Puglet

Lovely little trip out this evening in the petit red pocket rocket 🚀 to see the sunset up at Tommen Y Mur near Trawsfynydd North Wales. Thanks to @mat_the_cat for the suggestion and fixing someone else's bodge on the throttle cable 🤨. It is far more enjoyable to drive now 🤪

My one job and I've bolloxed it up by losing a screw from the window so its definitely going to leak now

They look in great nick! Cute wheels on the 205

My uncle used to live on City Way, small world. I've never driven a 309, I just prefer the look of the 205.

Ohhh ideal, might get one of these for my day to day car for after I've been rowing....

Never seen these in my life so thanks for the info, scented too!

Definitely not ruling out other leaks. Thanks for all the info :)

XS was a great car, wish I hadn't sold mine :(

I have a sensible car for the every day driving just wanted a fun car for the other times when I want to have a bit if fun.

I had an Xs when I was around that age. great car but yes steering was heavy and yes I hooned round the lanes in that car :)

You've got a Cavalier too! My dad had one of those as a company car when he worked for the electricity generating board. I have fond memories of that car. Have you still got it? My first gti only cost £500 which seemed quite a lot at the time circa 2004 but it had a personalised plate so it was £100 for the car and £400 for the plate 🤣. So to think what that would be worth now after we fitted the Mi16 engine to it, but hey you live and learn. Wow that NZ heat looks intense to do that to lacquer. Mine had a spell out in cyprus so the laquer has started to go in one or two places so it is on my list to give it a respray at some point. I see what you mean about the repairs but glad its gone to a good home. Good luck with the rest of the fleet! If we are ever in NZ would love to see the Cav :)

Thank you all for your comments and support for my decision to buy my very own Pug 205 gti again. Always regretted selling my last one so seemed too good an opportunity to miss when the exact spec and colour gti I wanted was sitting at the garage looking for a new owner :). It does how ever need some work to get it how I want it and it isn't going to be a 5 minute job. I will try and update this thread as we go through the ever increasing list of jobs to tackle on it. Job number 1 was to get it under cover and start bailing it out. It turns out that even though it only been stood outside for 1 week there has been enough rain to leak into the boot somewhere and run all the way through to the passenger footwell :(. Carpets are now up and the sound proofing underneath is out and drying in the house. There is a fan heater and de humidifier combo in the car, so now just have to wait. We have however found one definite leak path. Behind the trim in the boot, Mat found a broken off trim clip that someone had tried to bodge closed with some black sealant. I'm glad he volunteered to go in the boot while I sprayed the hose 🤣

They look amazing but I prefer mine 😅

New/old gearbox being removed after they found that the input shaft was causing issues 😞

Other side is definitely the best side, especially the row about a third of the way down 🤣