dilemma. please help.

[kingy]

Right. Im getting bored of the bmw now and wont be to long before its sold. Problem is that im stuck on my next car. Always wanted a volvo t5 estate or the 850r but ive got this itch to get a 306 estate hdi just for the running cost and tune ability.
So please convince me to get the pug and stop me from buying another old mans car.

[declantg]

buy a beemer, just bigger engined

[kentiiboii]

Buy pug




/thread

[Piggy]

should speak to puglove...he was no fan of the HDi estate...then got one...then mapped it...this is where he grinned heavily.

Im gettin a lot of love toward the estates now...look good. And can be got for little money.

[kingy]

buy a beemer, just bigger engined

Did cross my mind.

[Piggy]

beemer...BORING

306...EPIC FUN

[declantg]

for the right reasons mate!

[Slam Wagon]

After going to the BDC today a volvo, merc or BMW estate is very tempting. Those things tore up the track.

[MartinL]

306!!!! Cheap to run, easy to tune and your bank manager doesnt laugh at you if you break it.... unlike a beemer

[Piggy]

And you dont look like a prat

[declantg]

And you dont look like a prat

Coming from the king of said title?

[Niall]

Way you have to look at it is a Volvo of the equivalent age to a HDi estate you may pick up will cost a lot more but they are a lot quicker, much better built (if you dont mind the dated, quirky interior) And are stupidly safe and reliable. Personally i would go for the volvo but as i said, it will cost more inititially. Mind you, a lot of people recently seem to be having love for the 306 estate and i must say, im seeing a lot that do look very good and can be very quick (jonnys estate springs to mind)

[kingy]

Mmmmm still non the wiser. Love the idea of a stage 3 hdi but then again the volvos are just old school porn.

[Piggy]

And you dont look like a prat

Coming from the king of said title?

but its just a bad image Im on about, obviously not personal comment, I have few friends with some ace beemers, but driving a beemer gets you all the wrong attention and hate stares.
you can be sly and keep under the radar in a 306

[Jenkosowls]

Bolivia are old skool porn wspecially the 850 estates but the mpg isn't fun youl soon get sick of that! And not only that because there well built you get board not being able to tinker or upgrade them even the basic models are luxurious compared to a pug. 2nd hand parts fetch a premium too

[Eeyore]

join team 306 estate!

[ozonehostile]

always wanted a volvo 850 t5r. if you can find a decent one cheap enough buy it, they seem to be getting more expensive every week

[samass]

Volvo. But good luck finding a reasonably priced one that hasn't been f*cked with

[kingy]

Ive had a hard on for a volvo estate for many years and wont be happy till I have one. Saying that, I think a 306 estate looks the mutts nutts on a set of challengers.. strange that pound for pound they are pretty much the same price.

[THE_Liam]

Get an XUD estate.

/threadwon

[kingy]

Get an XUD estate.

/threadwon

Reliability is also important mate.

[lolsteve]

Getting a Hdi to stage 3 and fixing all the other 306 problems (cambered rear beam etc) you might as wepl have spent the money on the Volvo and sorted that itch for something different although admittedly a stage 3 hdi would be chronic race car

[Puggie]

I know some one selling a E39 540i sport full history carbon Black 94k on the clock

[THE_Liam]

Get an XUD estate.

/threadwon

Reliability is also important mate.

I'd go for XUD over HDI then mate. No electronics and run on veg oil

[samass]

Chronic boost on a t5r would be far more win

[Ruan]

I love T5s, T5Rs and 850Rs but sadly they've got an image almost as bad as fast Fords for being driven by fat knobs who actually know nothing, but who think it's well quick... And it's normally an Auto...

I love them to bits, but now I don't think I could have one on the basis of how much of a cock you'd look. They are also absolutely HORRIFIC on fuel.

[C.A.R.]

As above, the fuel consumption is eye-watering. I had a mate at school who's dad always had Volvo's, got a lift in it a few times. 20mpg was what he referred to as 'good'. This was probably 10 years ago, when fuel was affordable

If you need a big estate car I'd look at something a bit more left-field. What is your budget?

[Ruan]

If you don't mind Diesel...

Seriously, V70 D5 - one of the best engines out there IMO, they have very little in the way of common faults, they're a bit gruff in comparison to the big BMW 6cyls but they don't have ANY of the issues the BMW Diesels do... Damned good economy, reliable as hell and are getting cheap now!

[kingy]

Budget of about £1200. Maybe more. Kind of got my heart set on a 306.

[C.A.R.]

Trouble is, what people like my father in law struggle to understand, is that any 306 you buy is going to need some work. It may get you around for thousands more miles, but they're all >12 years old now, and tired.

Father in law (who broke my boost gauge yesterday, after asking what it was) thinks I should get a brand new car on finance, like a sensible 1.2l petrol. He thinks that Peugeots automatically expire after 3 years and that 'nobody keeps them longer than that'. It's very difficult to bear his limited grasp on reality. He has a 1.0 Kia Picanto which he bought for my mrs but she failed her test. Has this Korean shitbox been 100% reliable cos of how new it is?

No, it's shit. CD player is f*cked and the road speed sensor just went. Oh and it has more rattles than my 8 month old daughter has in her toybox.