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These
two 2nd series PEUGEOT 505 would win any Pride of Ownership
prize. Edward Ho
from Taiwan is the lucky owner of these beauties, a 1987 505
GTi (2165 cc), and a 1986 505 SL (1971 cc)
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The
GTi pictured above is a gift (!) from his brother and has
about 120,000 km on it. Edward: "When my brother bought
this car new in 1987, I thought he was nuts. For the same money,
he could have purchased more familiar and popular makes. That
kind of thinking persisted until he handed me the keys to the
505 in 1995. All I can say is Nothing drives like a
Peugeot 505".
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The
SL was purchased in June 2000 for little money. It has
310,000 km on the odometer but Edward says it still drives
like a charm. He is the third owner of the SL and it had gone
through three coats of paint. The original color was beige/gold,
then it was re-painted red. Edward didn't like the red color but
the car was in such a good shape that he immediately had it sprayed
in PEUGEOT 605 dark blue after purchase.
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For
daily driving, Edward takes either the GTi or the
SL, both handle superbly. Edward: "I pamper
them and in turn, they have not given me much trouble."
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Lots
of memories here... This is David
Chen, from Taipei, Taiwan, pictured with his first
car, a 1982 PEUGEOT 505 TR 2.0 litre. His father gave it
to David when he was 21.
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The
505 TR had 60.000 km on the clock at that time.
David drove it for 5 years."It was fun to drive that
car! I loved it so much." But, it was severely damaged by
a drunken careless driver, and so had to gave up his beloved PEUGEOT.
"I was so sad" says David.
Note special alloys...
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Now, David
owns a little Toyota Tercel (I'm really sorry for you), but
just can't forget the nice feeling whenever he was driving his
PEUGEOT 505... My suggestion: Get rid of the Toyota,
and look out for another 505 in good nick.
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