205 GTi

Looking for a 205 GTi as a bit of fun. I'm a bit shocked at the prices
some are advertised for (#1000 up etc). I can understand for a mint
example, but how many really are? Seems to me that I should be able to
pick up a decent, car with no major issues for #500-ish. Am I dreaming?
If so, how far off the ballpark am I?

I know from previous experience with a Mk2 Golf GTi that the advert
price and sell price are often worlds apart.

(Please read # as Pounds Sterling, this keyboard has no pound sign.)

 

Anthony,

Have you thought of looking on eBay? I'm a former 205 GTI owner (for 11
years, from 1990) and, despite now being on my second 306 GTI-6, still
hanker after the rawness and fun of a 205, so I'm thinking of dabbling
and getting hold of one as a weekend car. Haven't got as far as bidding
for anything yet. Or you could try Just GTIs, (Google it to get to
them) in West Sussex - you'll pay top price but from what I've heard
you'll get what you pay for. Worth checking out, anyway. And,
obviously, 205 GTIs are pricey because they're in demand. Which, being
positive, probably says somenthing good about them.

All the best,

Jim

 

Anthony,

Have you thought of looking on eBay? I'm a former 205 GTI owner (for 11

years, from 1990) and, despite now having a 306 GTI-6, still
hanker after the rawness and fun of a 205, so I'm thinking of dabbling
and getting hold of one as a weekend car. Haven't got as far as bidding

for anything yet. Or you could try Just GTIs, (Google it to get to
them) in West Sussex - you'll pay top price but from what I've heard
you'll get what you pay for. Worth checking out, anyway. And,
obviously, 205 GTIs are pricey because they're in demand. Which, being
positive, probably says something good about them.

All the best,

Jim

 

Antony,

Have you thought of looking on eBay? I'm a former 205 GTI owner (for 11
years, from 1990) and, despite now having a 306 GTI-6, still hanker
after the rawness and fun of a 205, so I'm thinking of dabbling and
getting hold of one as a weekend car. Haven't got as far as bidding for
anything yet. Or you could try Just GTIs, (Google it to get to them) in
West Sussex - you'll pay top price but from what I've heard you'll get
what you pay for. Worth checking out, anyway. And, obviously, 205 GTIs
are pricey because they're in demand. Which, being positive, probably
says something good about them.

All the best,

Jim

 

Thanks for the response. Ebay is the last place I'd look for a bargain
of any sort, these days. Just too many people willing to pay over the
odds (yes, I know). I know about Just GTIs, and I don't doubt that
their stock is good, but that doesn't justify their prices. They give
me a Foxtons vibe.

I was just wondering if I have any chance of picking up one of these
cars for 500 quid, that's not a heap.

 

Antony,

Foxtons?

Jim

 

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