Thread: Peugeot 306 opinions

Be warned Craig these had a nightmare of a reputation for poor/ incorrect hood operation and stupid electrical faults. In fact, a P38a would be less problematic...

BUT, a reliable and frugal, spirited engine and quite a joy to drive. Pretty unsafe in a prang though as they stiffened the vehicle floorpan to make up for the lack of turret thereby you are not only loosing the 'safety' of a roof assembly/shape, you have a floorpan etc that doesen't deform much

I would possibly look at a 307HDi or similar they are quite a good model, and cheap too.

Astra, well make sure it has had regular servicing as these engines are disposable, and the Kia, well unless it is a few years old then give it a miss too, the early Korean offerings were again, a disposable waste.

JC

Craig, My nephew, driving a Peugeot 306 wagon had a high speed (combined 150 Km/hr+) head on with a dickhead in a Corolla driving on the wrong side of the road. Both vehicles were write offs. The Corolla was an absolute wreck including the body 'capsule', creased roof, doors jammed, dash forced up etc. The Pug on the other hand had the engine and gearbox under the vehicle and was destroyed from the windscreen forward but the body 'capsule' was intact and in one piece internally. The Corolla driver was seriously injured, my nephew walked away with seat belt rash. My poorer (but relieved) sister replaced the car with an identical one. Buy the Pug.

Deano

The pick of the 306 is the HDI model. One thing Peugeot do well is diesel engines just ask the D3 and D4 owners. Avoid autos the French hate autos and you'll likely have problems.

Something like this would be worth a look. 2001 HDi for 8K with only 135K on it. 2001 PEUGEOT 306 XT HDI N5 MY01 Sedan Cars For Sale in VIC - carsales.com.au

I used to have a Astra coupe turbo 2ltr, fantastic car, just need to get one with a full service history. Still look good theses days too the convertibles., I think they even did a turbo convertible here too.

I had a mate that had a 306 GTI6, very nice car, sporty and comfortable on a trip. Might be hard to find a good one though.

Regards,
Tote

This one looks nice!

2004 Peugeot 206 T1 MY04 GTi Blue, Very Low Kms 5sp M Hatchback | eBay

Deano

Going down to Welshpool tomorrow to have a look at a couple. Daughter likes the convertible, but we will see. Like the fact that they are reasonably priced twin air bags etc and I never thought I would say it but look good. The one we looked at today looked like it may have hood issues.
The one we are going to have a look at is a Peugeot specialist.
She really would like a wrangler but looking at at least $10k for anything decent over here and I am on a bit of a budget, she also likes the L322, but a bit above my budget. May get her to look at a P38 as in WA they can still drive a V8 on her Ps. Will be having a look around to see what she like.
She quite liked a Jaguar XJS we looked at today for $10k a bit rough but I would think pretty safe any thoughts on these also looked at a few BMWs.

The Kia is an older Sportage automatic and for $3k may Be worthwhile as it would be her first car and disposable.

Originally Posted by justinc

Be warned Craig these had a nightmare of a reputation for poor/ incorrect hood operation and stupid electrical faults. In fact, a P38a would be less problematic...

BUT, a reliable and frugal, spirited engine and quite a joy to drive. Pretty unsafe in a prang though as they stiffened the vehicle floorpan to make up for the lack of turret thereby you are not only loosing the 'safety' of a roof assembly/shape, you have a floorpan etc that doesen't deform much

I would possibly look at a 307HDi or similar they are quite a good model, and cheap too.

Astra, well make sure it has had regular servicing as these engines are disposable, and the Kia, well unless it is a few years old then give it a miss too, the early Korean offerings were again, a disposable waste.

JC