Peugeot 205 gti 1.6 new owner
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Hey everyone,
Just thought i would say hello and introduce myself as a new owner of a peugeot 205 gti in white. Its a phase 1 1.6 and is in good condition for a car that is 28 years old, its done 100k and has good service history. A fewingerior comestics to be sorted such as the gear gaiter and a few missing bits, mechincally the car is good with a strong engine and box. Trying to sort out the water temp gauge at the moment as its not working, the needle moves when ignition comes on so i know its not the gauge or supply to it, it could be the sensor or sender unit? Strange one.
Hopefully keep it off the road for the winter months and store it in the garage.... Well thats the plan, see if i can resist the temptation!!
Just thought i would say hello and introduce myself as a new owner of a peugeot 205 gti in white. Its a phase 1 1.6 and is in good condition for a car that is 28 years old, its done 100k and has good service history. A fewingerior comestics to be sorted such as the gear gaiter and a few missing bits, mechincally the car is good with a strong engine and box. Trying to sort out the water temp gauge at the moment as its not working, the needle moves when ignition comes on so i know its not the gauge or supply to it, it could be the sensor or sender unit? Strange one.
Hopefully keep it off the road for the winter months and store it in the garage.... Well thats the plan, see if i can resist the temptation!!
Not had an amazing amount of time to use at the moment with other commitments in the way. When i have used it ive stretched its legs on the country roads and it has been a joy to drive. It is nearly 30 years old with no power steering not brilliant brakes so tou have to remember the ability of the car. There are a few things that need doing that i have found since driving it such as the bushes,
Still having an issue with the temp gauge but overall it is a blast from the past that reminds me of my boy racer days, ive also enjoyed working on it just doing a few things here and there. Worth the extra money.
Still having an issue with the temp gauge but overall it is a blast from the past that reminds me of my boy racer days, ive also enjoyed working on it just doing a few things here and there. Worth the extra money.
No not really. There some surfsce rust on the rer arch which i plan to sort over the summer. Again there is some surface rust in boot from where seal had been leaking. Other than that its quite a tidy example. The bay needs some tidying and cleaning and there maybe a smll leak somewhere but it doesnt appear to be using much oil at all.
My intention is to get to a good showroom example and really freshen it up
My intention is to get to a good showroom example and really freshen it up
Classic car roadworthiness testing - the FBHVC response in full
25 March 2015
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Exempting classic cars from annual roadworthiness tests as well as Vehicle Excise Duty is the best option when the MoT is abolished in three years time.
That's the view of the Federation of British Historic Vehicle Clubs, which along with the All Party Parliamentary Historic Vehicle Group is calling for a rolling exemption for historic vehicles when the controversial EU Roadworthiness Directive is implemented in full.
Our sister newspaper Classic Car Weekly is campaigning against any exemption from roadworthiness testing, and in its 11 March issue reported on concerns from classic car specialists.
The FBHVC has now issued a response to CCW's position on the issue, which can be read here in full:
Readers of Classic Car Weekly editorial of 11th March, and Fuzz Townshend’s comments in the same issue could be forgiven for thinking that the federation’s stance regarding exemption from roadworthiness testing, is irresponsible. So lets put the record straight. Nothing could be further from the truth.
The EU is usually criticised for being too demanding. Now, shock, horror, you are suggesting it is too lax in saying we are permitted to exempt vehicles more than thirty years old. Clearly the Commission looked long and hard at the statistics, before they decided exemption was possible without making our roads less safe. The EU Parliament, noted for being strong on road safety, has been convinced it is the right thing to do.
So why have they done that?
Classic Car Weekly keeps referring to exemption from the MoT. But this is not about the MoT. The MoT as we know it will be changing. It will be replaced by the new set of tests set out in the Directive. These can be found on the Federation’s website. They cover more or less the same areas, but do look them up, they really are more detailed.
Every European Government, and that includes ours, thinks that in the future tests will need to become more automated, more computer driven and less decided by simple human judgement. They need to do that that if the tests are to deal properly with the bulk of modern cars, which by the day become more like computer systems on wheels.
