As trains go, the Northern at Selby is as Hubnut as trains get, one of only 7 remaining Class 155, built by Leyland Bus at the National plant in Lillyhall
I'd love to see you keep this for 3 months, do an adventure or so in it then "upgrade" to something that a 106 owner back in the day might have looked towards. Say a series where you keep a car for 3 months then sell it for something 3 years newer than the last that could be called an "upgrade" as if someone was moving through their car ownership journey.
My daughters 1st car owned for 9 yrs pug 206 1.1. Would pull from 30 in 5th, lovely reliable engine 60bhp but geared beautifully for uk driving. Did 45 mpg doing anything. No rust. Only drama was new torsion bar. Very easy to work on. Daughter went to Cornwall, scotland, Belgium and holland. Sold at 120k still running a peach. Body work paint wise was gorgeous. I had great respect for that little car, same mechanicals as this. Very enjoyable drive enthusiastically too. Much more reliable and less rust than minis too
I once owned a Peugeot 106 Independence 1.1 also on a Y reg. For the brief time I owned it (around 6 months before it eneded up being scrapped) it was an enjoyable car to drive. Mine was poverty spec with keep fit windows and no sunroof
I have fond memories of my 2001 106 1.1 Independence as my first car - loved it.. although I realised it actually felt somewhat prehistoric when I moved to a '05 Kia Picanto I replaced it with.. the 106 was a basic honest motor.
Interesting choice for someone not a fan of Saxos as the are essentially the same animal. They aren’t a bad drive to be fair. I’ll be peddling mine from the top end of North Yorkshire to Llandudno in a few weeks. I tend to back road it via the Colne valley across to the M6. Comfy seats and supple suspension help. Can reflect your comments fuel wise. Quite a few small independents around me cheaper than the supermarkets. Definition of confusion…… Father’s Day in Barnsley 😁. Happy trails 👍
I have one of these from new 1998 1.5 Diesel. Only came off the road last year. Needs quite a bit of welding 182000 miles never let me down. Am going to do a full restore of the car. Mine in China blue. Mine is a zest 3.
Hi Ian, great video, the Peugeot 106 are vey good little cars, I had saxo vtr from bran new in blue metallic back in 2000, only had it 3 years as couldnt afford the final payment, that was the tu 1.6 engine, very quick in a small car, drove a 1.1 saxo a mate of mine used to have back in the day and it wasnt slow by any means very nippy around town, just the revs on the motorway was on the high side at 70mph but other than that no problems, I can see the 106 will be a keeper lol, we'll see in future videos, keep em comming always enjoy your content
McDonalds Chicken Nuggets plus two sweet and sour dipper things and a blueberry muffin and a vanilla milk shake you can’t beat as far as I am concerned
I was thinking is it another Citreon or no its a Peugeot and a hatchback and a very nice green and performs well what a delemor whether to keep the little Peugeot and move another car on are your cars getting better after all the little Peugeot is French
I quite liked these back in the day, but went to test drive one and never got any further than sitting in it - absolutely no way I could drive it safely with that pedal position and my size 11 feet.
I had a friend who had one of these as his first car, it's safer than you'd think. He rolled it onto a grassy verge after hitting a patch of ice. Miraculously, it landed on all four wheels, pointing in the right direction, so he carried on driving without even getting out to inspect the damage! He was late for a job interview you see, and 18 years old... All he really lost that day was a wing mirror, the sunroof wasn't even cracked. Anyway, he went on to skid it off a 10 meter cliff a few months later and that was the end of the 106. He was perfectly fine, I still don't know how he got away with any of that.
It occurred to me that Betty is currently the most reliable car on the fleet. Other than maintenance items and an unscheduled meeting with a ditch (not Betty's fault), she's been a good'un.
This was the period when Peugeot were on their game with simple, fun little cars. The 1.1 was surprisingly nippy and would hit 102mph. From memory them and Citroen did very good insurance deals for young drivers. The 106 had a slightly higher mounted steering wheel than the Saxo making it more comfy too. Funny you mentioned people binging them. My friend binned his first and then his second. Both ended up upside down. Love OK Diners. Their strawberry and cream milkshakes are the biz
Unfortunately, established car manufacturers don’t make $ on small cars. Economy cars is rare in the US. Nowadays we’re suckers for squishy plastics and cup holders that will hold Evian and grande Starbucks.
The first train is a Class 155, based on the Leyland National bodyshell. The window spacing and knobbly rivets give it away externally. Inside the ceiling panels are straight out of the bus. Some of them have 'Leyland' in swoopy lettering on internal panels near the doors. Each carriage has its own Cummins NT855-R5 turbo-diesel engine, developing 285bhp, so power to weight ratio is pretty good. Hydraulic transmission - the engines need to be revved hard to get the oil moving in order to move off from rest. The two-car 155s are quite rare: most of them were split into two single-car units, the Class 153. Transport for Wales, which has made some frankly daft decisions which have left it short of rolling stock, uses 153s on long distance work such as Holyhead-Cardiff. It's a tribute to the trains that they can handle that kind of workload, which they were never designed for. On a fast stretch of line such as Shrewsbury - Hereford, they really fly. I'll get my trainspotter's anorak.
The PT Cruiser was bought by people with no idea of fashion, desperately trying to be fashionable. They are the antithesis of stylish, cool or even just OK looking. I had a visceral reaction the very 1st time I saw one in a car mag......... almost to the point of vomiting.
Be Prepared Ian!!!!!!! You will fall in love with this car. It's also low mileage with a solid chassis (from MOT history) so will be great long term. Only real concern is the NCAP rating but not much different to Bella in that regard. Enjoy !
