Tom's China 1.8 Meridian 2014 - Project Deja Vu

[Toms306]

Wahoo back in the three oh! Like it mate. Is it going to have an air filter for extra bwarrp?

Not yet, but eventually yeah.

Looks pretty tidy, and china is a lovely colour.

I have to agree with you in the down tip exhaust with a cut out bumper, it just looks horrendous but get excuse to get a nice cat back system on it

Judging by the state of the cat it'd have to be a full system tbh. Its rusty as hell but not quite blowing yet...

Contemplating buying a cheap 6 to break in a few months time and using the full exhaust system, front struts and rear beam... Depends what happens between now and then though.

Nice to see you back in a 306 mate

Swap them gash headlights for some black masks though

I prefer these to black masks any day lol! Though I admit they don't photo well.

Looks nice tom! Making me want this gti6 even more on Wednesday and I ain't even seen it yet.

Keep it clean and don't moan about how much fuel your using. :-)

Filled it up today, £65 from the red light, so will see what mpg it does in a few weeks time.

Good touches to bring the car back the its former glory. Especially the wash and wax - good job done there! Running wise all good?

Is this so you can sell Vec?

It runs perfectly, starts on the first crank and purr's like a kitten. So quiet at idle I forgot I'd left it running while cleaning it! Maybe I've just got used to clattery diesels though lol. And the ride is nice too, comfortable and not as slow as I was expecting. But the clutch is awful, really heavy, seems to slip a bit and judders when engaging (think its clutch judder anyway) so will sort that this week hopefully, was just gonna change cable but the Valeo clutch kit was 'only' £66 so have bought one of those as well. Apart from that, it seems to be in good nick.

And yep, Vec will be cleaned and up for sale as soon as the 306 is sorted...want the clutch issue sorted while I've still got a spare car to use.