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SundaySunday
01/09/09

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My dad taught me to drive stick in a 1985 Pug turbodiesel. I'm eternally grateful for his patience with me as he'd get me to practice panic stops in an empty A&P parking lot. That Peugeot was a great car, when it was running. Dad ended up trading it for a FWD Sedan de Ville when the repairs became too frequent/costly.
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Armand
01/09/09

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I've mentioned my Peugeot fixation before. Actually, I mentioned it yesterday for the QOTD. But Murilee has thrown down the gauntlet, so I'll repeat it: When I was born, my mother had a '71 504 and my dad had an '83 505. The 505, if you ask pretty much any member of my Peugeot-addicted extended family, was the point when Peugeot quality started going downhill. Dad's first Pug, a '63 404, lasted for 350,000 miles before he traded it in for the '83 505; Mom's 504 got sold when the odometer rolled over 250,000. The 505 lasted for around 20,000 miles before the engine failed so spectacularly that Peugeot offered to replace the car at a steep discount rather than repairing it under warranty. At this point, Dad decided it would be a good idea to upgrade to a 505 Turbo.

The turbo was a fast, competent car. Faster than Dad's friend's BMW 635, or his co-worker's Maserati Biturbo, or my grandfather's Audi 5000 turbo Quattro. But it spent all its time in the goddamn shop, and unlike the earlier Peugeots it couldn't be held together with baling wire and happy thoughts. Once the turbocharger failed. When I say "failed," I don't mean the oil lines broke and the compressor seized or the housing developed a leak. When I say "failed," I mean "exploded, sending shards of turbocharger all around the engine compartment."

Even if Peugeot had stayed in the American market, I'm pretty sure the 505 Turbo would have been our last French car.
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Franzouse
01/09/09

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Yeah a Cinc-cent-cinq! As much as I love this car as a Sedan, I still think the station wagon variant is better , and of course Dangel got their hands on that one too!

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Armand
01/09/09

@franzouse: Station wagon 504s and 505s were awesome, but they had live rear axles instead of the trailing-arm IRS in the sedans. Not that that slowed any Dangel 505 wagons down in the Paris-Dakar Rally...
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Franzouse
01/09/09

@Armand Bengle: Merci pour l'info :)
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Triborough
01/09/09

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The only 505s I still see around are wagons.

However, the one 505 memory I have is of them as NYC Taxis when I was a kid

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ElderLHconvert
01/09/09

@Triborough: Wow! I didn't know they used them in NYC as cabs. You know, they're actually pretty sharp when compared with the domestic US offerings of the day. Is that a Volare in the background of the top photo?
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Serious Mopar Jones- Incurable
01/09/09

@ElderLHconvert: Yup, that's a Volare.. and directly behind the Pug is a Lebowski-approved Torino wagon.
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01/09/09

@ElderLHconvert: Looks like it. And an AMC (Concord or Spirit) wagon to the left of the bottom pic.
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Novaload
01/09/09

@Triborough: They were taxis in France too, so why not NYC?
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Elderly Douche
01/09/09

@Mike the Dog: Now you're just showing of. There is no way you can identify the wagon based on that picture alone.
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Armand
01/09/09

@Elderly Douche: The caption says the 505 is "in front of an immense Ford wagon," which helps. But never underestimate the commentariat's ability to identify obscure cars.

