Re: 1984 vs. 1986 - 505
presslaff/bruce (yaleav@autobahn.mb.ca)
Tue, 8 Apr 1997 14:09:10 +0100
>Here's a theory:
>
>I don't know what you all think about this, but I firmly believe that the
>1984 505 is better built than the 1986 505. My odometer on my '86 stopped
>working at 177 000 Km (it now counts 100 meter increments). My wife's '84
>has a perfectly operating dash board. I believe that Peugeot might have
>been trying to "Americanize" its dashboards in earliy '85 to try to gain
>American favour.
>
It was all down hill after 85 . The 86 dash is a rattle trap full of crap.
Save me from the climate control heater incnsistent heat with 10X the
problems of the pre 86 heat system. The beat heaters were the old style w/o
AC . You could modulate the amount of fresh air into your face.
Bob Bruce