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[TW]Fox said:
I hate having to stare at something ugly, so for me at least, a nice interior is important. The way it feels is nice, as well. So I wont pick a car where I dont like the look and feel of the interior.

And I don't subscribe to this claptrap about 'I drive the car i dont see the interior' - unless you have a serious case of tunnel vision and a huge windscreen, you see the interior when you drive, you touch it whenever you operate the controls, you see it every time you glance around, etc etc. You sit in it - you wouldn't watch TV in a grubby box room becuase 'I look at the TV not the wall', its the same principle. A nice environment makes driving more pleasurable.
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Of course I SEE the interior (the rest of which is very nice imo may I add) but I don't CARE about it being a "dated". It's not high on my list of priorities at all. It does it's job great and don't even think it looks that bad imo. (The silver in ph3's may help). I'm pretty sure I've read a review of the Xsara saying the the dash is nice but the layout doesn't feel natural. The type of car that the 306 is (hot hatch in my case, cheap hatchback in others) the dash really shouldn't be that much of a concern.

If I was buying a luxury saloon then my priorities would change somewhat :)
 
TripleT said:
The silver in ph3's may help.
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Nah that looks cheap imo.

I can't say I've ever really looked at any of the 306's interiour and thought "eww" but then considering what I owned before thats not too suprising.
 
lordrobs said:
Nah that looks cheap imo.

I can't say I've ever really looked at any of the 306's interiour and thought "eww" but then considering what I owned before thats not too suprising.
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Interior is just basic thats all. It's french at the end of the day, when did they bother making the interior look smart?
 
AFAIK it's not the service history that's so important, the head gaskets go pop if the car is ragged from cold frequently. It's how it's been treated rather than how it's been serviced if you get what i mean.

At least the history will tell you it's been changed though.

Also i *think* that the larger engines in the smaller cars were less prone to HGF though i'm not sure but a 1.8 may be ok.
 
The Edge said:
AFAIK it's not the service history that's so important, the head gaskets go pop if the car is ragged from cold frequently. It's how it's been treated rather than how it's been serviced if you get what i mean.

At least the history will tell you it's been changed though.

Also i *think* that the larger engines in the smaller cars were less prone to HGF though i'm not sure but a 1.8 may be ok.
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Would I need my head looking at if I spent <£1500 on a 1998> Coupe that had done 70k miles + with FSH?
 
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