FOTD: 1992 Peugeot 205 Gti in Canada

[Rob.]

Seems like a good deal ?

http://www.targetautosales.ca/Stock/PGN-03/PGN-03.html

[Silenius]

33000 km lol dont think so!

[Sir UNBANNED_GERBIL M.B.]

Where can I get these parts?

[MidnightSpecial]

I'd want a maintenance history for that price. All the good Euro cars come in on the east coast..

[Robski92]

For $7000 gtfo.

[izzo]

Seems like a good deal ?

... not for a French POS.

[MidnightSpecial]

... not for a French POS.

You know, the Pug 205 GTi murdered the **** out of your POS Gen. 2 Golf GTI.

[J-Tim]

... not for a French POS.

You're kidding, right ?

[Arju]

Nice! I would be worried about getting parts for it though...

[Biff Beltsander]

Seems like a good deal ?

Well, let's read on.

33000 km lol dont think so!

That is compelling information, deal wise.

For $7000 gtfo.

And there you have it.

The car is high miles, you won't find the parts in North America, let alone Canada. For what you'd be spending in upkeep (even if its the most reliable car on earth, and it's not) a nearly twenty year old high miles car is going to cost you. The novelty, exclusivity, and the collector appeal are going to be offset by the worn condition and high miles. I don't know what would be a good price yet I think a grand or two less would be close.

[DubNMiatafan]

Personally, I would drive that in a heartbeat. I love these cars.

[Issam Abed]

Personally, I would drive that in a heartbeat. I love these cars.

But have you ever owned one? They handle amazing but XUJ motors are crap and Peugeot's in general are garbage. Electrical issues out the wazzoo and poor casted components in the engine bay. Components that should NOT be failing fail and even low mileage I can tell you every rubber component in that engine bay will need to be replaced.

205 w/ S16 motor < VW Golf MKII w/ ABF motor
These things are only cool in France....Go german or go home.

[RunDub]

One of my dream cars.

[rico_arg]

... not for a French POS.

I can tell you ve never driven a 205...

[andyg79]

Great cars, parts nightmare, will the insurance companies even have it on their database?

There is no way on God's green Earth that car has only done 33,000km. Those seat bolsters look as if they came right out of a third world taxi.

FWIW, these were also cool in the UK, and along with the Golf GTI were the kingpin of the hot hatch scene.

[Doogal]

1. Buy 205 GTI
2. Move to North America
3. ???
4. Profit!

[rico_arg]

1. Buy 205 GTI
2. Move to North America
3. ???
4. Profit!

you still cant legalize it.

[Hajduk]

you still cant legalize it.

You can in Canada

[nightflyer]

I can't imagine how hard parts would be to come by. Scarce and $$$ would be my guess. Most US parts warehouses are only going to list parts for the 405 and 505. So you'd have to ship from Canada, or worse, Europe. eg. http://www.pugspares.co.uk/

oh wait, just saw that you are in Canada. But still, my point on scarcity remains

[G'D60]

Looks good to me

[andyg79]

1. Buy 205 GTI
2. Move to North America
3. ???
4. Profit!

I had a Metro GTi that I sold before I moved here (I'm from Cannock)

[BigSkyGLI]

Yes, buy it. Please buy it.

[[spoon]]

While not as common as a skyline (which is more common than a lot of cars) I've seen a few of those. As mentioned they're legal in Canada tho their rarity and no dealers or commonality with anything makes me think keeping it on the road in any stockish form would be a total nightmare.
As for insurance, in BC they would probably register it as a Golf because it's a small 2-dr hatch. My buddy has a GTS-T Skyline and it's insured as like a base 240SX. I think since that is LHD you'd even be able to insure it in Quebec as I think they banned registration of new RHD vehicles.

[Rob.]

I got an email saying the car is sold to someone in toronto.

Btw, I searched on the net to see if theres any places in Ontario that supplies Peugeot parts still, to my surprise I found this place in Ontario.

http://www.gaauto.ca/pages/peugeot_parts.html