#1: CD's GTi Author: CD-B3, Location: Salisbury / New ForestPosted: Wed May 19, 2010 3:42 am ---- CD's GTi
I had a 1.1 206 for a year and got pretty fed up of it being so slow (had an Audi A4 1.9 before) so I sold that (for a profit )
I really love the look of 206's so I started looking into GTi's & 180's
180's were out of my price range at the time so I found myself what seemed to be a nice GTi with only 2 previous owners.
However it was up in North Wales.
I traveled up on the train for 5 hours with a BAD case of food poisoning & I hadn't slept in 2 days
Got there and it seemed pretty nice, only a couple of small marks and I knocked down the price since a fog light didn't work
Day one the trouble started
I drove down to Swansea since I was going to stay with my girlfriend for a few days, got about 100 miles away from the dealer and the exhaust got louder... turned out the clamp for the rear silencer had come loose...
I stopped at a services and a kind AA man removed the backbox since it had been handing down very low.
So I was now driving with a bad case of food poisoning, deprived of sleep and had a terrible headache from the droning exhaust.
Got to Swansea and got a lot of funny looks from the locals, I luckily found a garage that would fit a new clamp on a Saturday at short notice so I got that done, £35.
On the 150 miles back to my house I noticed that the ride was a bit bumpy and the car was kind of veering about.
Turned out the front tyres were illegal and the wishbones needed replacing. £450
I exchanged a few letters and phone calls with the dealer and got a sum of money to cover the tyres.
The brakes needed replacing as they had a large lip, £200.
Next up was checking whether the cam-belt had been done as the delaer didn't know.
I found the garage that used to service the car, turned out that the previous owners reason for sale was that it was soon due a cambelt change
So another £400
It then behaved its self for a while, about 6 months. (Bar the Airbag Fault, more on that later)
Then one night at 1am when I was giving a friend a lift home after a night out, bang goes the engine, well more like a complete loss of power.
It turned out that the timing belt tensioner had failed and the cambelt slipped = pistons and valves colliding.
I was quoted £1200 for an engine rebuild, I queried that the car had only done 5k miles since the cambelt, tensioner & waterpump were changed and after a lot of phone calls, letters, busses and lifts, the garage gave in and agreed to rebuild the engine under warranty
How the garage left the engine when they diagnosed it.
There were bits all inside the car too.
So after a month off the road I was back on with a sweet running GTi
Next on the list of things to do was to get the 'Airbag Fault' sorted out. When I bought the car I was told that it had a faulty Com2000 and replacing that ought to sort the problem so £250 was taken off the sale price.
I bought a used Com2000 from here, turned out to be faulty so I returned it to the seller and it got damaged in the post
So for my birthday I asked my dad for an exciting Com2000 unit
Light goes off and stops beeping at me when ever I start the car
Next day... it comes back on, damn I was angry
Took it back to my local dealers to be sorted and turned out it was a dodgey connection under the seat.
Light stays off for about 3 months then came back on
Its currently at Peugeot having a diagnostic
So one way or another its going to cost me £88 for the labour & it its the com2000 again it will be under warranty, but if its the wiring it will be extra
Parts replaced:
Engine Head
Driveshafts
Wishbones
Droplinks x 2
Struts & components
Com2000 x2
PPT40
Tyres x6
Windscreen
Exhaust x 3
Brakes x 4
Engine breather hose
Lambda sensors x 2
Airbag wiring
Rear Lights
Wing Mirror
Heater blower motor
Battery
Fog Light
More to add once I'm home and have a look through its folder/book full of invoices
I now know that the car ought to last some time yet and it will soon be going for a re-spray. Only thing I'm worried about is the clutch, lets hope it lasts a good while yet! (Touches wood)
A few recent pictures
Had a go at colour coding a month or 2 back.
Phase 2 rear lights added
Had a Simota induction kit for a while.
(spot 206info on my work computer )
Taken it off for the warmer summer months.
Group N gear-linkages & Spoox motorsport quickshift
Phase 2 boot strip
(Lion badge has been added now)
Out in the New Forest with a friend in his 205 GTi
To put a face to a name.
Last edited by CD-B3 on Sun May 23, 2010 6:34 am; edited 2 times in total
#2: Re: CD's GTi Author: Quarmbo, Location: Bristol & LeicesterPosted: Wed May 19, 2010 3:46 am ---- Wowsers! A lot of money spent on this, but at least the blow to your wallet was softened with the garage/dealers agreeing to cover the most expensive cost.
