Dead battery needed replacing, after extensive Pioneer car stereo use.
A gasket blew at 140,000 miles, cost £15 to fix.
Brake pads needed replacing after 142,000 miles due to hard-core braking. Cost £25 to replace.
Hose split, being fixed now, I'm not sure of the cost yet.
The quickest 1.4 about and it's still running well after all these miles, not only has it skinned your boy racer Nova 1.3 SR's, but I have also skinned many a Vectra on acceleration, although when reaching speeds over 100mph the fleet cars fly past.
Handles very well round the country bends due to a wheel on each corner, though the body roll is quite bad.
Fuel consumption can also very good reaching 35 miles per gallon.
For a first car you can't go wrong with the 205 XS, they are cheap, when things go wrong there's many parts available, and they can handle the miles. Well done Peugeot on a cracking car.
Not bad cars, but I have to argue your case of being quickest 1.4 around! I have a Metro 1.4 GTI 16V MPI (alright stop laughing). No joke this car shifts! It has 108BHP as standard and goes from 0-60 in about 8.5s. 0-100 comes quick also! Tops out at 125MPH. It may be a Metro, it is massively underrated, it is very cheap, but it is wicked fun! Email me for your argument - TOAD2000@CWCOM.NET has to be in upper case.
Grant.
The metro might be fast, but it tips over on any sharpish corner.
I had a metro MPi, it was rubbish!
Totally gutless until about 4000rpm, and the seats were awful.
Not especially quick at all.
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Just have to say this is a spot on review of the XS.
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