Leaky exhaust which never got fixed.
Some of the heat protection on the underside rattled then fell off.
My head gasket blew at 99,000 miles.
Funking excellent car to drive. Like driving on rails, but still with the thrill of being on four wheels.
When I found out the max. HP can be found at 6,250rpm I thought to myself that I had to try it. I did and it was sweet as!! But, once I popped the fun didn't stop. I found myself doing this through every gear until the head gasket went.
The car was cheap and I sold it at a loss, the fuel consumption was piss poor so you could say that it was a bad decision getting the car. This is wrong, it was the funnest year of my life, expensive, but I owned a gorgeous looking car that revved like a madman!!
"Driving on rails"? You must be joking. The 205 GTi was a pleasure in a straight line, but try cornering at even modest speeds and the back end wants to swing all over the place, even changing lane abruptly at high speed (110mph+) is a bit hairy. Lovely little car, but treat it with respect on the bends!!!
That would probably be because you had either lowered the rear end, and or were lifting of the accelerator while cornering. The car does drive like it is on rails, just make sure you keep that foot on.
Fantastic car, agree with the proneabilty of headgasket going, and also keep an ear out for noises in the rear suspension; the bearings are also prone to going in the rear beam
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