RE: PH Carpool: Peugeot 205 GTI 1.9

[drcarrera]

The first car I ever bought new! Must have been 1989 IIRC. Great car. Engine used to occasionally cut out when pulling onto roundabouts but apart from that was very reliable!

[thetapeworm]

Nice work Nick, now I know why you flounced away from Facebook to focus on more important things

[pattyg]

I initially had a 205XS in 1992. Fantastic handling little car which I'm sure even Gordon Murray rated highly. Traded up to a 1.6 GTI in 1996. Fabulous little car. Traded it in for peanuts against an S1 Elise. It was in mint condition too.

Would love another, especially a 1.9.

[nick_mcuk]

thetapeworm said:

Nice work Nick, now I know why you flounced away from Facebook to focus on more important things

Thanks Mr C

[big_boz]

VERY Tasty car indeed.

The 205 GTI 1.9 in white is one of the cars on my "must own at some point" list. This feature will have me looking at the classifieds!

[Simes205]

Well done!

[pjv997]

Had a new red one of these as a company car in 1989. Absolutely bonkers, was going through a French 'fast car' phase with five cars from 87 to about 94 being R5 turbo, R5 turbo, 205 Gti 1.9, 405 Mi16 and then R19 16v saloon.

All great cars to drive, but I think the 205 was the best all rounder.

[projectgt]

nick_mcuk said:

projectgt said:

This car looks fab, just needs an original Walker exhaust now to finish it off.

That is a Walker back box connected to a original Peugeot centre section.

Wrong shape for a Walker as the tail pipe curves the wrong way. I have had 2 of these cars, still have one on 23,000 miles with a Walker exhaust.

[nick_mcuk]

projectgt said:

Wrong shape for a Walker as the tail pipe curves the wrong way. I have had 2 of these cars, still have one on 23,000 miles with a Walker exhaust.

Well it's got Walker stamped on it.....and it's the correct back box for the age.....trust me I have done a lot of looking into this as I believed it was wrong, but it turns out its correct...the later ones have the short down swept tail pipes.

There are two types of fitment "sleeve" or "flange" for me to have the later down swept exhaust I would have to change it from the manifold back.....not worth the hassle.

Edited by nick_mcuk on Wednesday 24th October 03:00

[LewisR]

Anything with lift-off oversteer shouldn't get a 2nd look, IMO.

[Maldini35]

LewisR said:

Anything with lift-off oversteer shouldn't get a 2nd look, IMO.

[nick_mcuk]

LewisR said:

Anything with lift-off oversteer shouldn't get a 2nd look, IMO.

LOL that's the sort of thing someone who needs ABS & ESP turned on to drive!

Lift of over steer is awesome makes for a proper car real men dont need electronic aids!

[V41LEY]

I owned a white XS version which although not a GTi was perky enough a great fun to drive. Cheap reliable motoring. D888 EFH if it's still out there ?

[nick_mcuk]

Well the Top Gear DVD turned up....they sadly didnt use the 405 for static purposes but the 205 gets some good air time..

I urge you to go buy the Top Gear "The worst car in the the history of the World" DVD....

Here is a screen grab of my 205 being put through its paces.....not bad considering 2 days later it was sat in the hall for the WaxStock Showdown concours type competition!!!!

[r1ch]

Great screenshot, would that have been Clarkson driving or someone else?

[nick_mcuk]

r1ch said:

Great screenshot, would that have been Clarkson driving or someone else?

I cant disclose that information

[430T]

Was this the one on Top Gear earlier?

[HoggyR32]

430T said:

Was this the one on Top Gear earlier?

Knew I recognised it! Looked good.

[Lee540]

Also spotted on TopGear, thought maybe a 205 vs 208 challenge would have been cool!

[fullleather]

Hmmm, my memories of the 205, wanted the 1.9 but settled for a 1.6 cherry red, could be wrong but wasn't it the case of either electric windows but no slide sunroof or windup windows which then gave you the slide roof, I saw plenty of 87/88 models which seemed to be the case, guessing the run out models like Miami blue had all the kit along with half leather interior?
in Hereford some lad had a white Dimma kitted car which always stood out.....I remember reading up on how Ford were pulling their hair out trying to hone the Fiesta rs turbo to give that 'painted on tarmac' handling which the 205 had in abundance. The 205 was designed by Pininfarina as such it didn't rely on a 'body kit' the door mouldings suited it perfectly, I do miss mine...