Finally a Citroen thats not ugly

[chromium]

what in God's name ever made you choose a Citroen as a project car? Temporary insanity? Sado-masochistic tendencies? Penance?

All the above   I always thought the big Cits looked a bit spaceship-like and menacing:






The old engines were pretty much bulletproof (mine even had a pointless ignition system).  The hydraulic systems can be a bit of a time sink and money pit to sort out.  Up unit the late 60s they used a glycol-based fluid, and most people in the 'States just ran DOT3 brake fluid in them.  As that stuff absorbs moisture over time it causes corrosion inside the system.  That can have far reaching effects:




Once I straightened mine out it worked well.  It used these slide valves (called "height correctors") with mechanical linkages to the front wishbone and rear trailing arms to self-level the suspension.  A crude active-suspension of sorts, which is kinda neat considering its age.  Cranking the ride height up to 4x4 levels, and then dropping it in the weeds was a neat party trick too.  Felt like I was in a French Dr. Dre video   (there was never quite as much booty shakin' going on, though)

[uwe]

This here, my friends,



fully explains why it only took us three weeks to get here:



"French", "technology" and "it works reliably" just don't go together, though you have to admire how hard they try:

[lowend1]

I knew a guy that owned a Citroen. He had it in a beautiful two-car garage attached to his house. One night he heard a noise and what sounded like a Citroen engine. So he gets out of bed and heads outside to find that someone had broken into his garage...
and left a second Citroen there.

[chromium]

I knew a guy that owned a Citroen. He had it in a beautiful two-car garage attached to his house. One night he heard a noise and what sounded like a Citroen engine. So he gets out of bed and heads outside to find that someone had broken into his garage...
and left a second Citroen there.

Shhh!  You weren't supposed to say anything!  I had to get rid of it somehow... 

[Dave W]

I knew a guy that owned a Citroen. He had it in a beautiful two-car garage attached to his house. One night he heard a noise and what sounded like a Citroen engine. So he gets out of bed and heads outside to find that someone had broken into his garage...
and left a second Citroen there.

I heard the same story but with Fiats.

[lowend1]

I heard the same story but with Fiats.

It's correct for any occasion. I first heard it applied to 75-watt Celestions!

[Dave W]

It's also related to a joke I heard many years ago about a guy at work in his office who realized he had left his pair of Houston Oilers season tickets on his dashboard in plain sight. He rushed to the parking garage to find that someone had broken into his car and left another pair.

Adapt to the last place team of your choice. 

[Chris P.]

This joke is new to me! I'm gonna use it a lot, this weekend!! 

@ Uwe: If you believe movies, all SS officers drove Citroen Traction Avants. And all European gangsters.

[uwe]

Master criminal Fantomas drove/flew one ...