Just bought this neat little LHD 106 Rallye

[artdealer]

Pondered on buying this car during the week and made my mind up right at the last minute (luckily as it was on EBAY!) It's a lightly modded but not trackdayed LHD S2 106 Rallye in Black. Sensible mileage and owners, evidently just 2 or 3 imported to the UK in this trim. Has new Yokohama A048 on proper steel rims, Bilsteins with Eibach Springs. Lowered 20mm. Cat back Magnex Exhaust and K&N Panel Filter and a front strut brace. All looks very neat and tidy and I'm looking forward to use it to run around in until I decide what to do with it. Thinking it might make an interesting export car to a far flung region deprived of such toys.

If anyone's had one of these (in RHD obviously) your thoughts and opinions, I think it looks like a nice development from the original 205 concept of light, low spec, non PAS handling hatchback - a recipe seemingly forgotten by current car bosses.

[artdealer]

Hi all, thanks for your replies. I deal in quite a volume of nearly new cars and I've not been as excited about a new toy in ages! and at a fraction of the cost. I thought the previous owner had done a really good job of tastefully modding the car. To be honest I haven't had any kind of 'me' time in years and maybe I will keep it and enjoy it myself, even do some trackdays and continue where he left off with the upgrades. I don't really see this car depreciating at all now. Will post on the subject of the controls being LHD and owning it.

May run into some of you at the occasional PH meet - or any other come to that.

btw. LOL at the export to Norfolk

[artdealer]

Sorry, forgot to answer questions. I think it was a German car to begin with, need to read the blurb again. 8v or 16v - I don't really mind, I suppose if I was going to keep and try and make some class wins in sprints it would be best as a 16v, but a nice 8v has better torque I imagine and easily tunable with a fast road cam for sure.

[artdealer]

Cheers Beef, I have already joined and the car has all the 106 Rallye Register bumph in the handbooks, the tax disc holder is also artfully disguising a small chip in the screen which I decided to leave and save the holder! The car arrived today and it's great fun to drive, the roadholding with that suspension and rubber is amazing. I have to fix a slightly blowing exhaust front joint, seems to be getting banged as it's been slightly lowered - otherwise it's all very much aok and a credit to previous owners. I'll post proper pics when I get 5 mins. The car is a great excuse to fix my work / life balance and spend Sunday mornings doing something other than seeing customers