On Tue, 11 Mar 2008 16:41:13 +0100, "Bouler"
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Bouler added these comments in the current discussion du jour
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Years and years ago I painted a tallship with real oilpaint.
Well painting is not the good word, it was more coloring a
picture with paint.
In Germany they"called it "Mahlen nach zahlen", what means in
Englisch "Painting in numbers.
The result is not so bad i.m.o.
Its dirty so it has to be cleaned but I don't know how.

I successfully found you, Bouler! And, although you said "no big
deal", I feel I should still re-apologize for being so dense I
didn't catch your sig. Now, as to your Renault, is that at all a
popular brand of car in the Netherlands?

Renault, Citroën, Peugeot, Volswagen, Toyota, Mitsubisi and a lot more.
I don't know what the most popular car is.
I like the styling of Frenc cars, so you see all is very subjective;-)

Here in the U.S.,
Citroen, Puegeot, and Renault have all made attempts a couple of
times to penetrate our market but each failed. In the 1980s, when
Chrysler was collaborating on some engines with Peugeot, I had a
Plymouth Turismo 2-door little FWD car with a 1.6L Peugeot 4-
banger in it. Got terrific gas mileage but seriously lacked
power. Styling is a very personal thing, and personally I find
French styling to be pretty ugly but what I see posted in the
a.b.p.autos group of modern cars, I think it is improving as in
their quality and reliability.

Check back into the "wallpaper" NG, I'm posting more cars
pictures right now. I'll try a few more series and evaluate the
interest or lack thereof.

I will find them later these day, I'm away this evening.
I had the most wonderful Peugeot for 25 years of luxury and sports car
like driving. It was a 78 station wagon, but it drove so perfectly for
all the time I had it. Cost very little per year and I finally let it
go after it sat in my garage for another 2 years. I never drove a more
comfortable or better car and I have driven Mercedes, Toyota, and most
all of the usual cars.

joevan added these comments in the current discussion du jour
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I had the most wonderful Peugeot for 25 years of luxury and
sports car like driving. It was a 78 station wagon, but it
drove so perfectly for all the time I had it. Cost very
little per year and I finally let it go after it sat in my
garage for another 2 years. I never drove a more comfortable
or better car and I have driven Mercedes, Toyota, and most all
of the usual cars.

I have many friends that also drive cars they like until the
proverbial wheels fall off. If one calculates the true cost of a
car as being the all-up cost/mile or cost/km driven, including
price, insurance, gas, etc., then the more miles the lower the
cost/unit driven gets. Now, me, OTOH, I like new cars and I like
spiffy cars, preferably that can move quickly and I am willing to
pay a premium for them. That may soon chance, of course.

Again, have a great day!

--
HP, aka Jerry

"Gentleman, you can't fight in here, this the War Room!" - the
President, from the movie 'Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to
Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb'