On Tue, 8 Apr 1997, presslaff/bruce wrote:
> >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
Maybe as far as the dash goes, I thought the engine in the later models
did not need to be retorqued as often as the 84 models.
michael