My First car pug 106
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Here is my first car 106 1.1 i've since changed my car to a focus 1.6, but i do miss this, it was a great fun car to drive, altho didnt have much power, was good fun! altho it was a pain in the arse when it rained because i then had a swimming pool in the car, altho it was all the fun of having a cheap first car, i strongly recomend any one who is looking for a fun to drive cheap first car to get one! for the year i owned it, nothing went wrong with it mechanically! and that was putting 14000 miles on it as i regulary drove to bristol from the midlands, which i was surprised knowing the repuation of old peugeots
Comments would be appreciated, what did you have for your first car?
Comments would be appreciated, what did you have for your first car?
t it was too. First cars should always be cheap and cheerful. At least you have happy memories about yours, I don't 
Your first car was much nicer than mine. I had a 1991 Escort with wheezy 1.4 engine which returned truly awful fuel economy whilst also delivering little to no power. You'd think it would get faster the older it got considering the rate that it was rusting away.
I kept that for 4 years until an icy corner allowed it to bounce off a hedge the day before its MOT giving it bent steering but the thing that killed it was that I was quoted £700 worth of welding to keep it on the road.
I kept that for 4 years until an icy corner allowed it to bounce off a hedge the day before its MOT giving it bent steering but the thing that killed it was that I was quoted £700 worth of welding to keep it on the road.
madrob6 said:
Your first car was much nicer than mine. I had a 1991 Escort with wheezy 1.4 engine which returned truly awful fuel economy whilst also delivering little to no power. You'd think it would get faster the older it got considering the rate that it was rusting away.
I kept that for 4 years until an icy corner allowed it to bounce off a hedge the day before its MOT giving it bent steering but the thing that killed it was that I was quoted £700 worth of welding to keep it on the road.
haha cheers, but im sure the 1.4 engine had a bit more pace than the 1.1 :P haha sounds like u had a proper first car! not one of these that get a brand new fiesta or somthing boring, having an old first car i'm sure is more fun as theres abit of uncertainy that its not going to start in the morning and then your plesantly surprised when it does.I kept that for 4 years until an icy corner allowed it to bounce off a hedge the day before its MOT giving it bent steering but the thing that killed it was that I was quoted £700 worth of welding to keep it on the road.
Thats unlucky though how your car came to an end :/
martin91focus said:
having an old first car i'm sure is more fun as theres abit of uncertainy that its not going to start in the morning and then your plesantly surprised when it does.
It was more of a pain how it would break down every month to be honest. The most spectacular failure was when the carb just packed up and if you touched the throttle the engine would die out. Had to do a 3 point turn in a country lane without using the throttle then get towed home by my Dad, I'd made it about 3 miles down the road.mikezs said:
I had a 973cc 12v Corsa for my first car. As I was new to driving and the car had no power (at all) I drove it at 100% all the time and wrecked the engine. Was a blast to drive and no matter how hard I pushed it, got around 40mpg 
haha yer my mate has one of them, ive drove it on my insurance, it literally does have no power at all, but tbh i think his isn't the best example of that corsa, as the accelerator is preety much seized up, thats preety good mpg for thrashin it round, my 106 got about the same, shame the focus doesn't do nefin like that when i put my foot down :/carsounds_dan said:
I started in a 206 and had similar memories, which then turned into a 106 XSi with a cammed VTS engine and a Motorbike.. which was also great fun.
Little peugeot's are great fun cars to have relatively safe fun in
nice, i really want a 106 gti, when left standard they are preety rapid, but as they're insurance group 13 and im 18, i dont think that gonna happen anytime soon :/Little peugeot's are great fun cars to have relatively safe fun in
martin91focus said:
Here is my first car 106 1.1 i've since changed my car to a focus 1.6, but i do miss this, it was a great fun car to drive, altho didnt have much power, was good fun! altho it was a pain in the arse when it rained because i then had a swimming pool in the car, altho it was all the fun of having a cheap first car, i strongly recomend any one who is looking for a fun to drive cheap first car to get one! for the year i owned it, nothing went wrong with it mechanically! and that was putting 14000 miles on it as i regulary drove to bristol from the midlands, which i was surprised knowing the repuation of old peugeots
So it was.. erm... fun?EpicDave said:
First and only car currently is a 1.2 Clio, loving it so far despite the lack of any umph:P yet it's still fun to drive on any B-Road though. It's pretty similar to your 106 with almost identical specs... apart for the leaking sunroof!
mate you should trade the clio in for a focus :P haha if i remenber rightly i'm sure your roof leaked aswell, the leaky roof made my car tbh lol
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