Winter spotters thread

I got a serious whiplash yesterday afternoon on Rt41 in Highland Park after spotting and then chasing a Silver DS23 Pallas going North.
I had no idea any of these cars existed here,too bad I had no camera with me.
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Red Ferrari 430 coupe N bound on LSD @ Belmont 1:15pm.

 

I don't know if Enzo is still there (the owner's name/ the shop may have had a different name); however, when I had my SM in the late 80's his shop was on 41 and he was the only place in Illinois that had the correct LHM fluid. He usually had half a dozen different Citroens at any given time.

 

I saw one the first year i moved here in Glencoe. I hate that car..I know a lot of people love it...

 

Why do you hate it?
In the 60s and even in the 70s no car (including RR) could touch it for ride comfort.
When it was introduced at the Paris Show,no one believed it would go into production since it was so advanced and so futuristic looking.
It was so well balanced it could drive with one wheel missing.
Truly a timeless design.
I'll never forget a convertible I saw (as a 9 year old)in 1968 in St Tropez,thought it was the most beautiful car ever.

 

The Citroën was considered the safest car on the road in it's time. You could raise or lower the car to suit road conditions and, if you had a flat tyre, you could independently raise the wheel hydraulically to change it.

 

I usually hate cars that are big and ride softly. It does look very futuristic but i think it's ugly.

 

Agreed, appearance wise it was a failure.

 

I like it a lot. It's still a very radical and sleek design. It kind of reminds me of an E-Type in the front...

 

Is it failure when the car is in demand longer then any other large sedan in the World (I am not counting Ford T and Beetle)?
When in the eyes of MAJORITY it is considered to be one of the classic beautiful cars?
Where do you come with that "failure" statement?

 

During my high school years I used to live with a family who was in love with Citroens. They had every successor to the one depicted here. Each one was ahead of its times in many ways (e.g. first digital speedo), but none of that really got my interest.

I don't hate them, but I don't fancy them either. To me they fall into the big grey pot of boring automobiles. 90% of them are on our roads each day.

 

Do you play paddle on thursday nights? I have seen an Orange Tesla several times at my paddle matches at various clubs up north, always on thursdays.

 

I can't say how the DS series cars drove; however, if my SM is any indication it was very precise. You could drive it for hours and never feel any fatigue. The brakes were amazing and the steering was lightning quick (two turns lock to lock IIRC). At the 1989 FCA annual meet at Road America I was able to hang with a 2v GTSi through the corners even thought the SM was far heavier and only had 190 hp. I will concede that the look of Citroens is an acquired taste and the accumulators and cams have been known to have issues.

 

Apparently, many car designers have a different opinion:

http://www.autoblog.com/2009/02/12/car-designers-name-citroen-ds-most-beautiful-car-ever/

I always found it more interesting than beautiful. Certainly doesn't look like anything else.

 

I play Tuesday nights.
Which club / series do you play ?

 

Beautiful, you've got to be joking! I come up with the "failure" statement because it never was a car that sold well worldwide. Yes, I admit it was a staple as a taxi in Paris, as was the MB.

Maybe it's popular to some because of its oddity, and Gary, I have to agree with you.

 

C'mon Danny, your vision must be worse than mine!

 

I'm not that far off...

 

What, 20/60?

 

Beauty is in the eye of beholder.....

Or something like that...

 

There ya go.

I love all the stuff Zehnder did in the eighties, particularly to Ferraris and most folks on here would puke over it.

Come to think of it: I love all the stuff of the eighties.

 

Awww, that means alot to me

 

One of Zender projects:
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Hmmm. I think this is more like it. Could use a big wing on the back though.
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