Citroen CX experience?

[320touring]

Collected a Citroen CX for a friend - Astonishing! A radical departure from what I usually drive and write/blog about



“It’s a car, Jim. But not as we know it”. It does all the normal car things, but in a completely ridiculous way.

The brakes for instance – about 1.5cm of total pedal travel, extreme sharpness and an “Anti-dive” system mean that subtlety of control is key.

DIRAVI Steering takes a fair bit of getting used to as well. However, the ride is stunning!

Are we fans of such a fine automobile? The Dashboard is a work of art!

Edited by 320touring on Monday 28th September 23:25

[320touring]

Glad to see some love for them!

Alas, It'll be away soon to its new owner, but it has planted a seed..

thanks for the link to the cx club

[320touring]

Regardless of sub 200, or super 2000 scenarios, they do offer a genuinely different take on the whole concept of a car.

Based on the Pallas I collected It needed 3 things to bealmost perfect:

1. An Autobox
2. the 2.4 lump
3. A hatchback rather than a boot.

such a counterpoint to my old bmws, certaily gives an e32 a beating in the comfort department!

[320touring]

TooMany2cvs said:

320touring said:

Based on the Pallas I collected It needed 3 things to bealmost perfect:

1. An Autobox
2. the 2.4 lump

A 25 auto is slower - and FAR thirstier - than a Douvrin, and understeers far worse. Sure, the clutch and gear lever are a bit at odds with the finger-tip nature of the rest of it, but nobody seems to moan about that in a Turbo...

320touring said:

3. A hatchback rather than a boot.

Both one-offs, unfortunately.

320touring said:

such a counterpoint to my old bmws, certaily gives an e32 a beating in the comfort department!

I handed back a co.car E36 in favour of running a 25GTi auto on the car allowance. Bit of a no-brainer, really.

Fair comment- just that the auto would suit the driving feel of the car much better in my limited experience

those hatchbacks are fantastic!

I run e30s - none of that watered doon e36 guff;)

[320touring]

Stickyfinger said:

Always welcome, club membership is important to classic Citroen ownership, it makes life a LOT easier

http://www.frenchcarforum.co.uk/forum/index.php
http://www.citroencarclub.org.uk/drupal/

Thanks will have a scout about!