So I'm starting to realize I like older French cars. Two problems: I'm American, which means I'm either paying to import them or I'm taking a chance with a car that's been over here without spare parts readilly available, and I really don't know where a good place to start is. I don't think I'll have $100k to drop on an Alpine, but I love the SM. What are some decent French cars stateside to get into, and where's a good place to read up on them?
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Austin Bailey
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Hunter Flores
You can find old citroens throughout the states but the problem is being able to service them. Your going to have to work on them yourself if you want to save money cause it's going to cost you an arm and a leg to get them serviced. And on top of that it's going to be tough to find a mechanic that will work on them, almost any regular service station is not going to touch them because of the old and complex technology found in old citroens and parts will NOT be readily available.
Matthew Moore
The SM was officially sold in the US for a short period. There's still a few NA-spec ones around. Expect to pay lots of money for a decent one.
William Phillips
The SM is sexy as fuck, no doubt, but have you seen what the engine bay looks like? It's pretty terrifying.
Add to that the fact it's powered by a Maserati-sourced V6, which is buried way in the back of the engine bay, and the very advanced (and complicated, especially for the time) hydraulics, and you have a car that can only be serviced by either a specialist or a massive autist with an extreme amount of dedication.
Other cars with hydropneumatic suspension include the DS (sold in the US, so maybe you wouldn't have to import one), the XM (the slightly less complicated succesor to the SM), the CX (comfy car attainable for the average joe, but they also made a twin-dorito powered version for shits and giggles) and the BX (the CX's successor, which has all the '80s charm you could ever need).
Hudson Johnson
There are also more recent cars with hydropneumatics but most of them aren't old enough to import yet. Pic very related.
Julian Evans
>What are some decent French cars stateside to get into
Didnt you get 2CVs at one point?
Angel Gutierrez
What about a 2CV? Are they retarded overpriced these days? I've been looking around but haven't seen one for sale yet.
Matthew Adams
>le car
haha
Matthew Cook
Some fags actually drove Lemons with a SM once.
Jacob Barnes
One of the facebook groups I'm in listed a few LeCars for sale, but they were all beaten to shit and on the other side of the country. I saw this and thought it'd be nice, but it's in Cali and I'm in FL.