RE: Peugeot 306 Rallye: Spotted

[Derek Chevalier]

aaron_2000 said:

Derek Chevalier said:

sr.guiri said:

Derek Chevalier said:

If only they had switchable ESP on cars like these back in the day.

WTF!!!!!

It would've saved a fair few from destruction.

So would 50bhp and a 3 speed auto.

Have you driven a 306 Rallye over and above the limit? Autocar said they were trickier than an old school 911 and I wouldn't disagree

[sicasey]

Either will do, thank you muchly.

[RLE]

Always regret not jumping on a white rallye that was offered to me a few years ago and have been looking for one since.
Think this may well be the one I was interested in earlier this year that went through Anglia Car Auctions. Mileage, owners, length of time owned all correspond.

[MrGTI6]

Absolutely love my GTI-6. Always keeping an eye out for a cheap usable Rallye, but prices are definitely on the up!

[Ilovejapcrap]

Always thought this is a great shape car.

[Derek Chevalier]

sicasey said:

Either will do, thank you muchly.

I think the S1 (which I also had) was maybe preferable? Had much more benign breakaway characteristics than the 306.

[s m]

Derek Chevalier said:

sicasey said:

Either will do, thank you muchly.

I think the S1 (which I also had) was maybe preferable? Had much more benign breakaway characteristics than the 306.

I remember when CAR magazine did ther big Annual Handling Day Tests at places like Thruxton the 106Gti set a much faster time than the 306GTi-6 as it inspired more confidence ( that it wasn't oing to "let go" at the back ) in a few of the faster corners. Certainly a 106Gti/Saxo VTS will run them close on some tracks depending on the layout just on pure lap times.

I did a Peugeot Driving Day back in about 97/98 at Weston Park ( scen of a few RAC rally special stages ) where they let you drive all their sporty models ( 106Gti, 306 Gti-6, 406 V6 Coupe etc ) and a couple of people managed to spin 306 GTi-6 on the tight cambered single track roads within Weston Park before they got on the road section! To me they didn't feel too much worse than a 205 1.9 or Astra GTE 16v at the rear but they did feel "loose" even when brand new!

[Itsallicanafford]

my old Rallye...gone but not forgotten...

[NickGRhodes]

The 306 GTi has passive rear wheel steer in the form of soft bushing on the rear suspension, Skip Brown would replace them with solid bushes as part of their suspension kit (which also included front springs and set of dampers) for the GTi6/Rallye and they said made the handling more predictable.

[aaron_2000]

Derek Chevalier said:

aaron_2000 said:

Derek Chevalier said:

sr.guiri said:

Derek Chevalier said:

If only they had switchable ESP on cars like these back in the day.

WTF!!!!!

It would've saved a fair few from destruction.

So would 50bhp and a 3 speed auto.

Have you driven a 306 Rallye over and above the limit? Autocar said they were trickier than an old school 911 and I wouldn't disagree

So why would you want to water it down? Isn't that what the XSi is for?

[sgtBerbatov]

The 306, the last good car Peugeot built. I had a XLdt as my first car, had it 6 months and I PX'ed it for a Civic. I regret that decision even now.

If it weren't for the fact I've a Corolla as a project, a Lada coming in March, and a wife who won't let me have more than 3 cars on the driveway, I'd be buying a 306 and making a Rallye tribute.

[slipstream 1985]

Derek Chevalier said:

sr.guiri said:

Derek Chevalier said:

If only they had switchable ESP on cars like these back in the day.

WTF!!!!!

It would've saved a fair few from destruction.

Hand your PH card in!

[Itsallicanafford]

slipstream 1985 said:

Hand your PH card in!

mmmh, i am not so sure...having been fully sideways in a Mk3 Renautsport Megane going through Raidillon at a very wet Spa track day last month, ESP was the difference between just having brown trousers and having brown trousers and no car.

[aaron_2000]

sgtBerbatov said:

The 306, the last good car Peugeot built. I had a XLdt as my first car, had it 6 months and I PX'ed it for a Civic. I regret that decision even now.

If it weren't for the fact I've a Corolla as a project, a Lada coming in March, and a wife who won't let me have more than 3 cars on the driveway, I'd be buying a 306 and making a Rallye tribute.

The 406 was a good car if I'm being pedantic.

[sgtBerbatov]

aaron_2000 said:

sgtBerbatov said:

The 306, the last good car Peugeot built. I had a XLdt as my first car, had it 6 months and I PX'ed it for a Civic. I regret that decision even now.

If it weren't for the fact I've a Corolla as a project, a Lada coming in March, and a wife who won't let me have more than 3 cars on the driveway, I'd be buying a 306 and making a Rallye tribute.

The 406 was a good car if I'm being pedantic.

Hmm. You're right actually, the 306 and 406 were the last good cars Peugeot built.

[s m]

Derek Chevalier said:

aaron_2000 said:

Derek Chevalier said:

sr.guiri said:

Derek Chevalier said:

If only they had switchable ESP on cars like these back in the day.

WTF!!!!!

It would've saved a fair few from destruction.

So would 50bhp and a 3 speed auto.

Have you driven a 306 Rallye over and above the limit? Autocar said they were trickier than an old school 911 and I wouldn't disagree

The infamous “Revs’ moment, frame by frame!

[PhillipM]

Derek Chevalier said:

Have you driven a 306 Rallye over and above the limit? Autocar said they were trickier than an old school 911 and I wouldn't disagree

Only if it's on st tyres or has a knackered rear beam.

[RobRS76]

I had one of these until my son backed it into a tree at 50 MPH. Absolutely stonker of a car. Should have left him chained to the tree. Got followed many a time with the fuzz and they always had a smile

[RobRS76]

I had one of these until my son backed it into a tree at 50 MPH. Absolutely stonker of a car. Should have left him chained to the tree. Got followed many a time with the fuzz and they always had a smile

[Derek Chevalier]

aaron_2000 said:

Derek Chevalier said:

aaron_2000 said:

Derek Chevalier said:

sr.guiri said:

Derek Chevalier said:

If only they had switchable ESP on cars like these back in the day.

WTF!!!!!

It would've saved a fair few from destruction.

So would 50bhp and a 3 speed auto.

Have you driven a 306 Rallye over and above the limit? Autocar said they were trickier than an old school 911 and I wouldn't disagree

So why would you want to water it down? Isn't that what the XSi is for?

You're not, that's why I said switchable