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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 🚗⚡️🔥💨🇫🇷

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

Looks like a really nice example still

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.

I had a 96 106 GTi and i miss it so. My current daily a 2015 1.0l turbo 3cyl 208 can't compare to the joy of the 106, it can't even compare to my 95 Twingo. And oh yeah, i went and checked Seaside Garages XM Keycode tracking videos, and i've yet to crack the code on my 605, i have come to the conclusion that its using 3 different numbers for the 4 digit code, leaving me with 32 possible codes... i'm also not sure the code i came up with using the same technique as in the video actually gave me the right code, since i found a small piece of paper inside the car with an entirely different code, although it refuses to work also. Car no longer beeps at me when i put in a code, i guess its a bit angry at me.

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

Will we get a rolling road

Thank you for sharing this experience, and your car still looks great for that age. I really like my Peugeot 206cc and I remember an episode where they would roast different types of Peugeots on Top Gear with Jeremy Clarkson, James May and Richard Hammond and they mistreated those cars a lot on that show and made a lot of fun about the broken electronics, but even while they tried their best to break them, they all reached the destination on that show and that told me enough about the quality of those cars. They can have some small electric issues over time, but for me that part is all easy to fix. The plastic interior still looks great after 20 years and it is still easy to find replacement parts. I still think French cars are the best option when roads are in bad condition.

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

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.

For the vast, vast majority of people, every car is a Dumpit.

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. 👍🙂

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

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.

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

rev it

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.

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

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

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

i had a 106 r reg 1.1. it was a great little car while i had it. however i cannot remember if it had 4 speed gear box. i ran it for a few years never did me wrong.

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!

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

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

odd you got a rev counter, my friends first car was a 1.1 106 and his got a clock

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.

At least the TVR tells you what it wants.....eh? Eh? EH!! .......Ill get my coat

new DUMPIT is very fine for the age

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

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

Take it the plan is to bring Dumpit to Rustival

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!

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

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.

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

Duepet,sounds more french lol!!

That’s an awesome awesome car… love the interior

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.

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.

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!

I'm owner of Citroen BX 14 TGE (1992) and I have similar opinion. This car is less problematic than my older BX (16 TGI 1990). Of course, in this case, most important is car condition, but simpler hydraulic system in my newest BX can be advantage (lack of powered steering wheel). Also, in my opinion BX that's not exactly equivalent of cars like Ford Sierra or Volskwagen Passat. BX that's a car located between C-segment cars and D-segment cars. For me, 1.4 engine (75 PS) is good enough for BX, due small weight of a vehicle (below 1000 kg).

The clutch might just have a shagged pressure plate.

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

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.

why the fascist flag in the corner?

My 205 is £350 a year to tax. Absurd!

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 !

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!

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

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..