Re: [Leica] Cars - Citroën

[leica at screengang.com (Didier Ludwig)]

I owned two Citro?n DS, a 1961 ID19 and a 1973 D Super 5. Rust was an issue, 
but not as bad as the reputation french cars had especially in Germany 
(where, at this time, good looking  cars were foreign made, except the 911's 
and SL's). Alfa Romeos were the rusting monsters, then :-) ...

What finally killed my DS was not the rust (as the chassis had been hot zinc 
dipped a long time before) but the non-availability, or excessively high 
prices, of spare parts starting in the mid 90-ies.

Btw, there aren't much car producers who introduced more innovations on the 
market than Citro?n (german wiki page here http://tinyurl.com/4lnsaf).

Didier



>Reminds me of a long gone colleague who always said " Never buy a French 
>car, they already start rusting in the glossy catalogues"
>Cheers
>Douglas