Lovely car that looks very nice.
My parents had a 213 from 1988 to 1991. They swapped it for a then new 214 Gsi.
Enjoy and good luck.

Johnny 216GSi wrote: ↑Mon Jan 13, 2025 2:27 am I had someone make me a belt out of old wrist watches.
A complete waist of time, really.

Good pun!

After servicing 5 years and 2 days my VARTA C6 52Ah 520A battery has retired. I guess that my once alternator problems (now fixed with a new one) had contributed to its weakness. In the end since a fortnight it didn't want to take any more charge from my NOCO Genius charger. Replaced by the same new...

Thank you Chris.
Yes more friendly here... so far. I think in the UK it's 40 years?
Next one will be my 1999 75 V6 2.5 in... 2029 provided we both are still in this world...

Congratulations :clapping Is there any data on how many cars (and Rovers) meet this criteria? Thank you John. :D It looks that there may be around 300,000 cars out of the total of 39 millions in 2024 recognized by the FFVE in France, and that covers all kind of cars since the beginning of the last ...

Here we are: my cabby is 30 year old and can now be considered as a collector car in France. Which consequences? - in case of damage it cannot be scrapped and repair is now mandatory provided I require it - my MOT will be done once in 5 years now - I can drive it within the ULEZ areas without any fi...