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From: Adrian on 27 May 2010 05:49 Ed Chilada <nospam(a)nospam.com> gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying: >>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? 'erself has had the same 2cv since 1986. We did ~1,500 miles in it to/ round/from Normandy the other week. > Do people sell them, then regret doing so and buy another? I've just never quite figured the "sell" bit. We have four currently. > How did you get to 5 Mike? I dunno about Mike, but my total seems to be... <counts on fingers, runs out of fingers, starts on toes> Three vans, two-to-three Meharis, two Amis, a Dyane or two, mebbe six or seven 2cvs. Depends quite what you count, I s'pose.
From: Mike P on 27 May 2010 06:04 On May 27, 10:05 am, Adrian <toomany2...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Mike P <mikewpears...(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. You're not wrong. I remember having an R-plate Ashtray as a hire car years ago - the Pug is a 169000 mile R plate now. The Ashtray was a nice place to sit in, with it's aircon but not interesting in the slightest. It was brown as well (!!) Mike P
From: Adrian on 27 May 2010 08:23 Mike P <mike_w_pearson(a)hotmail.co.uk> gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying: > Jesus Kevin, click on "car search" and search for Rover 75. Then you can > read it for yourself > > Then do the same for Peugeot 306 and Citroen Xantia. It's not hard. > > For the Rover 75 for example... > > Reliability Index 114.31 > Average Age 4.32 > Average Mileage 45037.63 > Time off the Road 3.63 > Average Repair Cost 367.02 > For the 306 > > Reliability Index 57.99 > Average Age 6.92 > Average Mileage 65368.24 > Time off the Road 2.08 > Average Repair Cost 208.28 Can't be right. That suggests that the 306 is nearly twice as reliable overall as the R75, spending less time off the road, with repair bills considerably smaller - despite being older and higher mileage. Kev would surely not get so confused, would he?
From: Mike P on 27 May 2010 09:19 On May 27, 1:23 pm, Adrian <toomany2...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Mike P <mike_w_pear...(a)hotmail.co.uk> gurgled happily, sounding much like > they were saying: > > > > > > > Jesus Kevin, click on "car search" and search for Rover 75. Then you can > > read it for yourself > > > Then do the same for Peugeot 306 and Citroen Xantia. It's not hard. > > > For the Rover 75 for example... > > > Reliability Index 114.31 > > Average Age 4.32 > > Average Mileage 45037.63 > > Time off the Road 3.63 > > Average Repair Cost 367.02 > > For the 306 > > > Reliability Index 57.99 > > Average Age 6.92 > > Average Mileage 65368.24 > > Time off the Road 2.08 > > Average Repair Cost 208.28 > > Can't be right. That suggests that the 306 is nearly twice as reliable > overall as the R75, spending less time off the road, with repair bills > considerably smaller - despite being older and higher mileage. > > Kev would surely not get so confused, would he? Old age brings senility and a desire to return to the olden days, when all things French were bad and stank of garlic, and all things good were British (well, German in the 75's case)... Mike P
From: Ret. on 27 May 2010 10:20
Adrian wrote: > Mike P <mike_w_pearson(a)hotmail.co.uk> gurgled happily, sounding much > like they were saying: > >> Jesus Kevin, click on "car search" and search for Rover 75. Then you >> can read it for yourself >> >> Then do the same for Peugeot 306 and Citroen Xantia. It's not hard. >> >> For the Rover 75 for example... >> >> Reliability Index 114.31 >> Average Age 4.32 >> Average Mileage 45037.63 >> Time off the Road 3.63 >> Average Repair Cost 367.02 > >> For the 306 >> >> Reliability Index 57.99 >> Average Age 6.92 >> Average Mileage 65368.24 >> Time off the Road 2.08 >> Average Repair Cost 208.28 > > Can't be right. That suggests that the 306 is nearly twice as reliable > overall as the R75, spending less time off the road, with repair bills > considerably smaller - despite being older and higher mileage. > > Kev would surely not get so confused, would he? In view of the fact that you place so much faith in this one survey - perhaps you would like to take a look at the list of the worst ten car makes for reliability and tell me where Saab comes? (I'll give you a clue - it comes 10th). Must be right though mustn't it? -- Kev |