Cross? It looks downright miffed.
Haha, it must have the hump: I expect it was happy with his mates in the show room.
Oh dear!!!
I used to have a grey 205GTI - just like (it seemed) everybody else in London at the time! I remember soon after I got it, on one particular saturday morning, my head feeling a little fuzzy from the night before, coming out of the front door of the house and, not quite sure of where I had parked it, I headed for the grey 205 GTI nearest the door. Only problem was, I couldn’t unlock the door. I realised it was the wrong car. So I looked and sure enough there was another one. That one must be mine, surely? Surely not… I soon realised that in that street alone there were four other metallic grey 205 GTIs! Not quite so soon, I discovered that none of them were mine. In the end I found mine parked around the corner on another street entirely.
It was a pretty car and in many ways it drove much better than the Golf GTI Mk1 I had before, however, the build was fairly flimsy, the red carpets rather garish, and the fact that there were so many of the damned things everywhere rather put me off.
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Pre covid we picked up a convertible Mustang at Alamo in the middle of the Disney campus. Top down with my daughter up front, wife in the rear………bless my wife, she looked like she had just come out of a tumble dryer😂
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There weren’t that many in St Albans although there was a one of the first 1.9 versions around the town. It was grey! 
They did handle really well and the only problem I encountered was a breaking throttle cable while driving! Car behind wasn’t to impressed as it suddenly slowed down. Got it home by turning the idle up fully and crawled along using 1st and 2nd gear. Happy days!
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One of the others was probably mine. Also, the electrics were demonic. I used smoke in those days but the dashboard smoked more than I did! 
But we did have some fun through the streets of St. John’s Wood all the same. 
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I don’t have a head for convertibles but I did enjoy thr drive down from San Francisco to LA along the coast in a new Camaro.
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They fetch good money now!
My mate’s former Peugeot dealer work colleague owns a T16, from new I think.
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Hope you had a good show today, it was my intention, to pop down and say hello, however things didn’t go to plan and a visit to Hull Royal Infirmary happened instead.
When are you next out n about with Duncan’s Mine 2 .
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One of my mate’s brothers had an early Golf GTi with the sweet 1600 engine. Another mate’s brother had a 205GTi (105bhp).
There was a bit of rivalry and a lot of testosterone 
I went out in both and thought both were really good.
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For me the one to have would have been a series 1 RS Turbo. I’d have bought one if I hadn’t bought the Cossie.
I remember back in the late 80’s and early 90’s when Golf GTI’s and 205 GTI’s were de rigueur, I much preferred leftfield Alfasuds, much more engaging and characterful, and no, mine dident rust to bits!
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I had a 205 1.9 in red. Known as Mr Whippy because of its roof aerial. Very practical as well as good fun, it really came to life back in its native France although this was all before AC became typical in most cars and you needed to find somewhere shady to park. My brother had a Mk 2 Golf GTI which was so much better built but not engaging to drive (at all).
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Hope it all turned out well.
No current invites for DM 2 but I will have Rectory Farm Sidings at Bridlington in September. Maybe catch up there?
steve
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Thank you, fingers crossed, they should be home tomorrow.
Bridlington sounds good to me, it was pre-covid since I was last there, I’m hoping to get to York Show at Easter.
Gary
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