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101lifts2
10-02-2009, 03:46 AM
There is a 1991 405S I want to get...or my bud has a 1983 GLT Turbo Volvo Wagon that has a new motor and new manual trans...
Adeptus_Minor
10-02-2009, 04:15 AM
There is a 1991 405S I want to get...or my bud has a 1983 GLT Turbo Volvo Wagon that has a new motor and new manual trans...

You? Wow...
I love the Volvo wagons, personally.
karl_1052
10-02-2009, 06:09 AM
There is a 1991 405S I want to get...or my bud has a 1983 GLT Turbo Volvo Wagon that has a new motor and new manual trans...

Why?
RACER X
10-02-2009, 07:57 AM
used to work on this 1 peugot when i was at NTB, after 3 yrs of replacing the same ball joints under warranty, we refunded his $........stupid lifetime warranty crap.
cuttle
10-02-2009, 08:47 AM
Go for it!!!!! :tremble:

My first car was a 74 (+/-) Peugeot 104 - 4 door with moon roof :rockwoot:

Piece of shit caught fire while I was on the fast lane of the autobahn.... breaks were gone by the time I coasted to the emergency lane. I bumped the car into the side, grabbed some of my luggage and watched the tank explode (the car "jumped" about 2 feet high)

I left on the firetruck - and had some beers with the volunteer firefighters till me ride picked me up.

It looked like this (before the fire):

http://www.altblech.at/media/gallery/peugeot-104-2-668.jpg
Kaneman
10-02-2009, 09:12 AM
Yea, I bought one for my wife a while back. Pretty reliable so far, even at top speed.

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g8/PsychoMedic/DSCF6750.jpg
CasterTroy
10-02-2009, 09:15 AM
Why in the HELL would ANYONE willingly BUY a peugeot?!?!

I had a buddy in HS who had one (his dad had 3) and it was constantly breaking down
Homeslice
10-02-2009, 09:25 AM
They made some fast hatchbacks, but good luck on reliability and parts sourcing.

As for Volvo wagons, sure if you like driving something that looks like a refrigerator turned on its side. Fast? Sure, compared to what was available back then, but these days they aren't any faster than a V6 Camry.
AquaPython
10-02-2009, 09:50 AM
why buy some old POS french car?
Homeslice
10-02-2009, 10:13 AM
why buy some old POS french car?

he could do worse....he could buy a Citroen

or a Renault Fuego, lol
z06boy
10-02-2009, 10:14 AM
I've never owned one or wanted to really.
TYEster
10-02-2009, 10:40 AM
why buy some old POS french car?

Especially the Capt America GM only guy.

Did you lose a bet or something?
Adeptus_Minor
10-02-2009, 10:41 AM
As for Volvo wagons, sure if you like driving something that looks like a refrigerator turned on its side. Fast? Sure, compared to what was available back then, but these days they aren't any faster than a V6 Camry.

That depends on whether or not you graft a V8 into them first. :wink:
pauldun170
10-02-2009, 10:41 AM
http://jalopnik.com/5058321/1991-peugeot-405-s

Cars based on the 405 are still being built in the Middle East.

To each their own but why a 405?
Adeptus_Minor
10-02-2009, 10:49 AM
http://jalopnik.com/5058321/1991-peugeot-405-s

Cars based on the 405 are still being built in the Middle East.

To each their own but why a 405?

Doesn't say much for the car's performance when it's developing cobwebs.
goof2
10-02-2009, 12:48 PM
he could do worse....he could buy a Citroen

or a Renault Fuego, lol

Or a Le Car.:td:
goof2
10-02-2009, 12:51 PM
http://jalopnik.com/5058321/1991-peugeot-405-s

Cars based on the 405 are still being built in the Middle East.

To each their own but why a 405?

I think the big cars were the only ones Peugeot imported in the 80s. I don't believe they brought anything cool like the GTI hatches over here.

Renault brought over the 5 in the form of the Le Car I mentioned above, but it sucked. They didn't import the 5 Turbo.
Sean
10-02-2009, 02:12 PM
Last I heard there was still one existing Peugeot dealership in the US. It's in N. New Jersey (Paramus?) and is there basically to service the cars for the French foreign delegation working at the UN and at the missions. That might be a place to go for parts.
Homeslice
10-02-2009, 02:47 PM
Or a Le Car.:td:

Or worse, the Alliance.
101lifts2
10-05-2009, 08:10 PM
Why?

Because nobody else has one.
101lifts2
10-05-2009, 08:36 PM
he could do worse....he could buy a Citroen

or a Renault Fuego, lol


My brother had a Renault Fuego. Great suspension. Everything else sucked. The elecrical system looked like it was designed by a high schooler with only a circuits 1 class under his belt.