Re: is x10.com dead?

[Neil Cherry <njc@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

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.

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