The GGG has bought a car - Caution: Disappointing Peugeot 405 Content!

[Conrad D. Conelrad]

 

 

What happened on the 24th April 1960?

[The Reverend Bluejeans]

Yes, we are protected.

 

 

I am beginning to wonder if this car was giffer owned...

 

 

...and confirmed.

 

 

Super confirmed.

 

 

From the paperwork included we discovered that the car was bought new by Ted Bundy (yes, probably that one). He was performing the ultimate downgrade - replacing an SD1 2600. Prior to the Rover he rode around in a 1978 Peugeot 504 TI which he bought at a year old for £4545. For that, he traded in a year old GS Pallas.

 

 

 

This is a keeper. No question.

[BorniteIdentity]

Was this the one being sold by a shirtless, banana wielding hippy?

For context, just in case y’all think I’m a mentalist.

 

(From FB Advert)

 

 

Perhaps I should do a Facebook clickbait style post.

 

FIFTY LYKS AND JM RECREATES DIS POSE LOL.

 

Perhaps it should be the new Woollard?

 

[Guest Conan]

Is that a banana for scale thing? 

[Squire_Dawson]

Aren't they a bit funny in Cornwall?

 

Looks like a good buy, very clean and classic 3 box design. Please supply more pictures post-haste.

[forddeliveryboy]

This is a keeper. No question.

It looks a belter, limited funds concentrate the mind. Well bought!

 

Over four quid saved every tankful, being a non-diesel.

(15 x 0.27 = 405. Galls x pence per gallon saved buying petrol instead of diesel).

[The Reverend Bluejeans]

The People need a referendum.

 

Which Pininmasterpiece is best? The 605 pour Moi.

 

 

[drum]

I had a petrol 405. K plate SRi, but I don't think those letters made it go any faster than a normal 2 litre.

 

It was a bit dull, despite the boot spoiler, so I changed it for a Volvo 240 estate.

[PhilA]

Complain about the cafe.

How will they know if you don’t tell them?https://help.sainsburys.co.uk/help/how_to_contact_us

I am frequently disappointed/ disgusted with motorway services in this country. And always complain if necessary.

That's why all the others are closed for refurb.

 

If you complain about them all, there will be none left.

[Junkman]

It's futile. Nobody on this little island gives a shit about anything anymore anyway. This was the second trip darn Sarf lately and on both occasions what we encountered was worse than it used to be in the DDR, including this total cantbearsedness. However, having thought about this a bit by now, the filthyness, unavailability of even rudimentary services, paired with a fascinating amount of obliviousness, ignorance and arrogance were the very reasons for me to move North all these years ago.

What really makes me wonder is whether the people down there only pretend this being normal and play along for some bizarre reason, or genuinely don't perceive anything.

[MorrisItalSLX]

When are we going to see the sumptuous cloth gizzards of this fine hunk of Frenchness?

[Junkman]

When are we going to see the sumptuous cloth gizzards of this fine hunk of Frenchness?

 

 

Now.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Has the car been giffer owned?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The drive does look kinda weird.

 

[MorrisItalSLX]

The drive does look kinda weird.

 

That my friend is the driveway of a winner.

[Junkman]

That my friend is the driveway of a winner.

 

High praise indeed, thank you so much!

 

How about this:

 

[Guest Hooli]

 

The cafeteria of the place also defied belief. Everything was either out of order, or sold out, please see Conrad's post. We are talking 5 0'clock on a Saturday afternoon in a superstore here! Also, what is it with people down South being completely oblivious to dirt? Everything is filthy to the grade of being sticky. Everything looks like it hadn't been cleaned once since it exists. For someone with even a rudimentary sense of cleanliness and hygiene, it is downright challenging to 'enjoy' eating in these places. That Sainsbury's cafe doesn't need a bit of mopping, it needs thoroughly going through with a pressure washer, honestly.

 

 

Jealously is such an ugly trait, just because you can't afford dirt in the deprived norf west...

[Guest Hooli]

Excellent purchase! I, like a few others did fear that it would be a Jaguar but am glad to see it was something a sensible person would buy and not just a pub landlord.

 

Any rust...?

 

 

I'm offended by this! I'm not a pub landlord...

[Junkman]

Which reminds me. No, no rust. Not as far as I can see.

 

Going by the MoT history online and what invoices came with the car, it apparently never needed anything out of the ordinary, which means it will all happen during my ownership.

[eddyramrod]

Going by the MoT history online and what invoices came with the car, it apparently never needed anything out of the ordinary, which means it will all happen during my ownership.

 

All in the next two weeks probably, with Christmas looming!  Never mind, there's a cheap automatic here should it come to that...

[The Reverend Bluejeans]

It's futile. Nobody on this little island gives a shit about anything anymore anyway. This was the second trip darn Sarf lately and on both occasions what we encountered was worse than it used to be in the DDR, including this total cantbearsedness. However, having thought about this a bit by now, the filthyness, unavailability of even rudimentary services, paired with a fascinating amount of obliviousness, ignorance and arrogance were the very reasons for me to move North all these years ago.

What really makes me wonder is whether the people down there only pretend this being normal and play along for some bizarre reason, or genuinely don't perceive anything.

 

 

What's more, these folk pay for the privilege. I mean, HOW FUCKING MUCH for this slice of one bedroom dismalness in Hemel Bastard Hempstead. You've got to be out of your fucking mind. 

 

 

 

[beko1987]

The peugeots are taking over!

[Junkman]

There appears to some in the seam in this picture:

 

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I shall call it a rust bucket from now on.

[carlo]

I do like those early MkII steering wheels.  Never had one with one of those in it.

[Junkman]

It's my second one with it. This one had it too:

 

 

 

 

Behold lethally dangerous numberplate font spacage.

[castros_bro]

Have they fucked off yet?

 

OK Lads,

 

                         you can all open again and get back to normal service.

[Junkman]

Yeah, just make sure not to clean anything. We sure would miss the stickiness and Salmonellae on our next visit.

[Conrad D. Conelrad]

This afternoon I popped into my local Sainsburys cafe. All the food was available and the place was spotless. 

[Guest Hooli]

This afternoon I popped into my local Sainsburys cafe. All the food was available and the place was spotless. 

 

The trouble with the south is it's too near france.

[davocano]

The trouble with the south is it's too far from the north.

[Junkman]

It can't be far enough from the North for my taste.

[SiC]

The trouble with the south is it's too far from the north.

Thank goodness (from a southerner).