Meet Dumpit: My new car!

#dumpit #peugeot106 #motoringwithoutmoney #newcar #bangernomics
It's true, thanks to the generosity of viewer Paul, I have a 2002 Peugeot 106 Independence, and I've named it 'Dumpit'. Why? You'll have to watch and find out (that's kinda the deal...)
The plan? To run this car on a very tight budget! How tight? Oh, you'll have to wait and see!
0:00 Introducing Dumpit!
2:14 The (OG) Dumpit
6:49 Dumpit is a state of mind
8:46 A look around Dumpit
23:33 Driving Dumpit
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[@gafrers]

106 FTW. Love the Dumpit concept

[@robertngreen6]

This is just brilliant! I love Dumpit, I love the story, and I look forward to more updates!

[@jamesleeharris]

Yes yes yes budget motoring at its finest!! My mate bought one brand new in 2001 just when the then new '51' reg came out. We ridiculed him at the time but within an hour we all ate our words. For a 1.1 it was a flyer. Even 4 up loaded for the coast on a Friday night it was brilliant. Suprisingly torquey again for a 1.1. It would lean for weeks in the corners but never understeered or was ever in danger of rolling. These and the saxo are from a time when car were fun. Fun colours , Blue door cards , blue dials or green carpets with funky as hell seat patterns truly wonderful. Well done Richard. You've scored. Long live dumpit.

[@robk3596]

Well said sir. Had my 106 for just over 7 years nowc& in 40 years of motoring I think it rates amongst the best. Cheap to run/insure, fun to drive, with enough practicality to suit my needs. Just need to watch those hidden areas for the dreaded corrosion, as that's what tends to kill them off! 👍

[@jfv65]

I've driven an AX with the 1.1L singlepoint inj. I loved to hussle that car along and i when i first drove it i was amazed how zippy it was. I do think it's more flimsy then this Pug 106

[@PhilPotts-j5o]

Worked for that particular dealer many moons ago and drove that particular awesome Saxo 👍 total little legend that refused to die and went and did everything without any fuss, remember the heater was dead by the end,,,,

[@UPnDOWN]

Haha no way? You're royalty in these comments!

[@PhilPotts-j5o]

😂, some really nice people worked there, others not so much,,,, even took it home a few times when they leant my demo out and it didn’t come back the same day

[@jorgefernandez-mv8hu]

That is what I call a dependability car. No matter the day or night, it will get you there with no fuss or muss. I love the name Dump It. Heck I love the car from here. Love the blue door cards and interior. All you need is a smily face sticker for the rear window. Man the car gods are smiling on you. Cheers and Go Dump It!

[@fcubeboy4959]

GOD I FUCKING LOVE 106s

[@robk3596]

Come to do the same after 7 years with one! 👍

[@martinneumann7783]

My beloved «Dumpit» is a four door Citroën C1 low spec with nothing but an aftermarket central locking that is working now after four years of ownership. I love my little car. For me it is the 2CV I can’t afford. But faster! Thanks Rich for your long videos. I like listening to you and your philosophy. It’s soothing and inspiring. See you soon. With Dumpit… Take care »»» Martin 🚗⚡️🔥💨🇫🇷

[@charliemanson4808]

I had an old Nissan estate back in the 90's it cheaper to buy that than hire a van to remove the overgrown garden i had taken over. I cant remember the model (think it may have been numbers) but it was bigger than the bluebird. Everyone used to use that car for garden and rubbish tip runs, the keys where above the sun visor and the only rules were park it back were you found it and it must half half a tank of fuel in it. I kept it for 10 months sold it for a fair bit more than i paid for it and I only ever needed to put fuel in it maybe twice in that 10 months! Bless the use it and abuse it car! The Dumpits of this world deserve recognition ❤

[@christopherreed442]

I did the same with a Fiesta mk3 Frascati so as to save my then new car. It was great, classic insurance and me and my dad shared it and enjoyed it for a good while.

[@UPnDOWN]

They 100% do!

[@dungbetel]

Starts, stops, goes round corners. What more do you need? Looks good to me!

[@Cyberdyne-kg8ku]

Wife had an L reg Mardis Gras. Brilliant little car that took us all round Ireland on a camping trip without fault. Comfy and nippy.