Also, the caption of the second picture says that "the sedan loses a bit of its elegance" because of its quad round headlights and bigger Malaise bumpers. Sad, but true.
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Mike the Dog is sitting by the door with a pair of cow slippers, and a very sad face.
01/09/09

@Elderly Douche: That grille wasn't used on the Eagle, and no Hornet ever had quad square headlamps. This one was easy.
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01/09/09

@Armand Bengle: In Mr. Douche's defense, I was referring to the placard-and-flashers equipped AMC in the oncoming lane of the lower picture.
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Elhigh
01/09/09

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Say hello to Mr. Angry Eyes!
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Armand
01/09/09

@Elhigh: When the Pininfarina-designed 504 introduced that scowly headlight treatment, which then became the Peugeot line's corporate "face," stylists referred to them as "Sophia Loren's Eyes." I am not making this up.
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DoctorNine
01/09/09

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My mom had one of these once. She loved it for the first few years. Then when the bills came in, she dropped it like a bad habit. I've always wanted to get one, and put a nice, modified, VW turbodiesel in it. Hmmm.....
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Novaload
01/09/09

@DoctorNine: You're supposed to drop bad habits?
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DoctorNine
01/09/09

@NovaloadMissesPolar: The priest told me that once. I was never really good at it.
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Almostbanned
01/09/09

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My uncle bought one of these brand new. It was white on blue leather, and effing sweet. I doing the math in my head for when he'd want to get rid of it vs. when I would get my license. When the day came that he wanted to sell, I was all set to make him an offer. He told me that I was his favorite nephew, and therefore would not ever sell the car to me.
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Plecostomus [Tyrrell]
01/09/09

@Almostbanned: COTD

That made me LAUGH.
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Bumblebee
01/09/09

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Anyone looked at today's Pugs recently? They're sure not doing themselves any favors with that goofy grinning grille.
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Graverobber
01/09/09

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I seem to recall that these Pugs had the labels on the stalks written in cursive.
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maximum-sienna
01/09/09

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I don't care about the car, I want to live in that house in the background.
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SlowMo (actually, there's no E on my R)
01/09/09

@maximum-sienna: Agreed. Does Murilee have any real estate holdings in Alameda? b/c he sure is making a lot of us Jalops want to move there and call it home (thus increasing demand for housing in and allowing Murilee to sell us any home with a garage for a huge premium).

Probably unbeknownst to the Alameda Chamber of Commerce, Murilee has sucesssfully marketed Alameda as Valhalla for motorheads.
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six
01/09/09

@SlowMo: A Liberia for Jalopnik?
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Maxichamp
01/09/09

@six: Would that make Ray Wert Charles Taylor?
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Feds
01/09/09

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I'll see your French sedan, and raise you a French convertible:

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Mike the Dog is sitting by the door with a pair of cow slippers, and a very sad face.
01/09/09

@Feds: TWO Annoyances and a boatload of spare parts for C$950.00? Crackpipe.
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solracer
01/09/09

@Feds:

And less than 54,000 miles on the convertible to boot! However I don't think even Arnold Schwarzenegger is secure enough in his manhood to be seen driving a two-tone teal Renault convertible...
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MushyHeirloom
01/09/09

@solracer: Hey, it's just like a P-body Shadow/Sundance, except it's even more shit! How bad could it be?
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Serious Mopar Jones- Incurable
01/09/09

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I always liked the 'mildly annoyed scowl' look to the headlights on these.

Back in '93, my then-GF's grandmother gave her a choice between a 505 or a computer, and she took the 'puter. I've got no special love for French cars, but the very fact that she chose a circa-'93 Gateway over a well-maintained, fully-functional motor vehicle told me an awful lot about her, and the ultimate viability of our relationship.
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brandegee
01/09/09

505s still show up in the north country from time to time, usually preceded by the thunderous clatter of a stone age diesel.

Would love to find a clean turbo Pug, though. This one looks to have had a donor left rear door.
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Maymar
01/09/09

@Slantsick, now with 30% less wit: When I was little (1990ish), I much prefered the then in-production 405, but these have grown on me quite a bit, it's more appropriately French.
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BЯдΖǐL-ЯЄРΘЯΤЄЯ
01/08/09

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Murilee, is this the one of Graverobbers hooker hauling cab company?
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Graverobber
01/09/09

@BЯдΖǐL-ЯЄРΘЯΤЄЯ - Why drive when you can ride?: Driver in front, Poker in the Rear.
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