Chris's HDi D Turbo

[C.A.R.]

Some of you will know me from way back in the day from the 'other forum', I was a regular at East Anglia meets and attended French Car Show and the Christmas Meet duly every year!

I then moved on to pastures new. The 1.8 Cabriolet I had was simply too slow and not involving enough to drive, so it was swapped out for a MK1 MX5 import. Fantastic car to own and drive, but ultimately a bit impractical for everyday use (memories turning up at a building site in it...) so I got something a bit more practical and much faster. The replacement was a Toyota Celica 190. Then, after just 6 months of ownership, we had the news that we were expecting the pitter-patter of tiny feet this October! Delighted, our attention turned to the rather pricey running costs of the Toyota (I liked to run it on super, it liked to drink!!) and insurance wasn't cheap either. I needed something practical and diesel.

This was when I made a critical error. What humble-yet-fun hatchback can I think of for a daily diesel? I f*cked up and bought a Focus TDCi Sport. Quite what made it sporty I don't know, but it's both the most expensive car and shortest lived car I've ever had!

Then I got my sensible head on again, tracked down and made an offer on a 306 HDi owned by someone local.

Here's a quick spec-
'Y' plate so cheap tax
Moonstone Blue
3 Doors, as should be the law
GTi6 Leathers
Smoothed front end (debadged)
Smoothed boot
Pro-Steve 125 Map
Boost Gauge

I think that's it.

Anyway, the car arrived in fine condition, but it really was in need of a deep clean. So today I set off with this -


First up gave the car a good clean over, two bucket method. I was surprised to see a couple of areas that the previous owner had clearly not noticed, but maybe I'm more pedantic!








Disgusting right?

Afters-









Then, my attention turned to the interior.

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One of the first things me and Natalie noticed about the car was it's distinctive odour. It were'nt great, it was somewhat 'minging'.

Cue my mate George the Numatic upholstery cleaner!



^That's the drivers seat. The water was literally shit-brown. The final results?







Door cards, seats, headlinging and obviously carpet (including boot) are now all lemon-fresh! Highly recommend using one of these, has transformed the interior.

Will keep posting my updates as and when!