Thinking of buying 306 D-turbo
Discussion
Hi,
I'm in need of a second car to keep the miles down on my classic saab and for something that the Missus can use. I learnt to drive in a 306td (and promptly wrote it off!) and think they are great cars.
However i'm after some sort of buyers guide - what goes wrong and when etc.
Also, not being adverse to a bit of light tuning i'm wondering what can and should be done to them in the engine, suspension and braking departments.
Any advice greatfully recieved.
Thanks,
Graeme
I'm in need of a second car to keep the miles down on my classic saab and for something that the Missus can use. I learnt to drive in a 306td (and promptly wrote it off!) and think they are great cars.
However i'm after some sort of buyers guide - what goes wrong and when etc.
Also, not being adverse to a bit of light tuning i'm wondering what can and should be done to them in the engine, suspension and braking departments.
Any advice greatfully recieved.
Thanks,
Graeme
Thanks folks - checking out pug306net now.
As i said i learnt to drive in a 306td and still use my parents one on the odd occassion when i'm home. Its a 96N with a paltry 65k on the clock. Nothing exctiting - white 5dr XRDT (the one i write off was an XTDT!!! lol).
When do you need to change the belts on these (they are belt rather than chain right?).
As for budget well it'll be under £2k. Prob closer to £1500 but i'd be prepared to spend a little bit more for the right car.
In my ideal world i'd like a phase 2 or 3? 3dr in Moonstone blue with 5 spoke alloys and half leather interior. Basically a Gti-6 lookalike. I doub't that'll happen for my budget but i assume it can't be that difficult to source a half leather interior on the cheap for them? Not that worried about the alloys either as i have a perverse notion to fit it with some uber cool black steelies... LMAO. Likewise i'm not that worried about the colur. Not a big fan of white, blaze yellow, that mid blue a lot seemed to come in or bright red.
So its a question of whether the HDi model is worth the extra over the older unit? I assume the later model is easier to tune - in fact just what can you do the earlier engine to extract more power cheaply. I know about tuning petrol turbos but not sure if the same theories apply to Diesel turbos?
Your thoughts,
as always,
appreciated.
G
As i said i learnt to drive in a 306td and still use my parents one on the odd occassion when i'm home. Its a 96N with a paltry 65k on the clock. Nothing exctiting - white 5dr XRDT (the one i write off was an XTDT!!! lol).
When do you need to change the belts on these (they are belt rather than chain right?).
As for budget well it'll be under £2k. Prob closer to £1500 but i'd be prepared to spend a little bit more for the right car.
In my ideal world i'd like a phase 2 or 3? 3dr in Moonstone blue with 5 spoke alloys and half leather interior. Basically a Gti-6 lookalike. I doub't that'll happen for my budget but i assume it can't be that difficult to source a half leather interior on the cheap for them? Not that worried about the alloys either as i have a perverse notion to fit it with some uber cool black steelies... LMAO. Likewise i'm not that worried about the colur. Not a big fan of white, blaze yellow, that mid blue a lot seemed to come in or bright red.
So its a question of whether the HDi model is worth the extra over the older unit? I assume the later model is easier to tune - in fact just what can you do the earlier engine to extract more power cheaply. I know about tuning petrol turbos but not sure if the same theories apply to Diesel turbos?
Your thoughts,
as always,
appreciated.
G
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