306 estate - 1.4l engine

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Chris Hodges - 19 Sep 2006 18:51 GMT

Anyone got one of these? I'm after a 306 estate, but I'd like to be
able to go up hills fully loaded and I'm not sure about the 1.4 for that.

Thanks

Chris

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Eccles - 19 Sep 2006 20:54 GMT

> Anyone got one of these? I'm after a 306 estate, but I'd like to be
> able to go up hills fully loaded and I'm not sure about the 1.4 for
> that.

Don't know about the 1.4, but I have a 1.9TD Meridian Estate which goes up
hills fully loaded very well indeed. By fully loaded I mean two offspring
of student age with all of their luggage, clothes, computers etc.

Peter

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Chris Hodges - 20 Sep 2006 17:29 GMT

>>Anyone got one of these? I'm after a 306 estate, but I'd like to be
>>able to go up hills fully loaded and I'm not sure about the 1.4 for
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> hills fully loaded very well indeed. By fully loaded I mean two offspring
> of student age with all of their luggage, clothes, computers etc.

Thanks Peter, that's what I want (to replace my ZX estate 1.9TD), but
I've seen a 1.4 at a decent price, so I have to think about it.

Chris

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David Hearn - 20 Sep 2006 12:18 GMT

> Anyone got one of these? I'm after a 306 estate, but I'd like to be
> able to go up hills fully loaded and I'm not sure about the 1.4 for that.
>
> Thanks
>
> Chris

We've got a 1.4l 306 non-estate and I find it fine going up hills with 3
adults and 1 small kid. Depends on your definition of a hill though ;)
Obviously the estate will be heavier, especially when loaded.

The 1.4l isn't terribly powerful, but I've not had any problems with it.
Then again, I've never driven anything larger to compare it to!

D

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Chris Hodges - 20 Sep 2006 17:29 GMT

>> Anyone got one of these? I'm after a 306 estate, but I'd like to be
>> able to go up hills fully loaded and I'm not sure about the 1.4 for that.
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> The 1.4l isn't terribly powerful, but I've not had any problems with it.
> Then again, I've never driven anything larger to compare it to!

I've got a 1.3 306 meridian hatch and a citroen zx 1.9td estate. The
306 is lighter, but dartmoor hills are trivial in the citroen compared
to the 306.

Thanks David

Chris

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