2026-09-25 12:08 UTC
Another Peugeot estate today, the 505, which was introduced in 1982, three years after the saloon. In those days, Peugeot invested heavily in optimising its estate models, so the 505 Break got a longer wheelbase than the saloon, and a completely different rear suspension. This handsome Portuguese-registered eight-seat Familiale model came all the way to the UK for the Festival of the Unexceptional in 2023.
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@mandelbroccoli@cupoftea.social 2026-09-25 21:56
@davidwilkins@mastodon.online I saw one of these a short while back, in that colour and lowered a bit, on really tasteful wheels. I didn’t look at these twice when they were an everyday sight, but that one stopped me in my tracks, it looked absolutely fantastic
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@mwistar@mastodon.social 2026-09-25 20:07
@davidwilkins@mastodon.online I have delightfully frightening memories of being a passenger in one of these 'taxis' screaming down dusty ochre-red murram tracks in East Africa. They called them 'wepesi'.
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@robtherunt@cupoftea.social 2026-09-25 21:14
@davidwilkins@mastodon.online A classmate of mine in senior school used to drive his parents 504 estate. I rode in the back row of seats once, it seemed vast