After about 9000 miles my daily runaround (£100 renault 5) is about to give up the ghost and i was thinking of getting something a bit nicer for the daily commute. I was thinking about a 106 XSi as the insurance isn't too much, does anyone know whats these are like to drive, reliability etc.

Cheers

Andy

 

Have a look over here Andy...
http://www.peugeot-gti.net/forums/

 

hi, if i remember they come in 2 flavours...

1.4 16v 100bhp ish.
1.6 8v 90bhp ish. ? the same as saxo vtr.

i had a 106 gti which was a great drive. and i had no probs with it.

cheers matt

 

I ran one for a good few years. Very good handling on them, the car peugeot built when the premiums had killed off the 205 gti and they spent the development cash on the handling setup instead. I managed to get a constant 40mpg off mine- even when lightly modded which they respond well to(chip filter and exhaust).

Power wise the 1.6's where I think 100hp (they where less hampered with emissions regs than the later vtr spec 1.6 engine) but with a bit more torque than the earlier 1.4s (which where 100hp pre cat and 95 after) however the gearing is longer and the car's a bit heavier.

There also quicker in reality than the figures peugeot gave (under quoted to help the insurance) - Car mag I think it was got one of the 1.4's to 60 in 8.9 seconds which is closer to how they feel to drive.

Reliability they are okay, no worse than one would expect for something that age. Watch out for any smells of coolant inside the car from the heater matrix leaking though- there a sod to fix if it goes.

 

Cheers for the replys, i definately think i'll get one all i got to do is find one now.

 

Reliability..

I fooked around 7 gearboxes, snapped off 3 lower arms and ripped the back wheel arch away from the boot floor.. but you really can make them corner with a decent suspension setup on them..

David

 

my dad had one which he turned into a enduro rally car.........really nice little car to fling about - any issues he managed to fix very cheaply at the scrappy! easy to drive, fine on the motorway - Id go for one, sensible money too!

 

I had a 1.4 XSi for a few years, a fantastic little car which I wished I never got rid of tbh.

In someways I wouldn't mind a 106 GTi now, a nice cheap little runabout.

 

Are you sure it was a 1.4 16v???? I'm sure they were both (1.4 & 1.6) were 8v????

 

On the saxo it was -
1.6 8v for the VTR - 90 bhp
1.6 16v for the VTS - 110 bhp

IIRC

 

Saxo VTR were 90bhp or later 105bhp I think.

Saxo VTS were 120bhp. The VTS and 106 gti are practically the same car, they share the same engine and same chassis.

I had a 1992 1.4 XSi. It was a very good car, very go-kart like. I eventually put a 1.6 16v engine from the 106 gti in along with jenvey throttle bodies. It was a little beast once all that was done.

They can be picked up quite cheap now, you should be able to find one for about £800

 

Both XSi engine variants where 8v

 

oops, you're right, both were 8v.

 

they are both 8v, its the same 1.4 (1360cc) engine that was in the 205xs. Good little engines, mine had 165,000mls on it when i sold my 205 and it still ran like new.