1992 Peugeot 106 XSI review from UK and Ireland

Well I must have the worst luck with this car ever!!!

To begin with when I got the car I noticed the following:

* Fuel reading dial didn't work properly

* Oil temp dial rarely moved

* Gear change linkages are very worn.

These were just little things that were soon fixed with a trip to a scrap yard..

But then when the car got near 100K I soon had more problems:

* Front wheel bearings died

* Rear wheel bearings died

* Rear drums were badly worn

* Rear trailing arm was damaged due to the bearing needing replacing.

After spending a small fortune at a official (rip off) Peugeot garage, off we went thinking all was good..

Until at 110k the clutch blew up due to wear) and took out the flywheel, a timing sensor - which shorted out and also blew up the ECU.

I have just spent another fortune getting all this fixed.. when I went to get the car after repairs the (rip off) Peugeot garage left the timing sensor loose and about 4 miles out of the garage the clutch friction plate fell to bits, so back to the garage it goes!

Although I have had a complete nightmare with reliability problems, when this little baby works it's a dream!

I had a 4-1 manifold with a s/s exhaust which sounded amazing, especially with a K&N induction kit!!

The little beast will hit the high revs and go till it's red in the face, although its 0-60 is only about 9 secs I was able to get mine to hit 120MPH with ease and I even got mine to 130MPH once!!

It handles good, especially with some 15" alloys.. the standard wheels just didn't do it for me so 195 tyres soon gave me confidence to hammer it round those twisty bends.

I love this car, and although it's a bit old and worn out, I would love to have a pristine 106 XSi.

If you can find a nice low mileage one I recommend it.. you can outrun the most cars you find on out roads, apart from the GTI up range.. But even then a MK2 golf GTI will have trouble keeping up to this little baby.