Tom's Sanitary towel

[Toms306]

So, been driving this to lots of meets and shows lately...and it's f*cking awesome tbh... Easily outhandles any 306 I've had, just cant understand how it grips so well. Even been really pushing my luck on empty roundabouts and curved sliproads in the evenings and it just keeps holding! I'm sure there is better about but I can honestly say it's the best handling car I've owned - with the bonus of being comfortable enough not to make me feel ill lol.

Current average is apparently 32.5mpg which I can't complain about, that's about what I used to average in 1.8 306s, GTi6s never passed 30mpg lol.



Final parts arrived today - not overly happy about the lack of box and damaged paint on the filter considering it was from fordpartsuk but I suppose it'll work just as well lol.



Found the sump plug was rounded in the 'tighten' direction so knew it'd be an arse...I ended up rounding it more. So borrowed Rowells oil suction pump and will do it that way instead!



Old cap...





New one



I know you'll hate these but I like them, and dilligaf carries on the colour theme too. Caliper looks pretty bad but it's only brake dust/disc rust lol.





Still got a leaky tyre that I really need to do something about, but it does seem to hold air for a few days, roughly 12psi after 4 days and being extra load don't look any different lol, I can just feel it in the steering. Had a proper look for a puncture but couldn't see one, valve doesn't seem to leak. But I did notice this... The edgewear is from the previous poor tracking but do you reckon that damage will have gone right through the tyre??



Also got rid of the wonky bent plates for some pressed ones. This is the second set after the first set I bought didn't have the BS number or post code so I got a refund on them...and now have a spare pair of useless plates lol.



Sad times in the fuel department though, promised myself I wouldn't buy more than one tankful a month...didn't realise how easily I'd use a tank in it! Probably shouldn't further than that though lol.