Faults:

I have had my 106 for around 4 months. After only 6 days, it wouldn't start. After an hour of persistence, I left it, and came back, and it started first time. This happens every couple of weeks, and sometimes it can cut out at junctions.

The front windscreen leaked, leaving puddles of water throughout the car, and the insulation under the carpet still has not dried out to this date, leaving a horrendous cabbage smell.

My breakdown cover company have told me that my car has an "intermittent electrical fault" - I have got to know them well over the 4 months! They can't pinpoint the exact problem, but when driving over 70mph or shortly after driving on a motorway, the car will lose power when accelerating.

The car scratches very easily. Without doing them myself, my car seems to have around 10 different scratches and bumps compared to the 1 when I bought it. I have no idea how the majority of them came to be, but the paintwork seems to damage easily.

My boyfriend says the pedals are far too close together, and he presses 2 at a time if he is not careful. I have smaller feet and haven't found this though.

General Comments:

The car, if the problems are forgotten, is a beautiful little car. I fell in love with its lovely deep blue colour, and its nippy accelerating, although it shakes badly at only 70mph.

The car does at least 300 miles to a tank of petrol, which only costs me around £25. It handles well on country roads, but isn't a good motorway car.

The headlights light on the dashboard sometimes goes out and you have to hit the dashboard for it to light up again.

Faults:

Annoying electrical problems such as:

Throttle position sensor going wrong.

Idle control stepper motor becoming faulty.

Oh nearly forgot, it wears through tyres far too quickly!!! I think that one is my fault though.

General Comments:

Amazing around any corner.

A car that will shame those costing 5 times as much down any B road.

General Comments:

The Peugeot 106 has real style and still turns heads when driven through busy high streets.

I find it very nippy on the open road and at junctions.

The Car still looks like new and I feel the car has not dated yet.

The interior is blue and very Sporty it also has blue dials which add to the sporty, stylish image.

I have had no major problems with the car.

Find it very fun to drive can keep up with some of the biggest of cars on the open roads (WHICH MAKES ME LAUGH).

And what a roar comes of the engine!!!

Faults:

Nothing.

General Comments:

Like my first car in many respects, but just a bit newer and slightly more polished handling and better brakes.

Great for learning to drive in, and easy to park. When pushed on a twisty road, will never bite back, but just do what you want. Great nimble, simple car, which has got me looking for a 106 rallye.

Faults:

Once the engine has fully warmed up, the idle speed remains at about 1000rpm or even slightly higher. This is too high, I have yet to find the cause of the problem.

Occasionally the engine just cuts out and won't start easily. It will maybe fire, but then cut out. Then after starting it again its fine.

Also, occasionally when pulling away from junctions there is a power loss- the car just creeps at about 10mph and then suddenly it regains the power and moves properly!

It can be very sluggish and jerky when cold, but warms up very slowly.

Clock bulb has blown, but it's going to cost so much money to take the dash off and fix it, probably not worth it!

Rear door doesn't close unless you slam it and in icy conditions the drivers door won't close due to it being frozen.

Clutch isn't the nicest to use.

General Comments:

With amazing refinement, this car puts many larger cars to shame. There is minimal road noise and engine noise is never excessive. The ride has a suppleness that I have never experienced in any other car, it just soaks up bumps and speed humps are dealt with superbly. Handling doesn't suffer either- there is never any serious body roll. Fuel economy is also good, as is performance for a 1.1 litre.

It's fairly comfortable, but all round it feels dated and build quality is well below the standards of Japanese cars. The footwell is extremely cramped and the pedals are far too small. The styling isn't really to my taste, but It looks better than an equivalent age Nissan Micra.

Being the Zest 3 model, it's got power-steering (nicely weighted) and electric windows, plus an airbag. Ours is also 5-door which is unusual and probably better to have.

I believe air-con was never an option on the 106, which demonstrated that in 2004 when production ceased this Pug was a very dated model!!

I would recommend one only if it has full service history and you aren't too tall, as it's very cramped. Also, the standard radio is the most basic I have ever come across