LINX

Which would you go for and why ?

Views on :- Best to drive, residuals, best image (least chavy !), Cost of ownership etc.

Can afford either but can't decide (182 would be 1 year old so £9-10K, 306 prob 5 years or older but hopefully a low legged minter at about £5.5k tops)

Cheers folks.......

Hol

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Don't want to diss your choice or nothing, but im looking at a 182 for the wife to take the kids to school

Mind you, she does like her fast cars.

ScoobyJawa

Least chavy = 306 IMHO.

leonpoole

IMHO you will loose more money on the clio and between the 2 performance wise there isnt a lot in it

LINX

Hol,

Why doesn't she just use your Yellow convertible Beetle........

Sub69

306 GTI-6 everytime. The best car I've owned.

nick16v

306 is much better car, chip, filter, decat gives 200bhp !!

Rich D

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I've owned a Clio 172 Cup as well as a 306 GTi-6 & 306 Rallye, all 3 great cars.


Handling & driving wise, the 306's are just superb, the Clio is good, but the Pug is better and the steering feel/feedback is really good. On a tight twisty road the smaller/lighter/nimble Clio has the edge, but on fast sweeping bends and/or anything other than smooth tarmac the 306 is better. Comfier ride in the Pug too.

Residals wise, the 306 has already lost most of it's money, the Clio will lose a lot more. You can also buy a good 306 for a hell of a lot less.

Image wise, the 306 has a more mature image IMO

Cost of ownership, my Clio was the least reliable of the 3 cars, but had warranty so free to get fixed. The Clio was more expensive to insure, tyres cost more & it destroys fronts, but is better on juice.

Now the Clio is quicker, it's always going to be with more power in a smaller/lighter car, but the 306 is far from slow and the paper figures don't do it justice, on the road there aint much between them, although the Clio "feels" quicker.


My money would be on the cheaper 306, which is what I currently have!

Rich D

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If only...

LINX

Rich,

Superb feedback ! nice and informed, thanks a lot.

Think you have definately made my mind up 4 me, 306 here i come.........

GTI 6 or Rallye ?..would like a few c/comforts i reckon so prob an i6.

Thanks to all

Hol

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Cheeky sod


I bought 'that' for my Girlfriend, to pick me up from the pub on a summers day

You ever been ina beetle? - Orrible!

Daz34

Dream on

Dream Weaver

Must be a fancy chip filter and decat

May have to swap my cams, ecu and tb's as they dont even make that much.

I'd go for the 306 if it was me, or a 205

Andy M3

I would go for the first GTI-6 rather than a 'late minter'. I love the first boxy front end and in diablo red -mmmm my favorite.

There looks to be a nice P reg pre face lift on autotrader. 50k £2500.

Worth a sniff i say !

Rich D

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My pleasure... I'd recommend a visit over to www.306gti6.com too

I've had a Rallye, then got a Clio 172 Cup, then a CTR and now have a GTi-6, there's minimal difference and the Rallye is very basic, not even got an alarm, so the GTi-6 is the better choice.

Rich D

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That's exactly what I have...














I paid a similar amount for mine but it needed a few jobs to make it right, so buying a dirt cheap one might be false economy as it will no doubt need money spending on it.

Great car though.

Andy M3

Your car looks mint - i am getting tempted to move my 05 Fabia vRS on for some old skool hot hatch !!!!!

ScoobyJawa

Good choice Rich, mine was a Phase 1 - had more playful handling

I had my bumpers colour coded though - looked much better and also had the phase to rear lights and badges! Still miss that car, with just adjusted torsions and front springs it could handle pretty close to how well my scoob did

Rich D

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Looks better in the pics than in real life as it has the odd car parking ding, the alloys have some corrosion and other little bits & bobs, but for an 8 year old car it's tidy!

Rich D

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My rear beam is knocking, either mounts and/or bearings, so the back end is a little loose now, and the shocks are getting a little tired at 8 years old, so the ride is softer than I'd like (comfy though), so it's getting sorted and uprated.

Done a few changes since those pics, but not planning anything major.

Andy M3

Keep the car standard. An unmolested example will hold it's money well as time goes on, and lets face it they were pretty accomplished when they were launched in 1992 ???[306 that is]

Rich D

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It is and will be pretty much standard, anything I do can & will be put back to original to sell.