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[Andy H]

The Visa looked pretty reasonable from the outside 

My mother had one when I was learning to drive - that round pod on the left has switches for indicators, lights and radio. It was a bit much to take in as a learner while simultaneously rowing the 2CV* engine along with a 3ft long gear stick and trying to stay in your seat while the waterbed suspension wallowed all over the place.

After that experience I managed quite happily with a full bike licence for years before I felt any need to get a car licence 
 
*The 2CV engine was enlarged from 602cc to 652cc for the Visa

[Doctor Gollum]

Didn't they put a proper engine in it

[Andy H]

Didn't they put a proper engine in it

Not in the one I drove.   
There was a 4 cylinder option (Super E) of about 1100cc and Wikipedia lists a host of 4 cylinder engines in later cars of increasing capacity culminating in the 1.8 Peugeot diesel.

[Viral_Jim]

I do rather like the older Citroens. DS/SM etc. That new one is pretty hideous

[Andy H]

Didn't they put a proper engine in it

Not in the one I drove.   
There was a 4 cylinder option (Super E) of about 1100cc and Wikipedia lists a host of 4 cylinder engines in later cars of increasing capacity culminating in the 1.9 Peugeot diesel.

Oops - intended to edit / correct my reference to the Peugeot 1.9 diesel - not quote

[Doctor Gollum]

The older diesel was a 1.4/1.8 iirc.

[Nick W]

Didn't they put a proper engine in it

Not in the one I drove.   
There was a 4 cylinder option (Super E) of about 1100cc and Wikipedia lists a host of 4 cylinder engines in later cars of increasing capacity culminating in the 1.8 Peugeot diesel.

Lets not forget the Visa GTI, which must have been a laugh

[Andy B]

I do rather like the older Citroens. DS/SM etc. ....

They're getting pretty sought after these days and fetch good money. I like the earliest DS with the single round headlights, some had add-on spot lights to ... before the double headlight with the swivelling spot light.

I reckon I could count on one hand the number of SMs I've seen on the road ie not at shows or museums

[Rangie]

It looks like something you'd find in an amusement arcade , too fussy for me .

[Viral_Jim]

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I reckon I could count on one hand the number of SMs I've seen on the road ie not at shows or museums

Same, other than Le Man's / Goodwood revival I don't think I've ever seen one in the flesh. Saw a DS Safari not that long ago. Now that was cool 

[Doctor Gollum]

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I reckon I could count on one hand the number of SMs I've seen on the road ie not at shows or museums

Same, other than Le Man's / Goodwood revival I don't think I've ever seen one in the flesh. Saw a DS Safari not that long ago. Now that was cool 

Driving back into Lyndhurst from Hythe a couole of weeks ago, there was a faded red and primer one broken down opposite the Ferrari garage...

[Andy H]

Didn't they put a proper engine in it

Not in the one I drove.   
There was a 4 cylinder option (Super E) of about 1100cc and Wikipedia lists a host of 4 cylinder engines in later cars of increasing capacity culminating in the 1.8 Peugeot diesel.

Lets not forget the Visa GTI, which must have been a laugh

34bhp was frustrating - 104bhp should be enough to cause involuntary bowel movements 



(And yes - I know this is a photo of a soapbox without an engine of any kind.)

[Marks DTM Calib]

Also, I'm keeping my astra till it dies, which will be well after your tata 

With regards to Mrs STEMO's car, it's on hold for now, then I'm thinking of an X1.

So a front wheel drive Mini?

[STEMO]

Also, I'm keeping my astra till it dies, which will be well after your tata 

With regards to Mrs STEMO's car, it's on hold for now, then I'm thinking of an X1.

So a front wheel drive Mini?

Yep, it's looking that way. Getting fed up talking about it now, she only takes it to work five days a week, so 10,000 miles a year, and she'll be happy if her new car 'looks nice'. I tell her that her astra is low mileage, economical, easy to drive and looks nice, but to no avail. She will get her own way, and she knows it.

[Marks DTM Calib]

As for screens, the latest compute unit my team are putting together can drive 6 of the bloody things