Hamish
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Registered: 4th Apr 05
Location: Ashtead, Surrey Drives: 100bhp Mint with Hole
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This is my latest train of thought. Buy a sub 1k diesel 306 and use it as a runaround and try and save some money.
Now i know that with car this cheap there will be problems with it. Are there any big issues with these cars that people can shed light on?
It will have over 100k on it, but providing the cambelt is done i cant see that beeing an issue.
I know that a couple of people on here have had them a one point or another
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will_ainsworth
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Registered: 8th Jun 07
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why not just get a total shed for 400. then if it does end up tits up scrap it for metal and get a hundred odd quid... and it might last longer than you thought it might...
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l15ter
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Registered: 1st Feb 08
Location: Berkshire
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if your spending 1k on a 306 then expect it to done under the 100k
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Hamish
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quote:
Originally posted by will_ainsworth
why not just get a total shed for 400. then if it does end up tits up scrap it for metal and get a hundred odd quid... and it might last longer than you thought it might...
because then i have lost £300  I i dont want a total shed.
If i can pick one up for under 1k then i wouldnt say no. and it has to be reliable as it will be an everyday driver
[Edited on 24-08-2008 by Hamish]
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l15ter
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you want a reliable french car...does that ever happen lol?
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Liam
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Registered: 19th Jan 06
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Watch out for electrics, major common fault. If it doesn't work, unless you can repair it yourself I wouldn't bother. Alternator tensioner can seize, also a common problem on these engines, if you can, buy a HDi supposedly better engines, you might be able to find 1 for sub 1k.
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l15ter
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if you can save your money, my mate paid £1400 for his s reg 48000k 1.4 merdian
but as liam said watch out for electrics, air bag light, simple fault, but the labour on it would add up £££ remote central locking aint the best lol, and gearbox, 49500 miles his gearbox needed replacing
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Hamish
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quote:
Originally posted by l15ter
if you can save your money, my mate paid £1400 for his s reg 48000k 1.4 merdian
Why would i want to do that. Its more of a intitial outlay and will do less mpg
Cheers Liam  Do you know what insurance group the Hdi's are because idealy i dont want it to be more than 6
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Corsa_Sport21
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Registered: 13th Apr 08
Location: Leven, Fife. Drives : 205 GTi
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Try and pick up a phase1 dturbo for pennys.Great workhorses and will go forever if looked after.
I had 1 for more than a year.Came with no service history,no proof of timing belt change.Ran it for a year without any problems and sold it on and its still going strong.
Had it running a safe 1.3 bar boost and it used to go like fuk.Insurance group 5.
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Liam
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Registered: 19th Jan 06
Location: Stafford
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I think they are a 6 from memory, the TD is a 5 for definate, i had 1 as my 1st car with 0 NCB and it was £1200 to insure, which i don't think is to bad :/
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James_DT
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Registered: 9th Apr 04
Location: Cambridgeshire
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Get an old 1.9 DT if you want cheap motoring.
Under £1k to buy, still do over 40mpg, and there's pretty much fuck all electronically to go wrong with it.
I had mine 4.5 years, and nothing ever went wrong with it. The other half now has it, and it's still going strong.
Gearboxes aren't that bad, the airbag light is a common but VERY easily fixed problem (can do it yourself in about 10 minutes).
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STEvieXE
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Registered: 21st Jan 03
Location: Ballymena N.I.
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make sure the heater works, number one thing imo
electrics (all of them esp door)
fan works
check axle
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Dom H
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Registered: 14th Jun 06
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I had one and it fell to peices, worst peice of crap I've ever had. Every day a new problem arised. They're built like shit to be honest.
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Hamish
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Registered: 4th Apr 05
Location: Ashtead, Surrey Drives: 100bhp Mint with Hole
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would you care to enlighten me what problems you had?
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STEvieXE
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Registered: 21st Jan 03
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the man speaks the truth, everything is pretty wank on them, go on 306 forums on the help zones etc and ull see for yourself
they are
cheap to buy
cheap to insure
easy to run
cheap to buy parts for
so they tick alot of boxs for runners but they are a heap
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nova_gteuk
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Registered: 15th May 02
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Quite a few of my mates have had them and the only problems they ever had is the electic window motors.
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col
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Registered: 1st May 08
Location: cumbria
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hdi with a remap
electric are the common fault as i found out when my central locking fucked then my back windows then my front windows 
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bubble
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Registered: 24th Jan 04
Location: Darwin, NT Australia.
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my hdi cost me £1200 on a v. alloys, air con sports seats rain sensitive wipers. will do 650 miles to a tank, been a really good car.
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mattk
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Registered: 27th Feb 06
Location: St. Helens
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Id get a 1.7 mk3 astra
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