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.They fixed it in two minutes… Loose coil wire.
We were coming up on Amarillo at 2:00AM, trying to make the desert run home at night, when the car started running badly… It’d skip, chug, lights would dim… Not good. So I told Maxx to whip out the iPhone and find a mechanic’s shop that was next to a hotel. Sure enough, we found a shop and I pulled into the lot. Turned it off and nothing. Wouldn’t start. So we grabbed out stuff and checked into the Baghdad Motel (or something like that). Got up the next morning and walked across the tracks (yes, the tracks) to the shop. They were standing out front wondering what had landed.
We pushed it into the shop and opened the hood. He asked me to turn the key and it started instantly.
After 40 years, wires can shake loose and the hot wire to the coil was loose. He crimped it down and it ran great. Lesson learned. They said no charge because they got a kick out of the car but I gave the guy a hundred dollar bill. Pay it forward.
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