Monday 19 December 2011

A fetid pile of pooh (not the bear)

Don't buy a Peugeot Expert van. Ever. Especially one on an 08 plate. (unless you want to be on first name terms with the local RAC crews, as I now am). To date, it has had the flywheel fall off (at only 2000 miles). It has had four thoroughly pointless fuel cooling radiators torn off in puddles. Puddles, I mean, it never rains in the UK does it? I know, I know, you can easily avoid puddles, except when a skip wagon is coming the other way, or, as tonight, the puddle covered the single track road.
The damned vehicle keeps coming up with 'anti pollution fail' and goes into limp home mode. This usually occurs when overtaking a large wagon,or tractor and trailer, or snail, and can be extremely thought provoking. The fault can be cured buy turning the ignition off, and then back on again, whilst swearing (swearing optional)( No it isn't). Because the French don't know how to assemble things without cross threading bolts, the driver's side sliding door has fallen off twice, (I have a nice scar on my back to prove it) . Other bits have fallen off, trim mainly.  FFS, it's supposed to be a working van, not a pimp mobile. Why stick on bits of pointless plastic, that you have to pay for in fuel carting around, when they could be left off? It is also extremely uncomfortable, the gear lever cover assembly gets in the way of your left knee. The seat is not fit for purpose, unless it's purpose is some form of torture device.
We have a fleet of these toxic things, one of which has spent more time in the garage than on the road.
Oh, and don't get me started on 'Economy mode*'. The moron came up with that idea needs to be flayed alive, and left to be eaten by magpies. And why, oh why, does the thing tell you when you have left the keys in the ignition? I am sure you are aware that you have just driven the damned thing without it reminding you. All in all a complete pile of pooh. And not the bear.

* For those with proper vehicles, 'economy mode' turns off various functions when the engine is off. So there you are, eating your lunch, listening to your favourite midday radio programme, and then *bing!* "Economy Mode". The radio is turned off. The only way to turn it on again is to run the engine for a minimum of five minutes. Unless, of course, you want *bing!* "Economy Mode" a few seconds later. Oddly, the hazards stay on until the battery is flat, which takes many hours.

Oh, and guess where the battery is? Yes,  if you are the driver, the lethal, toxic sulphuric acid filled weight is... Under your feet! So if you have double misfortune of being in a Peukerot Inexpert and upside down, well, enjoy the plastic surgery.

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