Shite Introduction

[dollywobbler]

Ah. Hello again. Good to see you on here too - and a chance to marvel at the other shite in your fleet. You're clearly a man with issues and so will fit in nicely here.

[dollywobbler]

Ah. Hello again. Good to see you on here too - and a chance to marvel at the other shite in your fleet. You're clearly a man with issues and so will fit in nicely here.

[dieselnutjob]

I love this site. Welcome.

[dieselnutjob]

I love this site. Welcome.

[Junkman]

Ah. Hello again. Good to see you on here too - and a chance to marvel at the other shite in your fleet. You're clearly a man with issues and so will fit in nicely here.

 

Issues?

[Junkman]

Ah. Hello again. Good to see you on here too - and a chance to marvel at the other shite in your fleet. You're clearly a man with issues and so will fit in nicely here.

 

Issues?

[dieselnutjob]

A love of old French cars is, well, a bit abnormal. That's why we end up on this site because there just isn't anywhere else to go.

[dieselnutjob]

A love of old French cars is, well, a bit abnormal. That's why we end up on this site because there just isn't anywhere else to go.

[dieselnutjob]

For example I have come to the conclusion that there are only about ten or 604s left in the UK because there are less than ten people who like them. This makes PeteM and myself extremely abnormal. We have an itch that can only be scratched by owning cars that everyone else hates.

[dieselnutjob]

For example I have come to the conclusion that there are only about ten or 604s left in the UK because there are less than ten people who like them. This makes PeteM and myself extremely abnormal. We have an itch that can only be scratched by owning cars that everyone else hates.

[Junkman]

A love of old French cars is, well, a bit abnormal. That's why we end up on this site because there just isn't anywhere else to go.

 

Beats a love for old Italian cars any time. Old geezers like Chris Evans spend Millions of Fiat Currency on some rubbish built by Fiat that was pushed or towed around more in its life than driven under its own power and had to be restored every one-and-a-half years or so. And you say I am abnormal. No, man, what I am is not abnormal, it's a - wait - what's the French word for 'connoisseur'?

[Junkman]

A love of old French cars is, well, a bit abnormal. That's why we end up on this site because there just isn't anywhere else to go.

 

Beats a love for old Italian cars any time. Old geezers like Chris Evans spend Millions of Fiat Currency on some rubbish built by Fiat that was pushed or towed around more in its life than driven under its own power and had to be restored every one-and-a-half years or so. And you say I am abnormal. No, man, what I am is not abnormal, it's a - wait - what's the French word for 'connoisseur'?

[Junkman]

For example I have come to the conclusion that there are only about ten or 604s left in the UK because there are less than ten people who like them. This makes PeteM and myself extremely abnormal. We have an itch that can only be scratched by owning cars that everyone else hates.

 

How many Talbot Tagoras did you say are left?

[Junkman]

For example I have come to the conclusion that there are only about ten or 604s left in the UK because there are less than ten people who like them. This makes PeteM and myself extremely abnormal. We have an itch that can only be scratched by owning cars that everyone else hates.

 

How many Talbot Tagoras did you say are left?

[dieselnutjob]

the point is, being called a "man with issues" is considered a compliment around here, or as near as you will get to one

[dieselnutjob]

the point is, being called a "man with issues" is considered a compliment around here, or as near as you will get to one

[carlo]

A fellow 405 appreciator, can't be bad. Automatics too! That 2.0 engine with the auto box was a great combination, soars up hills on the motorway on cruise control in top gear at 2500rpm. You're right about having to put up with them for ages, I've had nothing else for the last eight years. They keep on handling and steering beautifully, riding well, not going wrong, costing peanuts to run, not rusting - perhaps they're not shite at all. Mine just passed it's MOT again last week needing nothing more than a steering rack boot fitted for £40. I believe your red GTX was on ebay earlier in the year? Here's mine again:

 

 

Incidentally I wouldn't trust HML on these, if there's over 50 Executive autos left there must be more than 3 GTX autos. There's even one on ebay now which I'm considering.

[carlo]

A fellow 405 appreciator, can't be bad. Automatics too! That 2.0 engine with the auto box was a great combination, soars up hills on the motorway on cruise control in top gear at 2500rpm. You're right about having to put up with them for ages, I've had nothing else for the last eight years. They keep on handling and steering beautifully, riding well, not going wrong, costing peanuts to run, not rusting - perhaps they're not shite at all. Mine just passed it's MOT again last week needing nothing more than a steering rack boot fitted for £40. I believe your red GTX was on ebay earlier in the year? Here's mine again:

 

 

Incidentally I wouldn't trust HML on these, if there's over 50 Executive autos left there must be more than 3 GTX autos. There's even one on ebay now which I'm considering.

[Junkman]

Yeah, but the one on Ebay is silver metallic, the shittiest colour imaginable on any car.

 

The fact that they are darn good cars doesn't make them less shite in the eyes of your average BMW aficionado, which is pretty interesting considering how many rallyes and races Peugeot won in company history vs. BMW.

 

My red wagon is the third 2.0 GTX auto we have. The first one was this saloon:

 

 

We were just looking for a car for my wife and bought it simply on the grounds that it was an automatic and it was cheap (we both love automatics).

I replaced it within the year when I bought her this as a b-day gift:

 

 

I hope I don't have to elaborate on how shite they are. After a very short period, we started missing the 405. She wasn't happy with the Range at all, so when the white 405 estate came up for sale, I just bought it and unloaded the Rangey onto some unsuspecting soul, for which I still feel sorry.

We were very happy with the white estate and it was strangely emotional when it lost its life down there in Bavaria.

I still can't believe my luck that we found the red one, and relatively local, too.

