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 Posted: Thu Dec 15, 2011 3:25 am |
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Joined: Nov 28, 2011
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Location: sunny stoke
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Ive owned both GTI and 180 and the insurence is only slighty more on the 180 but like others are saying who wants a car that will do a sub 25mpg?
A friend of mine has got a 2011 AUDI RS3 and that dont even cost a grand to insure so that must be the killer
maybe in a few years they might go up like the 205 GTI????
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Posted: Sat Dec 17, 2011 3:55 am |
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Joined: Dec 11, 2011
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Location: sheffield
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SO are we saying the 180 is better on fuel than standard gti? Or is it just that the 180s are a bit newer.
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Posted: Sat Dec 17, 2011 4:04 am |
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Joined: Jan 29, 2011
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Location: Westhoughton, Lancashire
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| jayz206gti wrote: |
| Thats alot more than the 1-2k for a gti though. Plus they are way more to maintain with servicing ect. Ive owned 3 imprezas and its the maintenance that hits you in the wallet. |
It might be a big cost once a year for servicing, but weigh that against the cost of repairs needed to keep a 12 yr old car on the road and they probably work out similar over the time you own the car.
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Posted: Sat Dec 17, 2011 6:43 am |
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Joined: Feb 07, 2010
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Location: Tamworth
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Your talking about two completely different calibre of cars macca, the S3 will cost more in every way. I wouldnt be driving my 180 now if it only cost slightly more for my impreza. I save around £150 a month with my 180.
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Posted: Sat Dec 17, 2011 7:10 am |
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Joined: Nov 27, 2010
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Location: What's it to you? ? ?
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| m4tth3w wrote: |
It seems you can buy one of these car's very cheap indeed, under a 900 quid on ebay.
Why is such a nice car with loads of toys so cheap?
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If you think a 206 GTI is a nice car then you have pretty low standards.
Decent condition 206 GTI's are getting harder to find these days, most have now been ruined / written off by boy racers / chavs due to there cheap purchase price.
End of the day its a old French designed shopping hatch fitted with the engine that isnt that special anyway lifted out of the 406.
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Posted: Sat Dec 17, 2011 7:29 am |
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An immaculate, standard looking 206 GTi is a nice car. A cheap nice car. Quite desirable as a small hot hatch going back nearly 10 years. But anybody with some money these days looks at newer cars.
Age means they are cheap. Simple as that.
The market considers the 206 to be an old car, the 207 is even obsolete these days. They still have half decent equipment levels with all the safety kit but a car first launched 13 years ago isn't new anymore.
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| 2001 GTi 138, Bilstein Sprint dampers, H&R springs, 21mm Peugeot Sport torsion bars, 22mm rear ARB, Peugeot Sport Group A wishbones, 283mm discs, Goodridge stainless hoses, Maniflow 304 grade 4-2-1 2.5" manifold and system, 200 cell cat, Richard Longman head, 45mm Jenvey throttle bodies, 9.5mm TB spacers, 90mm air horns, Jenvey throttle linkage, Jenvey fuel rail, Aeromotive and Goodridge fuel fittings and braided hose, ITG sausage filter, Radtec custom radiator, Piper Ultimate Road cams, Piper vernier pulleys, Omex 600 ECU. Saxo electric PAS pump, Vibra Technics engine mounts. Samco coolant hoses, TTV steel flywheel, 4.76 final drive ratio, 307 CC 180 ratios. 2019 BMW 530i. 2017 Mercedes C300 convertible. | |
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Posted: Sat Dec 17, 2011 7:56 am |
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I think it's nice, everyone to their own.
Everything works and it's well equip'd with loads of toys and half leather.
Just because it's cheap doesn't mean it's not a nice car.
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Posted: Sat Dec 17, 2011 7:57 am |
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Location: sheffield
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So is a 180 better on fuel than a 138?
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Posted: Sat Dec 17, 2011 7:58 am |
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Depends on how you drive.
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Posted: Sat Dec 17, 2011 8:07 am |
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No it's not, hence the higher CO2 output which is directly linked to fuel consumption.
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| 2001 GTi 138, Bilstein Sprint dampers, H&R springs, 21mm Peugeot Sport torsion bars, 22mm rear ARB, Peugeot Sport Group A wishbones, 283mm discs, Goodridge stainless hoses, Maniflow 304 grade 4-2-1 2.5" manifold and system, 200 cell cat, Richard Longman head, 45mm Jenvey throttle bodies, 9.5mm TB spacers, 90mm air horns, Jenvey throttle linkage, Jenvey fuel rail, Aeromotive and Goodridge fuel fittings and braided hose, ITG sausage filter, Radtec custom radiator, Piper Ultimate Road cams, Piper vernier pulleys, Omex 600 ECU. Saxo electric PAS pump, Vibra Technics engine mounts. Samco coolant hoses, TTV steel flywheel, 4.76 final drive ratio, 307 CC 180 ratios. 2019 BMW 530i. 2017 Mercedes C300 convertible. | |
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Posted: Sat Dec 17, 2011 8:09 am |
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It depends how you drive though. I can get a worse MPG out of a HDi than a GTi quite easily.
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Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2011 1:40 pm |
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Joined: Apr 13, 2010
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Location: Leeds
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I really like the 206... It's not half as nice as my Saab but it's ok. It's a bit bloody noisy and quite uncomfortable! but i do like it for some reason. lol
My lasses is standard and completely un-messed with so am hoping when we flog it in 3 years (for a 197 Cup) someone will want it.
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Posted: Sat Dec 31, 2011 3:06 pm |
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Joined: May 21, 2010
Posts: 271
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Location: Bedfordshire
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I paid £950 for my 99 GTi 2 years ago. Was hoping to get around the same back next year when I sell up but they seem to be going for a fair bit less 
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Posted: Sun Jan 01, 2012 5:21 am |
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Joined: Feb 24, 2010
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Location: North West Wales
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| Edward wrote: |
An immaculate, standard looking 206 GTi is a nice car. A cheap nice car. Quite desirable as a small hot hatch going back nearly 10 years. But anybody with some money these days looks at newer cars.
Age means they are cheap. Simple as that.
The market considers the 206 to be an old car, the 207 is even obsolete these days. They still have half decent equipment levels with all the safety kit but a car first launched 13 years ago isn't new anymore. |
Your just talking about your own GTi there Edward 
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Posted: Sun Jan 01, 2012 8:21 am |
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Joined: Feb 07, 2010
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Location: A Track near you ;)
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| crocdino wrote: |
I really like the 206... It's not half as nice as my Saab but it's ok. It's a bit bloody noisy and quite uncomfortable! but i do like it for some reason. lol
My lasses is standard and completely un-messed with so am hoping when we flog it in 3 years (for a 197 Cup) someone will want it. |
good choice
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