My Citroen DS story in Petrolicious.com
How cool! They ran my story about picking up my 1971 Citroen DS and driving it home to Austin.
The DS Guy
It's a weird obsession, I admit. But a few years back I realized I had to have a Citroen DS before I die. And since we never know how long we'll be on this planet, it made more sense to do it sooner rather than later. I spent two years finding this car and it turned into a great road trip with my son Maxx to pick it up in Reno and drive it home to Austin. Of course, it's complete lunacy to drive a 40+ year old French car across two deserts and the Rockies sight unseen, but with only a few minor mishaps, it made it. If you're a Citroen fan, send me your pics and stories. I post em for you.
Great story, i have read this story on petrolicious a while ago.
I have a DS in hungary and have travelled thorugh Europe from finland to south of france many times, about 10.000 kms per year.
I just arrived to Austin and realized you are from Austin, and it made me read the story of the trip again. I seem to totally get your thoughts, hope to have such a journey with my DS and my kid.
Laszlo
Lazlo, did you bring another DS to Austin? There are two here and i’ve not met the other owner yet.