Hi All,
I'm looking for a 205 gti. I'm new to French cars, but the 205's reputation stretches far and wide. I've admired them from a distance...now it's time to get one!
Cheers.
Got it!
http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Motors/Cars/Peugeot/auction-231851838.htm
I'm hoping it's everything that they're supposed to be, can't wait to pick it up on Saturday.
Quote from: hip205gti on August 06, 2009, 09:40:24 AM
I'm hoping it's everything that they're supposed to be...
And the rest!
Welcome and congratulations, they're a fantastic car ;D
Nice one hip205gti , I'm jelly. I was watching that one on TM too but it was out of my price range. Sure looks like it was kept well.
Wow nice one! Be sure to bring it along to the upcoming track day!
Yep...blow out 20 years of cobwebs!
Would make a change from shopping/lunch/kid's pick up/bingo/RSA...... :)
Quote from: Aidonia on August 06, 2009, 02:29:42 PM
Nice one hip205gti , I'm jelly. I was watching that one on TM too but it was out of my price range. Sure looks like it was kept well.
Yeah, does look nicely cared for...shall continue to do the same...with a few minor tweaks ;) Going up to Auckland on Saturday to drive it back down here to Napier...should be FUN!
AWSOME MORE MEMEBERS!!! yayay.
we need to do a fast weekend down that way of the country been north and west havnt done the east coast yet ::)
Haha good stuff man. I was the other bidder - thought I might find the winner here!
Interestingly enough my browser said I still had 2 minutes left to make a bid, I put another bid in and it must have just missed out as it said the auction was closing. So there you go, you got it cheaper than you would've otherwise :D. Ya probably would have still beat me anyway. ;)
My loss is your gain! Hope you enjoy it. :D
Welcome.
Nice little car, you can't do better than one owner NZ new.
Cheers!
Looking forward to tomorrow...
Picked up the 205 gti yesterday from the North Shore...crawled all over it, took it for a test drive, negotiated a little more...not quite as mint as I was hoping...but still, a really good, pretty tight, low km one owner NZ new example...with not too much work will be a really nice example. Stopped at the BP around the corner from the seller's place, the fuel reserve light was on (considerate!), filled with Ultimate 98, headed home to Napier with a couple of hours of sunlight up my sleeve.
As the traffic thinned and the road started to wind, the smile on my face grew! Got to the twisties, and even though it was dark...BIG FUN!
The last stage from Taupo to Napier (pretty familiar with the road) was a hoot...loved every minute of it...I'm an instant convert...totally HOOKED!!!
Will post some pics when I've given it a REAL clean.
you probably wont post pics for a while then huh? I could never find time to wash mine. It was always begging to be driven ;D
love it.
yeah...almost seems like a waste of time...it's only going to get dirty again!
Cheers!
Sure do!!...my last car was a 1966 Porsche 912...part of the reason we all love these cars I think!
...oh...and I had a 1960 Chevrolet Corvair about 15 years ago...you wanna experience hairy cornering on the limit with the threat of an excursion into the scenery if you lift off mid-corner?....try one of those! ;D
Didn't those Corvairs have like, stone-age turbochargers on them or something? American cars on corners are lol as
Quote from: Carpentry on August 11, 2009, 10:56:52 AM
Didn't those Corvairs have like, stone-age turbochargers on them or something? American cars on corners are lol as
Yep, the Monza version did, about 150hp out of a 2.5 litre all aluminium flat-6, back in 1962 wasn't too bad for a mass produced car... BMW generally claims they produced the first turbocharged production car, but Chevrolet beat them by about 4 years I think...though BMW could say 'the first turbocharged production car that handled' ;D
The Corvair's main problem was unrestricted rear swing arms (like old beetles) which past 'the point of no return' tended to tuck up under the car and you went backwards (and usualling rolling) into whatever was beside the road! Tyre pressure was critical for these cars...combine general American laziness (in regard to car maintenance) with 'different' handling and you had a recipe for disaster. General Motors apparently knew of the handling traits but were more interested in saving the $1.36 per car it would have cost to fit the neccessary parts on the production line to improve handling!
Ralph Nader made a career out of this car, check it out:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unsafe_at_Any_Speed
The WHOLE first chapter was on the Corvair! Still...a fun car!
"American cars on corners are lol as"
Carpentry,
I agree, I also had a 1963 Ford Galaxie 500 convertible for quite a while...used to scrape the door handles on the road around corners ;D ;D ;D