Eratic idling seems to occur due to auto choke cutting out too early.
Windscreen glass thin & prone to cracking.
Red paint a definite no no in New Zealand sun due to fading.
Goes through tyres very quickly.
Needed head work after leaded petrol phased out last year.
Top car, purchased on reputation for handling & I haven't been disappointed.
However, idle should have been better sorted for a modern car, fuel consumption appalling, Pirelli 185 tyres expensive, and not suited for stop-start city traffic. Standard exhaust strangles power, and engine needs more poke in the lower rev band.
Also, in NZ the car is classified as 'high risk' for insurance purposes, making them virtually uninsurable if you are under 25 (cost me a bundle).
Parts prices very high due to freight.
The standard exhaust doesn't strangle power as you say, not with the UK car at least. It is generally believed that the standard exhaust fitted by Peugeot is the best exhaust for the car. Well known tuners such as L.A.D recommend the standard exhaust is not replaced with so called performance systems as this does nothing for the power output, it only makes the car more noisy and boomy at motorway speeds.
I agree, the standard exhaust in no way strangles power. I have an Mi16 engine fitted to my 205 and it still produces all 160bhp that the engine is meant to.
The NZ/Oz/Japanese spec 205 1.9 is down on power on the Euro ones. Not sure why, but it is quoted at 105 bhp against 130bhp for the euro one.
Peugeot spent a ridiculous amount of money developing the intake and exhaust on these cars, and adding exhaust and air filter may give louder sound, but more than likely will reduce the cars bph. I don't understand peoples obsession with k and n bolt on filters. In these cars, and most others, they have the effect of drawing hot air from the engine bay into the engine. Hot air is less dense and consequently the ecu gives you less fuel. Ultimately the result is less power. For best results fit an after market element, this may not give too much bhp, but in a lot of cases gives a better torque curve, giving more power over a larger spread of the rev range.
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