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Peugeot-Citroen Has 'Stop and Start' Car
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Posted on 09/07/2004 10:57:19 AM PDT by Sub-Driver
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To: So Cal Rocket
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posted on
09/07/2004 11:23:25 AM PDT
by
decimon
To: embedded_rebel
I heard it likes to retreat before going forward.Its transmission has 5 speeds in reverse and neutral. It has no forward gear.
42
posted on
09/07/2004 11:23:32 AM PDT
by
elbucko
(A Feral Republican)
To: Sub-Driver
Is this a revision of Peugeot's older models, which were known for their "stop and stop" feature?
43
posted on
09/07/2004 11:24:41 AM PDT
by
tdadams
(Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms... sounds like an invitation to my cousin's wedding.)
To: So Cal Rocket
Cadillac was first with this innovation in the early 80s.
44
posted on
09/07/2004 11:28:45 AM PDT
by
tdadams
(Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms... sounds like an invitation to my cousin's wedding.)
To: Sub-Driver
Honda's Civic Hybrid does this already.
Plus.
The French Copy No One, and No One Copy the French.
45
posted on
09/07/2004 11:30:39 AM PDT
by
steveyp
To: tdadams
Renault had a sports car called the Caravel in the 1960s that was so flimsy it couldn't be jacked from any corner without a steel spacer bar inserted in a notch in the door sill.
To: steveyp
Couldn't stand to read the whole article, but the Honda starts/stops on the electric.
I stole the "French copies" quote from car talk.
47
posted on
09/07/2004 11:33:03 AM PDT
by
steveyp
To: steveyp
Couldn't stand to read the whole article, but the Honda starts/stops on the electric.
I stole the "French copies" quote from car talk.
48
posted on
09/07/2004 11:33:13 AM PDT
by
steveyp
To: Fiddlstix
"Next engineering feat from the french.....
A new rifle that will automatically "go into surrender mode"."
Yeah! What he said!
49
posted on
09/07/2004 11:41:18 AM PDT
by
petro45acp
("Government might not be too bad...................if it weren't for all the polititians!")
To: Sub-Driver
The Citroen 2CV, one of the world's silliest cars:
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50
posted on
09/07/2004 11:44:45 AM PDT
by
MineralMan
(godless atheist)
To: Eric in the Ozarks
I've also always looked askance at the Volkswagon Karmen Ghia, which ingeniously used one solid piece of stamped steel rather than body panels, so that the slightest fender bender could easily total the car.
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posted on
09/07/2004 11:48:44 AM PDT
by
tdadams
(Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms... sounds like an invitation to my cousin's wedding.)
To: tdadams
To: Sub-Driver
Slightly better results than the "Start-And-Don't-Stop" car.
53
posted on
09/07/2004 11:59:41 AM PDT
by
Dr.Deth
To: Sub-Driver
another engineering feat by the French....A car that surrenders to red lights?
54
posted on
09/07/2004 12:02:28 PM PDT
by
Dr.Deth
To: Frank_Discussion
They've created a car that will now wear out FASTERHard to believe that the French have created an even bigger piece of junk than what they have now. And Renault is no great shakes, either.
55
posted on
09/07/2004 12:14:03 PM PDT
by
wbill
To: Sub-Driver
We call them golf carts here.
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posted on
09/07/2004 12:14:13 PM PDT
by
SoDak
To: Sub-Driver
Hmm, shuts off the engine all the time. Assuming it would even restart, how are they making an A/C work? What turns the compressor? What happens when you sit in traffic for 2 hours, moving 10 feet, stop, move 10 feet... and the bettery gets low or the starter gets smoking hot?
To: Sub-Driver
Will it come equipped with a white flag or will that cost extra?
58
posted on
09/07/2004 12:18:56 PM PDT
by
conservonator
(Blank by popular demand)
To: Sub-Driver
"shuts down its engine when the vehicle is stopped at a traffic light or in a traffic jam"
This technology was obviously stolen. The 1976 Gremlin I owned did the exact same thing.
To: Sub-Driver
The "Stop & Start" system uses technology developed by French car parts company Valeo SA.
Like the technology Toyota has been using
on production automobiles for the last six years?
...another engineering feat by the French....
Rather underwhelming, isn't it?
Sort of like the world's first (and only) rocket-powered submarine. What was it called? Arianne?
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posted on
09/07/2004 12:19:49 PM PDT
by
Publius6961
(I don't do diplomacy either)
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