well as the GTi-6, D turbo and XSi, there was also the Rallye, but all are like hens teeth.
If you look at the MK1 Golf, particularly the GTI, because of their scarcity, it was not long before the MK2 prices were being dragged up. And as they get more expensive, the next in line is the MK3, whose prices are also creeping higher, especially the GTI16V and VR6.
The 306 will have its day, assuming there are enough good ones left. Currently the dearest one on Autotrader is a D turbo (deposit paid) at £4300. On Ebay there is an ongoing auction for a GTi-6 in what is described as good condition, but with the laquer peeling in places. Be interesting to find out what it makes when the auction ends in 4 days, but current bid is £1700.
Edited by badbusdriver on 23/11/2018 at 15:32
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<< The 306 will have its day, assuming there are enough good ones left. >>
At its peak there were about 400K registered 306s, in 2002. Just now there seem to be about 19,000 still registered, 4 times more than 205s. But Car&Classic has 87 205s for sale (mostly GTi's or CTi's) but only eight 306s: four of those are soft-tops, two GTi's, and one car is in Italy, another in Malta. The two models show very different market characteristics. The 306 just isn't old-fashioned enough yet.
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Just had a look at this and the major fails, what are wheel fixings if not the wheel nuts. two missing? Better off off the road and the driver going around like this
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Apparently it will cost £235, though that included a new MOT and some petrol. It's higher than the original price quoted over the phone, £120. But I'm guessing it's pretty standard for work to cost more than expected?
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Apparently it will cost £235, though that included a new MOT and some petrol. It's higher than the original price quoted over the phone, £120. But I'm guessing it's pretty standard for work to cost more than expected?
In my experience it is not at all unusual to have a quote rise quite a bit once you have the final bill. One of the things which will no doubt catch out the unwary is VAT. If you are not aware of it, and (again, this is from my own experience) the garage does not mention "that will be plus VAT" at the time of the quote, then all of a sudden that is an extra 20% right there. So that £120 becomes £144, then your MOT, probably £50-60, plus the petrol(?), plus a couple of other bits and bobs.......!.
But at the end of the day, that is still potentially much cheaper than buying another cheap car and finding a multitude of problems after you've had it a few months.
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