26-09-2016, 05:35 PM
Always think about this car, strange the attachment to a car eh! Some serious memories made in the 306 and a whole lotta miles covered!
Made the change to BMW from the 306 in a bit of a deal - sold the 306 for £1k as it stood, and got offered the BM in return for knocking £100 off the price of the 306 - hard to turn down £900 & a 320d - it needed a high pressure pump being the older 136hp model, but £50 later & it was running!
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Played around with that for a while, stainless decat downpipe, second cat removed, remapped, lowered on coilovers - ended up costing me around £600 and covered over 15k in it - sold it for £550 - so 15k miles completed & a lot of fun had for a total car cost of £50, not bad eh!
Took the plunge then and went for a 'newer' BMW as i had got rid of the bike by this stage - a late 2006 E92 330d - 231 hp in standard tune, with DPF now removed and a tweak it should be closer to 300hp & 450lbft of torque all wafted along with a lovely auto box with paddle shift. Played around with a wheel change and lowered it also - nice looking car i think & nice place to be!
In fairness, it has been a great car and i have enjoyed owning it. Nice to have that bit of poke and a nice driving car, but it is costing a mountain to run, and is at the stage now where it will probably depreciate too much to be a good idea to hold onto any longer.
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This, perhaps strangely... has me looking at a 306 again, if this shifts on relatively soon I could be on the market for one - more than likely be a HDi as before, but whether it stays relatively standard or not, at this stage i don't know.
I also have the luxury of having built myself a garage (Still an ongoing project lol), which of course makes owning an old french banger a longer easier dealt with lol!
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Made the change to BMW from the 306 in a bit of a deal - sold the 306 for £1k as it stood, and got offered the BM in return for knocking £100 off the price of the 306 - hard to turn down £900 & a 320d - it needed a high pressure pump being the older 136hp model, but £50 later & it was running!
Played around with that for a while, stainless decat downpipe, second cat removed, remapped, lowered on coilovers - ended up costing me around £600 and covered over 15k in it - sold it for £550 - so 15k miles completed & a lot of fun had for a total car cost of £50, not bad eh!
Took the plunge then and went for a 'newer' BMW as i had got rid of the bike by this stage - a late 2006 E92 330d - 231 hp in standard tune, with DPF now removed and a tweak it should be closer to 300hp & 450lbft of torque all wafted along with a lovely auto box with paddle shift. Played around with a wheel change and lowered it also - nice looking car i think & nice place to be!
In fairness, it has been a great car and i have enjoyed owning it. Nice to have that bit of poke and a nice driving car, but it is costing a mountain to run, and is at the stage now where it will probably depreciate too much to be a good idea to hold onto any longer.
This, perhaps strangely... has me looking at a 306 again, if this shifts on relatively soon I could be on the market for one - more than likely be a HDi as before, but whether it stays relatively standard or not, at this stage i don't know.
I also have the luxury of having built myself a garage (Still an ongoing project lol), which of course makes owning an old french banger a longer easier dealt with lol!
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