Originally Posted by Bud
Originally Posted by vwmaniaman
Having owned a Peugeot 404 in the 70's I can say that they are very French. The ride and the seats were awesome. The weirdness of the French stood out as soon as you tried to drive it. As I recall the turn signal was on the wrong side of the steering column. The cylinders were numbered from the firewall instead of from the front of the motor. The transmission would start out in second gear unless you really stepped on it. Door lock buttons were "up" to lock. Just weird. Wonder if that weirdness will bleed over.
I had a 505sti. Most comfortable seats I ever had in any vehicle.
Peugeot 505s were VERY nice cars, and SURPRISE generally very reliable and not too hard to work on either. Seats were almost as good as SAAB or Volvo, comfortable ride but also very good handling, and stuff didn't break on these cars, they were more durable than typical US cars and on par with the better Japanese cars at the time. Dove a gasoline 505 wagon manual transmission,
with tons of room in it, and a 505 Diesel manual tranmission, which while slow was indestructible and amazing gas mileage in the 50s with a mid sized car!