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What other convertible can be had for less than a grand that's tiny, underpowered and on classic insurance? £30 a month is practically nothing.

I'm not trying to say i'm going to make the car better, the point i'm trying to make is that your blinkered view that lowering a car makes it handle like crap is a load of nonsense. You even contradicted yourself by saying that the ideal ride height is about 30mm lower than standard, yet you tried to argue earlier that they handle great as standard and lowering it would destroy that balance?

Not a contradiction, instead selective reading on your part. Yes, just lowering the car will destroy the balance of the chassis. It needs a full geometry setup after any lowering work has been done.

And yes people DO spend that long f*cking about with 306 suspension. Why do you think people fit hybrid ARB's, adjustable droplinks, camber/castor adjustable front struts, bigger TB's, machined trailing arms, adjustable dampers, solid beam mounts... need I go on? Obviously people are wasting their time fitting all of that stuff, right?

Hands up who has had their geometry set up on their 306 after lowering it?

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MX5 has adjustable camber, castor and toe as standard. Yes you can spend money and have all that done on your 306, but why bother...?

Because all of those things are adjustable from the factory, putting them all out of sync can make the car unpredictable and 'skittish', which nobody wants.

Also classic insurance is fine as long as you only intend to do limited mileage or use it at the weekend.