Soldato
Well you may remember a thread regarding a runaround and also a thread relating to the Pioneer DEH-P4800MP headunit.
Well, I bought a new car and have just got around to getting some nice pictures taken and just uploaded them tonight.
Firstly the car...
Well I thought about it long and hard, weighed up all the ideas of Fiesta, Clio, 106 but for around a £1000 - £1500 you don't get much in the way of *decent* cars, there mostly battered junk not worth bothering with it and you'll spend more time repairing them.
Anyway, I decide I liked the Peugeot 306, yes I've had one before and it caused me nothing but bother but when it did work, it worked well.
Now I didn't want the old shape, I wanted the Phase II which is a more modern shape, so the search began. I looked at a (R plate) 306 D Turbo, in Metallic Gold but that had blue neon washer jets, the remote didn't work, the brakes didn't brake, one tyre was nearly bald, it had Phase III alloys, the glovebox was held in with bluetack, the radio didn't turn on either. Priced for the sum of £1795!
The search carried on, when I spotted a 1998 (R plate) Peugeot 306 LX in Diablo Red. It was only the straightline diesel but thought its worth a look and afterall it doesn't need to be particularly quick, its just for getting me from A to B and will be good economy. So went and had a look...remote - worked, sunroof - worked, electric, heated mirrors - worked, basically everything worked. 4 next to new tyres, fair enough not alloys but the trims are quite nice. 91,000 miles on the clock, cambelt changed and full service history, cracking car. Lovely interior aswell, no tears or rips just nice clean seats. HPI clear and 10 months MOT. Took it for a test drive, drove lovely, no knocks or bangs and suprisingly was quite nippy for lacking the turbo!
Was priced @ £1500, managed to haggle and got it for £1250, there was nothing to haggle over, the car worked.
Needless to say, here it is....
BeatMaster
Well, I bought a new car and have just got around to getting some nice pictures taken and just uploaded them tonight.
Firstly the car...
Well I thought about it long and hard, weighed up all the ideas of Fiesta, Clio, 106 but for around a £1000 - £1500 you don't get much in the way of *decent* cars, there mostly battered junk not worth bothering with it and you'll spend more time repairing them.
Anyway, I decide I liked the Peugeot 306, yes I've had one before and it caused me nothing but bother but when it did work, it worked well.
Now I didn't want the old shape, I wanted the Phase II which is a more modern shape, so the search began. I looked at a (R plate) 306 D Turbo, in Metallic Gold but that had blue neon washer jets, the remote didn't work, the brakes didn't brake, one tyre was nearly bald, it had Phase III alloys, the glovebox was held in with bluetack, the radio didn't turn on either. Priced for the sum of £1795!
The search carried on, when I spotted a 1998 (R plate) Peugeot 306 LX in Diablo Red. It was only the straightline diesel but thought its worth a look and afterall it doesn't need to be particularly quick, its just for getting me from A to B and will be good economy. So went and had a look...remote - worked, sunroof - worked, electric, heated mirrors - worked, basically everything worked. 4 next to new tyres, fair enough not alloys but the trims are quite nice. 91,000 miles on the clock, cambelt changed and full service history, cracking car. Lovely interior aswell, no tears or rips just nice clean seats. HPI clear and 10 months MOT. Took it for a test drive, drove lovely, no knocks or bangs and suprisingly was quite nippy for lacking the turbo!
Was priced @ £1500, managed to haggle and got it for £1250, there was nothing to haggle over, the car worked.
Needless to say, here it is....
BeatMaster