17:30 - Going along the Woodhead Pass there, and yes, they get very bad snow! Always ends up closed when it snows. Some really nice roads around there, especially Holme Moss. Not too far from me there! Loving the 106 too, I may or may not have actually aww'd when I saw it, I've always had a soft spot for them! With how zippy the 1.1 is I can imagine the Rallye being heaps of fun (like you've just said if I'd watched an extra 20 seconds 🤦♀)
I once drove a 106 as a courtesy car and it was, and still is, one of the most fun drives I’ve experienced. Loved it. Every time I got in it was an adventure. You should keep it.
Ian, your drive took me down all sorts of roads that I have known myself, e.g. A628 (Woodhead Road), M57, M60 (Manchester Bypass), A483 / A5 round Oswestry. I know the Welshpool area well. You did well to manage to get on a Trans Pennine Express train - a feat in itself, considering that they don't run 40 % of their advertised timetable; they have sneaky ways like pre-cancellations so that they can massage the figures down to 25 %. And you were doing even better to get a Northern Snail connection from Leeds to Barnsley. As for the car, a cracking little number there. 😀
From "let the train take the strain" To "I'd rather buy a car than catch the train" within one generation Well done, British / Network Rail or whatever you're going to be called this decade
The TU was always an eager little engine. You can see why Lawrie loves The Mighty 106. Unbelievably they still produce the TU engine to this day. It's used in the Peugeot 301, Citroën C-Elysée, the Iranian built Peugeot 405 and its derivatives. Would be interesting to see a piece on the history of the TU and TUD.
Nice little car. I can understand the desire to keep it. But if you flip it straight away, it will make it easier to compare the cost of the car Vs the train ticket. It will also help to get you back into the habit of changing cars frequently.
Imagine how nippy the 1.6 GTI was back in the day ? Actually I can as I’ve driven a 1.6 saxo VTR and that was scary 😦 0-60 in 7 secs but feels like 3 lol 😂 hence why I bought the 1.1 instead as I’m a wuss lol
550 Pounds for a car with only 64K on the clock and a valid MOT? You're lucky to get something that even moves under its own power for that little money!
A great drive home in an unknown car is quite an accomplishment. No Hubnuttery fails on this occasion so well done Ian. For a short term run-around I could be tempted to keep it for a little while.
I'm not sure "just been flashed' means the same thing in Wales as it does in Aotearoa. Love the car though. Small cars need a manual gearbox like Betty needs an auto.
That brings back memories :) A guy i knew had a metallic red 1,1 like this one (different equipment/special model). I never drove it, but man we had some fun times in it. They are SO charming, and drive SO well. I'm pretty worried about the flipping part, judging by what needs doing, but i have a lot of love for it none the less :)
Agreed. Demolished walls and fresh floral tributes tell their own story. Speaking of which, Ian would have passed Vivienne Westwood's last resting place thereabouts.
Nice to see a new car on the fleet Ian , I'm looking forward to watching your many adventures in it. May I also suggest another little spin off to Hub Nut called Hub Rants where you can bring to the fore all those little things that can be frustrating about cars, motoring, travel and the struggles of operating a You Tube channel. 😊
emmmmm no howard. no more spin offs cos of all the spinoffs we have already, HUB..... MISS..... the only one we have had for ages is the original Hubnut
Wow, absolutely love the 106! You never see them anymore. So light and airy too. The pedals are very narrow, Peugeot gear changes have always been like stiring a bucket of bricks anyway lmao
These are great little cars good choice! I had an R plate 1.1 in Diablo red and it was an absolute hoot to drive, Definitely Power less is more scenario 👍
I loved my AX. That is a keeper at that mileage, I would say. Sloppy gears will be perished bushes, and high clutch bite is normal. 309 used Talbot engine until near the end of its life, then it had the TU.
A628 is the Woodhead Pass between Barnsley and Manchester. It’s pretty wild up there and can get a lot of snow in winter. Woodhead had an electric railway line which ran through long tunnels. It was closed in the early 1980s. Driven that particular road many times.
Had a Saxo and it was fun to drive if you like bendy roads. The gearchange was designed by the Eric Morecombe Design Studio as it had all the gears but not always where you expected them. I must agree about the pedal arrangement and i had the seat so far back it was really a 3 seater. Most were fitted with snazzy alloys and powerful stereos by young men whose ambition regularly exceeded their ability. Hence a ready supply of spares at the local breakers. Good keeper for a future classic as so many people have a connection.
@0:59 The song is called, "It is corn." @15:07 That is a good approach. Most people need 100 airbags and a half-dozen electric nannies to be able to drive without pooping their panties. 🤔 I guess a sensible amount of safety features is really necessary. Apart from that, becoming a better driver is way more beneficial. 💪 @18:24 It is really a nice chap but he doesn't like to haggle that much. 😊
Screnwasher pumps are polarity sensitive; the pump works in either direction, with two outlets. Two wires, if connected the wrong way round they squirt the opposite screen to that expected. I had to replace a leaking pump on my MK1 Focus. Aftermarket pump, obviously. Connected up, it worked the wrong way. The layout and length of the pipes stopped me simply swapping them over. Snipped the wires and reconnected reversed, worked correctly. Alternatively, the pipes are connected to the wrong outlets...
There's about ten minutes of blank at the end of this video. I am fantasizing that you made a video of Miss Hubnut's reaction to your having gone out to sell a car, and come back with another one; but then you realized that if you posted it, you'd be demonetized. I second the suggestion of HubRants as a parallel channel.
