Head gasket completely blew on 99,000 miles which cost £300 to fix.
New radiator & thermostat - The old radiator had rotten through totally and the thermostat was sticking.
New clutch on 96,000.
I love this car!
OK, the insurance can sting (group 14 for the 1.9) if, like me you're under 25. but for the money I don't think you can get a better hot hatch.
The handling cannot be beaten - the GTi will take everything you throw at it; It thinks it's on rails!
Some get rattly after high miles, beware of older GTi's as they can rattle like hell.
Can be picked up fairly cheap now as they're getting on a bit, but it still looks the business and will leave most other cars standing at the lights.
Avoid Peugeot dealers for working on 205's. They charge silly money for work that any normal garage can do.
Having spent cash on the head/cam belt/clutch & radiator, I'm going to keep this car to the end.
Unusual, fast, eye catching & surprises a lot of other GTi drivers.
Hi!
I own an Mi16 405.
Got Peugeot dealer to change cambelt - guess what? THEY FORGOT TO TIGHTEN THE TENSIONER!!!
I drove it like that for months thinking "oh it can't be the cambelt that's making my car run rough cos it's just been done".
How wrong I was.
Peugeot are very lucky they're not paying for a new engine!
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