#1: 306 Rallye Author: Brian, Location: VVT Land, FifePosted: Sat Oct 08, 2011 5:42 pm ---- Bought this on Thursday. It's one owner from new, owned by a doctor and driven mostly by his wife. His daily was an 06 plate BMW M3 and loved the car so much, him and his wife wanted to talk to me a lot to ensure it was definitely going to the right owner! So I stayed for a few coffees 120 miles away from home, just outside Aberdeen!
Here's a few pics:
And the most important factor and what I always look for...
Believe it or not, this car has done 122k miles!!! You'd never know from the exterior. There's a few dimple sized dings, but nothing that can't be rectified.
Pics are in the dark as there are scheduled pics for me to take prior to a Brian-ised cleaning session. This is seriously mingin by my standards.
I'll be updating this thread throughout my ownership so watch this space...
Brian Last edited by Brian on Sun Oct 09, 2011 2:21 pm; edited 1 time in total
#2: Re: 306 Rallye Author: furryhobnob, Location: NuneatonPosted: Sat Oct 08, 2011 5:53 pm ---- Looks nice pal, I love the 306, owned a d-turbo before, I might invest in a rallye
#3: Re: 306 Rallye Author: pug206lx, Location: Taking a gearbox off somewherePosted: Sat Oct 08, 2011 5:54 pm ---- Very very nice! I've got a 306 Meridian.
#4: Re: 306 Rallye Author: 206QSBRAZIL, Location: BrazilPosted: Sat Oct 08, 2011 6:21 pm ---- Awesome 306! Love this car.
#5: Re: 306 Rallye Author: shell-vt, Location: durhamPosted: Sun Oct 09, 2011 1:28 am ---- just turned one down last week, of 306 gti-rallye owners, this looks nice and orig..
#6: Re: 306 Rallye Author: colganraz, Location: LeedsPosted: Sun Oct 09, 2011 1:46 am ---- never been a fan of 306`s but this is bang tidy
#7: Re: 306 Rallye Author: 00budham00, Location: IpsPosted: Sun Oct 09, 2011 3:08 am ---- The old 306 xsi 2.0l we have was quick! Good car
#8: Re: 306 Rallye Author: iainlovatt, Posted: Sun Oct 09, 2011 3:22 am ---- Nice!! what r are the plans?
#9: Re: 306 Rallye Author: -Dave-, Location: North ManchesterPosted: Sun Oct 09, 2011 3:25 am ---- Nice, Look's well looked after considering the mileage.
#10: Re: 306 Rallye Author: Jordan_xsi, Location: IpswichPosted: Sun Oct 09, 2011 3:33 am ---- Looks pretty tidy Brian, nice purchase!
#11: Re: 306 Rallye Author: TheGTIlad, Location: LeedsPosted: Sun Oct 09, 2011 3:50 am ---- Beautiful example of a 306 rallye you have there! Always loved the 306's, especially the gti-6 + the rallye!
#12: Re: 306 Rallye Author: lmilligan, Location: HertfordshirePosted: Sun Oct 09, 2011 6:20 am ---- Looks well looked after, especially with all the service history to prove it! What a beautiful car...
#13: Re: 306 Rallye Author: Lowercase, Location: East SussexPosted: Sun Oct 09, 2011 7:26 am ---- looks great mate, was hoping to get my hands on one of these or a gti6. bet your glad you managed to find an unmolested example!
#14: Re: 306 Rallye Author: Brian, Location: VVT Land, FifePosted: Sun Oct 09, 2011 2:30 pm ----
shell-vt wrote:
just turned one down last week, of 306 gti-rallye owners, this looks nice and orig..
Yeah a lot of gti 6's and rallyes are owned by chavs etc unfortunately! I was lucky to find this and get myself that £550 discount off the asking price!
iainlovatt wrote:
Nice!! what r are the plans?
Plans are to clean the life out of it and just enjoy driving it really. I'll be swapping over my audio from the 206 and putting it into this car. I need to fix the alarm and I really want to tidy up the engine bay too.
