I saw an SM yesterday

"Nauraushaun" (nauraushaun12) 04/27/2019 at 20:50 • Filed to: None

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A black one just wafted past like it’s nothing. 3rd one I’ve seen, EVER. Was on the way back from a flower festival in Silvan, taking the scenic route through Sassafras and Olinda.

Was something  ike this.

That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms > Nauraushaun 04/27/2019 at 20:55

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Man thats weird, I saw an SM yesterday, too. A brown one. Great looking car.

farscythe - makin da cawfee! > Nauraushaun 04/27/2019 at 20:57

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i used to see them lots

but they are getting pretty rare here too

its a very complicated and rust prone car

Just Jeepin' > Nauraushaun 04/27/2019 at 21:27

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For any other clueless readers like me, who had to go digging a bit:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citroën_SM

Chariotoflove > Nauraushaun 04/27/2019 at 22:00

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That looks like it could have been a bat mobile in a bygone era. 

Nauraushaun > Just Jeepin' 04/27/2019 at 22:42

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Haha, sorry. Didn’t exactly give a lot of information for non Citroen people to go off

Nauraushaun > That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms 04/27/2019 at 22:44

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Ooooh. Great, if weird.

Great, if French

Steve in Manhattan > Nauraushaun 04/27/2019 at 22:48

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They just never had a presence in the US, and that’s a shame. There was a sad one of these that used to park on W 76th Street - haven’t seen it for years. White, collapsed suspension all around. 

Just Jeepin' > Nauraushaun 04/27/2019 at 22:49

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I’d oft  be hard-pressed to distinguish a Camaro from a Corvette, so the range of things I don’t know about in the car world is vast.

Nauraushaun > Steve in Manhattan 04/28/2019 at 01:36

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It is a shame. There are more in Australia, but not many more. I went to a French car show once which had a Clio V6 but no SM!

duurtlang > Steve in Manhattan 04/28/2019 at 02:27

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When you park a Citroën with hydropneumatic suspension from before ~1993, it will lower itself right down to it's bump stops in a few hours. That's normal and not a sign of collapsed suspension. Start the engine and it will be at ride height within 10 seconds or so.

Steve in Manhattan > duurtlang 04/28/2019 at 18:01

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I think this was worse - it didn’t move for a long time. How it didn’t get towed (you have to move your car around here for street cleaning, various other things) . I recall another dead one in Georgetown when I lived in DC. In fact there were several interesting dead cars in that neighborhood. And a cherry Peugeot 504 wagon.

4x98 > Nauraushaun 05/09/2019 at 09:50

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I would do dirty, unspeakable things for a well sorted one of these with the 5 speed.