ha.. you missed it. At the end of message, she said
"into more detail with you.. (She is located in Southern
California.)"
So I am guessing somewhere between LA to San Diago.
tj
- In peugeot-L@yahoogroups.com, "Mike Murphy" <fmmurphy@c...>
wrote:
> Madelaine, Madelaine, Madelaine:
>
> We know you are at the center of the universe, but the rest of us
aren't. It
> makes a huge amount of difference if the car is for sale in
Christchurch,
> NZ, Cape Town, South Africa, Bangkok Thailand, Miami Florida or
Whitby,
> England.
>
> Kindly include the location in all For Sale announcements -
prefererably in
> the subject line. This is a constant refrain on this list -
sheesh!
>
> Mike Murphy in Toronto
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: peugeot-L@yahoogroups.com [mailto:peugeot-L@yahoogroups.com]
On
> Behalf Of Madelaine
> Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2005 5:30 PM
> To: peugeot-L@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [Peugeot-L] 504 for sale
>
>
> 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-
> 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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