205 GTi - Automatic
Discussion
Surely the autobox goes against everything the GTi was about?
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Well, arguably yes - what's the point? - but you'd be driving a very rare car indeed. A 205GTI Auto intended for the Japanese market that never made it there. And I suspect it has aircon too, but I'm no expert.
I drive a left hand drive MG Maestro 1600, with a digidash that speaks 4 languages. It's no great shakes on the road nowadays - but it's unique in the UK and it gets noticed (for the right reasons ).
Imagine meeting Peugeot fans at a car show and pointing to the automatic gear selector in the car... OK, perhaps many might sneer - but some would appreciate what they were looking at and drool appropriately .
If I had the money...
I drive a left hand drive MG Maestro 1600, with a digidash that speaks 4 languages. It's no great shakes on the road nowadays - but it's unique in the UK and it gets noticed (for the right reasons ).
Imagine meeting Peugeot fans at a car show and pointing to the automatic gear selector in the car... OK, perhaps many might sneer - but some would appreciate what they were looking at and drool appropriately .
If I had the money...
sday12 said:
Surely the autobox goes against everything driving is about?
To be honest I prefer an auto. Daily commuting and occasional traffic jams are so much more tolerable. For that 5% of the time in the right location, right road, right frame of mind I do miss the manual. However, for the other 95% the auto is bang on the money.The point, I think, is that all the arguments in favour of an automatic - it's comfortable, it suits commuting, it's good because I have a bad back/bad leg, it's relaxing, etc - are almost deliberately as opposite as you could possibly get from the design criteria of the 205 GTi, which was to be a fun little chuckable B-road weapon!
Fascinating. How many PH respondants have even driven a modern car with a modern automatic transmission ? OK, maybe I'm a fogey, but my last two road cars have had a six-speed, then an eight-speed automatic transmission, both of them with a 'Sport' alternative built in, with which I could choose my own gears.
The boxes worked perfectly, the 'S' option too, so everyone seemed to be happy ....
The boxes worked perfectly, the 'S' option too, so everyone seemed to be happy ....
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