[@RikAindow]

My first car was an L reg 106 1.1 XN graduate (cat) 3 Dr. Dark blue with the graduate markings including pink stripe. It was very basic inside, it didnt even have a light in the boot, or a cigarette lighter. But, it was only £200 back in 2005 and had only done 73k, and still had MOT. It was a great first car and I loved every minute of driving it, even with the leaky heater matrix that would piss coolant over my left foot! 😅 I replaced it with a K reg 306 1.6 XR complete with beige velour interior..

[@markstott6091]

17'58"... The upholstery is the French attempt to draw a Dalek...

[@charliemanson4808]

If you put : between the numbers, it becomes a timestamp as in 17:58 😃

[@christopherreed442]

First car was a 106 1.4 diesel. Diesel was 90p/l back then so pretty frugal. It was incredibly slow but bomb proof and oh the body roll. Young drivers don’t know how good they’ve got it now!

[@Yossarian-uj9dh]

In mid 2001 I was given an identical 106 Independence, but on a Y plate, as a courtesy car when my Xantia was in having accident damage repaired. Long story, but they managed to cock up the repair of my Xantia so I had the 106 for far longer than I should have done. Due to my general annoyance at them messing up my own car I absolutely thrashed their 106 for the whole time I had it, but it took it all totally in its stride and I grew to like it. It still managed to average 40 MPG even when driven with no sympathy whatsoever!

[@robk3596]

The TU engines are tough little units that can do great mileage if looked after properly! The early diesels may be slow, but are relatively bullet proof!

[@davidambiguous4650]

I drive a 1998 106 XND diesel , very basic with no electronics ! Very frugal on fuel but the engine is not the quietest , had it for 6 months ,done a few jobs and it passed the mot. Yes , keeping this one ! Just subscribed, hello !

[@solent7430]

Ah, this is a memory blast. I had 3 too. A 1.1, a 1.4 petrol (my fav) with a keypad immobiliser and I bought a brand new 1.5d escapade level 2 in Miami blue

[@johnalees99]

My dumpit was of all things, an AU Falcon. My sister didn't want to drive it any more, so after it sitting in the car port for 18 months, I threw a few dollars at it and got it running and roadworthy and registered and drove it for a year or two until the transmission finally cried enough (ironically after a service) and I sold it to the wreckers. A few years later I picked up a 97 Ford Laser (All 323 Protege underneath) with a few dents, threw a few more dollars at it and got it roadworthy, and drove it until we could afford something better. I do enjoy driving a car that you can park in a dodgy area, or in the shopping centre carpark, and have absolutely not a care if it picks up a dent or two.

[@jimcrichton8028]

Steering heavy when you are stationary, nobody needs to steer when stopped! As soon as you move even 1mph it gets lighter. Nobody used to move the steering wheel when stopped before power steering became universal...😂

[@SunnyD1865]

Same as one of my two 106s!! Just mine’s a 51 plate xD. the independence came with painted bumpers, a rev counter and a driver’s airbag as standard. You could option stuff like power steering and a passenger airbag - though power steering did come standard in the latter half of 2002. mine has unfortunately gained quite a bit of the inner arch tin worm and is going for its MOT tomorrow so fingers are well and truly crossed (i don’t want to daily my Dolomite really)

[@jo05dk]

I knew a guy who ran a red metallic 106 1,1 mk2 for a while, and i was regularly a passenger in it.. I really liked that little car. While not fantastic at 80km/h or above, in cities and on smaller country roads, it was fun. Congratulations, and best of luck with.

[@robk3596]

Really not great at around 50 mph!? Mine will sit at 70 mph all day no problem! 👍

[@Mighty_Metro]

They’re brilliant little cars. I’ve had 3 of them….a J plate 1.0 XN, an L reg XN 1.0 Kid Edition with the denim interior and an R plate XN 1.1. They’re cracking little cars. I can confirm all the clutches were just like as you describe yours….they took some getting used to.

[@davidmilloy5810]

Still have my 2001 106 GTi that I've been part restoring for a good few years. Love it. Never see the 106 on roads anymore. My dad had the same one as yours but in 1.5d form, was a great little car!

