Hi

Hi everyone,

My names Adam, just joined the forum.

My beloved chery red 205 Gti written off 2 weeks ago. Fancy a change, I've been curious about these cars for a while so I'm doing a bit reading up about them.

Off to view a coupe 20v turbo on Monday so have been swatting up...

Any tips would be grateful. Obviously I'm aware service history is very important, all the usual car buying rules apply.

Thanks

Adam

Hi and welcome

Welcome.

Give this a read: http://www.fiatcoupeclub.org/forum/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=931827#Post931827

It's five years old now, so take what it says and double it...

Rust happens in the front wheel arches, in the floor pan, and around the boot seams - the latter is the most difficult and expensive to fix.

Thanks for the quick replies.

My other issue is insurance, with me being in London and not having a garage it seems no one will currently insure me which is bizarre!

I just tried Sarah at glynwood but she wasn't keen on the postcode!

It looks like you'll be moving house then!

A shame to hear about your 205, I've always fancied one.

Hi. Good luck with your search
Where in London are you?

I'm in archway, North London

Archway, North London.

You?

Hi and Welcome Adam .

Hi Adam, welcome.

Rust. Rust. And more rust

Tottenham Hale

I may well be picking your brain very soon haha

Have a good read of the forum there is a massive wealth of info and lots of brains to pick.
I think it's only £10 now to become a member.
But give me a shout if I can be of any local use.

yep only £10 to become a member .

Yes, dlongstaff truly is a shining example of FCCUK membership

Polishing brake reservoir as we speak

My Coupe looked like a bargain at £900 but it had to have £3,000 spent on it. I would take a mechanic with you if I were you!

Thanks for the tips, having a good read of the forum and associated buying guides.

Car I'm viewing is from this forum

Heres a pic of my damaged 205:

Come and see us at Stanford Hall next weekend - halfway between your locations

hello Adam,

have you 'owned Italian", before...?

Never, only German, Japanese & French!

This is the car I'm viewing:

http://www.fiatcoupeclub.org/forum/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=1537691#Post1537691

Any comments would be welcome.

Thanks

Adam

Have you seen this one on eBay? Looks pretty good to me, if you like yellow:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1997-FIAT-COUP...=item41962b0f1f

It actually doesn't look too bad. A new boot lid and you should be right. Then you can have both!

I've got a 1.6 as well as my coupe,and they're very different cars. For me the coupe made a great everyday runner with the Peugeot being a great toy that you can enjoy B roads with.

Really not a fan of yellow!

Bit more than the obvious, it's also bumper and rear of car where tailgate meets...

Any more thoughts on the coupe would be welcome

Ad

News?

Hey,

All was going very well till 30 minutes ago!

So I've viewed the car, drove well and paperwork backed it all up.

I've put a deposit down on it, planning to collect it at the weekend.

I was even getting reasonable insurance quotes online, somewhere around the £800 mark. I've just rang the provider with the lowest quote and because I was in the accident a month ago my quotes have all doubled to £1,600. Bearing in mind the accident was non fault and has been settled by the third party insurer with me retaining my NCB. Don't really know what to do, was getting excited about owning a coupe and now this. I don't understand how the insurers can justify increasing my premium when the crash wasn't caused by me. Any thoughts?

This seems to be the fashion, frustratingly. A couple of weeks ago the (admittedly octogenarian) radio personality and actress Sheila Hancock had hers rise to around £2,400 from under 1k according to a BBC news article - she'd had one minor disagreement IIRC where it was settled privately and one non-fault incident.

Have you tried Adrian Flux?

I'm not friends with AF at the moment; the specialist insurance I had on the kit turns out to have been a 'no refund on cancellation' policy... :grrr:

Bummer

Hmm, I toyed with them when renewing but Sarah @Glynwood was still more competitive esp. with the European cover.

However a week after renewing with Glynwood AF texted me twice beating the deal on both occasions - too late..

Managed to get a reasonable quote for insurance, picking up the car tomorrow which is exciting.

What engine oil do you all recommend?

Tyre pressures?

Standard unleaded fuel? (its standard)

HERE and HERE

Amazing, thanks.

Any recommended garages in London or members who can carry out basic coupe jobs for cash?

Now I bet you wish you'd never asked this !
Hope its sorted soon