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Renze · Dec 21, 2025

masscity said:
Strange car.

That describes the brand Citroen in two words...

kenmbz · Dec 21, 2025

My brother dated a girl back in High School whose father collected Citroen DS, he had about 6 of them all in various states of decay. Was cool watching him do the one corner lift so the tire could be changed, no jack needed. Even the Dash was bizarre. Lots of futuristic touches, some even worked

The trabant had heat coming off the engine to warm it, must have been fun in the typical eastern European winter. I was only in one once, in California of all places. No need to do that again.
Some people added a gasoline heater to them, famous for getting a bit overheated (catching fire).
And the Gaz cars, which were the bigger ones the politicos and secret police used had I think either propane or natural gas heating. Those winters are cold.....

masscity · Dec 21, 2025

Renze said:
That describes the brand Citroen in two words...

I forgot, I also rode in the big ugly sedan.

ptsg · Dec 21, 2025

Renze said:
Hyropneumatic suspension.. the 2CV didnt, but the DS made it famous from 1955 onwards.

It rode butter smooth, though it burst a lot of nitrogen bellows and needed constant maintenance. (Boom suspension on wheel loaders use piston accumulators for that reason: much more durable)

I have a Citroen GS Pallas with the 1220cc air cooled boxer engine from my grandfather waiting patiently for a restoration. Needs mostly a new paint job and most of the rubber parts (tires, hoses, belts, etc) replaced from age.

It has the hydropneumatic suspension and I can say, that thing is smoooooth on even the roughest road. Like a couch on wheels. It has 3 positions for the suspension. One fully lowered, second ride height and third is max height, which with some creativity, allows the driver to change a wheel without a jack.

Similar to this but different color.

KennyG · Dec 21, 2025

I got a guided tour around Paris at night in a 2CV. It was a blast but I wouldn't want to own one. My MG Midget is crude enough

Fuddyduddy1952 · Dec 21, 2025

Years ago I worked with a guy who loved Citroens. He had a 1969 like this and I went with him to repair a Subaru FF1 that was by the road. He started the Citroen and went back inside for something. It started moving and I quickly reached over and pushed brake pedal. He laughed, it was the hydraulic suspension lifting car up.
I was amazed how nice it road and said I thought I heard they were the world's safest car. He then steered it over into the gravel shoulder at 55 mph! Then went back on asphalt. I almost had heart failure!
He said Citroen had perfected FWD later cars had. Then he had a 4x4 2CV Citroen. I was amazed it had one motor in front and one in back. Each 2 cylinder air cooled I think. Good mpg and acceleration wasn't all that bad.
He had a few other odd cars, a Lotus and Abarth and raced SCCA sometimes.