Hello, new 306 owner

[timbuchanan]

Hello

I just bought a 1995 srdt 306 sedan

165km for $2700

Is this a good price?

I have read that these can possibly get 950km to a tank, but on my trip down from Chch to Dunedin i used half a tank for 350km. I have heard that its hard to fill them right up though, as i only put 42l in. Anyway it was a bit of a worry as I bought it because it would be efficient!

Also the battery seems to be fairly dead, what size/make do you recommend?

[monnymc]

700k off a full tank is awesome economy! us petrollers are using a tank for 4-500ks 

[CaM]

20l for 350k is pretty sweet economy.
all pugs/citroens seem to be a pain in the arse to fill.

[timbuchanan]

yes but its apperantly a 60l tank, so would be only 8.5l/100km

[thedrunkfish]

you wont need a fancy battery, the no maintenance ones now come with like a 3 year warranty from memory, you can get them anywhere

[timbuchanan]

Do you guys think the price was right?

[Carpentry]

Hey bro

I think you got a good deal, those diesel turbos are the bee's as far as I'm concerned
Yeah wouldn't trust the gauge so much.... You'd be better off doing a litres filled/trip meter type calculation. That would probably involve running it until you get the fuel light though

[timbuchanan]

my father has a good diesel mechanic so I might get him to give it a once over and make sure everything is clean and up to standard.

I just bought a new battery, $177!!

[monnymc]

my bat was $200  got a $30 discount tho in the end 

my volvo used to do 750-800k's off a tank of gas, and i was driving it pretty hard  loved it

[timbuchanan]

what sort of volvo was that monnymc?

[monnymc]

440 glt - 2 litre 8v i think

'twas fast  but not as fast as a pug 

[5GTX]

^^powered by renault     (i think)

[monnymc]

correct!

[Lord Page]

Back on topic for a bit, I think you got a good price.

The fun part will be making it into a "Di16".  That will be a different project and certainly fast.

Welcome

[timbuchanan]

What is a Di16?