[@StevensPaul]

Working in the Auto Wrecking Industry, I'm used to seeing Dumpits. The thing is that I'm New Mexico where cars simply do not rust so they're not really Dumpits. Crushed a few R-10 Renault's this morning. It's part of the Job😮😢!

[@ianclark9280]

In my military days we would use a huge training area in Canada, called BATUS . There were a number of dumpits, called BATUS bangers, passed from hand to hand, down the years. A great way to get to civilization from the training area. Many happy memories of nights out in medicine hat

[@porsche356a]

This is definitely the way forward, small cars, small revvy engines, drive em like you stole them. I would love a Mk1 106 Rallye in white to match our 205 Rallye clone and Citroen AX GT we have here in Sydney, AUS. 800 quid! Wow! So glad you have a 106 on the channel now as well!

[@LordWalsallian]

I had one of those, R-Reg, white, diesel 1.5 and it was such a beast. Drove through heavy snow and ice in the hills around Leek in the Staffordshire Moorlands back in 2013 where newer, better cars got stuck. Got wrote off by a woman pulling out on me.

[@michaelwright2986]

And the AI says: In the last sentence, the words are in an unusual order.

[@Bombastic_Spastic]

I had a 1.1 106 and a Quiksilver with a 1.6 vtr engine which at the time was my dream car. I absolutely love the simplicity of 106's and id love to have my old quiksilver back. Bought the 1.1 for £80 with a headgasket issue

[@_autoverse]

Gotta love a car that just does the job and has no delusions of grandeur. I used to work in Winchester, so I’m familiar with the parking situation. To save money I parked my car in wasteland behind the prison, when my employer learned of this they paid for a Park & Ride permit.

[@Idylla-le-schnouck]

Great stuff. Believe it or not, my daily is P 106 5 doors 1.1 of the year 2001. Great little car that I've had for 19 years now. I bought it of my grand dad. It was his last car. The car only seriously failed once when the headgasket blew and the engine was full of brown cream. I got it repaired. The play on the gear stick is a feature I suppose. I smiled when you demonstrated that. The seats in my car are the best. Nu hurting back even on longer commutes. And at 100kmh on the motorway it is lovely and quiet and extremely comfortable.

[@waynelittle5583]

They hold a special place in my heart my mum brought me a red T plate one for my 18th birthday for my first car only for it to be tipped on its side one night and the brake lines cut 3 months into ownership broke my heart as my mum worked hard to buy me that car

[@roooooooory]

Long live Dumpit! Looking forward to the diary - I think you nailed the vessel for this ultimate bangernomic experiment

[@Scimmia-Locale-wr9cx]

35:09 That dashboard has everything on it that you need to get from point A to point B. My colleagues all have fancy new or nearly new cars. They also have huge monthly repayments, some never ending because they're leasing. Cars like this are the sweet spot for me. Love it.

[@aaaabababa]

little tip for re-blacking unpainted parts on cars: Owatrol Polytrol works extremely well, have used it on my Previous XM to test it out and it held up for a really long time, about 2 years until i sold it actually

[@Jam3sA]

I do have a (perhaps misplaced) nostalgia for 106s. My Dad used to have a 1.5D 106 XR. My abiding memory is that it didn't like going more than 55 mph, and used to jump out of 5th gear on bumpy B-roads. To this day, I think a 1.4 petrol in the same trim level would be a perfect city car.

[@lurntwubber]

Been living this dream in the A4 for a few years now, 236k miles - nearly to the moon.

[@PeterCrosland]

Around the same time as you got Dumpit, I got a Xsara Picasso 2.0 auto, being 74 I can't get into a lot of cars now but amazed myself by the fact that I can get into the back of this. It is the same colour as Dumpit, Love the clean, no nonsense, wheel in each corner look of the 106. I am on my 3rd or 4th Picasso and I persuaded my brother to get one as well, he has the more sensible 2.0 tdi, but despairing of finding anything to replace it he has just had new cills fitted. Reg number of mine starts KP and given the shape I have named it Peanut.

