In the eighties I wrote an advice column for auto mechanics. Every month I would deal with two or three service problems sent in by mechanics. The column was in a magazine called "Motor" that was distributed to service facilities and much of the auto industry support. Car owners would frequently find the mag in the waiting area of their service facility, so I received a lot of letters from car owners. By far, the most troubled were the Peugeot owners. I received literally hundreds of letters relating horror stories of blown head gaskets and destroyed engines. They told me stories of multiple repairs and literally begged for help and solutions. The only solutions I could offer included expensive fixes, such as copper wire O-ringing of cylinders. Few would be willing to pay for that and not many service facilities were capable of doing it. The Peugeot owners suffered their frequent failures. But not in silence. Paul On Feb 10, 2007, at 5:25 PM, Bob W wrote:
>>> >>>> Whatever their other parameters, French cars (at least >> from the big three) are certainly visually distinctive. >>> >>> They have an abundance of ugly sticks. >> >> I was going to add "The French have a word for it - hideous" >> but I chickened out. >> > > degeuelasse is probably the word you're searching for. > > Bob (Peugeot fan) > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
