might be tempted by this.

[C.A.R.]

How big are you expecting your baby to be?

I bought my Focus for the same reasons, our little girl is due in October. You don't need a land yacht for one child surely?!

[Niall]

Might be for safety as well? I think a push bike is safer in a accident than a focus.
Safety is a big thing with sweeds. Volvos and saabs are built like tanks!

[Toms306]

I think he wanted something safer for the baby Chris.....plus he already has another 2 iirc.

[kentiiboii]

Toms got it. He has another 2 kids so he wants something bigger for them. Cos lets face it. 2 grown kids and a massive baby seat in back of a 306 can't be comfy.

[C.A.R.]

That makes sense! From the first post it sounded like he needed a bigger car because he was having a child. Things would get cramped in that size car..

Growing up my dad had a Vauxhall Cavalier, A Peugeot 405 followed by 2 406's - there were 3 of us kids. 406 was massive in the back compared to a Vectra...

[ash240970]

Might be for safety as well? I think a push bike is safer in a accident than a focus.

As the owner of the black focus at pugfest found out - he was on the start line and I thought to myself - how dare you bring that to pugfest yet alone take it up the hill so I said to cully "hope he crashes" guess what?........he crashed lol

[Niall]

Might be for safety as well? I think a push bike is safer in a accident than a focus.

As the owner of the black focus at pugfest found out - he was on the start line and I thought to myself - how dare you bring that to pugfest yet alone take it up the hill so I said to cully "hope he crashes" guess what?........he crashed lol

Haha yeah for such a small bump he did a lot of damage.
Clearly should have bought a 306! Even if he binned that (and lived to tell the tale) it would only cost about £6.50 and a pack of blue tac to fix.

[kingy]

i wanted a bigger car because i already have 2 girls aged 13 and 15 and having a new one one the way wanted a bit of safty thus looking for saab/ volvo but after much thought i think ive decided to go for a hdi to save a bit of money. i will be looking at getting stage 2 and front mount so will still have a little poke. just seen this but at the moment i have'nt the cash but if i did i would be on this like a tramp on luke warm chips.




http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/peugeot-306-hd...2a1f9f5314

[Jonny81191]

Do it!

estates are awesome, but don't go for 17's, put your gold wheels on!

[kingy]

these wheels mess with the handleing. dont have the confidence in these as much as my speedlines. plus its a family car so will need to carry loads of stuff. kinda thinking street sleeper so it dont mater what colour i get cause all my bit will be stopping on my other 306 if you get me.

[Jonny81191]

I'd go for 16's on an estate, any bigger and you'll feel every bump.

40mm on the front gets them nice and level, and will still carry everything you need



My old estate holding all my worldly possessions!

[Eeyore]

my mates mum had one. it was alright and it shifted a fair bit!

[kingy]

shit jonny thats alot of stuff to put in/on a 306. as for wheels, i think im still likeing the idea of challengers but not to sure if this will effect how much weight i will be able to load into it so might just go with a nice set of standered 15's with a 40mm drop.
kind of really looking forward to this now. just need to knuckle down and get some saving done.

[kentiiboii]

Find your self a china so you get the front end off your car then. Sell your old car for fmic

[kingy]

china stops as it is mate. i was gonna ra*e it but i dont think i could bring myself to do it. soooooo, dos'nt matter what colour i go for. kinda thinking moonstone .

[kentiiboii]

china stops as it is mate. i was gonna ra*e it but i dont think i could bring myself to do it. soooooo, dos'nt matter what colour i go for. kinda thinking moonstone .

Nah I wouldn't do moonstone mate looks absolute utter shite. Everytime I see a moonstone 306 I just wanna take a dump all over it and call the owner a computer pr1ck

[kingy]

moonstone it is then.

[Jonny81191]

TBH you'll mainly find moonstone or platinum estates if you're after phase 3

[kingy]

mmmm, dont know. still undecided on the colour. wish i had the guts to get a china estate and put my bits on it and just have a front mount showing, think that would look awsome. got me thinking now. shiny bits and china. sounds nice.

[kentiiboii]

Lol moonstone really is a lovely colour soon as I saw mine was moonstone I had to buy it .
But do you really wanna put all the work on your 1.6 to waste. Enjoy it on a state

[kingy]

went to sleep thinking about this last night, im thinking china estate so i can swop all my bits. still undecided about what wheels though.

[C.A.R.]

I know it's not very in-keeping with the nature of the forum but your girls would be much more comfortable and (dare I say it) safer in a 406 Estate. They've got tons more equipment than a 306 and the Estate doesn't look all that bad. A 2.2 HDi is outside your budget really (unless you get one over 100,000 miles) but a 2.0 HDi 110 can be had within your budget?

[mark_airey]

but the 110 HDI has the stupid FAP system which is £500 to replace when it inevitably breaks much like the dual mass flywheel which will also fall apart and relieve you of another £500...........

the 2.2 may also have the above installed but i'm not 100% on that!

[Toms306]

I'd agree with Chris tbh.........if you're going for a peugeot estate the 406 is a better choice, I was even considering one, obviously with the 2.2hdi though.

The thing is Mark.........eventually there won't be any XUDs left (will all be full of holes and broken rods lol)..........and you'll all have to buy a car with a DMF/DPF on, you can't really ignore those on the off chance that one of those things could break during your ownership.

[C.A.R.]

The Focus has a DMF, fortunately it has no stupid DPF/FAP system on it though, and the EGR was the first thing to 'lose' when I bought mine.

The Flywheel's aren't as expensive as they originally were, a Luk kit for mine I think is £360, fortunately there's a mechanic in the family with experience in replacing them so it wouldn't cost me in labour.

And they should last up to 100,000 miles with normal use too, so will only become a real problem once you decide to start chanelling more torque throught them or abuse the gearbox!

[kingy]

something else for me to think about whilst im saving. can you still tune the 2.2 hdi like you can the 2.o? and if so what kind of power are we looking at. thanks all for all your input so far btw.

[Midnightclub]

2.2 HDi's can be around 165bhp with a stage 1 remap IIRC

[kingy]

wow, just been having a look at some of these and tbt i dont think i like them and they are a little more than i want to pay. still not writing it off though.