http://www.cybernex.net.au/clubs/cccv/reports/rust.html

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80 280SL
85 300SD
87 300TD
92 300D 2.5 Turbo
92 300TE 4Matic

I owned ( or it owned me) a French Simca 1000 back in 1970...

That was by far the biggest POS I have ever driven...

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I owned a Simca when I was stationed in Germany in 1982-83. I believe it was a 1975 1300 with a 1500 engine in it. It was all I could afford as a private frist class. I promptly blew the engine on the Autobahn. The used car dealer / shop from which I purchased the car replaced the engine and I promptly blew it as well. You just haven't lived until you've been driving a car as the engine blows all to hell in the fast lane!

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80 280SL
85 300SD
87 300TD
92 300D 2.5 Turbo
92 300TE 4Matic

I certainly can't see buying ANYTHING that would support France!
Buying an old French car obviously doesn't support the country in question, but I still wouldn't want it.
I will only make an exception for french fries.......

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Jimmy L.
'05 Acura TL 6MT
2001 ML430 My Spare

Gone:
'95 E300 188K "Batmobile" Texas Unfriendly Black
'85 300TD 235K "The Wagon" Texas Friendly White
'80 240D 154K "China" Scar engine installed
'81 300TD 240K "Smash"
'80 240D 230K "The Squash"
'81 240D 293K"Scar" Rear ended harder than Elton John

last time i was in Paris there were many small cool cars running around .. wish i had time to check them out. like a lot of French things, probably more advanced then detroit junk.
remember, if the French had not helped Washington, there wouldn't have been much of a Revoluntionary War... and we'd all be driving Vauxhulls and having our afternoon tea with mummy.

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Current money-pits:
96 Passat TDI
78 300D 100k miles(60miles/day)FOR SALE
91 Jetta Diesel 250k miles (80miles/day)
82 Toyota Diesel pickup 150k miles; out of service for a little while with a valve problem.
All on BelenBioDiesel
Past diesels:
01 Golf TDI
81 Isuzu P/U
85 Jetta
89 KW 425 cat
85 Pete 400 cat (currently still running the west coast with over 1.5 million miles)
81 KW 400 Cummins
77 Freightliner CO ???? Cummins (Buttercup)
57 180D lots of miles(gone but not forgotten)

So what about the French owning Nissan, does anyone drive a Nissan here
Rich

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88 300E White, sold 9-04
88 190E Black 2.3 sold
90 300CE White, Grey sold 12-24-04
92 400E White,Grey Sold 5-06
90 300CE 91K Signal Red,Black Sold 2007
1989 300CE Smoke silver,Tan Sold 1-08
1993 300E 3.2 M104 motor
1991 300CE White,Grey
1994 E420 beautiful car,gone to new home
1994 E320 Smoke an Parchment.Beautiful car

If its French ...I avoid it.....period!

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Proud owner of ....
1971 280SE W108
1979 300SD W116
1983 300D W123
1975 Ironhead Sportster chopper
1987 GMC 3/4 ton 4X4 Diesel
1989 Honda Civic (Heavily modified)
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Section 609 MVAC Certified
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"He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." - Friedrich Nietzsche

I'd be pretty happy with one of these:
http://www.bugattipage.com/

I would rather have an EB110 in my garage then an SLR. What about the Royal? Hmm that thing makes my W126 look like a Kia.

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1999 SL500
1969 280SE
2023 Ram 1500
2007 Tiara 3200

...I raise my glass of French Merlot in your general direction and wistfully ponder where I can find a nice 505 turbodiesel wagon for cheap. Silly Americans

Here's a cheap Piggout wagon. Dealer appears a little confused though.

http://adcache.collectorcartraderonline.com/10/9/1/78032791.htm

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Palangi

2004 C240 Wagon 203.261 Baby Benz
2008 ML320 CDI Highway Cruiser
2006 Toyota Prius, Saving the Planet @ 48 mpg
2000 F-150, Destroying the Planet @ 20 mpg



TRUMP .......... WHITEHOUSE
HILLARY .........JAILHOUSE
BERNIE .......... NUTHOUSE
0BAMA .......... OUTHOUSE

There are many French cars I would love to have: the real Renault 5 Turbo (with the engine in the back), no comparison besides maybe a Lancia, the Peugeot 504 coupe and convertible, a Citroen SM, a CX gti or Pallas, some of the best looking cars ever build.

And about the rust; Holland is the country with the most old pristine Citroen's, especially the Citroen DS, in the world, It's not uncommon to rain 100 days out of the year in Holland...besides the rain those 30 year old cars are still on the road even with a similar system as the German "TUV".

But as a Mercedes owner you have to hate French cars, like every good old German does...

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1979 Black on Black, 300CD (sold), 1990 Black 300SE, Silver 1989 Volvo 780, 1988 300CE (vanished by the hands of a girlfriend), 1992 300CE (Rescue).

Back in 1995 I saw a Peugot in Virginia with a custom license plate that read:
"NO PARTS"

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Bob Roe
Lehigh Valley PA USA
1973 Olds 88, 1972 MB 280SE, 1978 Datsun 280Z, 1971 Ford T-Bird, 1972 Olds 88, 1983 Nissan Sentra, 1985 Sentra, 1973 230.6, 1990 Acura Integra, 1991 Volvo 940GLE wagon, 1983 300SD, 1984 300SD, 1995 Subaru Legacy L wagon, 2002 Mountaineer, 1991 300TE wagon, 2008 Murano, 2007 R320CDI 4Matic 52K, some Hyundai, 2008 BMW 535xi wagon, all gone... currently
2007 Honda Odyssey Touring, 2014 E350 4matic

German Eiswein is better.

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01 Ford Excursion Powerstroke
99 E300 Turbodiesel
91 Vette with 383 motor
05 Polaris Sportsman 800 EFI
06 Polaris Sportsman 500 EFI
03 SeaDoo GTX SC Red
03 SeaDoo GTX SC Yellow
04 Tailgator 21 ft Toy Hauler
11 Harley Davidson 883 SuperLow

Nonetheless it frightens me to think the POR 15 I have applied has merely sealed the water inside. I will submerge the entire car in oil tomorrow.

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63 220S W111
76 300D W115
2013 VW JSW TDI M6

previously-
73 280 SEL 4.5
86 300E 5 speed
2010 VW Jetta TDI M6

In the days before they abandoned the US market, I owned three peugeots; all model 504. My wife still maintains they were the most comfortable cars we've ever owned, WHEN THEY WERE RUNNING!
Seriously, the early history of both makes run quite close to each other. Mercedes sales literature claims that the first car race ever held was powered by a Mercedes engine--wanna guess what make was the car? ( Peugeot). Peugeot sales literature claims they built the first diesel powered car; Mercedes claims the first PRODUCTION diesel car. ( I figure this means Peug had a running prototype first, but Mercedes got it to the market first.
I thought were fine cars, plagued with a terrible importer and that frustrating French attitude of superiority--it was like they were doing we poor colonials a favor by allowing us to own their cars.