In 2008, when I was 26, I briefly owned a very clean red Peugeot 309 GTi. It was overdue a timing belt when I bought it, so the Friday I picked it up I booked it in for a new timing belt on the Monday. I hadn't realised that between selling me the car and me picking it up a couple of days later, the seller had taken it for a proper, day-long thrash around the countryside. Having collected the car I was taking it for a short, gentle drive on the Sunday when the timing belt snapped, bending two valves and necessitating a comprehensive head rebuild. Some months later I parked the car on our shared townhouse driveway with the engine running (in neutral, handbrake on) while I got out to open our garage door (as I didn't have a garage door remote with me). The Peugeot decided to release its own handbrake and rolled down the gentle slope of our driveway into the exterior of my neighbour's apartment, smashing a headlight and front guard in the process and causing substantial damage to the cladding on the neighbour's property. The neighbour heard the noise and came outside to establish what the Hell I was up to. Nice little car but I haven't owned anything French since.
Really enjoyed that, hope that there might be more in the future. As for horror stories, knew a mechanic that work in a land Rover dealership, they got in a near new first gen Freelander that came in with tyre wear that was inconstant front to back, they couldn't work out what was going on after numerous goes at fixing it, after a while they worked it out, the diff ratios front to back was out.
You get Canada all wrong when you generalise... each province has different rules, and we don't need to "push" ICE cars off the road in the way the UK does because those people for which the electric use work works are fighting to get the product. The cities vs. the wilds are very different.
In 2008, when I was 26, I briefly owned a very clean red Peugeot 309 GTi. It was overdue a timing belt when I bought it, so the Friday I picked it up I booked it in for a new timing belt on the Monday. I hadn't realised that between selling me the car and me picking it up a couple of days later, the seller had taken it for a proper, day-long thrash around the countryside. Having collected the car I was taking it for a short, gentle drive on the Sunday when the timing belt snapped, bending two valves and necessitating a comprehensive head rebuild. Some months later I parked the car on our shared townhouse driveway with the engine running (in neutral, handbrake on) while I got out to open our garage door (as I didn't have a garage door remote with me). The Peugeot decided to release its own handbrake and rolled down the gentle slope of our driveway into the exterior of my neighbour's apartment, smashing a headlight and front guard in the process and causing substantial damage to the cladding on the neighbour's property. The neighbour heard the noise and came outside to establish what the Hell I was up to. Nice little car but I haven't owned anything French since.
Love these podcasts. Can’t wait for more guys.
Really enjoyed that, hope that there might be more in the future. As for horror stories, knew a mechanic that work in a land Rover dealership, they got in a near new first gen Freelander that came in with tyre wear that was inconstant front to back, they couldn't work out what was going on after numerous goes at fixing it, after a while they worked it out, the diff ratios front to back was out.
Please do more of these. Love them
Listened on the way to work absolutely hilarious 🤣
Great stories. Thank you
100% best podcast.
Great content, please keep them coming.
Yes! It's back!
Been a while!
lovely
Suspicious French bovine product?
Le Shavel leather Monsieur?
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Getting cyberbullied by bus riders for parking your audi tt wrong, aint that something.
You get Canada all wrong when you generalise... each province has different rules, and we don't need to "push" ICE cars off the road in the way the UK does because those people for which the electric use work works are fighting to get the product. The cities vs. the wilds are very different.
Wheel curbage guy needs to get onboard with social progress.