Had a “zest” model in blue. A lot of fun to drive, even the cooking models have some nice lift off oversteery traits. Do still have a saxo vtr that needs some doing up, 12 years I’ve been meaning to get round to it… To sharpen up that gear shift, fit some new metal linkages and a new “golf ball” mechanism as I call it. Maybe a new roll pin in the gearbox arm too, all of about 20p to change. Plenty of easy cost effective stuff to improve on these
The end of this video reminds me of my 90s and 00s Progressive Rock CDs that had a silent gap till some free song was added at the end of it that you waited ages to hear in absolute silence. A very English thing 😂🎉
My dad took five of us from Scotland to Paris in one of these. When we were there we parked up in an empty car park for the night and left for the hotel. When we got back the next day, the car park was full of trader stalls. A greengrocer had stacked onions on the windscreen of the car, and when we got the car out there was a disgusting gouge an inch deep on the side bodywork!
You should have said you were coming to barnsley i live there and my brother lives in Leeds we're both fans of the show ever since you drove that old Daimler Sovereign from Glasgow to Wales it was brilliant to watch how you got that old girl as far as you did to Wales was great love the show ❤
HubNut Im unsure when you say she has to go..keep it or do your grassy thing with it..I had a Citroen Saxo as my 1st car and as you said they are great fun..
I owned a 106 Independence with a 1.1 litre engine between October 2017 and April 2018. I found it to be rather nippy and fun to drive, but also spent nearly £800 on repairs in the first month of ownership, including timing belt and water pump, and sorting out catastrophic brake failure due to the previous owner doing a bodge repair to get it through a somewhat dodgy MOT. Surprisingly good driving up hills. The pedal layout is what let it down though
Ian, great choice and glad i was nearly right when I guessed a pug! Ps: having owned one of these as my first car the clutch can be adjusted - I bet you'll find there's quite a lot more life in there yet with a quick adjustment!
Most small cars are fun to drive. This is quite a good purchase Ian. You can put it aside for the little miss for when she gets her driver's license, it's an idea.
Ian - when you get a chance check all the areas you can’t easily see/access, as hidden corrosion is a great enemy of the 106! So many examples end up needing welding & in the worst cases it can effectively write them off! 😮
Big fan of the Tu engine although I've never known such a huge jump in performance between the 1.1 and the 1.4 (in 206) but it's a smooth and tough little engine, very efficient. I briefly had a 106 in that colour as a 1.5d, it was a pleasant little plodder but was never quite as comfortable as I wanted it to be. My girlfriend back in the olden days had a saxo 1.1 and the power steering really pulled the engine down haha. That ok diner is great, ate there when we went to Wales for a friend's wedding and stayed in Oswestry.
Ian nice little car. I do wonder how loved it was considering you picked up on the near bald front tyre that was one of the many advisories it had in it's last MOT. 😮
When you said you had only driven the new car as a courtesy car I said to myself 106/Saxo? The only time I drove one was similarly as a courtesy car. Fun little things once you stop trying to use the wheelarch as an accelerator!
Oh! Me! _I_ like trains! Also I said "woah" out loud when I saw what car you'd bought. Even if you'll only have it for a short time, it should be a fun addition to the fleet!
For £550 that looks like a good honest little car. Assuming the linkage setup is the same as the 206, then your baggy gear shift will likely be the nylon bushing on the gear lever end of the linkage. Its a very cheap and easy part to replace. About a year ago I bought a cheap 206 XSi (1.6 16v TU engine) which was supposed to be a temporary run around. I ended up keeping it as the fuel economy is great, engine has a decent amount of poke and the handling is a lot more fun than I expected. It's still going strong today.
Please keep it (and do more videos of it). I have a 106 1.1. I sold one 106 and shortly after that bought another one because I realized it is so good. The car feels alive and very comfortable in the 50-90 km/h range. I look forward to driving it long distance, whenever I have a reason to. The suspension is not that well insulated (compared to modern vehicles) but the spring rates are low and the 'natural frequency' of the suspension is lower which makes it relaxing to drive in a way. And in a surprising way it is still very responsive to inputs. It just beats modern cars with engaging driving and the feeling of speed while staying within the speed limits.
This is absolute peak Hubnut, a mundane journey but made compellingly watchable with your commentary. Your journey home is all our journey's home, traffic, wrong turns, road closures, and of course a disappointing McDonalds. Love that 106 too, but a basic mk1 Graduate would be the stuff of dreams.
Oh, wow - that was a proper cool and fun car! And I completely understand the level of fun you experienced - my brothers 206 is just like that, only somewhat bigger. (It also got that weird box in the boot.) And my Modus has just a 1,2 liter engine and still manages to be a rally car in disguise... Now, let's see if this really isn't a keeper after all 😅
Expected more reaction to your pronunciation of "Penistone" 😅 Nice to see you came over the Woodhead Pass and gave a shout out to High Peak Autos - another great channel. Looks like this 106 might be a keeper after all.
Adrian Flux, not great at the moment 😕, just found out, they De-insured the wrong car on my policy, despite me being VERY clear, turns out I'd been driving uninsured for four months! Thanks Adrian Flux, will be getting insured elsewhere next time!
Ive two 1998 Corollas . They're a month apart in manufacture dates , one Feb one March and the identical spec . Adrian Flux charge two different premiums for them ones £25 quid higher than the other and no one can tell me why. Or reduce the higher premium. I'll be going elsewhere too.
My first car was a Saxo with this engine and it was immense fun. Much nippier and agile than the equivalent Fiestas etc of that era. Would be interested to take this on when you’re done with it, that is if you don’t hang on to it judging by the video!
