RE: PH Fleet: the Harris collection

[Slurms]

Is that a BMW M3 GTS in the background of one of the photos.... Something missing from the list or was it a loan from BMW?

[Truckosaurus]

Chris Harris said:

How much are Meharis?

For gardening duties? Like Dear Old Alan Clarke. Marvellous.

[Soovy]

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/3807950.htm

2,400 miles. One owner.


So much want.

Chris - get it bought.

[Mermaid]

Slurms said:

Is that a BMW M3 GTS in the background of one of the photos.... Something missing from the list or was it a loan from BMW?

Sell the 4.0 RS, buy a GTS + Gen 2 GT3 ( or RS).

[CampDavid]

Soovy said:

So, if it was me.

1994 Range Rover Vogue SE. 3.9 V8 'soft dash' 160,000 miles - snotter - KEEP
1990 Peugeot 205 XS. 950,000 miles. Completely standard - fun runabout - KEEP
1988 Citroen AX GT. 68,000miles, Completely standard. SELL TO AN ENTHUSIAST
1997 Mercedes E320 Sportline Cabriolet. 90,000 miles. Standard car. - picnic car - KEEP
1957 Land Rover Series One 107-inch Pick-up. MOT failure. SCRAP for curry money
2003 VW Passat TDi 100 estate. Slow. - use the RR - SELL
A BMW 325 rally car. Why!!!?? SELL
2011 Porsche GT3 RS 4.0 SELL FOR HANDSOME PROFIT. Buy 997GT3 for cash
1986 BMW E28 M5. 120,000 miles. KEEP - just because
2012 Mercedes E350 CDi estate. BAIL - you have the RR and the E320

Agree, though the 2012 Merc or Passatt would need to stay for family duties. The RR doesn't cut it as a family hack IMO

[CampDavid]

Soovy said:

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/3807950.htm

2,400 miles. One owner.


So much want.

Chris - get it bought.

Worth buying at 30k to drive it a little and then flip.

[Soovy]

CampDavid said:

Soovy said:

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/3807950.htm

2,400 miles. One owner.


So much want.

Chris - get it bought.

Worth buying at 30k to drive it a little and then flip.

I can see that at Ecelctic Cars for £80k in a few years, if you did 2k a year in it.

[CampDavid]

Soovy said:

CampDavid said:

Soovy said:

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/3807950.htm

2,400 miles. One owner.


So much want.

Chris - get it bought.

Worth buying at 30k to drive it a little and then flip.

I can see that at Ecelctic Cars for £80k in a few years, if you did 2k a year in it.

Or 4star for £120k

[Rollcage]

CampDavid said:

Soovy said:

CampDavid said:

Soovy said:

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/3807950.htm

2,400 miles. One owner.


So much want.

Chris - get it bought.

Worth buying at 30k to drive it a little and then flip.

I can see that at Ecelctic Cars for £80k in a few years, if you did 2k a year in it.

Or 4star for £120k

I bet that'll go for way over estimate.

[johnpeat]

cjgreaves41 said:

Bloke at work has a D reg 1.4 xs with 270k on! Think hes had it 20 years and still drives in daily!

Truth be told, nothing will kill a 205 other than total neglect (no oil/no maintenance) or driver error.

The engines last forever - the bodywork is amazingly rust resistant, so long as you don't let damage turn into rot - parts are plentiful and pennies.

There's a GTi sitting in a mate's "scrapyard" (project car/spares dump), it's been braving the elements, unloved, for abour 4-5 years now and apart from moss around the window edges and muck it's still rock solid (outside and underneath). If he had an engine for it (the last one was run dry of oil and petrol which rendered it beyond sensible salvage) he'll put it back on the road!!

[LHD]

Mr Harris,

A request if you will.

An in depth story and video of the E28 M5 on the lockstops.

Thanks in anticipation.

Excited of Edinburgh

[B'stard Child]

Chris Harris said:

As you can see, the majority of it carries very little value, but oddly those are the ones I'm most attached to. I'd get quite angry if someone attempted to remove my 205 XS.

