1993 Peugeot 205 GRD review from UK and Ireland

New battery and alternator fitted.

Timing belt changed.

Glow plugs replaced.

All 4 wheel bearings replaced chasing a noise that turned out to be the last one!

Both drive shafts replaced.

Three sets of brake disks and pads in 30000 miles, one caliper replaced after seizing up on the shore of Loch Ness. I had to disconnect and clamp the hose, batter it with a hammer until it was free, and drive back to Inverness with only 3 wheels doing the braking! It pulled viciously toward oncoming traffic, but we made it.

Worn track rod end replaced.

Rear shoes, wheel cylinders, hoses and pipes replaced.

It was very economic, 50 MPG achievable on a run, and quite nippy for a diesel.

The body had absolutely no rust at all, and the interior was like new.

The engine had a strange habit of not switching off even when the key was removed. Stalling it in gear was the only way to do it. This would happen every once in a while, and I never go to the bottom of it. Anyone else out there had this problem?

The brakes were terrible, even after all the work I did on them, I'm told it's just a trait of the car.

It was just as happy at 70 MPH on a motorway or pottering around town.