RE: PH Carpool: Peugeot 205 GTI 1.9
Discussion
As I said before, love mine to bits, my Jag and Discovery have there own jobs in life, the Pug is there to put a smile back on my face. Easy car to fix...if you know how they work. Doddle to get tuning parts for and not too bad to live with.
The 405 that Nick has was mine too......watch this space!
The 405 that Nick has was mine too......watch this space!
This is the car I lusted offer as a pre-teen, my neighbour had one and I thought it was amazing. Still do now, can't see myself owning one, but I would really like too.
Last time I saw one on the road I was struck by how tiny it is, as a kid I thought it was a sort of mid sized hatch-back. But I saw on on the road recently next to an old clio and it looked tiny in comparison. Cars have got bigger and bulkier.
Last time I saw one on the road I was struck by how tiny it is, as a kid I thought it was a sort of mid sized hatch-back. But I saw on on the road recently next to an old clio and it looked tiny in comparison. Cars have got bigger and bulkier.
Had my 1.6 GTI for 5 years and it never let me down. At 22 I was able to buy it outright from a dealer when it was 6 months old. Dad helped me out financially. He was always so cool and helpful when it came to cars. The only issues I had with it was the dashboard had various bits of cardboard wedged in it to stop the rattling and the drivers door hinges kept clonking and I could never find a fix. Life was so uncomplicated back then and I knew nothing about driving so must have flirted with death evertime I lifted mid bend and never knew it!
It was the days when they were getting nicked by joy riders so when I parked it on the street at my then girlfriends I used to sleep with one eye open and a baseball bat by the bed.
F171NBC RIP
Everytime I see a GTI I think about old NBC and that woman... Great days great days.
It was the days when they were getting nicked by joy riders so when I parked it on the street at my then girlfriends I used to sleep with one eye open and a baseball bat by the bed.
F171NBC RIP
Everytime I see a GTI I think about old NBC and that woman... Great days great days.
These truly are amazing cars...I'm now on my 7th (a daily used, but almost immaculate Laser Green 1.9).
I really wish Peugeot would take note of threads like these, and realise that they are missing a trick. It's actually pretty sad to think what they have gone from, to what they have become as a company (and it's all very well banging on about modern safety/crash regs and 'modern' expectations, but Toyota/Subaru seem to have managed their way around such things just fine...).
Abre los ojos, Peugeot.
I really wish Peugeot would take note of threads like these, and realise that they are missing a trick. It's actually pretty sad to think what they have gone from, to what they have become as a company (and it's all very well banging on about modern safety/crash regs and 'modern' expectations, but Toyota/Subaru seem to have managed their way around such things just fine...).
Abre los ojos, Peugeot.
Pablo16v said:
What a fantastic looking Pug, I love it! I came so close to buying one in 1991 but the insurance was going to be too high, so I "made do" with a Citroen AX GT and promised myself a 205 GTI when my premiums came down a bit. That never quite happened.
Me too, Citroen were offering free insurance as long as you were over 18. Those were the days. I did venture into 205 ownership with a 1.6 in 2000. Fabulous car, had a bit of Skip Brown treatment too. Unfortunately ended up in a hedge Gassing Station | General Gassing | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff