(405en:000009) Re: Peugeot cars in Uganda

[MATSUBAYASHI 'Shaolin' Kohji <shaolin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Joseph-san,

Thanks for the interesting post.
We Japanese Pug owners on the list (about a hundred and fifty now)
are very happy to talk with you from far abroad :)


At Wed, 20 Nov 2002 22:46:47 +0900,
Joseph Ssendagire wrote:
> 
> Now how many pugs do have in Uganda today? to be realistic the number has gone down over the years.  When Uganda first got it's independence back in 1962, Ugandans were driving brand new vehicles from Europe. This was because the Uganda shilling at one point was equivalent to a pound sterling.
> 
> Those days people would drive Pugz, ford, Royse loyc, Land Rovers name them, as time went by the shilling failed in buying power and as such European cars become more and more expensive in buying later on maintenance.  Now the number Pugz could be around 300 cars in Uganda, including mine of cause.

So there might be a possibility that old Pugs (such as 404, 504, 305)
still runs in your country right? If so, very impressive.


> There is more to this than talking pugz, and by the way I love my pug so much but spares are rare and its costly to maintain but class comes with a cost isn't it.

I'd like to know, how did you come across your 405?
As you described, we feel finding and buying Pugs are very hard in Uganda...


> So Mr. Hattori, The big number of Japanese cars here are all second hand and that means money.
> What do I mean,  From the little used spare parts shop I have, now and then these second hand Japanese cars need repair all the time, meaning used spare parts are on demand here.  There are Ugandans who have ventured into coming to Japan for both used cars and spares parts and believe me they are making a kill from this business.

Oh Gosh, things are harder than we expected...


> So i'm thinking loud here and please feel free to advise me on this but have you ever thought of this business? I don't know what you do for a leaving but I think its good easy money. I'm  a network administrator I'm an MCP on NT 4.0 doing my MCSE now.  But I love cars so I can get involved in the two at same time with little supervision in the latter.  This is what you need to do, collect all spares for all cars, ship the parts then tell me your account and bank then wait for money.  I can arrange for you to come to Uganda and see for your self how Japan has influenced Uganda.
> 
> Regards and eagerly waiting to hear from.

A good news to you Joseph-san:
there are several Japanese people on this list,
who are professional automotive mechanics and
maybe can give you a sort of appropriate advices.


P.S.
As you noticed, the e-mail you posted have been sent and read by
many 405 people in Japan: I mean, Hattori-san is not the only person
you are talking to :)


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