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This car was originally bought in Connecticut at some car/boat dealer and then
moved to Boston in 1991. It stayed there (parked on street - 110k miles) until I
bought it in May of this year. The previous owner washed it once in a blue moon;
he didn't even wash it when I flew 1100 miles to take a look at it. True, there
is some rust under the hood on the panel that holds the hood latches. There are
also some smalls spots of rust on top of the sunroof that have started since
I've moved the car to NC. I need to get those fixed ASAP. But for a car that's
been in salty areas all of its life, it's in great shape.
-Alan
"Katz, Gene S" wrote:
> This morning I took my baby to Maaco to have them look at some small rust
> bubbles on the surface, flat spots, etc. I had it repainted by them 2 and
> 1/2 years ago and got their standard 2 year warranty. The result was not
> quite what I expected. The owner said they were due to rock nicks and the
> fact that Peugeots were notorious rustbuckets, and what did I expect for a
> 12 year old car with an out of warranty problem. I said the only rust on
> the car was in the top layer of the surfaces which they stripped and preped,
> and no where else. He conceded this and said look at my Lexus, I've got rock
> nicks also, etc. It got nasty. Needless to say, I will badmouth Maaco from
> now on.
> Anyway, on the way back I stopped at a carwash (hand) and got a handwax and
> polish. The three guys who were working on the car were from a former French
> colony, now Mali. They got all excited at seeing the Pug, and asked me 100
> questions about it. They were like kids at Xmas! Told me there were Peugeots
> all over their country and what fine cars they were, couldn't believe mine
> was an 86 since it looked so nice, etc. One asked how many miles on it and
> when told 122K, said oh, that's nothing, you'll get another 100K if you take
> care of it. I miss them. They are all over Afrique, etc. Why Americans no
> but them?
> Two different perceptions of the same car, within 1 hour of each other.
> Peugeot -- Not just a car, an adventure!
> Gene S. Katz
> Senior Member Engineering Staff
> Lockheed Martin Government Electronic Systems
> Bldg 108-136, PO Box 1027
> 199 Borton Landing Road
> Moorestown, NJ 08057-0927
>
> (609)722-3035 ph
> (609)722-2310 fax
> gene.s.katz@lmco.com
>
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