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I realise it has been a full 7 months since the last update, however the car is now well over a hundred miles away from me. It used to sit on my driveway so daily I was tinkering with it, but now that has become a tad harder! Anyway, things have progressed and moved on […]

Before the 106 GTi went off to its winter home we thought it deserved a good going over bodywork wise. It had been sat on the drive 4 months without being washed. In fact it had only been washed once since we have owned it and that was the second day. From a distance it […]

First ever vlog for carwitter here! I thought my musings and chat would be of interest to a select few who are following the project. I genuinely didn’t know if the 106 would make it the 2 and a half hours from Milton Keynes to Lincolnshire, previously i have only ever driven it the once […]

As we mentioned in our last instalment it was time to get the rust corrected on the Peugeot 106 GTi. I wanted to get it into storage for winter before the weather really turned, so I promptly got it booked in with the guys over at Beaniesport. It wasn’t good news to start with…having ripped […]

When i purchased said Peugeot 106 GTi i checked in all the normal places for rust, the only place i found a minor amount was the rear offside wheel arch. This hadnt gone through to the boot so i didnt worry. But i thought i best err on the side of caution. Removing the rear […]

Driving the 106 home for the first time was a dream, effortless pace, smooth revs and…a lumpy idle at traffic lights! The 106 starts fine, warms up for 2 minutes then the revs drop ever so slightly from about 950 to 800, the car starts a deep vibrating for a few seconds before returning to […]

So after picking up my new toy it needed a good clean to see what was hiding under those dirt splattered panels. With paintwork sounding like sandpaper to the touch, I decided it needed some intensive cleaning. Covering the little Pug from roof to sills in fallout remover would get the ball rolling, washing this off […]

I already have a car, a perfectly good, working car. It rarely goes wrong, it has extended warranty so when it does, i don’t have to pay a penny…so because that car is all to easy and reliable i went and purchased a 1999 China Blue Peugeot 106 GTi. After having my eye on them […]