For Sale (Cheshire) plains, trains and automobiles FOR SALE NOW WITH TAX

[Cavcraft]

What happens when you go on ebay when you're bored? This:

 

 

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Peugeot-205-1-1-GL-5-Door-Blue-only-2-owners-136K-/151275668018?pt=Automobiles_UK&autorefresh=true&hash=item2338bb8232&nma=true&si=wKs92J4r9%252FkcYaeJ6VgP6WojwN8%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

 

Just won it for £112.01!

 

I'll get a train to Crewe, tax it then drive it home. Hopefully.

[Junkman]

How ultra-pov-spec is this?

Brilliant!

[red5]

GL? filthy luxury - it's got a clock, trip meter, rear wash wiper. Decadent luxury.

[Cavcraft]

Probably 4 speed with keep fit steering too. These older 205s have something of a charm about them I think, quite looking forward to getting this. 

[Junkman]

Yeah, they still have this unshaved beret wearing Gauloises puffing baguette sticking out of the open window air about them.

They must be driven around corners with maximum body lean, the inner tyres just not quite losing the last teensy bit of adhesion.

[Mr_Bo11ox]

Hey that's cool. Wedgwood blue with the early dash and no wind deflector on the rear hatch. RESTECP!!!

[Magnificent Rustbucket]

Crewe plates too!

[trigger]

What a sexy beast! And that 205's not bad either.

 

I bet an afternoon with a bottle of polish would work wonders on that.

[Junkman]

And some Poundland silver spray paint over the brake dust, rust, and half the tyres.

[Parky]

That was on my watch list! Didn't think it would go so cheaply though.

 

Might have a bottle of light blue "Color Magic" somewhere left over from a mates Peugeot 309. Prolly about 20 years old now but when we used it on his it came up lovely.

[oman5]

 Bargain!

[EssDeeWon]

And some Poundland silver spray paint over the brake dust, rust, and half the tyres.

 

Don't forget the up and coming wannabe dealer 'special' black tyre paint for x3 value and profit, snapped outside a big house with a sweeping gravel drive.

[Lord Sterling]

WOW! Now here in Franceland there LOADS of these in mostly battered condition, but it's been YEARS since I saw an early 205/309 in that 'Sky Blue' colour. When I was a little, there was a Sky Blue early 309 in the posh housing estate I used to live at in Telford.

 

Please fill this page with as many photos as you can take. If needs be, I'll pop into town, nick some early 205 wheel trims and lob them over your way.

[Pillock]

This is not Corsa....?

[Cavcraft]

Not, but there could be another on the horizon. We've only got three now, and one of them is going tomorrow. My daughter's struggling a bit with the (non-power assisted steering) Cinquecento so that's probably going to be up for sale soon.

[ProgRocker]

Nice one, Billy.

 

Despite it's GL badge it's still quite basic for a Pug, isn't it? For example, tt's not the same as the 1980s Ford Escort/Orion/Sierra GLs in the standard equipment stakes.

 

I think the 'G' in the 205 range meants that it has a pair of rear doors as opposed to 'X' which seems to designate 3 door only.

[catsinthewelder]

Now that is a lovely little thing.

 

 in the posh housing estate in Telford.
 

 

Don't be daft

[the judge]

^^^^^^ haha!! Very good!!!

[Noel Tidybeard]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peugeot_205#Versions

[crapcarcollector]

Not, but there could be another on the horizon. We've only got three now, and one of them is going tomorrow. My daughter's struggling a bit with the (non-power assisted steering) Cinquecento so that's probably going to be up for sale soon.

More info required.....

[cms206]

YOU UTTER BASTARD ALL MY TROUSERS ARE NOW BROKEN

[richardmorris]

My first 2CV and CX were TU regs - RTU and STU, both from Brooklands Garage Wrexham.

[KruJoe]

Looks like the last owner upgraded* to a new Pug by trading this in - that's a main dealer's ebay account.

 

Wor Will might have some spares if you need owt for it Billy.

[greengartside]

YERRRR BILLY!!! What a honey! I used to have a misery-spec 1.1 as my first field car when I was 15. Amazing fun! Looking forward to the kullectshun kaperz!

 

 

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[phil_lihp]

Excellent work.  Between that car and the shabby green Renault 5 Mr Livered has, you two have got French peasant motoring covered.

[willswitchengage]

I love your recent bid history:

 

[Cavcraft]

Christ, I bid on a  Ford? That must have been one hell of a night out.

[Cavcraft]

Today was collection day. £11.40 (or something like that) and just 19 minutes on the train to Crewe, a long-ish walk round an industrial estate trying to find the place, and voila!

 

Cash exchanged for paper work (he let me off the 1p) and I was lobbed the keys. It's got a choke so there was some faffing about to get it running and staying running, but it eventually settled down after stalling a couple of times in Crewe. I think there's possibly a wheel bearing drone somewhere and there's some grot on the os/r sill area, but doesn't look too bad. Original (LW/MW) stereo fitted, it works too, so had R5 Sport on on the way home, which I quite enjoyed, if truth be told. 

 

Anyhow apart from some truly suicidal driving by a couple of right wankers on the A51 (a complete idiot in a Golf estate who overtook a tractor and was coming right towards me until I flashed the lights and flick the Vs and the silly twat had to pull back in pronto, and a gobshite in a silver Range Rover who pulled out of his drive blocking the road expecting me to move out of his way, I just drove straight at him and he reversed very quickly) it wasn't a bad drive home at all.

It's really slow until warmed up and booted a bit, then it just felt like it wouldn't stop pulling. Gear ratios are great, 4 speed manual and I rarely had to change down/up at all, aside from junctions.

It has that old Peugeot smell (like a sort of weird, hot plastic) and it really does show it's age as the whole driving experience* reminded me of my old Morris 1000: very comfortable, quite old fashioned, loads of room and a sort of detachment from the dashboard. I think it's got power steering, certainly seems lighter than the Corsa, which hasn't) and it had 1/4 tank of fuel in it according to the gauge, which didn't really move at all coming home.

[Tayne]

Result!

[Cavcraft]

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Very quick T-cut to try and see the difference. Doesn't show very well but it's made it look loads better on the bit I've tested...