[@mikes747]

I had a mk3 astra a few years ago called Fust. It had catastrophic laquer peel all over and looked like a shed! I loved that little car though! I could leave it anywhere. Nobody parked next to it so i was never blocked in! It was just brilliant! It gave me years of sterling service without complaint until terminal rust sealed its fate!

[@UPnDOWN]

Fust! That's brilliant!

[@russellb1212]

Ive just gone back to 2000, my first car I bought new a Peugeot 106 Zest 2, 1.1l 60hp in Moonstone blue. Loved it, swapped it for a 106 Gti in 2003

[@robinvanags912]

Dumpit specification includes ECU (endlessly curious upholstery).

[@jaymz9815]

Dumpit is perfect for festival of the unexceptional......👍

[@Phiyedough]

I worked at a factory where they had a Vauxhall Royale providing a similar function. I suppose it would have started life as a company car for one of the bosses but when he got another new car the Royale became a Dumpit.

[@stephandolby]

My brother had a low-spec 3-door 106, don't remember what trim exactly but I think it was a late Mk. I with the same engine. He upgraded to a Mk. I MR2 as he really didn't need more than two seats, and his girlfriend had a green 3-door Mk. I (lots of Mk. Is) Clio which could do the more practical stuff. He did miss the 106; he gave it to his girlfriend's brother who ended up not driving it due to, well... basically, he saw something bad happen to somebody and it put him off driving. A few years later, and I had obtained a white P-reg 3-door Clio, 1.2 RL Oasis, Mk. I (yay) phase 3 from 1996, one of the early ones. It had an extremely similar spec to Dumpit, except for some reason my Clio was lacking a radio - eventually remedied - and a rev counter. Renault, in their infinite wisdom, decided that the 1149cc D7F was a 1.2. Anyway, it had exhaust issues at the manifold end which, about a week after an "attempted" - read, majorly bodged - repair for the second time, the exhaust decided to make friends with the tarmac and give the car a whole new ambiance. It's theorised that the manifold was loose and this caused shearing of whatever bolts were left. The specialists who managed to fix it did say that performance would have been like lopping a cylinder off, which is painful given it had only 59 hp to begin with. Later in its life, the heater would occasionally pack in for no good reason, including one splendid day when it was 30 degrees and I was sat in traffic, also it would bog down horribly during a cold start, likely some sort of sensor. Despite these issues, it was the little car that generally could, and I have fond memories as a result.

[@joshualane1002]

Best first car ever that!

[@bondbug73]

Great video on Dumpit. Nice car all round, even beneath. My brother had a earlier 106. I do like low mileage low spec cars in good order.

[@jamesnolan925]

Been running a 2002 106 for 4.5 years now. Never owned a car longer than this. Cost me £250 back in 2021. It's a CAT D, drivers wing was clearly red in a previous life. Done 30,000 miles in it. It's never broke down. Cost me £20 to service it annually. Nothing much else goes wrong. It's brilliant. Shame about no air-conditioning though!!

[@robk3596]

Exactly, mine was £600 7 years ago & has cost very little to keep on the road. I laugh at the piss takers, as invariably they're paying a lot more for their snobbishly branded models! 👍

[@torresalex]

Haven't finished the video, but I love the philosophy of Dumpit.

[@johngrubb1590]

What a great interior, WHY don't they do interiors that now instead of boring ass black or grey.

[@steve.9138]

I've had 2 106's, I know they are probably better but I always gravitate back to Saxo's

[@mikes747]

My dad had a saxo first 1.1 and it was a fantastic little car! Brilliant engine!

[@shadowjkl]

Friend of mine had Mk1 Punto for kind of that purpose.. Basic model, no extras.. no power steering but electric windows for some reason. It got used for lot of stuff, trips and so.. It wasn't actually bad to drive, even on faster roads not terrible. Easy to park anywhere and you could fit a lot of stuff in it if you really wanted. The car saw little care but never let anyone down. Owner had to get another car for work and study reason, but we still miss the little one..

[@UPnDOWN]

The mk1 Punto was a bit of a game changer, but it's not fashionable in car circles to point that out because it's a Fiat.

[@shadowjkl]

@@UPnDOWNQuite a few Fiats were. Italian and French cars especially get seen undesirable, usually by people who never really had one.

[@mclouj]

106, 306, 406 - Peugeot sure knew how to make good looking cars back in the 90s.

