Quatre vitesse shite

[red5]

So, I'm at work and one of the students has one of these -

 

 

 

Which is lovely. I helped him replace n/s/r caliper and so on. Then tried to buy it. Or something similar.

 

Enter my mate stage left, asking if I'll do him a favour and collect a car ostensibly to be used as a shell donor. From the Blue forum ads.

 

So I purchase one of these -

 

 

And suffer London Midland to here -

 

 

 

Get collected by a Escrot mk3 1.1 L (also with Quatre vitesse) and rattle off to a top secret location. Not in Leighton Buzzard, honest.

 

Some cash is swapped, and off I trundle in this!

 

 

 

Which has done the princely amount of -

 

 

 

miles.

 

 

120-odd miles,some (hands-free) phone convo (whilst driving naturally) and 1 day later and I am now the proud owner of said conveyance.

 

What have I done.

 

 

205 XE 1.0 in dull white.

White-ish furry dice.

Clutch up by my knee.

No wireless.

No soundproofing

No 5th gear. (see above)

No P.A.S.

No rear wiper.

No temperature gauge.

No rot*

In fact, not a lot of anything. At all. Except dice. White-ish ones at that.

 

 

*may not be true

 

 

[jonathan_dyane]

I love the way as ultra-base model the speedo has no trip meter however the 'glass' that covers the lens still has a hole for the reset knob...

[Spiny Norman]

That's gloriously base model, just a big Peugeot badge where most models would at least have had a clock if not a rev counter. I had an 1100cc 205GL briefly and I'd have another in a shot, well done with that one.

[Wilko220]

They're BRILLIANT - just ask Largactil!

 

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[HillmanImp]

TBH my experience of 205's is, if its not a GTi its totally shit. If it is a GTi its still totally shit but fucking great fun. Just my experience though. In the same way my Granddad hated Germans, as he had never met one that did not try and kill him, I have never had a non GTi 205 where I did not want to kill myself.

[stuboy]

good shite!!

[Guest]

Bon merde, mec, mais hurry up et vendez a moi votre Range Rover ancien un peu rusty sur le bonnet, SVP. J'ai le cash right ici. Merci et cheers.

 

Van du Pain 72

[Guest]

I have now seen this fine example of le tat Francaise with my own eyes, and can confirm that it scores very well on the Chod-o-meter.

[garethj]

Good purchase!

 

Mine's the luxurious 205 diesel (non turbo) but because it's quite a late one it has the extra refinements of power steering, a tripmeter, 5 speed gearbox and a clock. Although the hour hand has stopped working so it's not much better than your PEUGEOT badge.

 

The 1.6 GTi wheels have been added by a previous owner but it's still at normal 205 ride height so fooling nobody that it's a GTi. However speedbumps are now my bitches.

[worldofceri]

My sub-GCSE French is letting me down. I thought this thread was going to be about French 4×4s and got very confused.

[Guest]

I got totally burned off today by a 205 GTi that looked like it hadn't been washed since about 1992. It had a well pharty exhaust note. I think it was being driven by Alain Prost, or at least someone who emulates his enthusiasm for getting a bit of a move on.

[John F]

My sub-GCSE French is letting me down. I thought this thread was going to be about French 4×4s and got very confused.

 

 

 

Quatre vitesses means "four speeds"... i.e. 4 gears.

[worldofceri]

Yeah, I figured that out after the second read through...

[tooSavvy]

A LHD [uk plates] one of these 'wheezed' past me, in traffic, going over the Tyne Bridge a few days ago... on the A1[M] probably be 'whizzed'.

 

Do I think it was being driven by Alain Prost.... possible?

 

tooSavvy

[Micrashed]

I have a friend trying to get rid of his ex wifes 205 XS (with obligatory 1.6GTi pepperpots) for not a lot, I was going to have this as a car to let the lad practice on as hes starting a mechanics course but logistics of picking it up from Brizzle are conspiring against me.

If there is any interest here I'll try and pass on the details.

[red5]

Yes please. Could do with some bits......quelle surprise.

[Guest]

My wife might be interested in the XS. She needs a rig that is cheapo to insure.

 

As for Alain Prost, I once saw him skiing in Meribel. He was taking a one on one lesson from a very cool Kiwi ski guru called Pat Graham, who doubles up as the local chimney sweep when not skiing. The two of them were skiing at approximately Warp 9, with Prost's ski tips positioned about 2 cm behind the instructor's ski tails. Alllez la France!

[Micrashed]

Once Ive spoke to Chris about his disposal plans I'll post up some details then, I know it has to be gone one way or another by the 25th.

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