Cawood

with every one banging on bout 205's, got me thinking

why does no one use the 309 GTi? where they any good?

what engine do they have in them?

would they make a good track car?

Fudgey

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i used to have a 309 sri, was the 1.6 205 gti engine

the 309 gti uses the 1.9 gti engine and loads of people fit the rear beam etc fromt he 309 to the 205 as it increases track and is better.

but the 309 looks shit

i had mine a whole 2 months before some dopey bitch drove stright out in front of me at a roundabout and made the passenger side about a foot shorter...

AndyBrew

i had a 309 SRi as well fucking thing used to cut out and wouldn;t idle if you had your lights/rear screen etc. on in winter Peugeot never could sort it out

gingeRS

my friend had a minty mint 309 gti, in red

it handled superbly and never let him down

just seen as the 'ugly brother' of the 205

personally i think it would make a good track car, and can be had cheaper than the 205.

its just finding a good one is a little hard these days

Fudgey

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pmsl, if mine didnt start first time you were fucked and had to bump it lol

i changed the starter motor too, which was a RIGHT CUNT and it was still the same

fucking pugs, you gotta take half the cunting car apart to anything to em...

from memory i had to remove the headlights and grill, radiator and some other bits just so i could get tot he starter

AndyBrew

steering column snapped in my to, I had forgot about that, fortunately I was parking and the steering wheel just started spinning around in my hands

Alps Pacino

My mate used to have a goodwood was a nice motor, but he hated it said it was made ouy of tin and rttled like fuck. He was racing a cav sri and some warning light came on and wouldnt go out lol, o and the brakes totally failed

Toymota

i knew a guy with a white one that was mint. it was really nice!

dvid

My first car was a 309 1.3 in white, lowered with a PECO, yes PECO DTM exhaust and gti wheels

It is the only car out of the 4 I have owned (Fiesta, Escort GTI and 88 MR2) that never let me down

T4KAF

my dad only twice never had fords up til 1996 from 1979 as his main car and it was 1.6 205 gti(1986-1988) and 309 gti (1988-1990) so it says sumthing for them cos ma dad was always a fordie man !!!

RsDarren

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the 309 GTI had the same engine as from the 1.9 GTI 205. So all the difference really was looks and weight??

col cos1

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the 309gti was the best handling fwd car of its time until the corrado vr6 came out

Smiggy

As said above, I think it all came down to the looks of the 309, it was the uglier bigger sister of the 205.

i never had a good opinion of the peugeot's tbh great cars to drive and all but everything you touched in the interior broke! I remember pushing the fag lighter in on my mates 205 and pushed the fuker right through the back of the socket, all the plastic broke around it. And the switches jesus christ! and the sunroof always used to leak.

Great cars to drive tho

SMG

ESCYSCOTT

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309's are too tall, too long and too heavy in comparison to a 205

Mr S1

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Don't need an accident to do that - lean on it and it'll bend. It's French

Physio

Ive had a few 309 gti's including 2 Goodwood's

Excellent car's & they handle much better than 205 gti's

James

must say i quite like the 309 gti's, not many around these days.

IAIN ABZ

they are good cars, if you can find a good one....Handle on the limit a bit better than the 205 due to the increased wheelbase, same motor as the 1.9 gti...just a tad more weight.....

They are like hens teeth now though unless you want a scrapper!

les3002

my mate has a 309 mi16 track car, does feel good on track more stable than the 205 but not as adjustable mid bend.

gingeRS

just having a quick look on ebay and i came across this

saw it was starting at 700, so might be a minter

how wrong was i

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/peugeot-309-gt...QQcmdZViewItem

Mike1

I had a 309 Gti for about 3 years - the one below in fact.




My friends had the 205 1.9s and I was thinking of getting one until my friend's 205 1.9 went in for some warranty work - they gave him a 309 GTi as a courtesy car and it did seem to be pretty good ...so much so I decided to get one and not bother with a 205.

They do weigh about 75kg more but I can honestly say I never got left behind or felt disadvantaged compared to the 205 - the back isn't as mobile as a 205 or GTE 16v but it feels more surefooted ( to me at least )



When my friend got a Clio Williams ( supposedly faster than a 205 1.9 ) to replace his 205 1.9 he was pretty disappointed in that i could still shadow him cross country so i would say they do handle pretty well - either that or I had one with a good engine! Never had any problems with it except the engine undertray fell off and the first winter I thought I'd blown the head gasket as the oil filler cap is on rubber piping which fills with oil vapour and condensation during winter!

Having said all that, as a fun hot hatch i preferred my GTE 16v Astra

Keith B

If I remember correctly from the reviews of the time the 205 was alot more prone to lift off oversteer than the 309. if you were good and had the nuts to do it the 205 could be more rewarding but the 309 was alot more stable and didnt have the hair trigger rear end of the 205.

Mike1

That's what they basically said - I do remember my one friend spinning his 205 a couple of times, backing off mid bend

bud-weis

I had a GTE 16v too.....LOVED it and defo faster than a 205gti,felt more together too shame they were bio-degradeable

PAUL V

I had a 309 SRI but stuck a Mi 16 Engine in it, loved it to bits great car. Sold it to buy a New Astra GSI not a patch on the performace of the Mi16

Mike1

A lot of people don't rate them much...........i think the quality of them varied a lot as commented on by the mags when they were new. The one I had, had been well looked after, was pretty quick and actually handled pretty well I thought. Like the 205 it could bite you if you backed off mid-bend. One of the few cars I think that were under-tyred ...well the UK ones at least - the Opel Kadett GSis and Champions got the wheel/tyre combo they should have had IMO

Dan

309 GTI's are old skool cool! Love em!

If your gonna get an old skool astra, has got to be the Mk1!

bud-weis

mine was a very rare dark metallic aubergine

Mike1

Was that rarer than the Silk Violet?

Bullett

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the oversteer in the 205 is evil,you have to be well quick with the old reactions to keep hold of her,but as long as you stay planted she comes back to you.the mi16 i had was a beast so quick and nimble it shamed many cars that were alot more expensive

Mike1

Great fun cars - they did the 309 with the Mi-16 in as a proper model on the Continent - 309 GTi-16. We never got it officially over here, just like the 405 T16, although some of the Peugeot management had them

Bullett

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such a shame too as i reckon they would have been well popular,i should be getting another 205 very soon too.just not mi-16..........................yet

S3an

heres mine that i owned at in 1992 belter car, had the talbot sport kit on it to. very old scanned photos sorry.