[rollei_list] Re: was NASA & Rollei
- From: "Peter K." <peterk727@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:03:01 -0700
Strong puncher, eh? Comes from turning those wrenches on the Citroen DS and
SM.
Personally I would love to have a 1930s era Citroen Traction. Gorgeous car.
On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 3:15 PM, Allen Zak <azak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> That was me. Yes, I was a mechanic, long ago. Although I never worked on
> one myself, several of my acquaintances employed by foreign car specialty
> shops used to complain at length about their difficulties with Citroen
> innards, largely but not confined to the complex hydraulics of the leveling
> suspension that provided its famous smooth ride. One of them told
> poignantly of how he almost wept every time one came into the shop. When I
> suggested just sucking it up, he punched me in the arm, the only time I was
> ever pummeled during a conversation about cars. From this I learned not to
> take Citroen mechanicals lightly.
>
> Allen Zak
>
> On Oct 28, 2009, at 5:28 PM, Peter K. wrote:
>
> Did not realize you were a mechanic?
>>
>> On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 12:28 PM, Mark Rabiner <mark@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> >
>>> > Lucky you. They were a mechanic's nightmare to work on. Interesting
>>> > cars, though. Once in Los Angeles I rolled up next to a Ciroen at a
>>> > traffic light, first one I'd ever seen in person, looked it over and
>>> > invited the woman driving it to join me for coffee at a nearby Coffee
>>> > Dan's to discuss it. We spent an hour talking cars, then parted,
>>> never
>>> > saw either of them again. That was in the mid-60s. Good times.
>>> >
>>> > Allen Zak
>>>
>>>
>>> I'm in NY. No cars. Just yellow cabs and black town cars.
>>>
>>>
>>> Mark William Rabiner
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>> Peter K
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