New pug buyer!

[NZ_Pug]

Hi to all,

Looking at finally buying a 205 GTI. A friend owned one way back in high school and from then on I've been interested in owning one, but it's never happened.

I joined the site to get an idea of Pugs in NZ, and hopefully if I buy one I'll be on here regularly!

Cheers
Phil

[k-trips]

Welcome - I can assure you that 205GTi is the quintessential car around here - although BX's are beginning to overtake.. 

We have a disgustingly twisted sense of humour and are thoroughly weird creatures - take a look in the events section we have and that will give you an idea - I'm sure you will have a hell of a time when you join in...

Whereabouts are you?

[Reviled]

Gday mate welcome!!

205's are awesome lil cars, I have owned 4 in my lifetime and still have 3 of em

If youre patient a decent one will show up at the right place, if youre handy with a spanner then they pop up all the time but most of em require a bit of loving 

[Pee Dubbaya]

Welcome to the circus!!! Mixed in are some gems & GCs to point ya in the path of least resistance. Enjoy.

[CaM]

Hello.

A wee warning: Don't EVER buy a french car. Your life as you know it will never be the same! get out while you can!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


seriously though, have a look around, buy a goodin if you can, and come to this forum for insight/outsight/to be poked with a stick of liquid encouragement to make your future mobile into something that'll become the best vehicle you ever owned, despite it's idiosyncrasies, failings, and let downs. 205s make the world go round.

[Goat]

Hello

[pugMi]

I was gonna say that 

welcome, then

[NZ_Pug]

Thanks guys. Looks like a great website

Bought the 205 last night for $2200 which seemed like a good deal. I've had my eye on them for a few months so I was pleased to pay low. Here is the link to the auction if your interested: www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=302224756.

Summary: 1.9, 117k miles, new wof, front disks replaced, cambelt changed at 110,000miles, new muffler (loud as all get out), reconditioned starter motor and alternator.



It goes really well but has a slight miss when cold. Ill get stuck in this weekend. My friend drove it from Tauranga back to Hamilton with me following and jumped out exclaming "that thing is a rocket!" Must say I expected a few rattles inside but whew! There are hundreds!

This is my 26th car but first French one! Have drifted towards Euro's in the last few years and have had three BMW's, one M-Benz, an Audi and a Lancia (god the lancia didnt end well ) Now just to sell my E30 BMW.......

It'll be a fast daily driver and occasional track car.

Cheers,
Phil

[cammmy]

Sweet!

What Lancia did you have?

[NZ_Pug]

A Thema turbo. Really wanted a Delta but couldn't find a good one. The Thema went well but wasn't too pretty, it shared the type 4 chassis with the Alfa Romeo 164, Fiat Croma and Saab 9000 (thanks wikipedia). A month after buying the cambelt broke even though it was replaced 20k ago (I verified this). Very skeptical of Italian cars as a result.....

[k-trips]

Italian cars/French cars only seperated by a border

[NZ_Pug]

Well I'll cross my fingers that they share more in common with German cars then Italian! Had better luck with them 

[NZ_Pug]

Grr have been reading around and disappointed that Jap spec imports (like mine) came lower specced  I wondered if that was the case when I saw the rear drums last night.

[k-trips]

Never to mind, within a week you'll be wanting to upgrade to 309 front and rear subframes, later model brakes and an Mi16 motor anyway....

read Don Simons build fred and you'll get the idea... http://www.fastfrogs.co.nz/index.php/topic,110.0.html

PS - I am from the BX not 205 camp so not sure what all that guff means but I have the distinct impression it all adds up to AWESOME!!!

[cammmy]

and an Mi16 motor anyway....

DON'T YOU DARE!!!