I can completely understand that - the best wrong wheel drive cars I have ever owned have both been 205's.

Long ish story

My first will always be my favorite - 205 Lacoste (3 dr XS/GT spec in some fancy designer trim) Purchased 6 mths old with 10K miles and left with the ex wife when 3 years old as part of the D.I.V.O.R.C.E settlement with 60K miles - I cried having to let that car go - was such a good drive, responsive and steered on the throttle just like it was linked to the front wheels - just fabulous and point to point on a country road it was as quick as a 1.6 205 GTi.

C913 CPW - definately frag feed now as the ex was incapable of looking after any car. It was perfect until the first service with the local pug dealer when it developed flat spots in the rev range - they'd adjusted the carbs. It went back loads of times and the local Pug dealer probably got quite sick of trying to get it back to how it was under warrenty - spent more time in the dealership than out of it for two weeks when I really got the hump with the dealers inability to get it right) Eventualy they got it running sort of right but it piddled me off as I wasn't "allowed" to work on it because of the warrenty (you should be getting a good idea why she became an ex!!!)

I ordered all the relevant gaskets and parts I thought I needed to overhall the carbs and as soon as it was one day out of warrenty I removed and stripped the carbs. I rebuilt them and set them up how I thought they should be and had it back together and test driven before she came home from work (I had a big smile on the test drive).

I never said a word but she new I'd had the day working on the car and the next time she drove it she got the confirmation - it went like a missile and was as good as it was when we first got the car - no flat spots or hesitation anywhere just perfect - she knew the car wasn't going near a dealer again.

Nothing FWD apart from a 205 Gti 1.6 has come close to the balance and pure driving fun that little 205 Lacoste gave me.

Edited by B'stard Child on Monday 16th April 16:44

[SSCooperS]

I'd love to read a write up on the AX-GT (was this the one bought from AROnline by any chance?)

[Johnboy Mac]

Rollcage said:

I bet that'll go for way over estimate.

I was thinking the same. Two bidders, who knows, 50k+. I'd be very suprised if it's bought for 35k.

[Garlick]

LHD said:

Mr Harris,

A request if you will.

An in depth story and video of the E28 M5 on the lockstops.

Thanks in anticipation.

Excited of Edinburgh

As once seen in Autocar

[petrolsniffer]

Tell me chris why the xs over a gti?

Not that I disagree with your choice I used to own a base model 205 and i'd be happy to own another.

[M666 EVO]

Chris, do you have a missus?

If I had that amount of cars (I would love to BTW) my missus would do her nut. She goes on at me for having 2 cars as it is...

What is the secret??

[B'stard Child]

petrolsniffer said:

Tell me chris why the xs over a gti?

Not that I disagree with your choice I used to own a base model 205 and i'd be happy to own another.

No difference on a country road between a 1.4 XS and a 1.6 GTi in my experince and certainly not enough to justify the price difference - well that's what I found. I'd be interested also to know if Chris had owned both.

[Pingman]

Chris Harris said:

Is there really a grand plan? Yes. Within the next five years I would like to have a shed that contains examples of many of the most significant cars from my life to date, but also stuff that just takes my fancy. Almost all of it is quite affordable. I also like owning cars that I can kid myself cover every possible motoring eventuality - 4x4s for winter, sports cars for fun, a fast saloon for longer journeys, etc. Of course, that is the most romanticised of notions, because the buggers are never all taxed and running at the same time. Still, we live in hope.

I feel like we should be brothers!

Except you clearly have more storage space and available income that me. lol

[MadMark911]

Wow! My 2nd car was a 205XS! Being the spoiled brat I was - my Dad bought it to replace the money pit that was my MG Midget!

I got it at 9 months old, graphite grey metallic with the "proper" pneumatic glass sunroof, alloys, elctric windows (quite a novelty back then), central locking, a remote control car alarm with immobiliser (another novelty) and a superb Alpine stereo.

It would happily rev to over 7,000 rpm and thanks to extremely short gearing, would usually embarass much faster machinery, especially on a twisty road!