Hi, all!
I have been, quietly, enjoying (leaching off) this list for about three
years, now, having owned several Peug's over the years, and loving
anyone who had a story about, or anything to do with a Peugeot. And, it
is with great regret, that I am now, sadly, in the position of having to
sell my only remaining baby, and my original Peug, a 1976 Gas Auto 504.
I have owned her for the last, approximately, 20 years, along with my,
recently, deceased husband.
When I first met him, he was in the habit of buying a different "new"
classic car, about every 6 months. We were looking for a car for my
mother, and took some other 504 out on a weekend trial; fell in love
(with him and Peugeot, at the same time!); had an Epiphany and (with the
exception of a few moments of "backsliding"; inappropriate affairs with
a couple of strays, like an old Volvo; an MGB GT; and a Jensen-Healey
convertible - he finally went through "withdrawal", and into "detox" and
learned his "roaming" lesson), we totally "converted" to Peugeot. We
immediately began shopping for our first 504, and bought this car. I
was her 2nd owner. The first was a Mercedes Dealer mechanic, who, still,
prefered her to any great employee's deal he could get on a mercedes,
but who had to, finally, succumb to pressure, and sell her, when it
became politically incorrect for him to drive his Peugot to work - his
boss gave him an ultimatum; your car or your job (not sure if I could
have made the same decision)! We, later, added to our family, adopting
some younger and older siblings (one 404, and a couple of 505's), and
even converting my parents to a 504, as well, before my husband passed
away. It is very hard for me to sell her - lots of memories, as you can
imagine! I thought I had myself psyched up, but, even thought she's
been resting for a while, now, and a bit dirty, all I had to do was open
the door and sit in her driver's seat, again, and her beauty and
strength, and all our escapades together, came immediatly back to me,
and I just went "Aaaaahhhhh!!! - How can I possibly give you up?" (I
feel like I'm giving him up, again, along with her!)
But, I have no other choice - she is, at this point, a project car, and
my husband's passing has left me unable to take care of her, as she
deserves. She has good features, as well as, features that need work.
You should have seen her, in her "prime" (I am looking for her
"baby-pics"!).
As, my cyber-'voice" is starting to get all choked-up, now, I'm going to
sign-off. If any of you are interested, please contact me, and I can go
into more detail with you.. (She is located in Southern California.)
Sniffle, sniffle.....,
Madelaine
P.S. Wouldn't mind, even, just "commiserating" with any other former 504
owners, who have also "loved-and-lost" I don't suppose there any
"Grievance Groups" for Peug-owners, are there (other than, of course,
the comfort of this list)?
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Received on Wed Jul 20 14:36:56 2005
