AZURES3 Posted May 30, 2016 Report Share Posted May 30, 2016 Not sure they were ever any good but this one had been looked after Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cuprabob Posted May 30, 2016 Report Share Posted May 30, 2016 Give us a clue? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy_Bangle Posted May 30, 2016 Report Share Posted May 30, 2016 Morris Marina ? The only weighted 900kg or whatever you used back then, how times have changed /jumpers for goalposts ... / Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AZURES3 Posted May 30, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 30, 2016 It won't let me attach picture for some reason but a mint condition Peugeot 205 CJ Cabriolet in white, roof down and in mint condition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian_C Posted May 30, 2016 Report Share Posted May 30, 2016 Library pic   Rare as 205s rust like hell - a problem made 100x worst when you don't have a roof.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewNiceMrMe Posted May 31, 2016 Report Share Posted May 31, 2016 I just presumed that it was so white and so immaculate that it had blended into the white page background on Azure's original post... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garcon magnifique Posted May 31, 2016 Report Share Posted May 31, 2016 I know they were chic and cool and girly and all, and at that level I guess an immaculate 205 is cooler than any of the new options, but... Is it me or are we currently struggling against a tide of nostalgia that seems to elevate any car that has somehow managed to survive thirty years to the status of classic? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewNiceMrMe Posted May 31, 2016 Report Share Posted May 31, 2016 (edited) Yup, agreed.  The 205 Cabriolet I remember was frail, unreliable and a death trap because of a lack of rigidity.  They weren't cool either. They were girly.  The 205 GTi was different. That was up there with the other best-in-class hot hatches.  Anything that we now remember from our early years of driving is now seemingly cult or classic. They're not. Most were crap. Many were horrendous. A few were very good cars that pale into the realms of 'archaic' by todays standards and appear very slow by even modern family hatch, supermini or saloon standards today. That is what time does.  When I see the value of some of these cars I can't help but think of the adage - "a fool and his money are easily parted". I'm sure they're of worth to a collector or an enthusiast but you really needed to be into these models a good 7-10 years ago to avoid paying stupid money. There are better investments at the end of the day.  It appears that anything from the 70's or 80's is loved. I've got news for people - they weren't. Most were totally shit.  p.s. here is a perfect example.  A 20 year old shitty Escort cabriolet.  A model that was generally acknowledged as being completely crap in almost every respect.  Yet, someone will be stupid enough to spend....well just look.  1996 Ford Escort 1.6 Calypso Cabriolet Edited May 31, 2016 by NewNiceMrMe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garcon magnifique Posted May 31, 2016 Report Share Posted May 31, 2016 That reminds me, anyone wanna buy a Merc? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewNiceMrMe Posted May 31, 2016 Report Share Posted May 31, 2016 Ha! Â Â p.s. I've now added a link to the previous post.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garcon magnifique Posted May 31, 2016 Report Share Posted May 31, 2016 There are, of course, plenty of cars from that era that are classics, and to compare their performance with today's cars misses the point of why they are loved. And defining what is and isn't is very subjective because so much depends on your own experiences at the time. But yeah. Vauxhall Vivas were shit then and they're shit now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eldavo69 Posted May 31, 2016 Report Share Posted May 31, 2016 I saw some pics on FB of a classic car meet in Northumberland where a bloke turned up in a Ford Probe. Old does not equal interesting or classic (just ask Garcon) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garcon magnifique Posted May 31, 2016 Report Share Posted May 31, 2016 Old does not equal interesting or classic (just ask Garcon) Oi! I resemble that remark. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E-bmw Posted May 31, 2016 Report Share Posted May 31, 2016 Yup, agreed.  The 205 Cabriolet I remember was frail, unreliable and a death trap because of a lack of rigidity.  They weren't cool either. They were girly. Lack of rigidity isn't strong (sic) enough a phrase! I drove a brand new '90 one owned by my then bosses sister to take it for a service, it was absolutely all over the place! The rear view mirror was wasted there was so much scuttle shake, the doors were rattling too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M8CKN Posted May 31, 2016 Report Share Posted May 31, 2016 I went with my ex FiL to collect his V6 Probe at midnight on August 1st 1996, just as the P reg came out Metallic turquoise with that lovely new car smell....he sparked up a cigarette in it before we left the carpark! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewNiceMrMe Posted May 31, 2016 Report Share Posted May 31, 2016 I remember that colour well. An accountant I knew, from Peterborough, bought one (the 2.5?) and drove it into work thinking it was a Ferrari.  His colleagues told him differently and he never lived it down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M8CKN Posted May 31, 2016 Report Share Posted May 31, 2016 To be fair it went well, but they were outdated before they were delivered. Too American for the UK market. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian_C Posted May 31, 2016 Report Share Posted May 31, 2016 Is it me or are we currently struggling against a tide of nostalgia that seems to elevate any car that has somehow managed to survive thirty years to the status of classic?  Unfortunately, spot on G. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AZURES3 Posted June 1, 2016 Author Report Share Posted June 1, 2016 Picture now attached 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patently Posted June 1, 2016 Report Share Posted June 1, 2016 Not it's best angle... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tipex Posted June 1, 2016 Report Share Posted June 1, 2016 I drive past a house every day (during term time), on it's drive or on the road outside are two of those, I don't think either of them are a CTi (think that's what they called the GTi cabriolet), they both look very well looked after though. Whoever lives there also has a red Mitsubishi GTO with a plate that reads GTO, although I think it's something like H GT0 H, again looking very well looked after. I'll try and pull a pic off my dashcam when I drive past next week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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