On the way to work I scraped my rear bumper in a speed bump.

"My citroen won't start" (lucasboechat) 10/22/2014 at 05:29 • Filed to: None

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I am always very careful, and today was no different, slow 45 degree in, slow out. The back is lower than usual, I might need to start selling my things.

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > My citroen won't start 10/22/2014 at 05:54

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I scrape my front bumper every single damn time I drive my car because of the huge speedbumps here. There's a guy with a stanced car on my street who must have to drive about 5 miles around the edge of town to avoid them all.

Denver Is Stuck In The 90s > Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. 10/22/2014 at 06:00

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Aaaaaand this is why I hate traditional stance. Its impractical. I have been thinking of a new kind of stance, I call it RSS or Rational Suspension Setup. For instance, an example of RSS would be to take a Ford Ranger, and lower it to sedan height like this, this is an example of RSS:

This is regular stance, its incredibly dumb:

For reference, here's a stock Ranger:

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s 10/22/2014 at 06:07

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Yep around town it's useless. All the "coolness" you have by making you car look like that is soon erased when you have to crawl around town at 5mph and hold everyone up. I like to honk my horn at them when they slow me down to take a speed bump sideways because it makes them very angry.

Denver Is Stuck In The 90s > Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. 10/22/2014 at 06:18

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New rule: If your car's side skirt is touching the ground, its not a car anymore, its yard art

My citroen won't start > Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. 10/22/2014 at 06:28

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But the Panda has good ground clearance no?

Alex B > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s 10/22/2014 at 06:50

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This is reasonable.

Herr Quattro - Has a 4-Motion > My citroen won't start 10/22/2014 at 07:14

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wat do u have?

My citroen won't start > Herr Quattro - Has a 4-Motion 10/22/2014 at 07:23

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Citroen C5

BATC42 > My citroen won't start 10/22/2014 at 07:41

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How much to get the hydractive system repaired ? I imagine it must be quite expensive, seeing how just the "simple" rear axel on my Xsara costs around 2,000€ to replace....

Speaking of the Xsara, I always scratch the front bumper, but on those huge concrete thingy in parking space (the one used to stop your tires...). Whether I'm running the winter tires or the summer tires (as they are low profiles tires, don't judge me, I bought them on the wheel for 300€ the set and they were brand new).

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > My citroen won't start 10/22/2014 at 07:44

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Worse than most cars it's size. The bumper is actually lower than it looks in the photo because it curves down to a lip. The lip is mostly ground off.

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s 10/22/2014 at 07:46

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Agreed. Even on the rare car it looks good, it still looks comical on the roads.

My citroen won't start > BATC42 10/22/2014 at 07:49

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Last time around $3500 for a simpler fix, maybe I just need to refill the nitrogen balls. I have that same problem, but the parking sensor help a lot.

My citroen won't start > Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. 10/22/2014 at 07:50

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Huh, it does look low, I was thinking about the off-roady version.

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > My citroen won't start 10/22/2014 at 07:57

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Sometimes I wish I had the 4x4 version for the roads here. The 2wd versions are quite low at the front because they have a lot of rake, presumably for handling. The diesel is even more likely to scrape because it has 100kg more over the front wheels than the petrol.

Mattbob > My citroen won't start 10/22/2014 at 08:01

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take the hookers out of the trunk.

My citroen won't start > Mattbob 10/22/2014 at 08:48

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That's the problem, it should level itself

Mattbob > My citroen won't start 10/22/2014 at 08:53

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ouch then.

Mercedes Streeter > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s 10/22/2014 at 10:59

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The only kind of "stance" I approve is when the car rides on bags. There's a guy in my neighbourhood with a newer Mazda B Series (re-badged Ranger) that when parked, is practically resting on the ground. When it begins moving, it rises up to about sedan/compact car height. Now that's cool.

But then there's the guy with the Lexus IS that's so low, in the Winter he plows snow on the highway as he drives (sometimes doing a better job than the snow plows) and the ground effects are torn to shreds. That's an utter fail.

Denver Is Stuck In The 90s > Mercedes Streeter 10/22/2014 at 12:24

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So you dont like my RSS idea?

Mercedes Streeter > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s 10/22/2014 at 12:33

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No, no, your RSS idea is awesome! My point was that if you absolutely have to do extreme "grounded to the ground" stance, at least put it on bags so it could be driven like a somewhat normal car.

Denver Is Stuck In The 90s > Mercedes Streeter 10/22/2014 at 12:35

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Ok, thats fair

Herr Quattro - Has a 4-Motion > My citroen won't start 10/22/2014 at 15:02

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You know... In hindsight, that's kinda obvious.