28-01-2013, 09:58 AM
Does anyone else get this sometimes?
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I think it's something which should be pretty familiar to all of us who drive 306s.
Nearly all the time the 306 will have an annoying rattle, suspension knock, the engine will make a worrying noise, the dash will light up like a Christmas tree, the CD player will stop working, a speaker is buzzing around, window mechanisms stop working, wiper arms start going a bit mental, the central locking starts playing silly buggers or the indicator relay won't stop bloody clicking...
Then sometimes, out of nowhere, you'll go for a drive and NOTHING is wrong with the car, from start to finish.
You get this feeling of accomplishment, after spending many hours and several pounds of hard-earned, your car is finally whisper-quiet and the turbo feels gutsy and (almost powerful) , entering roundabouts is no longer a game of trying to pin-point that clonk in the suspension but instead it's being able to appreciate the rear beam doing its job properly.
Everything just WORKS.
It's increasingly rare and short-lived amd happened to me on the drive home from work on Thursday (used a hire car on Friday).
Inevitably the car is now showing signs of either a front drop-link or track rod end knock and the aux belt is squeeling like a bitch, whilst the boost gauge has stopped reading altogether because the vacuum hose has popped off.
![[Image: Datfeeling.jpg]](http://i430.photobucket.com/albums/qq25/chris_rx71/Datfeeling.jpg)
Does this happen to you?
I think it's something which should be pretty familiar to all of us who drive 306s.
Nearly all the time the 306 will have an annoying rattle, suspension knock, the engine will make a worrying noise, the dash will light up like a Christmas tree, the CD player will stop working, a speaker is buzzing around, window mechanisms stop working, wiper arms start going a bit mental, the central locking starts playing silly buggers or the indicator relay won't stop bloody clicking...
Then sometimes, out of nowhere, you'll go for a drive and NOTHING is wrong with the car, from start to finish.
You get this feeling of accomplishment, after spending many hours and several pounds of hard-earned, your car is finally whisper-quiet and the turbo feels gutsy and (almost powerful) , entering roundabouts is no longer a game of trying to pin-point that clonk in the suspension but instead it's being able to appreciate the rear beam doing its job properly.
Everything just WORKS.
It's increasingly rare and short-lived amd happened to me on the drive home from work on Thursday (used a hire car on Friday).
Inevitably the car is now showing signs of either a front drop-link or track rod end knock and the aux belt is squeeling like a bitch, whilst the boost gauge has stopped reading altogether because the vacuum hose has popped off.
Does this happen to you?
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