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View Poll Results: Peugeot 205 GTi
subzero 14 18.92%
cool 42 56.76%
uncool 15 20.27%
seriously uncool 3 4.05%
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Old 12-20-2005, 07:39 PM   #1
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Default Peugeot 205 GTI

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Old 12-20-2005, 07:52 PM   #2
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Cant say SZ but Very Very Very cool
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Old 12-20-2005, 07:58 PM   #3
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Uncool. Ugly duckling?
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Old 12-20-2005, 08:23 PM   #4
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the only cool peugeot GTi!!! you can have a LOT of fun with this small pocket rocket, even if it's old like hell...

Seriously Cool
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Old 12-20-2005, 08:35 PM   #5
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Cool!!

It's a true classic and looks damn nice
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Old 12-20-2005, 08:38 PM   #6
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Originally Posted by graywolf624
Uncool. Ugly duckling?
for a hatch its beautiful! its between this and a Scirocco for my 2nd car, depending on what I can find/ how cheap I can get the insurance
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Old 12-21-2005, 08:03 AM   #7
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I liked it since I was a little boy my favorite GTI

Subzero since this is now becoming a classic and bought by people who love the car instead of buying another hot hatch.
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Old 12-21-2005, 08:21 AM   #8
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Cool as hell!
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Old 12-21-2005, 02:05 PM   #9
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Very cool, but not subzero.
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Old 12-21-2005, 06:24 PM   #10
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Cool.
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Old 12-21-2005, 07:01 PM   #11
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I just love this car. Only driven it once but it was great. So much better than the 206 GTI. The ultimate GTI in my book. SZ.
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Old 12-27-2005, 02:05 PM   #12
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cool.
One of the best GTi ever
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Old 12-28-2005, 09:24 AM   #13
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Close to subzero...best hatch in its day, and a classic in the making (if it isn't already)
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Old 12-28-2005, 10:22 AM   #14
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Originally Posted by AL
Originally Posted by graywolf624
Uncool. Ugly duckling?
for a hatch its beautiful! its between this and a Scirocco for my 2nd car, depending on what I can find/ how cheap I can get the insurance
I would go with the 205 1.9 every time given those two to choose from. I am assuming you mean a Scirrocco Scala rather than a GTX 16V, even so, the pug will be lighter and I can also guess the better handling car.

Anyway, back to the topic this car is at the very least cool.

This car has great styling and the 1.9's are just monster cars, great fun, especially with a Mi16 motor dropped in.

A modern classic. One of a handful of Subzero hatchbacks. 8)
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Old 12-28-2005, 10:38 AM   #15
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Very common, thus not very exotic. Too many kids are buying second hand models and ricing them up, thus upping the "annoying" aspect of seeing these things going up and down the streets with their fart cans blaring.

The looks are too angular for my taste, gives it a very retro look and I'm not really into this look (I know some people are). Although a practical car in some aspects, and great to toss around, I can't put a car like this into the cool or subzero bracket, simply because there are so many other cars that do it better, are more exciting, and ultimately look better.

Also, my experience from Peugeot has shown that they cannot be trusted with your car for repairs of any kind, nor for actually testing a car as it takes up to 4 tries to find a car which works troublefree during a test drive. This soured my "Peugeot experience" greatly and wouldn't recommend buying a Peugeot (at least not from the Geneva dealers).

I just don't think it's anything special when I see it, and I don't think this will change. Sorry, I think it's somewhere between uncool and seriously uncool (can't even remember what I voted for after I finished typing this out ops: )
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