What car out of the 2?

[The Dave]

306 more raw, more balls out fun, have be on the boil at the top of the revs.

Golf..better built, more low down grunt when mapped, dont handle anywhere near as well, feel heavy....but better (perceived!) quality.

Both good in their own right

[p11jon]

ye imo i dnt really care how nippy those 306 gti's are ....pugs are sh!t! they are flimsy, fall apart made by communists,unreliable,tinny,you wudnt want a bump in one it'll fold up like its made of paper.you cud pop a nippy engine and hard springs in any car dnt make it a good car though. i'd rather have a golf even on a 1300 quid budget like mentioned than own a pug however quick it may be.... vag or something jap is the way to go!!!!!!!!

[Kus]

306 more raw, more balls out fun, have be on the boil at the top of the revs.

Golf..better built, more low down grunt when mapped, dont handle anywhere near as well, feel heavy....but better (perceived!) quality.

Both good in their own right

Yeah your so right the 306 is a classic hot hatch and very hard to beat on the handling front,but like iv said iv'e had one before so time for a change now plus the golf is a much much nicer place to sit the 306 has a horrible driving position.

[houston]

ye imo i dnt really care how nippy those 306 gti's are ....pugs are sh!t! they are flimsy, fall apart made by communists,unreliable,tinny,you wudnt want a bump in one it'll fold up like its made of paper.you cud pop a nippy engine and hard springs in any car dnt make it a good car though. i'd rather have a golf even on a 1300 quid budget like mentioned than own a pug however quick it may be.... vag or something jap is the way to go!!!!!!!!

french = communists 

for 1300 id buy a pug, just due to budget, you will prob end up with a bit of a battered golf for that kind of money which throws the reliability pro out the window.

306s are great fun, ive owned a few over the years and only real troubles ive had is with the electrics. but if your doing long drives then those seats are the most uncomfortable in the world!

any other cars your looking at?

[Adam]

pugs are sh!t! they are flimsy, fall apart made by communists,unreliable,tinny

Ha  Wrong country fella

[p11jon]

pugs are sh!t! they are flimsy, fall apart made by communists,unreliable,tinny

Ha  Wrong country fella

no not really not in recent years but the fcp (french communist party) was the largest left wing party for decades for most of last century . if they controlled that many seat in french parliament then they have been voted to that position by the french public thus showing support for communists.so they must be communists. i rest my case 

[rockmonkey69]

I've never run into a gti-6 before but I have had a run with my mate's alfa 147gta after he was hyping up his car alot so he asked me to stop being a wuss and get alongside him so I did, was pretty even till 3rd at the top end of 3rd I just started pulling away from him, pretty much game over and Im only pushing a pathetic 240+ bhp - it's a daily student shopping car. I've not spent much to get to the power I'm at now, it's a cheap and cheerful car to tune, although I can't speak for the peugeot's 2.0L 16v engine I doubt that you'll be able to get as much power out of that engine for the same amount of money on mods. So for me it would have to be the 1.8t, if you must get a french car the renault megane r26 is quite rapid, I've been on a few cruises with a mapped up r26 and it pulled very nicely.

[p11jon]

I've never run into a gti-6 before but I have had a run with my mate's alfa 147gta after he was hyping up his car alot so he asked me to stop being a wuss and get alongside him so I did, was pretty even till 3rd at the top end of 3rd I just started pulling away from him, pretty much game over and Im only pushing a pathetic 240+ bhp - it's a daily student shopping car. I've not spent much to get to the power I'm at now, it's a cheap and cheerful car to tune, although I can't speak for the peugeot's 2.0L 16v engine I doubt that you'll be able to get as much power out of that engine for the same amount of money on mods. So for me it would have to be the 1.8t, if you must get a french car the renault megane r26 is quite rapid, I've been on a few cruises with a mapped up r26 and it pulled very nicely.

i agree about the r26 and possibly new clio cup but other than that i wudnt go french at all. renault interiors are crap aswell cheap plastics.and this geezer only has 1300 quid so he ent getting a r26 or clio cup so i think he needs to take the right advise and find a golf. i'd rather a 1.6 golf than the pug. you can get a 100k gti golf for about 1500 quid that wont be to bad look around. all cheap cars will need changes to them ie wheels suspension etc when ur doing them up.if you want better cars work hard save the pennys .dnt settle for crappy pugs just cuz u cant stretch urself.better to have a lesser model good car than a top range sh!t one!

[Kus]

You'll find it hard to get even 5 or horses out of the 306 just because the engines are very well tuned as standard. My budget for a golf isn't high I know but id have it as a but of a project. I study body repair at college so can get tips on the body side of things. Engine wise just service and the right oil and if anything goes wrong then that's just how cars go there all made to break at some point lol. All I ask is that it's black 

[munks]

Ad another £500 to yor budget and you can have mine! 
Verry reliable car and comftable for a hot hatch!