Great one! You can surely make a little room at the inn... spend £2000 on repairs and then decide to write it all off as a loss... do I know this channel or do I know this channel? 😆 Nice car!
Love those little cars and I'm a big fan of the 8 valve TU engines. Very easy to maintain and repair and quite nippy. Just scrapped my Saxo because of rust but the engine was running like a dream. Too bad there isn't a 2 litre TU. Would be great for towing.
It is amazing some of the low mileage good condition vehicles you can buy in the UK for little more than pocket money. Anything available for that price in the United States would usually have significant rust and 200k plus miles and probably wouldn't make it out of the parking lot under its own power.
Sad thing is the government is trying to ban these sorts of cars with green air zones so anything pre 2000 will most likely end up getting scrapped unless it’s sold to someone outside of the city
@Retired Bore Nah, it's the UK right hand drive market thing. I'm on the continent so we have these 106s here as well (south-eastern Europe) but you'd have to pay twice as much at least for this example here
@Retired Bore American vehicles haven't been "TANK SIZED" for decades. Except for city cars and superminis and full-size trucks, they are comparable to their Asian and European competitors. A BMW sold in Europe is the same size as the same model sold in the United States. Excluding full-size trucks most of the top-selling vehicles in the US either are also sold internationally or built to a comparable size. Even if they were still "TANK SIZED" what difference would it make? Used vehicles are bought to be driven not scrapped.
@Retired Bore Many full-sized trucks are sold to fleets and are not used as regular passenger vehicles. Tesla is similar in size to its numerous European and Asian competitors. How are large BMW Mercedes Audi Lexus Range Rovers etc not considered "TANK LIKE"? A majority of vehicles sold in the United States are compact or mid-sized sedans and CUVs that are comparable to similar vehicles sold in Europe.
106s are excellent little cars, I bought a Mark 1 with the 1360 diesel for £251 and run it for 5 years returning a read world 62mpg, only parked it up when the dreaded rust took hold, its still in the garage on my to do list, one day I will get around to it. I look forward to any tinkering videos.
I have one here in Australia - reputed to be the only 106 diesel in Aus as the 106 was never brought into this country and this one is a private import. I loved it, but she's off the road as a long-term project as other things are in the way of getting her back on the road. Head gasket issue and parts here are almost impossible to get, sadly......
I had a citroen AX with the same 1.1 engine in it, it always seemed to perform better than anyone would ever expect. The gear change in the AX was always very baggy too. But as a short term banger (18 fun months) I just lived with it.
I learned to drive in an F reg 205 Junior 1.1, would do mightily impressive rolling burnouts and had it off the clock on the motorway. I later on had a 1.9 GTI and I'd say the 1.1 was more fun to drive..
Ian with Miss Hublet doing her GCSE's at the moment, means she will be 17 before you know it, and that would make an ideal first car for her. 106's/saxo's always had a long baggy gearshift.
Loved that. Always liked them but the pedals are far too close to each other although the accelerator is strangely pleasing . Hope it gets lots of air time.
The 106 is what I'll probably get once my 207 dies as it fits the "old enough to be interesting but new enough to reliably daily" category. My Dad had one for a few months that he got for £75 with 170,000 miles on it to tide him over and loved it. When it went for it's MOT, the tester came out disappointed because no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't fail it! It was an absolute nail and I loved it
A 106! Superbe! There are only a few driving around in my neighbourhood. But last ones are in quite good condition. Have fun with your green sweety. Vive la France!
We pronounce it doduf lol.... Dodworth indeed 😂 Handy little motors these. Mate had the really naughty gti or whatever. Bloody scary that was! Lol at Penis tone 🤣 Looks like you went over what we know as Woodhead, towards Manchester
As trains go, the Northern at Selby is as Hubnut as trains get, one of only 7 remaining Class 155, built by Leyland Bus at the National plant in Lillyhall
I'd love to see you keep this for 3 months, do an adventure or so in it then "upgrade" to something that a 106 owner back in the day might have looked towards. Say a series where you keep a car for 3 months then sell it for something 3 years newer than the last that could be called an "upgrade" as if someone was moving through their car ownership journey.
My daughters 1st car owned for 9 yrs pug 206 1.1. Would pull from 30 in 5th, lovely reliable engine 60bhp but geared beautifully for uk driving. Did 45 mpg doing anything. No rust. Only drama was new torsion bar. Very easy to work on. Daughter went to Cornwall, scotland, Belgium and holland. Sold at 120k still running a peach. Body work paint wise was gorgeous. I had great respect for that little car, same mechanicals as this. Very enjoyable drive enthusiastically too. Much more reliable and less rust than minis too
A 106! Nice colour. Terrible pedal layout. Fun video. Very enjoyable 🙂
I once owned a Peugeot 106 Independence 1.1 also on a Y reg. For the brief time I owned it (around 6 months before it eneded up being scrapped) it was an enjoyable car to drive. Mine was poverty spec with keep fit windows and no sunroof
I have fond memories of my 2001 106 1.1 Independence as my first car - loved it.. although I realised it actually felt somewhat prehistoric when I moved to a '05 Kia Picanto I replaced it with.. the 106 was a basic honest motor.
Interesting choice for someone not a fan of Saxos as the are essentially the same animal. They aren’t a bad drive to be fair. I’ll be peddling mine from the top end of North Yorkshire to Llandudno in a few weeks. I tend to back road it via the Colne valley across to the M6. Comfy seats and supple suspension help. Can reflect your comments fuel wise. Quite a few small independents around me cheaper than the supermarkets. Definition of confusion…… Father’s Day in Barnsley 😁. Happy trails 👍
For the Transport Festival?