But that makes it more difficult to deal with older cars. The Governments don’t want to make their gradual updating more difficult by having to deal with cars which were never intended to pass their newer tests.
Don’t forget the Federation has to deal with cars which we normally don’t call “classics”, but vintage and veteran cars dating back to the 19th Century. We know that the existing MoT can damage older cars and that testers can fail older cars though they are working exactly as their makers intended.
Though we did express our worry about the oldest of cars, we didn’t ask for the existing 1960 MoT exemption. The Department for Transport themselves decided to introduce it. The question was simply whether the Government could justify the complexity and cost of keeping open, for just a few vehicles, a system which was not suited to modern conditions.
What we can’t risk is finding that under an updated EU test perfectly roadworthy vehicles will be failed and be put off the road. That’s why we have chosen to agree with our Parliamentary colleagues and suggest that a vehicle should be entitled to exemption at the same date as its exemption from VED, which is when DVLA classifies it as “historic”.
It isn’t perfect, and in an ideal World there would always be a Government test old vehicles could pass. But we have to deal with the world as it is.
It goes without saying that the Federation encourages all owners of older vehicles to have them regularly checked for roadworthiness.
Read the full story in the 25 March issue of our sister newspaper Classic Car Weekly
25 March 2015
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Exempting classic cars from annual roadworthiness tests as well as Vehicle Excise Duty is the best option when the MoT is abolished in three years time.
That's the view of the Federation of British Historic Vehicle Clubs, which along with the All Party Parliamentary Historic Vehicle Group is calling for a rolling exemption for historic vehicles when the controversial EU Roadworthiness Directive is implemented in full.
Our sister newspaper Classic Car Weekly is campaigning against any exemption from roadworthiness testing, and in its 11 March issue reported on concerns from classic car specialists.
The FBHVC has now issued a response to CCW's position on the issue, which can be read here in full:
Readers of Classic Car Weekly editorial of 11th March, and Fuzz Townshend’s comments in the same issue could be forgiven for thinking that the federation’s stance regarding exemption from roadworthiness testing, is irresponsible. So lets put the record straight. Nothing could be further from the truth.
The EU is usually criticised for being too demanding. Now, shock, horror, you are suggesting it is too lax in saying we are permitted to exempt vehicles more than thirty years old. Clearly the Commission looked long and hard at the statistics, before they decided exemption was possible without making our roads less safe. The EU Parliament, noted for being strong on road safety, has been convinced it is the right thing to do.
So why have they done that?
Classic Car Weekly keeps referring to exemption from the MoT. But this is not about the MoT. The MoT as we know it will be changing. It will be replaced by the new set of tests set out in the Directive. These can be found on the Federation’s website. They cover more or less the same areas, but do look them up, they really are more detailed.
Every European Government, and that includes ours, thinks that in the future tests will need to become more automated, more computer driven and less decided by simple human judgement. They need to do that that if the tests are to deal properly with the bulk of modern cars, which by the day become more like computer systems on wheels.
But that makes it more difficult to deal with older cars. The Governments don’t want to make their gradual updating more difficult by having to deal with cars which were never intended to pass their newer tests.
Don’t forget the Federation has to deal with cars which we normally don’t call “classics”, but vintage and veteran cars dating back to the 19th Century. We know that the existing MoT can damage older cars and that testers can fail older cars though they are working exactly as their makers intended.
Though we did express our worry about the oldest of cars, we didn’t ask for the existing 1960 MoT exemption. The Department for Transport themselves decided to introduce it. The question was simply whether the Government could justify the complexity and cost of keeping open, for just a few vehicles, a system which was not suited to modern conditions.
What we can’t risk is finding that under an updated EU test perfectly roadworthy vehicles will be failed and be put off the road. That’s why we have chosen to agree with our Parliamentary colleagues and suggest that a vehicle should be entitled to exemption at the same date as its exemption from VED, which is when DVLA classifies it as “historic”.
It isn’t perfect, and in an ideal World there would always be a Government test old vehicles could pass. But we have to deal with the world as it is.
It goes without saying that the Federation encourages all owners of older vehicles to have them regularly checked for roadworthiness.
Read the full story in the 25 March issue of our sister newspaper Classic Car Weekly
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