Lets not start a cross border tit for tat and just enjoy this one bit of
commonality which transends our man made boundary.
I believe we get enough unecessary email.. including this one for which
I apologize.
Renato
P.S. Here is another web site for Peugeots (they have one or two every
few weeks). Its a New York area site. There.. this response was not
completely a wasted email! I saw an 86 505 turbo 5 speed with 50,000
miles once.
Robert K Cullemore wrote:
>
> TYPICAL of some of the ignorance you get in some places...
>
> I remember a survey they did of US school kids and something like 30% of
> them didn;t even know that Canada was to the north?!? It's the second
> largest country on the bloody earth!
>
> Tamara Saarinen wrote:
> >
> > Huh, fascinating...
> >
> > was chatting with a local generic sort of auto part store guy...(checking
> > availability on the multi meter)
> >
> > I mentioned that we owned Peugeots...
> >
> > He told me that they no longer exported them to the U.S.
> >
> > (DUH...)
> >
> > BUT (here's the fun part)
> >
> > He said that "you could get any model you want in Canada...he'd heard that
> > some guys in Canada sold new ones....."
> >
> > 505's and everything....
> >
> > OK YOU SNEAKY NORTHERNERS.....
> >
> > ARE YOU HOLDING OUT ON YOUR U.S. PALS?
> >
> > I'll bet you just make up all that stuff about finding cars and parts, so
> > as to cover your tracks......YOU'RE ALL CRUISING AROUND IN BRAND NEW ONES,
> > AND THERE'S A DEALER 'ROUND EVERY BEND!!!
> >
> > boy, isn't the ol' rumor mill just way too amusing sometimes?
> >
> > I just didn't bother to enlighten him, he was to busy trying to share his
> > scuttle-butt info with the nice lady on the phone...
> >
> > I guess driving a Taurus would be pretty boring...
> >
> > tamara