YOU WANT TO BE IN THE MOVIES? remember the adverts for those and Birlinda Carlisle soundtrack lol.
This is destined to be next to the berlingo.
Lovely little car the 106. Makes me look forward on getting my old 205 with 1.1TU back on the road.
I have one of these from new 1998 1.5 Diesel. Only came off the road last year. Needs quite a bit of welding 182000 miles never let me down. Am going to do a full restore of the car. Mine in China blue. Mine is a zest 3.
Hi Ian, great video, the Peugeot 106 are vey good little cars, I had saxo vtr from bran new in blue metallic back in 2000, only had it 3 years as couldnt afford the final payment, that was the tu 1.6 engine, very quick in a small car, drove a 1.1 saxo a mate of mine used to have back in the day and it wasnt slow by any means very nippy around town, just the revs on the motorway was on the high side at 70mph but other than that no problems, I can see the 106 will be a keeper lol, we'll see in future videos, keep em comming always enjoy your content
"Just got flashed by a girl in a 106.... it's getting a little untoward in the front-end somewhere...". This episode just carries on giving.
McDonalds Chicken Nuggets plus two sweet and sour dipper things and a blueberry muffin and a vanilla milk shake you can’t beat as far as I am concerned
Barnsley?! You could've popped in for a cuppa! 😂
Every day is a happy day with Hubnut 😊
I was thinking is it another Citreon or no its a Peugeot and a hatchback and a very nice green and performs well what a delemor whether to keep the little Peugeot and move another car on are your cars getting better after all the little Peugeot is French
Best car on the fleet !!! Such fun to drive.
I quite liked these back in the day, but went to test drive one and never got any further than sitting in it - absolutely no way I could drive it safely with that pedal position and my size 11 feet.
Those 106 really grow on you be careful.
Well bought! So have you named it?
Had a few Peugeot's over the years. Shame they didn't last that long.😂
I had a friend who had one of these as his first car, it's safer than you'd think.
He rolled it onto a grassy verge after hitting a patch of ice. Miraculously, it landed on all four wheels, pointing in the right direction, so he carried on driving without even getting out to inspect the damage! He was late for a job interview you see, and 18 years old... All he really lost that day was a wing mirror, the sunroof wasn't even cracked.
Anyway, he went on to skid it off a 10 meter cliff a few months later and that was the end of the 106. He was perfectly fine, I still don't know how he got away with any of that.
Young luck
youngsters are like cats, they have 9 lives
I love you Ian , your positivity on your new purchase, and with in weeks, you saying it being the worst car you have ever owned 😂
I still feel the pain of the Toyota Camry, even with dual rear wipers it wasn't a good car.
You are right! This has happened many times. Multipla, Chrysler PT, Rover 75, Cavalier etc etc.
@@Bicyclehub good job he’s not like it with women lol😂
It occurred to me that Betty is currently the most reliable car on the fleet. Other than maintenance items and an unscheduled meeting with a ditch (not Betty's fault), she's been a good'un.
This was the period when Peugeot were on their game with simple, fun little cars. The 1.1 was surprisingly nippy and would hit 102mph. From memory them and Citroen did very good insurance deals for young drivers. The 106 had a slightly higher mounted steering wheel than the Saxo making it more comfy too.
Funny you mentioned people binging them. My friend binned his first and then his second. Both ended up upside down.
Love OK Diners. Their strawberry and cream milkshakes are the biz
Funny you should say that, I knew someone who flipped a 106 too!
On their game 😂
Know a friend who flipped his mint passed on 205. His mechanic who wanted to buy it didn't talk to him for two months. I hope i never bin mine.
My saxo 1.1 (first car) ended on its roof
Unfortunately, established car manufacturers don’t make $ on small cars. Economy cars is rare in the US. Nowadays we’re suckers for squishy plastics and cup holders that will hold Evian and grande Starbucks.
The first train is a Class 155, based on the Leyland National bodyshell. The window spacing and knobbly rivets give it away externally. Inside the ceiling panels are straight out of the bus. Some of them have 'Leyland' in swoopy lettering on internal panels near the doors. Each carriage has its own Cummins NT855-R5 turbo-diesel engine, developing 285bhp, so power to weight ratio is pretty good. Hydraulic transmission - the engines need to be revved hard to get the oil moving in order to move off from rest.
The two-car 155s are quite rare: most of them were split into two single-car units, the Class 153. Transport for Wales, which has made some frankly daft decisions which have left it short of rolling stock, uses 153s on long distance work such as Holyhead-Cardiff. It's a tribute to the trains that they can handle that kind of workload, which they were never designed for. On a fast stretch of line such as Shrewsbury - Hereford, they really fly.
I'll get my trainspotter's anorak.
That reaction to the PT Cruiser 🤣 Nearly choked on my dinner laughing. Great channel, thanks for taking us along on your adventures.
You know a car is bad when even Hubnut doesn't like it 😂
I laughed too….. and if Ian doesn’t like them they must be monumentally sh1te….
The PT Cruiser was bought by people with no idea of fashion, desperately trying to be fashionable. They are the antithesis of stylish, cool or even just OK looking. I had a visceral reaction the very 1st time I saw one in a car mag......... almost to the point of vomiting.
Be Prepared Ian!!!!!!! You will fall in love with this car. It's also low mileage with a solid chassis (from MOT history) so will be great long term. Only real concern is the NCAP rating but not much different to Bella in that regard. Enjoy !
Probably already been said by others, but isn't this possibly the perfect 1st car for Little Miss Hubnut?
17:30 - Going along the Woodhead Pass there, and yes, they get very bad snow! Always ends up closed when it snows. Some really nice roads around there, especially Holme Moss. Not too far from me there!
