Do you ever get the "What is that?" stare?

"My citroen won't start" (lucasboechat)
03/19/2015 at 13:49 • Filed to: None

It is by far my favorite thing about the C5. (It might also be a "look at that moron" stare)

DISCUSSION (30)

DerW220 > My citroen won't start
03/19/2015 at 13:53

They could be noticing the rear-suspension failing again, haha.

Jedidiah > My citroen won't start
03/19/2015 at 13:54

I do from anyone fairly young.

The car isn't exactly discreet, but only old people remember Oldsmobile and they still confuse it for a Pontiac.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > My citroen won't start
03/19/2015 at 13:54

I got it a bit back when I had a VW Caddy pickup. Not common in the US at all. I'm also expecting or even outright planning for it with my project car:

Kinja'd!!!

My citroen won't start > DerW220
03/19/2015 at 14:03

Kinja'd!!!

Or I forgot the suspension in the "high position". Again.

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > My citroen won't start
03/19/2015 at 14:03

I often get the "that is definitely a homosexual man" stare/ people actually shouting gay at me. Especially driving around with a friend in the front seat.

DerW220 > My citroen won't start
03/19/2015 at 14:05

Haha, nice. Mine has the same feature.

My citroen won't start > Jedidiah
03/19/2015 at 14:08

I bet it makes a damn good noise.

My citroen won't start > Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell.
03/19/2015 at 14:08

Why?

My citroen won't start > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
03/19/2015 at 14:09

MAKE IT SO!

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > My citroen won't start
03/19/2015 at 14:10

Because a small brightly coloured car=gay apparently. You'd be surprised how many times people have shouted stuff like that at me.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > My citroen won't start
03/19/2015 at 14:12

I'm working in a height adjust, too, and taillights from a car that was hardly ever sold in the US, and changing up the look with different bumpers. The bafflement may well be over 9000.

My citroen won't start > Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell.
03/19/2015 at 14:12

That's downright stupid. Both using gay as a derogatory term and making assumptions like that.

Steve in Manhattan > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
03/19/2015 at 14:12

Falc!

And look - I can comment again.

Moxy > My citroen won't start
03/19/2015 at 14:15

I get them in my FR-S occasionally just because they're pretty rare. At least around me. Northeast US is evidently full of a bunch of sissies who are afraid to drive RWD in the winter.

I get the typical "That's a lambo Porsh, dude"

Pffffft. I wish.

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > My citroen won't start
03/19/2015 at 14:15

There are plenty of idiots around where I live so it doesn't surprise nor bother me. The average IQ in some areas of town must rest in single figures.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Steve in Manhattan
03/19/2015 at 14:17

I'm banking on it messing with the minds of people who know what it is almost as much as people who don't.

Jedidiah > My citroen won't start
03/19/2015 at 14:19

True duals and two tiny 8" glasspacks turned backwards—pretty close to sounding like it is straight piped.

I would take a video for people to see, but my mic in phone isn't good enough. It echoes off of buildings in cities lol

wkiernan > My citroen won't start
03/19/2015 at 14:19

Hell, I get that regarding my face.

yamahog > My citroen won't start
03/19/2015 at 14:22

Definitely got stares with the pink Mercury, but probably just because of the color. Border patrol always asks if my Jeep is really mine, too, but that's more of a WTF stare.

cazzyodo > My citroen won't start
03/19/2015 at 14:34

I was happy to get it once when a guy asked..."what exactly is THAT? I know it looks like a Focus but it doesn't look like one I've ever seen."

Will never happen again.

To be fair, mine was the only one in the area. Can't wait to have something actually interesting when I can afford to.

Steve in Manhattan > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
03/19/2015 at 14:42

A buddy of mine had the sedan - the paint was faded, the radio was AM, and the O and the N had fallen off the back, hence the name. You could see the road through parts of the floor.

Alex B > My citroen won't start
03/19/2015 at 14:43

Yes, in the leaf. For the high school swim team we have pasta parts before meets. My mom wa sticking me up in the Leaf, all the other kids stared at it as we drove away.

Logansteno: Bought a VW? > My citroen won't start
03/19/2015 at 14:50

I get stares a lot when I'm driving my dads Silverado because lifted blue beast with loud mud tires.

I've caught a couple stares in the M3 so far. I'm guessing because there aren't many BMWs around where I live, especially E36s. I think my girlfriends dad and I are the only two in the area.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Steve in Manhattan
03/19/2015 at 14:52

My floor was like that, only replace "parts" with "most". I've also got the AM basic version radio (no mechanical preset buttons), and the second paint job was mostly removed in prep for a third that never came. The original green paint wasn't a Ford standard code (paint code on my data plate is blank), because it was a special order fleet one.

Steve in Manhattan > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
03/19/2015 at 15:07

I recall that Don's radio had presets because it looked like a set of old dentures. Automatic, vinyl/cloth seats (turquoise, ish). Paint was dark green. Can't remember if it had power steering.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Steve in Manhattan
03/19/2015 at 15:17

The '62-'63 had white preset buttons on the deluxe radio, so it was probably one of those. Both '63 and '62 have F A L C O N letters on the back (unless they're a Futura), so that doesn't pin it down any more. I don't think the '62 ever had power steering, but the '63 might have mid-year in the V8. I think Don's was probably just an ordinary '62 or '63 Deluxe.

Kinja'd!!!

Steve in Manhattan > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
03/19/2015 at 15:20

It sure did not feel like a V8 - inline six for sure.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Steve in Manhattan
03/19/2015 at 15:23

It had the 170 six as an option, but I don't think the deluxe included that automatically. I think the two-speed auto was also a big power leech, so not the best power at the wheels for sure.

Gizmo - The Only Good Gremlin, but don't feed me after Midnight > My citroen won't start
03/19/2015 at 15:51

All the time! And then there are the folks who want to sound intelligent afterwards and say, "Isn't that the one with the V-12?" Doh...

pip bip - choose Corrour > My citroen won't start
03/20/2015 at 07:29

you probably get it a bit , when you're stranded by the roadside

;)