#15: Re: 306 Rallye Author: Ali_H, Location: Chichester, SussexPosted: Sun Oct 09, 2011 2:37 pm ---- White 306s FTW
#16: Re: 306 Rallye Author: broadblaster, Location: south coastPosted: Sun Oct 09, 2011 2:48 pm ---- very nice mate i had a 306 s16 a few yrs back, done me well for a time then my son had it off me and ran it for another couple of yrs,he then in turn sold it to one of his mates and its still going strong now.
don't blame me for the lights that was my boys idea lol lol he was only 18 at the time.
#17: Re: 306 Rallye Author: Brian, Location: VVT Land, FifePosted: Mon Oct 10, 2011 1:10 pm ---- Yeah that doesn't look too bad mate if we discard the rear lights! They're great fun for very little outlay. You can get a half decent gti 6 with history for £1500 and a shitter for £900.
Ali_H wrote:
White 3dr 306s FTW
EFT
#18: Re: 306 Rallye Author: broadblaster, Location: south coastPosted: Mon Oct 10, 2011 1:12 pm ---- yeah the lights are bad lol lol but hey at 18 what do you expect.
miss that car think i preferd it to my 180 tbh.
#19: Re: 306 Rallye Author: Harry, Location: StaffordPosted: Mon Oct 10, 2011 1:35 pm ---- You always manage to get the tidy ones, really like it rallyes are awesome
#20: Re: 306 Rallye Author: PugJH, Location: NorthantsPosted: Mon Oct 10, 2011 1:37 pm ---- New Pics please.
yeah the lights are bad lol lol but hey at 18 what do you expect.
That was the style back then though!
Harry I only find the tidy ones because I just so happen to be at the right place at the right time. I don't have any newer pics as such because i've not cleaned it yet, so it's now mingin' already being white! Will get pics up as soon as though.
Edit: I forgot i took these:
These pics were taken by previous owner to show me so i knew what i was letting myself in for Nothing a bit of surfex hd and a pressure washer at work won't sort out.
#22: Re: 306 Rallye Author: Brian, Location: VVT Land, FifePosted: Thu Oct 13, 2011 4:14 pm ---- So i finally managed to get round to some thorough cleaning...
How the car looked to start with:
After a wash although doesn't look much different!
There was no need for boot lid shuts to be this dirty!
After:
Whipped roof trims off as well and cleaned out some of the gunk
I also did the door shuts and the sills/around the doors etc but didn't take any pics. I then started the claying process just using an autoglym clay bar. It's not as good as the Bilt Hamber stuff but still did the trick. I used it along-side Iron-X, which draws out dirt from the paintwork instead of what's just sitting on top of it.
This was the bonnet:
Doing this first I found made claying easier and quicker because Iron-X breaks down the dirt sitting on the paint, so the clay bar slid over the paintwork smoothly.
Already starting to achieve a bit of depth and sparkle!
At this point, guess which side of the car I hadn't done yet!
And how the day ended:
I think the wheels might have been refurbed in the past but not very well done or something?? The finish on them's a bit lack lustre!
Still to do:
Below the doors from the black trim down with the clay bar, side skirts & the front bumper. I've not started on the interior yet, but it's really not too bad, just needs a good hoover and a wipe over with a cloth and the glass cleaned as there's a few sticky marks on the windscreen.
#23: Re: 306 Rallye Author: CD-B3, Location: Salisbury / New ForestPosted: Fri Oct 14, 2011 10:14 am ---- Tidy 306 you've got
#25: Re: 306 Rallye Author: Howey, Location: Kings LynnPosted: Fri Oct 14, 2011 3:08 pm ---- It looks like a fridge.
