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  1. Can holy thou make Peugeot’s more reliable? Keep the 5 million usd. Just make the damn thing run goddamnit. @AVANTE nadda bro?
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  2. 1. The ISG (Integrated starter generator) tends to get fried on jump starts. 2. It can manage hilly roads well, I didn't notice gaps in power delivery, of course its not a 6 cyl land cruiser so within its limits (4 persons + 2 bags) it can manage. 3. 500km drive is nothing, there was one time I drove from Colombo - Negombo - Avissawella - Ruwanwella - Dickoya - Kandy and back to Negombo in one go. Mind you now these cars have a reasonable no. of miles on them, there will be engine wear etc. plus our reputed sellers turning back odometers. So account for that when buying. Try to trace and correlate with auction sheets so that you can have a vague mileage of what the car landed with. When checking out a car, make sure that the idle start stop system works. That can be an issue. Lastly, don't get disheartened but these keis are heavily bullied on the roads so grow a thick skin. Sold the car in 2019, Have purchased 4 cars thereafter, 2 being off roaders yet we still miss this car. I sold mine to a principle of a reputed institute in Kurunegala and he still tends to it like his firstborn child. During the fuel shortages he used to call me and tell me that it was doing 30kmpl when carefully driven and one full tank survived the whole period giving him kmpl to do his commute. Lastly a bit of a Jeremy Clarkson moment, I made a trip in my Hustler with a grand uncle, someone who was very dear to me, just the two of us, no wives, we had a ball of a time driving up and down to Nuwara Eliya, the road had work being done as well. Was the worst of days, rain, fog, mist mud all of it. Sipping draft beer and enjoying the local produce, street food that was a nice drive. The only reason I didn't use a bigger car I had was as it was a difficult time for me (looking at post 2019, those days were nothing now) and the hustler was the most frugal thing I had. Being nearly 80y, and someone who was a Pajero/Montero fanatic since the 1980's my grand uncle was genuinely surprised with the Hustler and by the end of the trip he was telling his son on the phone to go look for one to purchase as his daily. This was a guy whose daily was a SWB Pajero upgraded to a 4M40 from a 4D56 and tweaked for boost. Little did I know that, this trip would be my last outing with him and he succumbed to a stroke later that year. Thereby this little car will always be in my fond memories.
    1 point
  3. Apart from the recent rat attack on the wiring, the 406 has been running well so I may as well not jinx it with black magic lol.
    1 point
  4. Jou wereneteaux kiddingue aboux le interieor ... le interior is magnifique. Oui Oui ... (Pardon my french - the only french I've seen is from restaurant menu's , recipes and Mark Dorcel 'movies')
    1 point
  5. Late to the party and started reading this! For me Pugs were always the standard of French motoring. Amid the quirky Citroens and the Renaults the Pugs held their own with a relatively more mainstream/solid design language in addition to the legendary 504, and the 406 (which I personally find just gorgeous) I really dig the 505 as well.
    1 point
  6. Well...Japan does not have any large hatchbacks except for the Corolla and the 3. Simply do not like the new 3. The Corolla...just seemed Corolla-ish and the Yaris and Fit were much more interesting under the seat. Also....the 3 and the Corolla fall in to a slightly higher tax category so shaken, road taxes, etc..are a little bit higher. As for insurance...its most about value of the car and the driving history of the drivers. So 99.9% of the time you would end up paying the same amount in insurance for a an Evo and a hatchback of the same value. As for safety...trafiic in Japan is quite tame. True you get the bad wreck and the crazy drivers every now and then..but for the most part people say away from each other (just like they do in person). Accidents do tend to happen during winter...winter driving in Japan sucks mainly because in most part of the country people ar enot used to it and snow removal sucks. Also..old people...they have a tendency to accidentally step on the wrong pedal...but they are more deadly within city limits and whilst walking on the sidewalk... (I am serious...not being funny here).
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