[@UPnDOWN]

The 306 and 406 were even better.

[@jelhinks3381]

I had 3 106s 2004- 2011 all diesel and all bullet proof if not deer and Land Rover proof. Nearly bought another last year. Completely unrelated I saw a hypnotherapist in the 90s . When we were done she asked if I wanted anything else After some thought I said a black XR3i She did the Hypno thing and I bought 7 over the next decade Luckily they are out of my meagre price range now lol

[@seancarritt2438]

That’s an awesome awesome car… love the interior

[@stevenmoran4060]

Think these were made around the time that Peugeot were pushing their cars at new drivers so the package was the car with insurance. Ideal for first time drivers and I think it was on a range of cars they were pushing. Look in the handbook if you have one as people used to write the radio code in the cover. Failing that, can Doctor Google or you tube help with decoding it?

[@johnmcmahon4364]

What a bargain lovely car in great nick, well done you

[@christopherreed442]

The ‘drive of your life’.

[@charliemanson4808]

All hail and kneel before the great but lowly Dumpit 🤴

[@aaldrich1982]

at our Citroen dealership we have a C3 Picasso which does exactly this. and because of its appearance it's called "The Bug"

[@treacadelic]

They're such cute cars with genuine character. Fantastic purchase

[@UPnDOWN]

'Purchase'....lol

[@treacadelic]

@@UPnDOWN purch....ish

[@peteredwards7872]

All hail the mighty Dumpit 👏👏👍

[@noesph1637]

My first car was very similar to that, an early w reg indy. It didn't have a sunroof and it had the black interior with the jumping up and down people. Moonstone blue too. 3 stud wheels, no power steering, wind up windows etc. It had the same tu1jp+ as yours. (Mine would have been one the very earliest with that engine). I had it for seven and a half years. I still miss it, it was a great little car. It looks a pretty clean little car. Ps. Mine had continental eco contacts on from the factory. I think they were eco contacts EP or CP. It was before they started numbering them.

[@WWarped1]

Great video. What about a little Fiat? Rev it until the pistons are bursting out of the bonnet, then change gear. They are basic too.

[@taxus750]

106? I'm in. Ages ago I once drove a bog-basic rental 106XN in and around Antibes. To drive it was as close to a Mini as you could get but it had room inside and a 5-sp box and you (I) could rev the nuts off it, unlike any A-series. I've never forgotten that drive or the 106, shame they rusted so badly.

[@joaoserraoliveira3767]

I had a 95 106.1.1 XR 5 dr. White it was with sunroof and all. Late S1. Bought it brand new from the local Peugeot dealer. Never let me down. Just needed fuel and scheduled maintenance. The 1.1 was able to keep up with the 1.4 XS and XSI on twisty roads. On a straight line, the story was very different. Had it for 5 years. A 206 XS 2.0 HDI replaced it. Great little car!

[@richh7872]

That parking situation sounds exactly like the parking situation at the Citroen dealer (amongst other makes) I used to work at in another part of the country. I didn't like the owner there either 😂

[@DanPlimmer]

My first car was a dark blue 106 zest II this video will take me back ❤

[@adamholmes740]

If i remember correctly, the independence is just a zest2 with a funky seat pattern. zest1 was poverty, zest3 had a bunch of equipment and was pretty much XL spec. Correct me if I'm wrong anybody, it's been over 14 years since owning one.

[@DeGlennen]

Personally I'm more of a 205 and 306 guy, but I really do appreciate the 106 and Saxo. If for some reason my current modern daily would have to be replaced, I think I would do something similar actually. Buy a late 90's / early 00's car and see how long / cheaply it'll go (with proper maintenance though). At work we have similar dumpit kind of fleet car. It's a '95 Volvo 940 estate that has been in the company since new. It was a company car until somewhere in the early '00's. It has been handed down multiple times over the years. From company car, to short distance fleet car, to local maintenance workhorse and now it sits at 370 000miles as a backup car for on-site taxi services.