Loving the 106 too, I may or may not have actually aww'd when I saw it, I've always had a soft spot for them! With how zippy the 1.1 is I can imagine the Rallye being heaps of fun (like you've just said if I'd watched an extra 20 seconds 🤦♀)
I once drove a 106 as a courtesy car and it was, and still is, one of the most fun drives I’ve experienced. Loved it. Every time I got in it was an adventure. You should keep it.
Ian, your drive took me down all sorts of roads that I have known myself, e.g. A628 (Woodhead Road), M57, M60 (Manchester Bypass), A483 / A5 round Oswestry. I know the Welshpool area well. You did well to manage to get on a Trans Pennine Express train - a feat in itself, considering that they don't run 40 % of their advertised timetable; they have sneaky ways like pre-cancellations so that they can massage the figures down to 25 %. And you were doing even better to get a Northern Snail connection from Leeds to Barnsley. As for the car, a cracking little number there. 😀
From "let the train take the strain"
To "I'd rather buy a car than catch the train" within one generation
Well done, British / Network Rail or whatever you're going to be called this decade
Can’t believe how close you were to my house! If I’d known the kettle would of been boiled for you 😂😂😂
The TU was always an eager little engine.
You can see why Lawrie loves The Mighty 106.
Unbelievably they still produce the TU engine to this day. It's used in the Peugeot 301, Citroën C-Elysée, the Iranian built Peugeot 405 and its derivatives.
Would be interesting to see a piece on the history of the TU and TUD.
Nice little car. I can understand the desire to keep it. But if you flip it straight away, it will make it easier to compare the cost of the car Vs the train ticket. It will also help to get you back into the habit of changing cars frequently.
Imagine how nippy the 1.6 GTI was back in the day ? Actually I can as I’ve driven a 1.6 saxo VTR and that was scary 😦 0-60 in 7 secs but feels like 3 lol 😂 hence why I bought the 1.1 instead as I’m a wuss lol
@yossarian Sadly 😞 so
Absolutely brilliant video Ian ❤️ 👍 what a lovely car they were always a better car than the newer Peugeot it's when they could make cars brilliant
550 Pounds for a car with only 64K on the clock and a valid MOT? You're lucky to get something that even moves under its own power for that little money!
A great drive home in an unknown car is quite an accomplishment. No Hubnuttery fails on this occasion so well done Ian. For a short term run-around I could be tempted to keep it for a little while.
I'm not sure "just been flashed' means the same thing in Wales as it does in Aotearoa. Love the car though. Small cars need a manual gearbox like Betty needs an auto.
A cracking caper as always😂 all the excitement ans moaning we could ask for. Thank you Ian don't ever change
Nice little first car, lovely colour.
When you say a girl flashed you...
Gear linkages are very cheap for these and make a huge difference. 😊
Love your name!
Great choice, so much fun to drive. Good to see a collection caper, a major foundation the channel's content is built on.
That brings back memories :) A guy i knew had a metallic red 1,1 like this one (different equipment/special model). I never drove it, but man we had some fun times in it. They are SO charming, and drive SO well. I'm pretty worried about the flipping part, judging by what needs doing, but i have a lot of love for it none the less :)
A628 is Woodhead pass. Shocking road, great video!
Agreed. Demolished walls and fresh floral tributes tell their own story. Speaking of which, Ian would have passed Vivienne Westwood's last resting place thereabouts.
Nice to see a new car on the fleet Ian , I'm looking forward to watching your many adventures in it. May I also suggest another little spin off to Hub Nut called Hub Rants where you can bring to the fore all those little things that can be frustrating about cars, motoring, travel and the struggles of operating a You Tube channel. 😊
emmmmm no howard. no more spin offs cos of all the spinoffs we have already, HUB..... MISS..... the only one we have had for ages is the original Hubnut
that's a great idea.
Wow, absolutely love the 106! You never see them anymore. So light and airy too. The pedals are very narrow, Peugeot gear changes have always been like stiring a bucket of bricks anyway lmao
Yeah, that's my memory of every Peugeot I've driven, from 504 onwards.
These are great little cars good choice! I had an R plate 1.1 in Diablo red and it was an absolute hoot to drive, Definitely Power less is more scenario 👍
I loved my AX. That is a keeper at that mileage, I would say. Sloppy gears will be perished bushes, and high clutch bite is normal. 309 used Talbot engine until near the end of its life, then it had the TU.
In Barnsley we sit in the station cafe, Trans Pennine Express...... sorry Kraftwerk
Great collection video Ian could have saved some time with your upload of 8 minutes of black screen at the end though
A628 is the Woodhead Pass between Barnsley and Manchester. It’s pretty wild up there and can get a lot of snow in winter. Woodhead had an electric railway line which ran through long tunnels. It was closed in the early 1980s. Driven that particular road many times.
Had a Saxo and it was fun to drive if you like bendy roads. The gearchange was designed by the Eric Morecombe Design Studio as it had all the gears but not always where you expected them. I must agree about the pedal arrangement and i had the seat so far back it was really a 3 seater. Most were fitted with snazzy alloys and powerful stereos by young men whose ambition regularly exceeded their ability. Hence a ready supply of spares at the local breakers. Good keeper for a future classic as so many people have a connection.
@0:59 The song is called, "It is corn."
