Peugeot 106

[Gary406]

well just bought my 1st car to sell on. been thinking of doing this for a while now but never did.

just bought a very nice and tidy 1998 peugeot 106 1.1 xn.
its only got 2 and a half months of MOT left on it but cant see it failing on much when next one is due.

underneith is nice and solid. engine is nice and tidy. no major oil leaks visable.

but it has got 100k on the clock. seen them on the net with this on , ive no idea about these cars and what sort of milage they can do.
it does sound sweet as a nut tho. no knocking whatso ever / no taps.

[trem1]

sounds the same as my daughters but hers is a 97. just put that through an MOT and all it needed was front-to-rear brake-pipes and a wheel cylinder.Bout £25 was all

[Gary406]

i'll post some pictures when ive got it sorted out and gets peoples opinion on price.

it just needs a set of wheel trims and a parcel shelf. oh and a good polish.

[OdinEidolon]

My 106 had 300000 miles when we got the new car. Yes, it was a diesel, but the car itself was still wonderful. Everything was original, never changed: gearbox, suspensions, engine, whatever. And it run wonderfully on veg oil (even a little fater than with diesel) doing up to 30km/l. Never opened the bonnet in the last 90000 miles, I swear.
A wonderful evil hatchback, keep it well and it will last forever.

[Doggy]

My 106 had 300000 miles when we got the new car. Yes, it was a diesel, but the car itself was still wonderful. Everything was original, never changed: gearbox, suspensions, engine, whatever. And it run wonderfully on veg oil (even a little fater than with diesel) doing up to 30km/l. Never opened the bonnet in the last 90000 miles, I swear.
A wonderful evil hatchback, keep it well and it will last forever.

As I do 15,000 miles/year commuting on my own, I've been seriuosly thinking about one of these myself. (I assume yours had a Bosch injection pump, Odin)?

Hope I don't get barred for this, but I kinda fancy the super-posh up-market Citreon, (cos it's got a temperature gauge)!

[OdinEidolon]

My 106 had 300000 miles when we got the new car. Yes, it was a diesel, but the car itself was still wonderful. Everything was original, never changed: gearbox, suspensions, engine, whatever. And it run wonderfully on veg oil (even a little fater than with diesel) doing up to 30km/l. Never opened the bonnet in the last 90000 miles, I swear.
A wonderful evil hatchback, keep it well and it will last forever.

As I do 15,000 miles/year commuting on my own, I've been seriuosly thinking about one of these myself. (I assume yours had a Bosch injection pump, Odin)?

I honestly do not know, why are you asking? Get one. The only worrying thing on mine was that the ABS from the right wheel stopped working... bet we never fixed it
It wasmy mum's car so I didnt use it much. It was the car on which I learnt to drive (yes, I'm that young), so obviously I love it.

[plod]

I hope you ain't blown your holiday dosh Gaz
Your misses will be stringing you up lol

[lozz]

i'll post some pictures when ive got it sorted out and gets peoples opinion on price.

it just needs a set of wheel trims and a parcel shelf. oh and a good polish.

ive still got the parcel shelf out of my old 306, dont know if they same as the 106 tho,
if they are you can have it,

or you couid even trim it down abit to fit if its to big aspose ,
speakers are still in it,

[FarmerPug]

my mum had a wee 106 my dad and me bought it for her, it had a rotten wheelarch and my dad took a sthil saw to it and cut it out and cut the same part out of one at the scrapyard, a mechanic welded it in and sprayed it and it looked like new, no rust elsewhere.
The head gasket went but that was because the radiator got punctured and my mum ploughed on, no tempetaure gague, but even so she wouldnt have noticed. It also didnt start in the cold but that was fixed with some tuning of the fuel pump, the passenger door jammed but a bit of wd40 solved that. Other than that though all them problems were cheap to fix, it was so economical you had to pull in and drain the diesel, and it was comfortable.
after 2 years of driving we got £500 for it just what we paid.

[Gary406]

I hope you ain't blown your holiday dosh Gaz
Your misses will be stringing you up lol

yep i've subed sum cash out that so the pressure is on now to get it all ready and sold in 3-4 weeks

list of bits it needs -

2 wheel trims (or 4 if scrap yard wont sell me 2 or have 2 to match these) it has 2 original pug ones on i would like to keep them original.
a parcel shelf
just give the engine another good check over and there is a pipe that goes from the manifold cover to the air intake pipe just before air filter. this is slightly tore so gonna get that fixed.
dipstick doesnt seem to be the correct one

all in all those parts should cost no more than £20-£30

PS registered keeper accuired vehicle on the 03/07/2000 she owned it almost 11 years
to me that says its a good car or they wouldnt have kept it for so damn long

[omega]

PS registered keeper accuired vehicle on the 03/07/2000 she owned it almost 11 years
to me that says its a good car or they wouldnt have kept it for so damn long [/quote]


no not true
1 its been in the garage for years as its keep braking down
2 they just couldnt find a mug /sucker that wanted to buy it



but on the bright side popular car,good first car,good mpg youll soon find a sucker to sell it to!!!

[Gary406]

hahahaha only you could think of saying that nigel

with 100k on the clock dont think its been sat in a garage somehow

anyway heres a few pics of the car. i havnt done any work on it yet . that will be 2moro .

the body is actually cleaner and straighter than my 406 theres no rust anywere

[highlander]

Paint has faded a bit. Maybe go over it with some T-Cut (or similar) to get the original paint colour shining through - a better shine on the paint will get more interest.

Incidentally, would 15" alloys from a 307 fit this car properly? I've still got the alloys from my old saloon and I need rid of 'em. If they're 15" tyres on the steel rims, then you could get them transferred over.

[waue1978]

Paint has faded a bit. Maybe go over it with some T-Cut (or similar) to get the original paint colour shining through - a better shine on the paint will get more interest.

Incidentally, would 15" alloys from a 307 fit this car properly? I've still got the alloys from my old saloon and I need rid of 'em. If they're 15" tyres on the steel rims, then you could get them transferred over.

They'd only be 13" on there at the mo. At a guess, I'd say something like 165-185 width. 307 15" wheels should fit the 4 stud models, but unfortunately Gary's one only has 3 studs so it'd be a big no-no without major work.

Looks tidy enough, but if you're planning on doing this on a regular basis, either do it legit (trade insurance & registered as a trader with DVLA & taxman) or allow at least a couple of months between each car & spend a few quid with a (trustworthy) mechanic friend to give it a thorough check to make sure that nothing is going to go badly wrong within 3 months of selling it otherwise you'll be kissing goodbye to a lot more money than you lost on that laptop a few weeks ago. I did this a while ago, but thankfully I had a friend who was a legit car trader & most transactions were carried out through him so that if anything happened, we were both covered. Got to be honest though, apart from a couple of really good ones, I didn't make enough to be worth all the hassle of dealing with the public.

[highlander]

unfortunately Gary's one only has 3 studs so it'd be a big no-no without major work

Bugger, I never noticed that