Faults:

The only thing I could fault with the car was that it is too quick 0-60 in a couple of seconds!!

General Comments:

I love the interior he semi buckets seats.

It handles real well you can throw it into corners at 90mph and it sticks to the road.

My friend has a vtr and he wud not have a look in!!

Faults:

Sliding in corners

General Comments:

When braking into a corner, or doing an emergency stop, the rear wheels (drums) seem to lock before the the front (disks). The other day I had to do an emergency stop in the middle of a corner, the back locked and sent the car into a spin. My speed was approx 30 - 40 mph. Has anyone has this problem before or do they know what is causing this?

Faults:

Trouble being that the oil / crank sump that dropped off spectacularly leaving a 150 odd yard oil streak down my road.

General Comments:

Having passed my driving test in one of the 306, there was no hesitation I was to have one of my own in my driving lifetime. Much to my disappointment, it didn't last the distance as long as I hoped for. I was heartbroken when told the car was deemed a write-off.

Before, had enjoyed the thrill of owning it, always had a little smile when pulling out or overtaking in 4th. I was at one with this car, meaning I could drive it with my eyes closed. It did what I wanted it to do. On a full tank, could cover close to 400 miles when I wanted to.

I did think of having another 306 after what happened, but that was dashed when I was in my mates 306 estate the next day. The same thing happened to him, but on the motorway. His car too was written off.

Faults:

There's always a few troublesome cars. These are usually found towards the end of a car's production life. And I seem to have had two of these on the trot.

I bought the car second hand, so maybe in-there lies the problem... but with it being a limited edition with no sign of anything wrong inside or out (besides cracks in the leather) and low mileage I believed it must have been well looked after.

Right, problems:

1). The passenger's electric window clunks when half way down. As if falling.

2). The passenger's door grip continually comes from the plastic door handle.

3). There is an annoying piece of plastic lining at the top of the car just above the doors. On the driver side this continually comes loose and waves about whilst driving.

Biggest problems of all however was when I got a puncture. I could not replace the wheel because it was bolted to the car with somesort of special bolt that needed a specific key to unlock. Having not received this with the car I was unable to get the wheel off! I had to limp home with a flat where the car sat for a week whilst I tried to construct something to get them off... after being snubbed off by my local Peugeot dealer TAYLORS OF BOSTON. Having to borrow my wife's car wasn't particularly amusing during this period as it's a pink Honda Jazz...

General Comments:

With all that's wrong with it you'd think I hated the car right?

Well yeah there's a few problems such as the Glove box being just small enough so it's completely useless (Maybe this is a feature only on my model because a mate's N-Reg XND has a spacious one)... and the car has THE worst turning circle I have ever seen, and I've driven MPVs. As I regularly have to reverse into my drive off a busy road it can get a bit hectic.

Having said that I love this car. The styling is glorious. Mine comes with a rear spoiler, 15 inch alloys in Metallic China Blue. It's a 3 door and it's looks, in my opinion, could match any coupe that would rush past.

The boot is spacious compared to the size of the car itself, though rear legroom is a bit limited... especially when you try and get 3 teenagers in there. The interior isn't to everyone's taste admittedly, and the word "dated" is passed around a lot. But as with the later Meridian HDIs the central console has been given a coat of Silver paint which livens it up significantly.

The half leather seats unique to the D-Turbo S are very comfy, though my particular model's leather has begun to crack due to undermaintenance. The stereo is great, a fact often overlooked. The cassette fascia hides a 5 Disc Multi-changer in the boot... which means you can listen to your CDs without having to fiddle about and makes theives think you've got a worthless cassette radio.

I love this car's economy. My last car was a 1600 Escort and it drank like the irish do on st. patrick's day, so it was quite refreshing to have a car that even when driven "properly" managed to average at over 40 mpg. I've ever managed 50+ on motorway hauls... returning easily 250 miles to the £20, mine for some reason seems to prefer Shell's Diesel to anywhere else.

Insurance is next to nothing and is only in band 5. And it's officially the fastest car available in that band. Hence the fleet of max powered versions floating about.

Now... the car's performance. One word, brilliant! Compared to other road cars the handling is tremendous. I've many-a-time watch other cars breaking heavily behind me 2 get road a corner where my low centre of gravity and sharp suspension allow me to just throw the car into pretty much anything. The brakes are good too, but the ABS is weak compared to the ABS on my father's new Focus.

The engine doesn't like starting sometimes on cold mornings. It always will start, but puts up a fuss.

It sounds like a diesel from the off, and the noise is ever present until you get going... and you hit the magical 1800 rev mark... which is when the car comes alive! The turbo kicks in. THat horrible diesel rumble is replaced by a whoosh usually associated with the high power petrols you dream about. The car shoots off to a 0-60 time officially 10.9 seconds, but I've managed it in under 10... and a top speed of officially 109, but I've managed an incredible 117.

It's fast enough to pretty much own the road until you run into someone with a Scooby.

It still stands today as one of the world's fastest commercial diesels. Only recently being outdone by the TDi-S Leon and the Diesel VX220 and the upcoming Astra XVR-D. But can you pick one of those up for under £4000? DOn't think so...