Can't think of anything worse.

The SM would hold its own in '05 on most checklists which do not beigin with the heading, Most Excessive $$ Can Buy. Neat Maserati engine in the SM coupled with most-advanced chassis concepts of its time (as with the original '56 DS, ID at their introductions. Would trade my Plutocrat in a trice, were it not now suffering from out-of-production overhead, collector$ appeal etc.
SM: YAN pure case of Pearls before Swine IMeptO.

As to hydraulics.. Pshaw! As I've menioned before.. even in the wide-open spaces of USA, say the endless trek all across Texas at-speed? - Citro\ufffdns just kept going, and at shockingly high fuel mileage numbers VS The Dinosaurs. What killed them *here* was the rampant ignorance about so simple a requirement as: Draining the hyd. reservoir and flushing-in new fluid: Once a Year! (or >> some mileage). They. Wouldn't.

So aside from needing a mechanic who understands that 'Clean' is not optional on the few occasions of replacing a hydraulic appendage - only ignorance killed them off in Murica.. (I knew the LA distrib. Chief Troubleshooter - re these conclusions, BTW)

Could it be, then - that the same dumbth-distro as US ?? <<< {shudder} perfuses also our Euro brethren, despite all those centuries-old Institutions with books and stuff?

I never had problems / I also didn't do stupid things to my 4 DSs (+ one DS-Mechanique) including a couple learning-specimens I overhauled; one engine, in 'class': just for the lore / curiosity about "working on them".

Post #219,438 by pwhysall 8/15/05 6:09:30 PM Reply	Can't think of anything worse. Well, there's the Chrysler Crossfire, but enough said about that. Peter [link\|http://www.ubuntulinux.org\|Ubuntu Linux] [link\|http://www.kuro5hin.org\|There is no K5 Cabal] [link\|http://guildenstern.dyndns.org\|Home] Use P2P for legitimate purposes!
Post #219,441 by Another Scott 8/15/05 6:16:59 PM Reply	:-)
Post #219,442 by boxley 8/15/05 6:19:03 PM Reply	The crossfire is butt ugly settle for one of these (SFW) nice Italian Motor [link\|http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.citroen.mb.ca/citroenet/sm/injection/007g.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.citroen.mb.ca/citroenet/html/s/sm2.html&h=517&w=800&sz=53&tbnid=Q2zWH9OIc1QJ:&tbnh=91&tbnw=141&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dcitroen%2Bsm%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D&oi=imagesr&start=3\|http://images.google...i=imagesr&start=3] go fast in comfort thanx, bill "the reason people don't buy conspiracy theories is that they think conspiracy means everyone is on the same program. Thats not how it works. Everybody has a different program. They just all want the same guy dead. Socrates was a gadfly, but I bet he took time out to screw somebodies wife" Gus Vitelli Any opinions expressed by me are mine alone, posted from my home computer, on my own time as a free american and do not reflect the opinions of any person or company that I have had professional relations with in the past 49 years. meep questions, help? [link\|mailto:pappas@catholic.org\|email pappas at catholic.org]
Post #219,443 by pwhysall 8/15/05 6:20:18 PM Reply	French, lovely car, hydraulic nightmare. Peter [link\|http://www.ubuntulinux.org\|Ubuntu Linux] [link\|http://www.kuro5hin.org\|There is no K5 Cabal] [link\|http://guildenstern.dyndns.org\|Home] Use P2P for legitimate purposes!
Post #219,444 by boxley 8/15/05 6:46:52 PM Reply	maybe now, but back then not a problem "the reason people don't buy conspiracy theories is that they think conspiracy means everyone is on the same program. Thats not how it works. Everybody has a different program. They just all want the same guy dead. Socrates was a gadfly, but I bet he took time out to screw somebodies wife" Gus Vitelli Any opinions expressed by me are mine alone, posted from my home computer, on my own time as a free american and do not reflect the opinions of any person or company that I have had professional relations with in the past 49 years. meep questions, help? [link\|mailto:pappas@catholic.org\|email pappas at catholic.org]
Post #219,472 by Ashton 8/15/05 10:29:10 PM Reply	Watch it, Buster - I've driven one The SM would hold its own in '05 on most checklists which do not beigin with the heading, Most Excessive $$ Can Buy. Neat Maserati engine in the SM coupled with most-advanced chassis concepts of its time (as with the original '56 DS, ID at their introductions. Would trade my Plutocrat in a trice, were it not now suffering from out-of-production overhead, collector$ appeal etc. SM: YAN pure case of Pearls before Swine IMeptO. As to hydraulics.. Pshaw! As I've menioned before.. even in the wide-open spaces of USA, say the endless trek all across Texas at-speed? - Citro\ufffdns just kept going, and at shockingly high fuel mileage numbers VS The Dinosaurs. What killed them here was the rampant ignorance about so simple a requirement as: Draining the hyd. reservoir and flushing-in new fluid: Once a Year! (or >> some mileage). They. Wouldn't. So aside from needing a mechanic who understands that 'Clean' is not optional on the few occasions of replacing a hydraulic appendage - only ignorance killed them off in Murica.. (I knew the LA distrib. Chief Troubleshooter - re these conclusions, BTW) Could it be, then - that the same dumbth-distro as US ?? <<< {shudder} perfuses also our Euro brethren, despite all those centuries-old Institutions with books and stuff? I never had problems / I also didn't do stupid things to my 4 DSs (+ one DS-Mechanique) including a couple learning-specimens I overhauled; one engine, in 'class': just for the lore / curiosity about "working on them".

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