205 GTI in the classifieds for £10K

[Save Ferris]

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/453202.htm



and another

[sniff petrol]

And doesn't even show any pics of the car

[TEKNOPUG]

Fantasy land - my 17yo 205 with 120k on the clock didn't have any rust either....big deal.

Rubber, plastic etc degenerate over time, not just through use.

I could build a 1.6 from a bare shell up with almost totally new parts for half the price this joker is asking!

[sniff petrol]

TEKNOPUG said:

I could build a 1.6 from a bare shell up with almost totally new parts for half the price this joker is asking!

Yep, was going to add you could restore one to better than original spec for loads less - and you wouldn't actually be afraid to use it either.

[clonmult]

Total fantasy pricing.

Few years back had my sisters 205 1.4 for a few months, that was an 85 model, horrible colour, but absolutely no rust. So big effing deal.

[r1ch]

I was under the impression that he'd only put 10k for the sake of putting a price up, if hes serious then he needs to put down the crack.

[screwloose]

I emailed the seller asking if he was serious

His reply..."I'm actually looking to get a bit more for it.... Are you interested in it..?

[Soton Pug]

Mine was sat outside for a year with no front wings, no front end at all, just a piece of plastic over the engine and there is ZERO rust on it! This guy is obviously a lunatic who has no idea what Gti's are actually worth these days. £3K for a mint reconditioned one, possibly, £10K for car we haven't actually seen? Nutter

[TonyHetherington]

He's just proud of his car and unrealistic of the value of it.

In my mind an absolute minter would be £5k. And that is nice, but not a minter.

[sleep envy]

I sold an abssolute minter 1.9 earlier this year for £3.5k, 64k miles, massive history file, blah, blah

£10k for a 1.6 is just

[Soton Pug]

TonyHetherington said:

In my mind an absolute minter would be £5k. And that is nice, but not a minter.

£5K is still alot considering you could build your own from scratch for around that? Agreed, not mint, no were near it.

[The Walrus]

Hi I have a wheel barrow in my shed always been in the shed when not in use and has never seen the rain as that would mean I got wet.

If you are interested I am selling it for more than it was worth when I bought it, because you know they don't make them like they used too !!

Idiot, you can also buy a xxxxxxxx motorsport one for the same money built from scratch with a warranty !!

(name removed)

[sleep envy]

The Walrus said:

you can also buy a xxxxx motorsport one for the same money built from scratch with a warranty !!

which is a load of ste (the car built by them and their warranty)

[screwloose]

Steer clear of xxxxxxxxx pugs. They are a joke. Heaps of sh*te that never actually get anywhere near their claims - Nearly as bad as Just GTIs!!!

(name removed)

Edited by TonyHetherington on Friday 25th April 13:18

[The Walrus]

sleep envy said:

The Walrus said:

you can also buy a xxxxx motorsport one for the same money built from scratch with a warranty !! (name removed)

which is a load of ste (the car built by them and their warranty)

Well I can't say I am surprised.

And are you interested in my mint low mileage wheel barrow, it has a wobbly wheel showing its authenticity....

[TonyHetherington]

Please be warey of our name and shame rules gents!

[sleep envy]

The Walrus said:

And are you interested in my mint low mileage wheel barrow, it has a wobbly wheel showing its authenticity....

exactly how wobbly is the wheel?

sorry T!!

[TonyHetherington]

Soton Pug said:

TonyHetherington said:

In my mind an absolute minter would be £5k. And that is nice, but not a minter.

£5K is still alot considering you could build your own from scratch for around that? Agreed, not mint, no were near it.

Yeah I agree, £5k would be a beauty but I think that would be the ceiling of 205s.

I wonder if they will start to increase in value though, especially the straight ones like this one advertised. Me, for example (27) I fully expect to buy one in 10yrs time to tinker with (had one when I was 18 and loved it; graphite grey 1.9 E-reg).

I just don't think they've got to £10k yet

[The Walrus]

sleep envy said:

The Walrus said:

And are you interested in my mint low mileage wheel barrow, it has a wobbly wheel showing its authenticity....

exactly how wobbly is the wheel?

sorry T!!

Two wobbles per rotation of the wheel on average, at speed it can be a challenge to keep the bad boy in straight line without any materials in !!! but once you get into a rythm it is easy, think fast walking athletics style with a little more shoulder movement and you get the idea.

[Soton Pug]

said:

I just don't think they've got to £10k yet

Turbo 16: Yes
Really good 1FM: Maybe if you like them that much
Original T16: If you could get one i'd sell my house!
Normal GTI in shrink wrap with delivery miles: Yes
Anything else (so 99.9999% of 205's): No

Plus, my wheel barrow wobles only once per rotation, it also has some custom yellow spray paint - Fancy a Part Ex? Say your wheel barrow and a tenner?