Is it just me or do I need help..........

paranoid · Unread post by **paranoid** » 17 Mar 2004, 19:06

Is it just me that gets a bizzare pleasure from dropping supension when the wife gets out so she headbutts the roof when she gets back in......
OR
Tripping up on the sill when I put it up high after she gets out...... Fun for all the family makes my 2 year old laugh out loud (mommy no swear)
Oh god somebody help these citroens are turning me bad never had this with the rover [?]

tomsheppard · Unread post by **tomsheppard** » 17 Mar 2004, 19:10

Helping my disabled partner in and out, The high setting is a boon. Sitting in traffic doing Citaerobics is guaranteed to cause consternation from those behind!
Loading the boot with the lowest setting selected is a joy!

TomH · Unread post by **TomH** » 17 Mar 2004, 20:18

can you not speed it up so you look like a gangster in one of those muscle cars with hyrdaulics?!

AndersDK · Unread post by **AndersDK** » 17 Mar 2004, 20:45

Was'nt it Vanny that used to hook the supermarket carriers with his BX late evenings - using Citaerobic ?
Have to try this - sneaking up on an old lady loading her trunk [8D][8D]
Springtime does this ? [:D][:D][:D]

rg · Unread post by rg » 18 Mar 2004, 02:01

...loading 500kgs of telecomms equipment in the back, watching the onlookers think "boy, that looks heavy - how's that going to handle?"
Then, fire up,...sheeeeeeesshhh "click".
Off we go..
You can't do that in a Ford..
ahhh...

)
rg

paranoid · Unread post by **paranoid** » 18 Mar 2004, 03:07

I would love to get an old cit, and load it up till it puked green yuk everywhere[xx(].
I reckon a ton of concrete slabs should do it. Anybody tried it?

David W · Unread post by **David W** » 18 Mar 2004, 03:13

Reversing up to horse trailer with Xantia already in low. Just touch bumper on hitch and pull forwards 2" so the ball is spot on. Select normal height and get out of car.
Delay in hydraulics allows just enough time to plug in lights and hook over safety chain before pulling up on hitch handle as car slowly lifts ball into hitch.
Pop up jockey wheel and away!
As you say r, try doing that with a Ford.
David

DLM · Unread post by **DLM** » 18 Mar 2004, 04:02

I think it was Vanny who found an extra use for his citaerobics - using his BX as a can crusher.... Also works well as a number-plate mangler if you park the nose of your BX too close to your brother's discarded 15-year-old Singer Chamois engine block in a part of the garage that time forgot.

rg · Unread post by rg » 18 Mar 2004, 11:25

I wonder what the maximum weight ever carried in a hydropneumatic Cit is?
Oh, and Mr Woollard...it's on your recommendation that I got dragged into this addictive craziness anyway....

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rg

David W · Unread post by **David W** » 18 Mar 2004, 13:06

Hmm yes but an XM was an extra brave move. Just remember pleasure=pain!
Regarding weight.... Remember taking our old BX TZD Estate down the field and spending the morning chain sawing a particularly dense wood. With the seats folded flat filled the whole load space almost to the roof. Gooodness knows what it weighed but after inflating the rear tyres to 40psi it drove back up the 0.5 mile track perfectly.
I remember pondering then as to what weight the hydraulics would lift.
David

uhn113x · Unread post by **uhn113x** » 18 Mar 2004, 13:14

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Cannot get anyone to lend me their car for this, but I think the limiting factor would be the pump belt slipping