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5th July 2014, 22:18
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Saxperience Forum Bum
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Here and there.
Posts: 3,372
Car(s): 205 GTi
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1990 L.E 205 1.9 GTi....
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6th July 2014, 13:02
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#2
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Saxperience Forum Bum
Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: Jarrow
Posts: 4,022
Car(s): 2003 Icelandic Grey 16v VTR
1991 Daihatsu GTti
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Love the colour
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14th July 2014, 15:19
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Newbie
Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: Chalandri, Athens
Posts: 10
Car(s): Citroen saxo 97' 1.1
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looks well preserved
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14th July 2014, 15:43
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#4
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Saxperience Post Whore
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: United Kingdom
Posts: 8,390
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1.9 toffs in Sorrento Green are one of the favourite cars ever. Looks nice man.
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14th July 2014, 15:47
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#5
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Saxperience Forum Bum
Join Date: Mar 2012
Posts: 3,593
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Have to say it does look awesome in that last pic
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14th July 2014, 16:09
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West Midlands
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Nuneaton (West Mids)
Posts: 13,835
Car(s): '64 Volvo V40 R’Design, '89 Ph1 309 GTi, ‘97 Mk1 S
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Love it!!
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14th July 2014, 16:32
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#7
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Saxperience Forum Bum
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Here and there.
Posts: 3,372
Car(s): 205 GTi
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Thanks. Sorrento Green was my favourite colour for these, but now i have 1, i think i prefer Miami Blue now lol. I do love the colour, but not in direct sunlight as its a bit bright. Picked up a trophy for it too at a local French car show, best standard car.
Its clean, and mechanically/structurally solid for 190k, but have had to sort minor exterior things and waiting on some other parts to fix things that aren't working etc. Going to do the front brakes this week as they are crap and the discs look fuked. Will get in touch with the local Dent Devil type company to see about getting some pin dents pulled out the doors as it annoys me seeing them from the door mirrors.
It did take a while to adjust to the lack of sound deadening and creature comforts etc but love driving the wee thing now.
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14th July 2014, 23:43
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#8
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Saxperience Post Whore
Join Date: Jan 2006
Posts: 9,363
Car(s): Focus ST
& 206 GTI180
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Have to say I dig that color too! Love 205 GTI's need one in my life lol.
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17th July 2014, 16:28
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#9
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Saxperience Forum Bum
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Here and there.
Posts: 3,372
Car(s): 205 GTi
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Small update....
Since getting the car, it had a couple of electrical issues such as, coolant temp gauge not going higher than 1st marker, "STOP" light on but dim, fuel gauge not working, oil temp gauge not working, various cluster backing lights not working.
Being French, and 24 years old, it sounded wiring related. Done some testing with mixed results but nothing solid to suggest bad wiring. Decided to look into replacing the backing lights on the cluster when i noticed this....
So aye, couldn't have been doing any favours so along with finding another fuel level sender (to try eliminate the fuel gauge not working) i picked up a set of clocks for a bargain price. Switched over the speedo unit to retain the cars genuine 190k miles and boom, all of the above problems sorted. Lifted the sender unit out the tank to double check the gauge and my unit seems to be working fine too, so will sell on the new 1 when it arrives.
Picked up new front discs and pads too as they are very much past it. Looked into doing a 266mm upgrade but research would suggest a good working standard set-up with good discs and pads is more than enough on these cars.
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24th July 2014, 17:37
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#10
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Saxperience Forum Bum
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Here and there.
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Car(s): 205 GTi
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So, failed MOT today. No too bad tbh about 30mins work and won't cost me anything.
1 - Front N/S brake binding. Kind of knew this as when i changed the discs and pads, it wasn't moving freely in the slider. Thought it would maybe wear off a bit but seems not.
2 - Handbrake cable insecure and chaffing on the brake pipe. Easy fix.
3 - Exhaust centre section not secured. Noticed the rubber was hanging and forgot to connect it back up.
4 - Rear brakes imbalanced. Drivers side caliper so will take it off and clean it up and change discs and pads if need be.
Has a couple advisories for brake pipes and couple other things so will sort them too.
Think i'm going to stick it up for sale after MOT tbh.
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24th July 2014, 19:45
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#11
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Established Member
Join Date: May 2012
Location: West Yorkshire
Posts: 1,806
Car(s): Civic EP2
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Why you selling you just got it ?
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24th July 2014, 20:25
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#12
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Saxperience Forum Bum
Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: Jarrow
Posts: 4,022
Car(s): 2003 Icelandic Grey 16v VTR
1991 Daihatsu GTti
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Bit stupid, centre section not secure. Would have been quicker for him put the rubber on than find the fault code for the MOT.
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24th July 2014, 20:48
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#13
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Saxperience Forum Bum
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Here and there.
Posts: 3,372
Car(s): 205 GTi
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Yeah that's what I thought but some won't touch things during the test.
It's not really for me I like a bit creature comforts and it's not the best for driving to work at 3am. It's a great wee car and dare I say it probably 1 of the better 1s out there considering the mileage. It would be more appreciated in the hands of an enthusiast and short of storing it for years I think now is when I'm going to see a decent return from it.
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24th July 2014, 20:54
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#14
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Established Member
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Preston
Posts: 2,007
Car(s): '09 Cooper S
'20 Transit Custom
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Such a beautiful colour, and a brilliant example taking into account the mileage and age! I hope it gets sold to the right kind of person if you sell it mate!
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