The 309 was a bit over 100 km north from Jan's place in Lelystad so from there I hitched a ride in his LPG-powered Volvo to have a look. Well here it is!

Looking good... very good actually. Just some tiny spots on the ends of the "rain gutters". The removeable trailer hitch and the sunroof are nice to have. I also liked the fact that it was a bit bigger than the 205 we looked at before, and known for better handling.

Not bad inside either. Just boring and simple... and not even a tach... but that can be fixed. Too bad the previous owner (the same woman who burnt out the clutch by resting her foot on it all the time - according to her husband...) backed into something and put a nasty dent in the rear wheel arch. Oh well, for the price, you can't have it all. Fortunately there's no rust in the area yet.

We found out the clutch really is DEAD. You can move the lever arm around by hand and there is this awful metal-to-metal grinding noise whenever the engine is running. No test drive possible.

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