Re: Re: At Peugeot they don't capitalize their own in ventions
From: tdpug82@aol.com
Date: Wed 01 Dec 2004 - 14:07:13 EST
In a message dated 12/1/04 4:29:09 AM Central Standard Time,
mtimberlake@mitsuibabcock.com writes:
> Subj: RE: [Peugeot-L] Re: At Peugeot they don't capitalize their own in
> ventions
> Date: 12/1/04 4:29:09 AM Central Standard Time
> From: mtimberlake@mitsuibabcock.com
> To: Fujitsu@turbo505.com, peugeot-L@yahoogroups.com
> Sent from the Internet
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> Here in the UK the roads are salted when there's even a slight risk of
> overnight frost.
> A car with over 100k is considered a high miler and a candidate for the
> scrapheap. I once owned a six year old Citroen Xantia 1.9 TD (fantastic
> car), with 170k miles on it... an ex taxi. I was shocked at how well it
> ran/looked.
>
> Another thing to consider is the value of cars here. Whereas you'd probably
> repair a 10 year old car with a blown engine, over here it'd be junked. My
> current car is just over 10 years old, and is worth £400 at most, so any
> major repair is just not worthwhile. There also seems to be a 'disposable
> car' culture here, where people will buy someting for under £200 and run it
> til the MOT expires, or it breaks. I used to do it myself.. I've owned 12
> cars (one at a time!) in my 8 years of driving. I had a 1989 405SRi (cost me
> £100), completely rotten but ran ok. It needed welding on the chassis, so I
> just ran it til it finally gave up.
>
> Marc
Over where Im at (southern Illinois) there is no inspection - you see 25 +
year old pickups on the road beat, and rusted bad. Friend drives a old 77 Ford ,
thats so rusty the floors are patched (if they werent , can you say
Flintstones ?) and the column shift sometimes jambs (the cab is sinking in on the
frame, causing linkage problems) - if anyone bought this truck , just go to the
licence office, order new plates, and have the title switched . Most people here
have newer cars (this new easier financing these days makes it easy to get a
newer car with little down) ,
sounds like in the UK, dont get attached to a car ! Ive had my GTO since
1993, my Grandvilles since 1992 , and my 505 almost 3 years .
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