[rollei_list] Re: was NASA & Rollei

Probably because they saw 1 Citroen for every 500 American Chevy and Fords.
So where would you put your knowledge and make a business from it?

On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 2:49 PM, Eric Goldstein <egoldste@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> American mechanics never got Citroens. The hydraulics were not a
> problem for French and other European mechanics. Complex, yes.
> Daunting, no. MB 600s of the time also had hydraulic suspensions.
>
> If you ever drove a DS-21, it was a fantastic car and very
> road-worthy. The Embassy's used to be full of them...
>
>
> Eric Goldstein
>
> On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 6:15 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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