[@tomwinch9107]

Lovely car in remarkable condition, fun to drive, low mileage and getting rare ... I love your dumpit philosophy - though I initially thought dumpit meant a car that wouldn't concern anyone if it got damaged / trashed ... and you may be a little more smitten by this car's ways than you expected! Hope the financial commitments in September are not too painful - while dumpit might be a low spec, I suspect it's more of an unexceptional modern classic than a banger! My 09 reg Kia Picanto (not the one in your video) doesn't have the luxury of a sunroof or rev counter, but does get electric front windows and power steering - along with such gems as non-central locking and manual mirrors that dumpit also boasts ... it's not got the dynamics of a 106 though!

[@iangrice329]

1100 engine was always lively, even in 55bhp carburettor form on the AX ❤

[@maxeluy]

I believe that it's almost impossible to drive a 90s french hatch and not feel happiness

[@MrSportster12]

Nice little car, very Hubnut. Possibly leaning Tower of Pisa?

[@paulleggett9735]

A hark back to my 2nd car. A 106 independence in firedance orange. The sunroof was a dealerfit option that I also went for. The 6x9 infinity speakers and amp were not

[@Simon-ui6db]

Ooo that bonnet strut gives me an idea for my 206sw

[@codykamminga9667]

Looks like a really nice example still

[@gazonatrike7005]

haha, someone walked over my 106 bless it.

[@macanngantuk1439]

new DUMPIT is very fine for the age

[@darrenwilson8042]

wife had an Uno for 9 years and when it failed we got her a phase One 106 and she just didn't like it so we retreated back to the FIAT stable and got a Punto ........... if you factor in the cost of the cars and letting the 106 go cheap after buying dear was quite a financial hit at the time

[@michaelwright2986]

I have never seen a cut quicker than the one after "Because it works." It so decisively precludes any reaction as to be a reaction in itself (can you tell I used to teach EngLit? But that was historical time ago.) Also, love the Dumpit idea: Dumpit's spirit animal is a donkey. 9:45 Plastic covers for headlights are a mystery to me. I had a Skyline--solid middle of the range exec saloon--and the covers clouded up every month. Now I have a cheap little Toyota (a Spade, which is practically a van) and the plastic is crystal bright. But I fear you are already too fond of Dumpit for it to be a Dumpit in the fullest sense of the word. I once had a strong Dumpit--a 1960s Mazda 1200. I eventually got something better and lent it to friends. One day it broke down on the motorway, and the driver had an appointment so she just abandoned it. Her husband and I collected it and towed it to the aging hippy backyard mechanic all their set used (married to a really good painter, actually). "Start it up" he said. "Stop it" he said. He looked and he looked and saw a big hole in the crankcase. They had managed to put a rod through the side of the world's most moderate small car. He started talking about second hand engines, and I had a moment of blinding clarity. "It's broken" I said; "Throw it away" I said. And I rang a car wreckers and gave it to them, and told them where to pick it up. I then got two parking tickets, as some really desperate hoons had stolen it, and then abandoned it. And then more desperate hoons stole it from there, and abandoned it again. I managed to get off the parking tickets, by telling my long sad story. But I do hope your Dumpit serves you well through your financial straitening.

[@UPnDOWN]

I don't think I'm too attached, I'll deliberately leave some issues unfixed so I never fall for it! Dumpit is a badge that can pass from one car to another, like a monarch.

[@michaelwright2986]

@@UPnDOWN Dumpit is scrapped. Long live Dumpit!

[@bernard_wheeler]

That interior brought back memories of my old Vauxhall Nova Antibes - white with a very blue interior and white wheel trims. It was my first new car and I thought it was brilliant as a trade up from my MkI Panda 45 in beige. Oh those days of innocent driving fun. But what was it with special editions and bright blue seats? Dumpit looks ideal for a certain festival though.

[@sleepyash5730]

haha yes got it right wooo

[@Angelalovescutecats]

Surely with nostalgia these will rocket soon?

[@carlmarkwyatt]

I occasionally get nostalgic for my old 106.... Then I remember the footwell and the thought is quickly forgotten.

[@UPnDOWN]

Quite possibly, yeah, although if history teaches us anything it's that the basic versions of popular cars take a long time to reach collectable status. When you've got so many 106 models ahead of this one, like GTi; Quiksilver; Rallye; XSi; Roland Garros and a fair few more, I think it'll be a a fair few years before something like this is ever worth much. Currently they're worth very, very little, on account of the fact that for a cheap car, they're not actually *that* cheap to run anymore.