@15:07 That is a good approach. Most people need 100 airbags and a half-dozen electric nannies to be able to drive without pooping their panties. 🤔 I guess a sensible amount of safety features is really necessary. Apart from that, becoming a better driver is way more beneficial. 💪
@18:24 It is really a nice chap but he doesn't like to haggle that much. 😊
Screnwasher pumps are polarity sensitive; the pump works in either direction, with two outlets. Two wires, if connected the wrong way round they squirt the opposite screen to that expected. I had to replace a leaking pump on my MK1 Focus. Aftermarket pump, obviously. Connected up, it worked the wrong way. The layout and length of the pipes stopped me simply swapping them over. Snipped the wires and reconnected reversed, worked correctly. Alternatively, the pipes are connected to the wrong outlets...
Aww, keep her, Ian! She's so much fun! Maybe a first car for the young HubNutters?
I ran these as company cars for 5 years. Hammered them, but they never let me down. Very fond memories.
There's about ten minutes of blank at the end of this video. I am fantasizing that you made a video of Miss Hubnut's reaction to your having gone out to sell a car, and come back with another one; but then you realized that if you posted it, you'd be demonetized.
I second the suggestion of HubRants as a parallel channel.
Had a “zest” model in blue. A lot of fun to drive, even the cooking models have some nice lift off oversteery traits.
Do still have a saxo vtr that needs some doing up, 12 years I’ve been meaning to get round to it…
To sharpen up that gear shift, fit some new metal linkages and a new “golf ball” mechanism as I call it. Maybe a new roll pin in the gearbox arm too, all of about 20p to change. Plenty of easy cost effective stuff to improve on these
The end of this video reminds me of my 90s and 00s Progressive Rock CDs that had a silent gap till some free song was added at the end of it that you waited ages to hear in absolute silence. A very English thing 😂🎉
My dad took five of us from Scotland to Paris in one of these. When we were there we parked up in an empty car park for the night and left for the hotel. When we got back the next day, the car park was full of trader stalls. A greengrocer had stacked onions on the windscreen of the car, and when we got the car out there was a disgusting gouge an inch deep on the side bodywork!
Wasn't expecting a 106! Looks like a tidy little car
I was waiting for a surprise ending during the last eight minutes after the screen went dark. Some music does pop up near the end.
You should have said you were coming to barnsley i live there and my brother lives in Leeds we're both fans of the show ever since you drove that old Daimler Sovereign from Glasgow to Wales it was brilliant to watch how you got that old girl as far as you did to Wales was great love the show ❤
HubNut Im unsure when you say she has to go..keep it or do your grassy thing with it..I had a Citroen Saxo as my 1st car and as you said they are great fun..
I owned a 106 Independence with a 1.1 litre engine between October 2017 and April 2018. I found it to be rather nippy and fun to drive, but also spent nearly £800 on repairs in the first month of ownership, including timing belt and water pump, and sorting out catastrophic brake failure due to the previous owner doing a bodge repair to get it through a somewhat dodgy MOT. Surprisingly good driving up hills. The pedal layout is what let it down though
Ian, great choice and glad i was nearly right when I guessed a pug! Ps: having owned one of these as my first car the clutch can be adjusted - I bet you'll find there's quite a lot more life in there yet with a quick adjustment!
Most small cars are fun to drive. This is quite a good purchase Ian.
You can put it aside for the little miss for when she gets her driver's license, it's an idea.
Ian - when you get a chance check all the areas you can’t easily see/access, as hidden corrosion is a great enemy of the 106! So many examples end up needing welding & in the worst cases it can effectively write them off! 😮
Love the TU series, they were such sweet running things, love PSA engines full stop really.
Big fan of the Tu engine although I've never known such a huge jump in performance between the 1.1 and the 1.4 (in 206) but it's a smooth and tough little engine, very efficient. I briefly had a 106 in that colour as a 1.5d, it was a pleasant little plodder but was never quite as comfortable as I wanted it to be. My girlfriend back in the olden days had a saxo 1.1 and the power steering really pulled the engine down haha. That ok diner is great, ate there when we went to Wales for a friend's wedding and stayed in Oswestry.
Ian nice little car. I do wonder how loved it was considering you picked up on the near bald front tyre that was one of the many advisories it had in it's last MOT. 😮
When you said you had only driven the new car as a courtesy car I said to myself 106/Saxo? The only time I drove one was similarly as a courtesy car. Fun little things once you stop trying to use the wheelarch as an accelerator!
Oh! Me! _I_ like trains!
Also I said "woah" out loud when I saw what car you'd bought. Even if you'll only have it for a short time, it should be a fun addition to the fleet!
For £550 that looks like a good honest little car. Assuming the linkage setup is the same as the 206, then your baggy gear shift will likely be the nylon bushing on the gear lever end of the linkage. Its a very cheap and easy part to replace.
About a year ago I bought a cheap 206 XSi (1.6 16v TU engine) which was supposed to be a temporary run around. I ended up keeping it as the fuel economy is great, engine has a decent amount of poke and the handling is a lot more fun than I expected. It's still going strong today.
Please keep it (and do more videos of it). I have a 106 1.1. I sold one 106 and shortly after that bought another one because I realized it is so good. The car feels alive and very comfortable in the 50-90 km/h range. I look forward to driving it long distance, whenever I have a reason to. The suspension is not that well insulated (compared to modern vehicles) but the spring rates are low and the 'natural frequency' of the suspension is lower which makes it relaxing to drive in a way. And in a surprising way it is still very responsive to inputs. It just beats modern cars with engaging driving and the feeling of speed while staying within the speed limits.
To think you brought a £550 car and drove all that way is unbelievable value for money 😊
This is absolute peak Hubnut, a mundane journey but made compellingly watchable with your commentary.
Your journey home is all our journey's home, traffic, wrong turns, road closures, and of course a disappointing McDonalds.
Love that 106 too, but a basic mk1 Graduate would be the stuff of dreams.
