Re: is x10.com dead?

[Neil Cherry <njc@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 22 Feb 2006 19:47:50 GMT, Dave Houston wrote:
> Neil Cherry <njc@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>On Wed, 22 Feb 2006 12:13:00 -0300, Robert L Bass wrote:
>>> On Wed, 22 Feb 2006 09:15:45 -0500, "Bill Kearney"
>>><wkearney99@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>>> > Ever drive a Citroen?  Now *there's* an interesting ride.
>>>>
>>>> Oh they ARE unique, aren't they?  VERY good analogy for HA oddities.
>>>
>>> An old friend of mine used to drive one to work in Boston back in
>>> the 60's.  They used to have an adjustable, air-oil suspension
>>> system.  For city driving they would pump up and for highway
>>> rides they'd slink down.  When he would shut the engine off the
>>> thing would return to it's normal state.  One day he came off the
>>> Mass Pike, drove several blocks and parked across the street from
>>> his favorite tobacconist -- directly in front of a bar.
>>>
>>> As he stepped out the car made a hissing sound as it rose several
>>> inches.  A drunk who had just emerged from the bar asked him,
>>> "Excuse me mister but did that car just go UP"?
>>>
>>> My friend said, "Sure, don't they all?" and walked away.  :^)
>>
>>He might have purchased it from my uncle who had a dealership in NY
>>state (not sure there were too many dealers in the US). He only sold
>>the high end Citroens. I'm not sure they were air, I think they were
>>just hydraulic.It was fun to change the oil on them as you had to
>>remove a huge sheet metal plate to get at the oil pan. The plate kept
>>water off the engine. Water and hydraulics don't mix well.
>
> I think they were all hydraulic. I rode in one a few times between Paris and
> the Loire Valley. They were very smooth even at very high speeds.
>
>      http://www.actwin.com/toaph/citroen/work/work.html
>
> They, along with the Saabs of that day, had the further advantage that an
> accident usually improved their appearance.

I was going to argue with you that they were a nice looking car. Then
I saw the picture of the Citroen in the backyard and a light went on
(Oh, yeah, that's what they looked like). Nice car to ride in, they
also had strange fetures that made changing the tires very easy to do
(if you got a flat). I hated the SM as did my Uncle (the Citroen
dealer). Thanks for the link.

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