DeMuro, I Dare You

"Steve in Manhattan" (blogenfreude01) 10/25/2014 at 18:10 • Filed to: None

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!!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! - how much more interesting would this be than a Ferrari 360? He'd be posting, what, 4 or 5 times a day? It's a "California car," but it's in Stillwater, Minnesota. Via !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! .

Jedidiah > Steve in Manhattan 10/25/2014 at 18:12

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Not a bad price actually.

twochevrons > Steve in Manhattan 10/25/2014 at 18:27

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So close to me. DO WANT.

Steve in Manhattan > twochevrons 10/25/2014 at 18:30

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It would, as I've said here before, make your life interesting. As for working on it - as Ray Magliozzi has said: "The French copy no one, and no one copies the French." If I had a barn, a lift, and a cartful of SnapOn tools, I'd be on my way to get it right now.

Steve in Manhattan > Jedidiah 10/25/2014 at 18:55

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With something rare like this, there are no real comparables - you're flying by the seat of your pants. I'd want an estimate from someone who knew about these cars as to what it needed. I'd take a few thousand off the price so I'd have some cash for the inevitable suspension issues, electrical issues, leaking fluids, leaking windows, hidden rust, bad hoses, and a wiring harness made of cobwebs and good intentions.

twochevrons > Steve in Manhattan 10/25/2014 at 22:40

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That quote is so remarkably dead-on. Despite being a dedicated NPR listener, I'd never heard that one, and I'm definitely going to remember it. I love the bizarre-but-clever approach that Citroën used to bring to automotive engineering, and I'm dead set on owning a DS as soon as I have some time and money to spare. I recently met a guy who daily-drives one during the summer months, and that's been a bit of an inspiration for working towards getting my own.

The suspension really isn't that scary at all – back when I lived in New Zealand, I had a '90s Citroën with the same system; it's dead easy to work on once you understand it, and surprisingly reliable unless it's been grossly abused. The hard part, as I see it, would be the same issues that face any rare car – parts and expertise. Still, with a decent following in Europe, and the wealth of information on the internet, it's got to be one of the easier 'orphan' cars to live with.

duurtlang > twochevrons 10/26/2014 at 06:46

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Parts availability for the DS is excellent, when you take its age into account. You would need to source most parts from Europe I imagine, but other than shipping costs/time that shouldn't be a problem. Living in the Netherlands I see these all the time as long as the weather is somewhat nice. The DS is probably the most common 40+ year old car here.

Jordaneer, The Mountaineer Man > Steve in Manhattan 10/30/2014 at 01:01

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I have only seen one french car in the US, a Renualt Fuego and this to me seems so much more french.

Steve in Manhattan > Jordaneer, The Mountaineer Man 10/30/2014 at 01:24

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The Fuego was an attempt at a sports coupe with AMC, and that tells you all you need to know. A baguette from Dunkin Donuts is more French. Mon Dieu!