From: Adrian on 27 May 2010 05:05 Mike P <mikewpearson1(a)gmail.com> gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying: >> >>> BTW, my dad's had two Octavias. They were reliable, but so, so dull >> >>> to drive. >> >> Perhaps he's just a dull driver. There's no such thing as a dull car >> >> in the hands of a good driver. >> > Do you actually believe the shite you post? >> The celebrities all seem to have plenty of fun when driving the >> 'reasonably priced car' on Top Gear don't they? > What has that got to do with anything? > > I have fun thrashing my manky old 1.9 N/A diesel Peugeot. Because the 306 was one of the very best cars in it's class. You'd have a lot less fun in an equivalent Astra or Almera.
From: Ed Chilada on 27 May 2010 05:31 On Thu, 27 May 2010 08:56:09 +0100, bod <bodron57(a)tiscali.co.uk> wrote: >Silk wrote: >> On 26/05/2010 23:54, Mike P wrote: >> >>> BTW, my dad's had two Octavias. They were reliable, but so, so dull to >>> drive. >> >> Perhaps he's just a dull driver. There's no such thing as a dull car in >> the hands of a good driver. > > > > > >You've just contradicted yourself. You classed Mike Ps car as a "shed". That's no contradiction. See Pistonhead's Shed of the Week, for many old sheds that are probably fun to drive.
From: Ret. on 27 May 2010 05:36 Adrian wrote: > Mike P <mikewpearson1(a)gmail.com> gurgled happily, sounding much like > they were saying: > >>>>>> BTW, my dad's had two Octavias. They were reliable, but so, so >>>>>> dull to drive. > >>>>> Perhaps he's just a dull driver. There's no such thing as a dull >>>>> car in the hands of a good driver. > >>>> Do you actually believe the shite you post? > >>> The celebrities all seem to have plenty of fun when driving the >>> 'reasonably priced car' on Top Gear don't they? > >> What has that got to do with anything? >> >> I have fun thrashing my manky old 1.9 N/A diesel Peugeot. > > Because the 306 was one of the very best cars in it's class. You'd > have a lot less fun in an equivalent Astra or Almera. Overlooking the fact, of course, that like so many French cars, it was abysmally unreliable: http://www.reliabilityindex.co.uk/trends3.html?apc=3128339010848601 "At the other end of the scale, Peugeot's 306 comes in for a bit of a battering. Its Index rating of 103 is nearly double the segment average of 55.9, and with a repair bill of £326.92, is over 60 percent dearer than the small family average of £202.41." Despite your love for French cars, you cannot escape the fact that, in general, they invariably appear near the bottom in any reliability index and customer satisfaction survey... -- Kev
From: Adrian on 27 May 2010 05:39 Ed Chilada <nospam(a)nospam.com> gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying: >>I have fun thrashing my manky old 1.9 N/A diesel Peugeot. >> >>I'd have a *lot* more fun in a Skyline or 911 Turbo. > Trust me from experience.. you may well not do. Cars in that performance > league are just so fast that a moment on the throttle will send you way > past the speed limit and into silly speeds. There's no opportunity to > get engaged, to drive it hard. Which is one of the reason I love low-powered cars with a responsive chassis.
From: Ed Chilada on 27 May 2010 05:40
On Thu, 27 May 2010 01:20:14 -0700 (PDT), Mike P <mikewpearson1(a)gmail.com> wrote: >I used to work for Citroen. I guarantee I know more about all their >cars up until about 1998 than you do. I've had 5 2CVs by the way.. I've known two people who've owned 2CVs and both of them had at least three of them! What does this mean? Do they fall apart quite quickly but yet retain such charm that the buyers simply get another? Do people sell them, then regret doing so and buy another? How did you get to 5 Mike? |