Peugeot 205 GTi 1.9 (Peugeot 205)

Name: dazza_wycombe

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Product:	Peugeot 205
Date:	28/07/05 (7616 review reads)
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Advantages: Very Fast Car, Nice to look at, A head turner

Disadvantages: Drank petrol like it was going out of fashion, Parts can be very expensive

A few years back I owned a Peugeot 205 GTi 1.9.

It was red with a black trim and full body kit.

The car inside was very roomy for a small car and could easily take 3 full size adults in the back without any problems.

to say the car was quick is an understatment, being quite light and with an injection engine the 205 GTi will beat most things at the lights without a problem and would stick to the road like Sh*t to a blanket, even in very wet weather. the car would even push you back in your seat when you were cruising at 70 mph and you wanted to overtake on the motorway, just put your foot down and BANG the pick up was amazing.

The handling was excellent although you did occasionally get a bit of oversteer but you do get used to it and know when it is going to happen so you could correct yourself.

I bought the car with 56,000 on the clock for £2400.00 in 1996 and traded it in for £1400.00 in 1999. it had to have a new gear box at 75,000 (£275.00). new cluch at 81,000 (£235.00) and a new sunroof (£215.00) after someone decided to drop a paving slab through the full glass sliding sunroof in a pub car park.

The only bad thing about a Peugeot 205 Gti is the running costs because if you do have a car with power to burn you are also going to have a car that drinks petrol like it is going out of fashion and I would only get about 25 MPG. oil usage is also quite high.

Would I recommend the peugeot 205 GTi, YES, but not if you are under 21 years of age as the insurance is quite high and you will get a lot of looks by the old bill as the car has a bit of a history of being a boy racers car.

I have now traded in my Peugeot 205 GTi for a nice family hatchback as the kids are getting bigger and the car is getting smaller but I do miss my 205 GTi and you never know one day, when the kids have left home and if I can still find one, I might again be gracing the roads in a 205 GTi.

Thank you for reading and rating my review

Summary: Fast, Stylish, Very Quick, expensive to run.

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