 

I agree, howmanyleft is most likely not entirely accurate, but they are rare in this spec no matter how you look at it. 90% of the new ones were bought as diesels or turbodiesels.

 

If I was you, I'd go for that GTX auto, despite it being overcast-for-the-past-six-weeks-metallic.

[Junkman]

Yeah, but the one on Ebay is silver metallic, the shittiest colour imaginable on any car.

 

The fact that they are darn good cars doesn't make them less shite in the eyes of your average BMW aficionado, which is pretty interesting considering how many rallyes and races Peugeot won in company history vs. BMW.

 

My red wagon is the third 2.0 GTX auto we have. The first one was this saloon:

 

 

We were just looking for a car for my wife and bought it simply on the grounds that it was an automatic and it was cheap (we both love automatics).

I replaced it within the year when I bought her this as a b-day gift:

 

 

I hope I don't have to elaborate on how shite they are. After a very short period, we started missing the 405. She wasn't happy with the Range at all, so when the white 405 estate came up for sale, I just bought it and unloaded the Rangey onto some unsuspecting soul, for which I still feel sorry.

We were very happy with the white estate and it was strangely emotional when it lost its life down there in Bavaria.

I still can't believe my luck that we found the red one, and relatively local, too.

 

I agree, howmanyleft is most likely not entirely accurate, but they are rare in this spec no matter how you look at it. 90% of the new ones were bought as diesels or turbodiesels.

 

If I was you, I'd go for that GTX auto, despite it being overcast-for-the-past-six-weeks-metallic.

[Luxobarges_Are_Us]

Bloody hell, that's marvellous! Welcome to AS!

 

Moscow isn't a bad place at all, there's plenty of talent about as well as a fair amount of old shite on the roads. Driving there in a Lada, however, doesn't seem too adventurous, obviously because they are so common in Russia.

[Luxobarges_Are_Us]

Bloody hell, that's marvellous! Welcome to AS!

 

Moscow isn't a bad place at all, there's plenty of talent about as well as a fair amount of old shite on the roads. Driving there in a Lada, however, doesn't seem too adventurous, obviously because they are so common in Russia.

[DVee8]

Haha A Range Rover on its normal ground on the pavement..

All this Shite love for the pug and the Lada how about some photos of the shitreon

[DVee8]

Haha A Range Rover on its normal ground on the pavement..

All this Shite love for the pug and the Lada how about some photos of the shitreon

[Junkman]

Those shite Range Rovers disintegrate even when driving them over the smoothest of all surfaces. They wouldn't last 30 yards on any terrain slightly more demanding, like for example those British alleyways, that all look like they were imported from Albania in 1993. Not sure what I'm supposed to do in an area that can't be reached on paved roads anyway, but if need be, I'd get me a DKW Munga. Or a Kraz.

 

The Shitroen, well.

 

It does indeed tick all boxes on my shite list and then some.

Due to the fact that it lowers itself until you get back to it to facilitate ingress, we call it the 'Dromedary'.

 

The left hand side is severely customized:

 

 

On the right hand side, they must have ran out of money, so customisation was halted somewhere along:

 

 

Tailgate is made of plastic and more slanted than Peugeot 405's:

 

 

Boot floor is below the tailgate opening:

 

 

The interior totally belies the 190.000 miles the car has hitherto clocked up:

 

 

 

 

How is that for shite - the bonnet release is via cable strap:

 

 

in combination with a cracked front bumper:

 

 

an abolute can't miss for shiteness.

 

10 out of 10 for shite paint:

 

 

 

This is what the liquid coal burner looks like after I removed an inch of crud, leaves, snails, slugs, spiders, bugs, and feck knows what other dainties the British fauna has to offer:

 

[Junkman]

Those shite Range Rovers disintegrate even when driving them over the smoothest of all surfaces. They wouldn't last 30 yards on any terrain slightly more demanding, like for example those British alleyways, that all look like they were imported from Albania in 1993. Not sure what I'm supposed to do in an area that can't be reached on paved roads anyway, but if need be, I'd get me a DKW Munga. Or a Kraz.

 

The Shitroen, well.

 

It does indeed tick all boxes on my shite list and then some.

Due to the fact that it lowers itself until you get back to it to facilitate ingress, we call it the 'Dromedary'.

 

The left hand side is severely customized:

 

 

On the right hand side, they must have ran out of money, so customisation was halted somewhere along:

 

 

Tailgate is made of plastic and more slanted than Peugeot 405's:

 

 

Boot floor is below the tailgate opening:

 

 

The interior totally belies the 190.000 miles the car has hitherto clocked up:

 

 

 

 

How is that for shite - the bonnet release is via cable strap:

 

 

in combination with a cracked front bumper:

 

 

an abolute can't miss for shiteness.

 

10 out of 10 for shite paint:

 

 

 

This is what the liquid coal burner looks like after I removed an inch of crud, leaves, snails, slugs, spiders, bugs, and feck knows what other dainties the British fauna has to offer:

 

[KruJoe]

It's an unusual colour for a BX, but works well.

Those seats do wear infinitely better than the itchy tweedy ones. I have the same GTi-inspired ones in my Preview, and they scrub up very well for a 100k Citroen.

[KruJoe]

It's an unusual colour for a BX, but works well.

Those seats do wear infinitely better than the itchy tweedy ones. I have the same GTi-inspired ones in my Preview, and they scrub up very well for a 100k Citroen.

[Pillock]

A cracking selection of cars, and an ability to string words together in an amusing fashion.

 

Welcome!

[Pillock]

A cracking selection of cars, and an ability to string words together in an amusing fashion.

 

Welcome!