[@PetrolTaster]

My first car was a 2002 106 independence exactly the same as this except for the hubcaps. What you said about the low end torque matches my experience, I now own a 1997 model 1.1 and compared to what the 2002 model was like it's got hardly and low end torque, you'd really have to abuse it to spin the wheels dry or even wet. It usually just bogs down. But on the flip side, the 2002 one didnt seem to want to rev past 5.5K, whereas the 97 loves to rev (not sure what to there's no rev counter). Maybe they changed the cam profile, maybe it's the change from SPI to MPI, maybe its just broken. Same 60 horsepower apparently.

[@deviatefishy]

I love cars that have starter batteries bigger than the engine they are starting.

[@PaulCunningham-sf5pu]

The 106 is a nice car my grandad had 5 throughout the years and there are very cheap running

[@andy14landy]

It would be interesting to see a comparison video on Dumpit and a 107.

[@UPnDOWN]

I just need to find a 107 now...

[@PaddyWV]

Always bemusing that no one knocked PSA for using the same old engines for 30/40 years like they did Austin Rover. Always amuses me to hear next doors C3 start and drive off with it's 104 Ancestry. Neat purchase there. Everything is better in basic form. Sometimes. 👍🙂

[@UPnDOWN]

I mean, the TU engine was pretty different to anything used in the 104! But I think the reason is because PSA's engines were designed for the future, whereas a lot of AR's stuff was all older spec (e.g. push-rod OHV engines made of iron in the Metro, available at the same time as the TU; an all-alloy OHC unit). I get what you mean, but you have to concede most of AR's engines were dreadfully outdated until the K-Series came along.

[@PaddyWV]

Ultimately it's nice to have engines that still make whiny noises. 👍

[@stefencooke]

Take it the plan is to bring Dumpit to Rustival

[@johnmoruzzi7236]

Don’t worry about the bonnet struts… you don’t need to check or fiddle under a Dumpit’s bonnet… that’s the whole point. Love the light efficient steel wheels with plastic trims and narrow tyres with a bit of sidewall. Ace little car !

[@sleepyash5730]

my mates got a zest 1 3 plug unpainted bumpers windy windows and single plug ecu with 2000 up clocks

[@cromulence]

Haha little car goes brr

[@jacobfoster6773]

I haven't owned one myself but I claim to this day, atleast with my chinese delivery driver mate at the wheel, a 1.1 litre Pug 106 is the fastest car in the world. Straight? 60mph. Corner? 60mph. Rain? 60mph. Hairpin bend? 60mph with the door handles rubbing the ground.

[@UPnDOWN]

Haha! I concur.

[@TurboTimsWorld]

Love it, want to swap for a Land Rover Disco3, daily driver Ish , got all the bits that have fallen off, have a stack of spare parts to fit it (need to) full service history...Im a mechanic and have a stamp, slight exhaust blow and pos the intercooler has a leak but the dead pheasant is still plugging that nicely... 2 engines and 3 gearboxes so far, I mean the most reliable 106 swap for the best 4X4X by far. Oh so thats a no then! LOL xx

[@UPnDOWN]

I'm glad you answered no so I don't have to! :-p

[@vinceunlimited]

Never seen so many versions of that silvery blue paint colour on one vehicle? Which panel/section is the original in your opinion?

[@craigyllyn]

We have less imagination when naming. We have “ shed “

[@MrJUT1984]

My first car but with the 1.5 diesel.... My word that must have been the slowest car on the road but it never ever missed a beat and was nothing basically that could go wrong in terms of tech

[@CableWrestler]

I had a 306 that I treated like an absolute bit of meat. I didn't care for it whatsoever. Thrashed it and abused it. I've never had such fun

[@Simon-ui6db]

The clutch might just have a shagged pressure plate.

[@CableWrestler]

It's not a POO 06 then, I was wrong!

[@joshualane1002]

It’ll be the release bearing they can get a little stiff sometimes

[@jdonproductions]

They are prone to seizing and exploding if the car sits for a while as well.