My new 205 gti

[C. Grimsley]

She is a bit of a stunner 60k miles, came from the classifieds off this site, a few pics in my garage.





Bit of a minter.

Carl

[john185k]

MINT!

[bigmanteebs]

Just what im looking for!! Lovely machine

[C. Grimsley]

A few more, i still cant believe how nice it is.






Love the shape etc and the car on a whole but have to say, this day and age the age lacks the little extra punch that is needed, thinking about putting a gti6 lump in there but keep it looking totally standard, what do you think, dont want the purists hating me.

Carl

[coogy]

Gorgeous car and even better, its Miami blue

Always wanted one, when I had the XS's but I somehow skipped one and went to the Teg, which is a similar sort of car in character. GTI6 engine would be a good move, especially if you can give it the "factory" look, or there's always the M16 route, which almost was a factory fit job anyway!

[14500rpm]

Car looks ace and it still has the full size spare - a rare thing!

[parkesie cavsh]

what a stunner i want it

[paul26982]

outstanding, proper hot hatch

[WildCards]

Feck me!

Keep it standard and fit the 6 lump to a lesser car.

[sniff petrol]

That's one of the last of line cat models. Get over to the French bread section, they will probably recommend fitting the GTI6 lump to a car that already needs work.

[flattotheboards]

That is extremely tidy! Leave it standard, fit a bigger engine to another less tidy example.

[tali1]

L-reg means you've got one of the last ones

[number2301]

Is this the one that was up at 3.5k? It was discussed over on 205gtidrivers.com, I'm not a fan of the polish more than drive brigade, they should stick to old Fords. I said strip it and track it

14500rpm said:

Car looks ace and it still has the full size spare - a rare thing!

Every 205 GTI I've seen has either had no spare or the alloy, nothing inbetween!

[robwales]

Very nice, that must be one of the last ones, so 122bhp due to the cat rather than 130bhp?
Nice to see a standard one in such a good condition.

Also I found this recently, might be of interest? http://pagesperso-orange.fr/fred.brossaud/pdf/peug...

[okgo]

Loving it carl..

Looks like you are swaying toward 205s more often of late as opposed to the old fav 306..

[ironictwist]

I WANT THAT ONE!!! Gorgeous car!

Didn't realsie the spare was kept there!

Edited by ironictwist on Sunday 13th April 00:58

[snotrag]

Seen the pictures on the 306 forum aswell, certainly does look ace. My favourite colour too.

I'm booked in on wednesday, hope it will be there so I can have a good nosey round...

[jeremy_spoke_in]

that is stunning, leave it as it is, very rare to see a standard 205 gti in such condition. If you want more power buy another car leave that beaut alone.

[Simes205]

Has it been resprayed - I only ask as there seems to be over spray on the under car shot.
What are the inner wings and chassis legs like?

Edited by Simes205 on Sunday 13th April 17:27

[C. Grimsley]

It has had a little bit of paint on the roof, i suspect this to be because the laquer flake these get but everywhere else is standard.

I had just applied a chemical to the lower sill and steam cleaned it so that explains how you see the paint on the floor, its just washed up.

The car is near perfect and looks in the condition you would expect to find on a couple of year old motor, alot better than my other 205 which is also an L reg but has done a bit more leg work.



The white one is booked in for a full valet on monday and will be up for sale very shortly, full history, 12 months mot and ready to go, would be looking for £1700, has done 120k, should sell?

Carl