At 07:23 PM 8/19/98 +0100, you wrote:
>> We had quite a few when I was growing up (ds21's, mostly, including a
>> wagon) and they were maintained by a Citroen-only shop, but still, I'd
>
>Having seen the sort of work put out by Citroen Main Dealers in the UK,
>I'd sooner let a PC repairman fix one of my computers than let some of
Nah, these were frenchmen, (independents) known throughout the state as the
best in Citroens. That's all they did. They had no problem working on the
citroens and keeping them running.
I, on the other hand, couldn't understand the inner or outer workings of
those vehicles. I still think that whoever designed 'em must have been
jealous of swiss watchmakers, but with all the design skills of the
samsonite gorilla.
>> And to relate it to classic computers, it was about 10 years ago that I
>> drove through downtown SF in a Citroen with a flat tyre and Jerry Pournelle
>
>Oh, but Citroens are easy to change wheels on. That's what the highest
>position on the height controller is for....
Yeah, but you have to remove the (rear) fender to get the wheel off, (I'm
not kidding!) and who wants to do that when you've got (what I at the time
considered) a major celebrity in the car? I limped along back to Moscone
and dropped everyone off before skulking off to a nearby parking lot...
P.S., I still have scars on my right hand from another time working on
those #$&*_at_( things... Give me a Land Rover any day! 8^)
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Received on Thu Aug 20 1998 - 11:41:05 BST