RE: Adieu, vieil ami...
Discussion
The Crack Fox said:
PH story said:
many buyers deterred by the prospect of the usual big French car problem: depreciation.
How about reliability ? These are complex cars. I'd love one as a 2nd hand wafter but French cars of that era usually have a terrible reputation for reliability.The Crack Fox said:
PH story said:
many buyers deterred by the prospect of the usual big French car problem: depreciation.
How about reliability ? These are complex cars. I'd love one as a 2nd hand wafter but French cars of that era usually have a terrible reputation for reliability.Another +1 for the admirers here. Always liked the 80's big Citroens and this carries the theme over. Very cool and very rare. There used to be one in our village, but I only ever saw the thing parked up. These are still the sort of cars that I 'spot' out on the road - very much a cool car IMHO.
Love these, not a car I can envisage me owning, but certainly wouldn't complain if one appeared on the drive.
Digga said:
The diesel lump is the LR Disco 3 V6, so that's not going to be stressed hauling the likes of this comparatively svelte chasssis about.
Learn something new every day. Cracking engine that.
Scrof said:
JulesV said:
Lovely cars, sad to see them come to an end.
Am i correct in thinking that all Citroens now have conventional suspension? A great shame if so, one of my earliest childhood memories was being sick in my uncle's DS.
Not quite, but very nearly. The top models of C5 are still available with LHM in their veins, but they're a dying breed. Am i correct in thinking that all Citroens now have conventional suspension? A great shame if so, one of my earliest childhood memories was being sick in my uncle's DS.
Had one of these for couple months a year ago. Was nice to be in although steering was very vague. Suspension was really good, ironed out all the potholes and a good level of spec. Only problem was the suspension, sometimes it didnt go up when parked. Sold it in the end. Only had 36k miles on the clock, 2.7 derv.
Ollieb7 said:
The last big Citroen? What makes you so sure dear Piston Heads? Does the DS concept not give an indication that Citroen might be thinking otherwise...
http://autocarinterior.com/numero-9-citroen/citroe...
They said 'no more large Citroens' when they replaced the Xantia and the XM with the C5, but the C6 came along after a while.http://autocarinterior.com/numero-9-citroen/citroe...
SGirl said:
"Vieux ami", actually. "Vieille" is the feminine, but the masculine is "vieux".
Sorry PH. I just thought you might like to be accurate in your headlines.
Actually, 'vieil' is the masculine form when used before a word starting with a vowel. See here: http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/french...Sorry PH. I just thought you might like to be accurate in your headlines.
Technically, I should really have used 'vielle amie', as a car is a feminine object in French. But I went for 'ami' in a rather poor attempt to play on the fact there was a Citroen Ami. That being the case 'vieil' is the right form of 'vieux' to use.
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I own one, I sit in it for 2 hours a day, it's a nice place to be.....I've always liked big Citroens as they're a bit different to the norm - it's an engineering thing for me.
It is however a "marmite car", you either love it or hate it. They are an absolute bargain second hand, someone else took big the big hit on depreciation and when I bought it at two and a half years old it had lost around 65% of it's value when new!
It is however a "marmite car", you either love it or hate it. They are an absolute bargain second hand, someone else took big the big hit on depreciation and when I bought it at two and a half years old it had lost around 65% of it's value when new!
Scrof said:
SGirl said:
"Vieux ami", actually. "Vieille" is the feminine, but the masculine is "vieux".
Sorry PH. I just thought you might like to be accurate in your headlines.
Actually, 'vieil' is the masculine form when used before a word starting with a vowel. See here: http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/french...Sorry PH. I just thought you might like to be accurate in your headlines.
Technically, I should really have used 'vielle amie', as a car is a feminine object in French. But I went for 'ami' in a rather poor attempt to play on the fact there was a Citroen Ami. That being the case 'vieil' is the right form of 'vieux' to use.
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JulesV said:
Lovely cars, sad to see them come to an end.
Am i correct in thinking that all Citroens now have conventional suspension? A great shame if so, one of my earliest childhood memories was being sick in my uncle's DS.
What a happy childhood. My son's first memory is of being sick in a ferrari 456, which I borrowed for the weekend. I was badly sick when just a nipper in a VW Camper (danbury conversion circa 1971) after a particularly well catered wedding. Am i correct in thinking that all Citroens now have conventional suspension? A great shame if so, one of my earliest childhood memories was being sick in my uncle's DS.
Trouble with lamenting the demise of cars is that we're the problem because we didn't buy them.
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