Peugeots (sigh)

Make that excited, will you, you can see I really was!!!!! Baz

g'day oldbaz,

our family grew up with two cars back in wa. one of them was always a frenchie and usually a pug. my earliest memory is the 504 sedans (petrol) but we kept at them and the 504 wagon was a great vehicle for us. One day Dad brought a 604 home and was vocal in the "much higher" fuel consumption, going to a six. But it had these things from mars called electric windows, power steering and a bloody sunroof! I should say though that perhaps my favourite was the 505 SRD turbo diesel, manual. Watch out for these if you don't mind going back that far.

Great seats, great brakes, great engineering etc. (but now he drives merc diesels....:)

Put a Holden 6 cyl (and 4 speed box) in our 504. Kept the worm & pinion diff tho.

I learned to drive in a 404 petrol. Nice to drive, 4 on the tree, would sit all day on 100 km/h

Only problem was when I went to drive my mates EH.....The gears were "upside down" to what I was used to. Reverse gear at 60 kmh....................

I had a 404 ute at one stage. Also bought a 203 in Melbourne once with me tax refund. Had a lot of fun with it. Was working on it one day lying underneath and it rolled off the scissors jack. I did not have time to move and got stuck there until my missus and the neighbour came to my rescue.

I worked at the Renault/ Peugeot factory at West Heidelberg for a while.

Cheers

became a pug-fan at about 10 years of age when my dad and i visited some friends who had a 504 - it rode like it was on air and cornered on rails..i made a mental note to buy one as soon as i was able. It took a bit longer than i expected and it ended up being a 205gti, but nothing has given me automotive pleasure like the pug did (though my prado comes close). When I get a bit of land to put up a decent shed, I'll be looking out for an old 504, a 404 and possibly a few others to just tinker with into the wee small hours and occasionally go for a bit of a putter around the paddocks....

Ted Egan is a mad Peugeot nut - he took his 403 around the outback along roads that would stop most fourbies and I think from memory it clocked up over half a million miles before he upgraded to a 504 wagon...

Was in Albury a few years back when a Redex recreation rally arrived in town..there were more old pugs there than i had seen in all my life...It took me a few days to get the grin off my face...

Just remembered - I used to have an Alfa and was in the Alfa club. Was at a meeting one day and i quietly whispered to another clubbie that I had a hankerng for a Peugeot. The club president overheard me, he came striding over with his eyes ablaze. i got ready for a tonguelashing but he said "Peugeot? NOW you're talking about cars..."and he spoke at length about rallying Peugeots mny moons before he discovered Alfas...I swear he was quite misty-eyed...

Anyway, they are my little stories that I thought I'd share...

My parents have just bought themselves a Peugeot 407 Touring HDi turbo diesel and WOW what a car it is. It is a pure delight to drive and would make a fantastic car just for touring around the country. With a range of over 1000 kms to the tank and a beautiful 6 speed auto I wish it were mine.
Regards Andrew.

Ye haven't driven nuffink till you've had a VANGUARD!!!!!

I had a Hillman Imp GT which was so powerful my eyes are still slanted from the accelerative G forces.

Not only that, but it was so economical I used to go to the servo to empty the excess fuel out of the tank..

So there.