A Couple of Vids
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A Couple of Vids
We were talking about the old GS advert where they run it around on 3 wheels, its before my time but I think this is it:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=v9Vp-Y6Ue3w&search=citroen
There is also the 5th Gear test of the C6:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0IdtH4S700&NR
And Top Gear again with the C6:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=mpuPGkikm2I&search=citroen
http://youtube.com/watch?v=v9Vp-Y6Ue3w&search=citroen
There is also the 5th Gear test of the C6:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0IdtH4S700&NR
And Top Gear again with the C6:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=mpuPGkikm2I&search=citroen
Which thing ?deian wrote:oh my god!!!! Is that thing for real!!! Thats amazing to say the least!!
If you mean the GS on 3 wheels, then yeah, it's for real.... I've even done it on my GS years ago when I had one....(NOT around a slalom though!! Just driving carefully)
You just have to set the height up to the intermediate position to prevent the hub dragging on the ground taking a corner....
Actually most hydropneumatic Citroen's are front heavy enough to be able to do this... I'd be surprised if the Xantia couldn't also do it...(I'm not willing to try with mine though )
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Simon
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The GS is a TOTALLY FABULOUS CAR capable of driving well beyond the miserly cc engine Citroen saw fit to give it. For my sins I've a few knocking about even in this day and age...
I love'em!!
You can do the three wheel caper with a CX too, although everything needs to have the height raised; so it follows the road surface needs to be billiard table smooth...
Andrew
I love'em!!
You can do the three wheel caper with a CX too, although everything needs to have the height raised; so it follows the road surface needs to be billiard table smooth...
Andrew
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Cynic!! It's no cheat - There's no counterbalancing weight. It's ALL IN the suspension.bxbodger wrote:I do wonder though how much ballast they shoved into the left hand front corner to enable it to slalom like that at that speed without Isaac Newton and the forces of nature taking over!!
I've jacked Gs's & Cx's on one corner on high and the chassis is so locked rigid by the suspension via the anti roll bar that the whole of that end of the car jacks up evenly!! This is equally the case with the absolutely huge and heavy CX estate too!
You learn to accept and repect the bizzarre side effects of the older 'proper' Citroen suspension when you drive slowly over a slight ridge bump on high and see the opposite side's wheel lift off the floor!! They used to recommend this in the press for wheel changing if you didn't have a jack!!
Andrew
That Fifth Gear test was so much better than the silly Top Gear, I managed to miss this as I was at the Lake District without a Channel 5 which I was gutted about.
He did a far better review and actually showed you the features and stuff and explained it much better and he showed some intelligence.
Bit expensive to buy new, but 2nd hand will be a top bargain indeed.
He did a far better review and actually showed you the features and stuff and explained it much better and he showed some intelligence.
Bit expensive to buy new, but 2nd hand will be a top bargain indeed.
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Seconded!! (although i no longer have one)The GS is a TOTALLY FABULOUS CAR capable of driving well beyond the miserly cc engine Citroen saw fit to give it. For my sins I've a few knocking about even in this day and age...
I love'em!!
I've seen the 3 wheel thing done on a DS also.
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The Fifth Gear test was more serious than Top Gear, but Top Gear demonstrated the MASSIVE advantage that a hydro Citroen has over almost any other car. I was impressed at how much less camera shake there was in the C6 over rough ground! The BMW in the Top Gear test may have sporty handling but the ride is absolutely awful the C6 doesn't wallow or handle badly, Citroen has acheived something that nobody else seems able to.mezuk04 wrote:That Fifth Gear test was so much better than the silly Top Gear, I managed to miss this as I was at the Lake District without a Channel 5 which I was gutted about.
He did a far better review and actually showed you the features and stuff and explained it much better and he showed some intelligence.
Bit expensive to buy new, but 2nd hand will be a top bargain indeed.
Well here's another video, and while the GS in the slalom was a promotional film made for Citroen, the clip below was shot by someone on their home video camera, and the surface does not appear to be all that smooth.andmcit wrote:The GS is a TOTALLY FABULOUS CAR capable of driving well beyond the miserly cc engine Citroen saw fit to give it. For my sins I've a few knocking about even in this day and age...
I love'em!!
You can do the three wheel caper with a CX too, although everything needs to have the height raised; so it follows the road surface needs to be billiard table smooth...
Andrew
Last edited by ACTIVE8 on 25 Jul 2006, 13:37, edited 1 time in total.
Re: CX
Yep, you're going some to lose the back end of a cx..ACTIVE8 wrote:OK so it's not the Top Gear test track, but this guy is driving a CX, and is trying to drive it like the presenters.
Take a look at the link below, as he is not hanging around at all.
Andrew