Faults:

Ball joints.

Track rod ends.

Brake cylinder.

Drive shafts.

Engine mounts.

Wishbone.

General Comments:

Engine's great; turned up the pump a quarter a turn and the turbo to 22psi. The dump valve sounds great.

It's go an Impreza style bonnet scoop get some cold air to the intercooler.

It smokes VTRs, Golf TDI 130bhp, and have beat a VTS; all sorts.

Excellent performance for a P-reg diesel.

Handles excellent; lowered 60mm on front, 2 clicks on the torsion bar, and has the standard XSi alloys with 195 15 50 tyres.

Faults:

None as yet - I have only owned it for 3 weeks.

General Comments:

Nice looking car, great fuel economy; I usually get 600 miles per tank.

Turbo cuts in well, giving you a feeling of power when you need it.

Very heavy on the clutch - takes some getting use to.

Upholstery on seats of poor quality - passenger seat worn right through.

Very cheap to insure considering the power as a 1.9 turbo.

Faults:

Drivers seat has some minor wear, but nothing major as there are no holes present.

Airbag light appeared, but disconnected wires underneath drivers seat and reconnected and airbag light disappeared.

General Comments:

The performance of this car is excellent and it pulls like a train!

The fuel economy is brilliant, and it averages 50 mpg around town, and even more on long journeys!

It has done nearly 165000 miles and is still running like new - thanks to regular oil changes and filters!

Full electric pack such as sunroof, windows, power steering, sports seats and much more.

It is comfortable and drives nice. Would highly recommend purchasing one!

Faults:

I've only had it 3 months, and apart from a new exahaust needed, no problems.

General Comments:

Brilliant car. Will not have a bad word said about it.

This car can go very fast and would thrash my mate's Punto and my mate's Nissan Micra .

The car is so comfortable you could sleep in it.

Faults:

The o/s electric window doesn't work.

Seats look good, but aren't the most comfortable.

General Comments:

Seats have worn well which is strange.

Picked it up for very cheap only £950 with a full years test.

Runs very well, but not really quick although I did have a saab turbo before.

Generally a good cheap diesel with sporty looks and a strong engine. Watch out for poor examples, there are plenty about.

Faults:

Rear shock absorbers needed replacing.

Glow plugs needed replacing.

Drivers seat has worn badly.

General Comments:

I bought this car as a cheap run-around to get to work as my 309 GTI was becoming increasingly set up for rallying so less practical as an everyday car. I settled on the 306 TD from a combination of low insurance, economy and still reasonably fun to drive. It worked well on all counts and is only being replaced as a friend is selling his 405 Mi-16.

It's rare to get less than 45mpg over a tank of fuel, and the car goes round corners like all proper Peugeots :)

Acceleration off the line is a bit sluggish as it takes a while for the turbo to get wound up, but once you're on boost you can push on quite well. (It's very handy on the motorway as peak turbo boost is at 3000rpm which is about 80mph).

When I got the car it was sounding very rough when it started, (running on 3, or even 2), and a large cloud of smoke would appear as you started it. This was solved by changing the glow plugs and it now starts fine first time every time.