#26: Re: 306 Rallye Author: DMA24, Location: LlantrisantPosted: Fri Oct 14, 2011 4:33 pm ---- Stunning car! looking for a tidy example as a track project
#27: Re: 306 Rallye Author: Brian, Location: VVT Land, FifePosted: Sat Oct 15, 2011 5:22 pm ---- its too nice for a track project mate! it'll be my new daily when the 206 has sold! I might upgrade the suspension, but that's about it!
#28: Re: 306 Rallye Author: shaker, Location: AustriaPosted: Mon Oct 17, 2011 12:59 pm ---- bang tidy! can't believe how new the exterior looks.. very nice buy!
#29: Re: 306 Rallye Author: Brian, Location: VVT Land, FifePosted: Mon Nov 21, 2011 3:20 pm ---- I got a set of winter tyres on some steel wheels, however the steelies themselves were a bit rusty, so, since I had some Bilt Hamber etch primer, Ford Graphite gray paint and lacquer lying around I decided to use some of this to freshen the wheels up a bit! I know the last ones are pretty dark, but never mind. I'll get pics of them on the car in day-light at some point.
I was not going for any awards with these wheels, but here it goes! This is how they started out and as you can tell I already faffed around with a tin of primer before these pics were taken!
Rubbed down, washed, dried then taped them up. I find tape's a bit time consuming but zero paint gets onto the tyres and it's so easy to peel off and it's really cheap as a masking material. Proper masking tape doesn't stick to tyres very well at all!
Thoroughly covered in etch primer
Then graphite gray paint and lacquer. Far from mint but better than the orange and black and not bad for using what I had lying around! I couldn't use a flash on this photo because it just hit against all of the paint in the air and was really hazy and unclear!
#30: Re: 306 Rallye Author: craigdmjv, Location: WiltshirePosted: Tue Nov 22, 2011 2:48 pm ---- getthem on aha i would of maybe gone for nimrods though maybe in white looks nice with them on
#31: Re: 306 Rallye Author: Brian, Location: VVT Land, FifePosted: Wed Nov 23, 2011 12:34 pm ---- craig...the wheels and tyres were free with the car and they're only for the winter so steelies are fine! lol. I'm not particularly keen on Nimrods on a 306...just doesn't go. White wheels would be a nightmare to keep clean in winter too whereas graphite gray hides the dirt
#32: Re: 306 Rallye Author: Ross, Location: West MidlandsPosted: Sun Dec 11, 2011 5:48 pm ---- Really nice this Brian, any idea how rare these are now? Don't see many of them about. Sounds like the previous owners were quite fanatical about it too, almost like you were being interviewed lol.
#33: Re: 306 Rallye Author: Rob2859, Location: HalifaxPosted: Sun Dec 11, 2011 6:52 pm ---- Looks very nice. High miles but I bet there are not many in a condition like that. Any service history? If its been regularly maintained then its not a problem. Could do with some slight changes though You should see my mates N reg polo there is a small woodland growing in his tailgate.
#34: Re: 306 Rallye Author: spike_202, Location: West midsPosted: Tue Dec 13, 2011 7:44 pm ---- Top buy there Brian looks spot on after that wash Down how does the engine feel?
#35: Re: 306 Rallye Author: Brian, Location: VVT Land, FifePosted: Thu Mar 01, 2012 3:14 pm ---- Rob, yeah there's LOADS of service history and many receipts. It's full service history up until about 2009 when it was off the road for a bit. But there-after it's had it's second cambelt etc
The engine is smooth and non-tapping! lol. The metal on the end of my cat is buggered though where it meets the mid-section so I am driving about in the miami 309 just now. It's been welded once before by the looks of things and I've done it a second time and it's just popped open again because there's a lot of movement it seems. It's a common fault though.
Subtle change number 1: Clear ph3 headlights
#36: Re: 306 Rallye Author: craigdmjv, Location: WiltshirePosted: Thu Mar 01, 2012 3:19 pm ---- white cola ????
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what r are the plans?
Nothing a bit of surfex hd and a pressure washer at work won't sort out. 
I might upgrade the suspension, but that's about it!
