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May 19, 2005 22:58:44 GMT
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Bracey
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May 19, 2005 23:02:32 GMT
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It was introduced 22 years ago in 1983, the same as my BMW E30 320, and I say that makes them both "retro"!
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May 19, 2005 23:11:20 GMT
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defianatly retro imo and very clean with it, I've never seen one that colour or with green carpet either.
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May 19, 2005 23:24:49 GMT
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racer86
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'76 Toyota KP30 / '73 BMW 2002 / '93 Mini
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my mate a got a really well sorted one with an Mi16 lump in and it goes like stink, corners like stink and stops like stink, in fact my pants stink when i get out!
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Oh I think 205s are well and truly retro. Now if it was a 206 you were chatting about, then I'd be worried! ;D
I don't think I'd ever have a 205 - they just aren't my kinda thing - but I appreciate them for what they are!
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205's are cool... but I wouldn't have one either...
my mate had a 1400 XS a few years ago - 125mph (indicated) on a *ahem* private road... never been quite so scared in my chuff! EVERYTHING was shaking... thought it was gonna fall to bits!
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May 20, 2005 11:12:58 GMT
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Too much info  I've had three and would love another ;D |
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May 20, 2005 11:38:26 GMT
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Love them ;D Had 2 1.9gtis.... both went backwards through a hedge ;D Then got a 309.....ugly big sister but a much more sorted car, handlig was leagues better and safer on the limit than the 205 Lots of 205s are used in road rallying. Built a Grasstrack racer for a freind using a 205 shell over the spaceframe. Shell was from a Poverty model but when we stripped it to a bare shell, before cutting it about it weighed 38kg ;D thats all thats protecting you  Not been in a quick one since  Retro....not sure yet, getting there I think, Future classic, definately ;D You try and find a nice one now.....getting harder by the day |
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May 20, 2005 12:30:30 GMT
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Hmm, I have one big problem with this - The Sunroof! If it's been prepped properly either it should be a non-sr model or have an appropriate plate welded on. I think that this is more of a boy-racer-wannabe car than a proper competition car. If it had been properly prepped as a competition car then the price would have been very, very good indeed. As you know I love 205's and at the moment I've got 4. The 1.9GTi is now becoming rarer and if you can pick up a good, cheap (£600 or less), standard one, then I suggest you do so. They will increase in value, and at the moment I think they are at the bottom of the price curve. |
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Shortcut
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I won't be there when you cross the road, so always use the Green Cross Code.
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May 20, 2005 13:53:20 GMT
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Hmm, I have one big problem with this - The Sunroof! Heh! Good spot! Yeah the sunroof makes it a tarted up road car. When I went to Combe I was following in convoy a red GTi rally car from the PSOOC. You could tell just by watching it on the road how sorted the suspension was (i.e. very) |
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Last Edit: May 20, 2005 13:53:49 GMT by Shortcut
This space available to rent. Reach literally dozens of people. Cheap rates!
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May 20, 2005 14:30:22 GMT
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rocking the swear filter...
shell becomes shell
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May 20, 2005 14:35:37 GMT
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205s are most certainly retro. i have a slight closeted fetish for the GTi's |
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Shortcut
Posted a lot
I won't be there when you cross the road, so always use the Green Cross Code.
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May 20, 2005 14:57:34 GMT
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rocking the swear filter... she ll becomes sheck why? sheck you, you sheck. nope doesn't do it for me! edit: oh I get it! doh! |
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Last Edit: May 20, 2005 14:58:02 GMT by Shortcut
This space available to rent. Reach literally dozens of people. Cheap rates!
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Nick
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May 20, 2005 15:49:52 GMT
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see.. blasted sunroofs ruin everything
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idea stolen from rattely eddie.
this weeks car count "5"
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e28boi
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front wheel drive car - you must be joking!
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May 20, 2005 15:56:40 GMT
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my cousin has a 205 1.9 gti and it had a fire engine exhaust on it dunno how he got it but it sounded sweet but the nieghbours complained and he was made to take it of. he has had it for about 6 years and he wont part with it and i can see why
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e28 520i
e32 735iL se
MK2 ESCORT WANTED
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May 20, 2005 16:39:35 GMT
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Those 205s are pretty nice!  I've always liked tidy 205s, the good thing is that the nedmobiles with big bodykits and stuff that were made out of poor 205s that deserved better have all disappeared, well mostly have, so it's mainly nicely done or unmolested ones left. Actually VX Novas are the same way, although round my way there are still a few awful (ugly-bodykitted, ridiculous excessive sound system, and with 18" wheels etc) Novas about, this is a poor area so a lot of the neds can't afford a Saxo to replace their old nedmobiles, so the poor Novas stay around.  Having said that there's a 2 litre XE'd one in white with silver compomotives round my way that's really gorgeous, and a few unmolested ones, just a shame there aren't more unmolested Novas, because done right they're actually quite nice too. |
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"He's not the messiah, he's a very naughty boy!"
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e28boi
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front wheel drive car - you must be joking!
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May 20, 2005 16:51:48 GMT
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i wouldnt say they were ugly imo its just a matter of taste really some of them were pretty bad though. have you ever seen the pug eccosse 205 it was a beast
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e28 520i
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MK2 ESCORT WANTED
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May 20, 2005 17:05:03 GMT
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Glad I'm not alone in thinking the 205 deserves some recognition....the shape of the car still looks fairly modern but along with the Fiat Uno will be on these pages in huge numbers within the next 5 years but it needs to lose the 'barry' tag that a few have been tarnished with....
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May 20, 2005 17:31:58 GMT
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Hmm, I have one big problem with this - The Sunroof! Agreed! Didnt notice that.I'm off to get mi eyes tested. |
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Having said that there's a 2 litre XE'd one in white with silver compomotives round my way that's really gorgeous, and a few unmolested ones, just a shame there aren't more unmolested Novas, because done right they're actually quite nice too. 