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  1. Hello! My name is Ren (short for Renato) and I am a US Army Soldier, currently stationed in Germany. I currently own two Peugeot, a 1991 309 GTI-look-alike (has GTI body and interior, but 1.4 engine), and my pride and joy, a 1989 205 CTI. The 205 is painted in a 106 color, Sundance Yellow, and is like a street legal go-kart. The car is powered by a 115 hp 1.6-liter engine that loves to rev. It is a blast to drive. I bought the car cheap because it had an old tattered top that was leaking. Replacing a convertible top in Germany is quite expensive, I would find. I was quoted 1500 Euro for a brand new German-made top installed at my Peugeot dealer! Fortunately I am quite internet savvy, and I found a company in the USA, Tops Online, that manufacturers convertible tops for the 205, even though the car was never sold in the US. They ship their tops world wide! The price for the 205 top? Just $319 shipped to Germany! I then found a local auto upholstery artisan in a small German rural town who installed my top for just 250 Euro. Altogether it cost me 479 Euro for a new top! I would highly recommend Tops Online if you need a rag top for your convertible. Their top looks good and stays dry even on a downpour. I unfortunately had a minor fender bender on the 205. Of all cars in the world to hit a Peugeot 205, mine was hit by a Ford Crown Victoria. The owner said he didn't see my car (it's bright yellow!!) and damaged the front bumper, left turn signal and left fender flare. The bumper and turn signal were easily replaceable, but the fender flare is still somewhat broken. He paid me 100 Euro for the flare, but I am still searching for one to replace it, as no one makes them any more One thing I did immediately on the car when I bought was install a new steering wheel. The previous owner had a tiny 30 mm steering wheel, which coupled with 195/50-15 tires and no power steering made for quite an effort parking the tiny car. I replaced the wheel with a 34 mm one, which made a world of difference. The previous owner lowered the car a bit too much, and that is my next project on the car. I am buying higher springs for the front of the car, so I get a good clearance over the tires, then I will raise the rear suspension (done by rotating the torsion bars). Other things I need to do to the car soon is to install the correct injectors (it runs a bit rich and I just recently found out I had injectors that flow 30% too much), and also add a resonator to the exhaust to quiet it down a bit. Other thn that the car has minor niggles here and there, but drives faithfully every day. I am seriously thinking of bringing this car with me to the USA when I return next year. The car is already over 25 years old and would be imported without any hassles. I know there are some 205 GTI in America, I am unsure if there are any CTI. Maybe mine will be the first? The 205 CTI has the distinction of being the 205 that was made both in France and Italy. The bodies were made as hardtops at the factory in Socheaux, then shipped to Italy to the Pininfarina factory, and alongside Ferraris the Italians would chop off the top, weld the strengthening pieces, rust proof it, then ship it back to France. There the assembly continued and the car was finished. Must have been quite an expensive process to make these little cabrios! Without further ado, here is my 205 CTI: Very French interior in half black leather and red carpet... (tiny 30 mm wheel installed) New 34 mm Raid steering wheel installed. I am hoping to find an original CTI leather steering wheel soon. And here is my Supersprint exhaust. It gets a bit loud at high rpms and for long drives it is a bit annoying. A resonator should fix that. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGkBEumG1_k
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