#3: Re: CD's GTi Author: molly, Location: WalesPosted: Wed May 19, 2010 3:47 am ----
Quarmbo wrote:
Wowsers! A lot of money spent on this, but at least the blow to your wallet was softened with the garage/dealers agreeing to cover the most expensive cost.
#4: Re: CD's GTi Author: skard, Location: UK - NorthPosted: Wed May 19, 2010 3:53 am ---- ouch, after owning one 206 why did you buy another?! (only jesting).
unfortunately most of the problems were down to a lack of care from the last owner, and a bit of being a 'made on a friday afternoon' car. hopefully you'll not have much to do to it from now on, other than servicing.
you should invest in a PP2000 cable. it's the price of 2-3 dealer visits.
#5: Re: CD's GTi Author: CD-B3, Location: Salisbury / New ForestPosted: Wed May 19, 2010 4:03 am ----
skard wrote:
ouch, after owning one 206 why did you buy another?! (only jesting).
unfortunately most of the problems were down to a lack of care from the last owner, and a bit of being a 'made on a friday afternoon' car. hopefully you'll not have much to do to it from now on, other than servicing.
you should invest in a PP2000 cable. it's the price of 2-3 dealer visits.
I should have kept the 1.1
It only needed a new Radiator & clutch in 1 year!
Next car will not be French!
(Pics added)
#6: Re: CD's GTi Author: CD-B3, Location: Salisbury / New ForestPosted: Wed May 19, 2010 5:15 am ---- Peugeot tell me that the airbag issue hasn't been solved after working on it for an hour.
Looks like i'l be investing in a PP2000 cable
#7: Re: CD's GTi Author: skard, Location: UK - NorthPosted: Wed May 19, 2010 5:55 am ---- have you got a mate with a plexed 206 who you could swap airbags with for testing purposes?
#8: Re: CD's GTi Author: CD-B3, Location: Salisbury / New ForestPosted: Wed May 19, 2010 6:00 am ----
skard wrote:
have you got a mate with a plexed 206 who you could swap airbags with for testing purposes?
Yes but he wouldn't
#9: Re: CD's GTi Author: skard, Location: UK - NorthPosted: Wed May 19, 2010 6:04 am ----
CD-206GTi wrote:
skard wrote:
have you got a mate with a plexed 206 who you could swap airbags with for testing purposes?
Yes but he wouldn't
booo
#10: Re: CD's GTi Author: CD-B3, Location: Salisbury / New ForestPosted: Wed May 19, 2010 10:03 am ---- Well I went to Peugeot to collect my car and argued the case that for £88 they hadn't diagnosed anything. I'll be taking it back in tomorrow morning for a free hours diagnostic.
Bloody scammers!
#11: Re: CD's GTi Author: Timon2210, Location: PalestinePosted: Sun May 23, 2010 5:22 am ---- your car looks great my friend :),you sure did lots of work on the car,but that what makes it special IMO :D,because with time and work you know everything your car have,and you know it by heart
#12: Re: CD's GTi Author: Antix, Location: WorcesterPosted: Sun May 23, 2010 5:31 am ---- .... if only they made 180's in China Blue
Love your car Chris - glad you ditched the Lexus lights
#13: Re: CD's GTi Author: CD-B3, Location: Salisbury / New ForestPosted: Sun May 23, 2010 6:23 am ----
Antix wrote:
.... if only they made 180's in China Blue
Love your car Chris - glad you ditched the Lexus lights :D
That was one of the first things I did
Funny you say that Ant, I had a very vivid acohol fueled dream last night.
I sold my GTi for a very good price and bought a red 180 and a Ford Focus RS in that electric green.
About to add more pics
#14: Re: CD's GTi Author: Antix, Location: WorcesterPosted: Sun May 23, 2010 7:23 am ---- ah, better photo of you than the one on the flyer from your employers
Red 180 ftw lol Last edited by Antix on Sun May 23, 2010 7:24 am; edited 1 time in total
#15: Re: CD's GTi Author: CD-B3, Location: Salisbury / New ForestPosted: Sun May 23, 2010 7:24 am ----
Antix wrote:
ah, better photo of you than the one on the flyer from your employers
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