Re: Re: Citroen C5 + Peugeot comments
From: Lance Duchesneau (ducaati@gmail.com)
Date: Mon 12 May 2008 - 20:27:58 EDT
Mike
So lets see the tape, you speed demon you!
Lance
On Mon, May 12, 2008 at 7:09 PM, p404c <tippett@shaw.ca> wrote:
> I saw these C5s in Paris at the C42 showroom on the Champs-Elysées
> two weeks ago, but they do look a little tight in the back seat
> compared to my family car. They had the cabriolet show car version
> from last fall's IAA and it is superb! Citroën really has their act
> together for styling.
>
> I went into Peugeot too and holy cow are their new cars homely. I
> didn't see one that I would consider buying, even if they were
> available here in North America. Even the semi-OK 308 CC looks
> forced and the Renault Mégane equivalent is so much better-
> proportioned, it's amazing.
>
> It's not just me. While in Paris, I had a get-together with three
> members of the Club 404 at Libre-Echange, a brasserie near Clichy. I
> asked them whether they liked any current Peugeots and the universal
> answer was "elles sont tellement laides" (they are so ugly)! One of
> the people was in his twenties and so it wasn't an age thing either.
> We had a great chat about 404s and related stuff.
>
> The Peugeot showroom had a 908 HDI in there and a postcard of Le Mans
> 2008 where you could write a message to anyone and they'd pay the
> postage. I wrote something mildly insulting and sent it to myself,
> thinking they would not send it, but I got it just after we got
> home! Nice touch. I hope they win the 24 h this year, and stay in
> the race until 2010 when I might want to see the race in person. We
> went to and drove part of the track this year (the public road part).
>
> I didn't bother going to the Peugeot head office on Avenue de la
> Grande Armée, due to my lack of interest in their current models and
> the dubious effects of me ranting at them about the North American
> market the last three times I was there.
>
> I did however check out two 406 Coupés that were used cars at Lohr on
> the Main river in Germany, wow is that a sweet car. Beautiful! I'll
> take both of them!
>
> Thanks to p406aut for the very generous use of his 406 on our nearly
> 5000 km trip through Germany and France. The car saw a lot of
> interesting areas and people, as did we. It also set a personal best
> top speed at 222 km/h, on videotape!
>
> Mike Tippett
> Mercedes-Benz B 200
> smart fortwo cdi pulse cabriolet
> Peugeot 404 Coupé Injection
> Peugeot 405
>
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