Oh, wow - that was a proper cool and fun car! And I completely understand the level of fun you experienced - my brothers 206 is just like that, only somewhat bigger. (It also got that weird box in the boot.) And my Modus has just a 1,2 liter engine and still manages to be a rally car in disguise... Now, let's see if this really isn't a keeper after all 😅
The train thing where people try to get on when you are getting off is so anoying and rude!
I remember i took a corner in High wycombe at 70mph and im not joking , they can really hold the road
Expected more reaction to your pronunciation of "Penistone" 😅
Nice to see you came over the Woodhead Pass and gave a shout out to High Peak Autos - another great channel.
Looks like this 106 might be a keeper after all.
I bought and sold loads of these over the years and absolutely loved them. Great little cars wish Peugeot still built cars like these.
Adrian Flux, not great at the moment 😕, just found out, they De-insured the wrong car on my policy, despite me being VERY clear, turns out I'd been driving uninsured for four months! Thanks Adrian Flux, will be getting insured elsewhere next time!
Ive two 1998 Corollas . They're a month apart in manufacture dates , one Feb one March and the identical spec . Adrian Flux charge two different premiums for them ones £25 quid higher than the other and no one can tell me why. Or reduce the higher premium. I'll be going elsewhere too.
My first car was a Saxo with this engine and it was immense fun. Much nippier and agile than the equivalent Fiestas etc of that era. Would be interested to take this on when you’re done with it, that is if you don’t hang on to it judging by the video!
Great one! You can surely make a little room at the inn... spend £2000 on repairs and then decide to write it all off as a loss... do I know this channel or do I know this channel? 😆 Nice car!
Love those little cars and I'm a big fan of the 8 valve TU engines. Very easy to maintain and repair and quite nippy. Just scrapped my Saxo because of rust but the engine was running like a dream. Too bad there isn't a 2 litre TU. Would be great for towing.
It is amazing some of the low mileage good condition vehicles you can buy in the UK for little more than pocket money.
Anything available for that price in the United States would usually have significant rust and 200k plus miles and probably wouldn't make it out of the parking lot under its own power.
Sad thing is the government is trying to ban these sorts of cars with green air zones so anything pre 2000 will most likely end up getting scrapped unless it’s sold to someone outside of the city
@Retired Bore Nah, it's the UK right hand drive market thing. I'm on the continent so we have these 106s here as well (south-eastern Europe) but you'd have to pay twice as much at least for this example here
@@ImLeuff I'm considering checking out the Malta used car market- right-hand drive but not so much salt needed on the roads there!
@Retired Bore American vehicles haven't been "TANK SIZED" for decades.
Except for city cars and superminis and full-size trucks, they are comparable to their Asian and European competitors.
A BMW sold in Europe is the same size as the same model sold in the United States.
Excluding full-size trucks most of the top-selling vehicles in the US either are also sold internationally or built to a comparable size.
Even if they were still "TANK SIZED" what difference would it make?
Used vehicles are bought to be driven not scrapped.
@Retired Bore Many full-sized trucks are sold to fleets and are not used as regular passenger vehicles.
Tesla is similar in size to its numerous European and Asian competitors.
How are large BMW Mercedes Audi Lexus Range Rovers etc not considered "TANK LIKE"?
A majority of vehicles sold in the United States are compact or mid-sized sedans and CUVs that are comparable to similar vehicles sold in Europe.
106s are excellent little cars, I bought a Mark 1 with the 1360 diesel for £251 and run it for 5 years returning a read world 62mpg, only parked it up when the dreaded rust took hold, its still in the garage on my to do list, one day I will get around to it. I look forward to any tinkering videos.
I have one here in Australia - reputed to be the only 106 diesel in Aus as the 106 was never brought into this country and this one is a private import. I loved it, but she's off the road as a long-term project as other things are in the way of getting her back on the road. Head gasket issue and parts here are almost impossible to get, sadly......
The car that took over from the nuuurva as "car most likely to be seen upside down in a field vaguely close to a road"
Looks like a nice clean little car. Why on earth sell it? Bonkers. A reliable runner is something you do not have and need.
00:45 Simpsons maybe? Is it a Ralph quote?
I had a citroen AX with the same 1.1 engine in it, it always seemed to perform better than anyone would ever expect. The gear change in the AX was always very baggy too. But as a short term banger (18 fun months) I just lived with it.
I learned to drive in an F reg 205 Junior 1.1, would do mightily impressive rolling burnouts and had it off the clock on the motorway. I later on had a 1.9 GTI and I'd say the 1.1 was more fun to drive..
Ian with Miss Hublet doing her GCSE's at the moment, means she will be 17 before you know it, and that would make an ideal first car for her. 106's/saxo's always had a long baggy gearshift.
Loved that. Always liked them but the pedals are far too close to each other although the accelerator is strangely pleasing . Hope it gets lots of air time.
The 106 is what I'll probably get once my 207 dies as it fits the "old enough to be interesting but new enough to reliably daily" category.
My Dad had one for a few months that he got for £75 with 170,000 miles on it to tide him over and loved it. When it went for it's MOT, the tester came out disappointed because no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't fail it! It was an absolute nail and I loved it
A 106! Superbe! There are only a few driving around in my neighbourhood. But last ones are in quite good condition. Have fun with your green sweety. Vive la France!
We pronounce it doduf lol.... Dodworth indeed 😂
Handy little motors these.
Mate had the really naughty gti or whatever. Bloody scary that was!
Lol at Penis tone 🤣
Looks like you went over what we know as Woodhead, towards Manchester
Nice little carz fun.Hope you enjoy it.