DodgeT

buying myself a 306 dturbo P reg, looked at one today, really nice motor.
Clock says its done 88000 miles, although top of steering wheel is quite worn.

My last 306 dturbo N reg, had done pretty much same mileage but steering wheel was not worn.
Do they generally wear bad on some of these 306's or is the car likely to have done more miles???
Any other points to look for?

cheers in advance.

Mike1609

iTrader: (1)

Hi mate,

My wife has just bought an X plate 306 and i must admit the steering wheel appears very shiny and its only done 21k. We know its a genuine mileage as it was her Dad's car and he owned it from new, but the steering wheel does seem to wear compared to other cars we have owned.

Mike

TonyBurns

iTrader: (3)

Does this have the leather or normal steering wheel?
The leather one does go a bit shiny, have a 2ltr 8v sedan which at 38k had a shiny one, though i also have an xtdt which has the normal steering wheel, its worn a little, probably dirty hands/sun, but check under the mat to see what the carpet is like in the drivers footwell, if the car also has old MOT's that may help you with the milage, though it wouldnt be the first one thats had something changed on it

Tony

wrx-kris

might of had a heavy handed prev owner...

Bobcat

Mine is a TD with 75K and there is no ware at all,would sugest you dig a bit deeper into the history

eve

i have a td r reg 62,000 no wear on seats or steering wheel, i got it with no history but the condition/drive gives me no reason to question the low mileage.

terence

ive had loads and all have had heavy wear on steering wheel, i notice it with most 306s not just dturbo!

as mentioned poss down to heavy handed ness or the way drivers pass the wheel round

DARKSSLASH

Had a 306 TD before my scoob, that had done 105000 when i sold it and there was no wear on the seat and the stearing wheel was only a bit shiney at the top and down the right side. I think its down to peoples driving style, may be they just used the top of the wheel??? top motors anyway and very reliable even with high mileage.

m-pwr

Bro had one, S reg wih 50K and steering was worn to s*it

Rich D

iTrader: (12)

Yeah, the steering wheels can wear badly, depends on the driver I suppose...

The rubber ones tend to last better than the leather ones though!

DodgeT

i did an hpi check on it, mileage records go back to 2001 & checks out with previous mot's.
the rest of the car is fine, reckon the owner must of had sandpaper hands.

hades

My (95k DTurbo M reg) has a fairly shine-free steering wheel.

Good reliable cars, decent to drive, cheap to run and not that difficult to get some significant extra power with a bit of DIY tuning (manual wastegate, fuel screw etc)

Senior_AP

My GTi-6, bought with 89k and the steering wheel was so worn you could barely see it.

Wouldn't worry - unless all other components are equally worn.