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Giving Your SM 20/20 Headlight Vision

Citroën Articles (general), CITROËN NEWS (Global)

(Requires paid member status to access)By George Dyke & George Klein....This article applies to SMs with the European headlight configuration (6 headlights under glass covers).When driving at night, particularly with low beam headlights activated, many SM owners find that the illumination is no ...

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D Cabriolets – A High Stakes Game with Potentially High Returns

17

Dec

D Cabriolets – A High Stakes Game with Potentially High Returns

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Citroënvie Articles

By George Dyke…..The value of D Cabriolets over the years has skyrocketed compared to the price of 4 door D sedans. While sedan values are now starting to rise, in large part because the DS (including ID and D model variants) has been consistently voted as one of the most stylish and innova ...

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Transatlantic Odyssey of a 1971 DS21 EFI

15

Dec

Transatlantic Odyssey of a 1971 DS21 EFI

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Citroënvie Articles, CITROËNVIE NEWS & EVENTS

by Pierre CambillardOnce upon a time, I lived in Germany and, from the ’80s, was the proud owner of several DS models including a 1966 manual DS21 Decapotable. Due to overwhelming job commitments at the time, coupled with the fact that a DS needs to be driven and maintained regularly, not just ...

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Greg Long Shows Off Cramped Style In His Peel P50.

13

Dec

Greg Long Shows Off Cramped Style In His Peel P50.

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Citroënvie Articles, CITROËNVIE NEWS & EVENTS, COOL AUTOMOTIVE THEMED STUFF (non-Citroën)

By George Dyke.....Today's Globe and Mail featured an article by Brendan McAleer about Citroënvie member Greg Long and how he occasionally deviates from purchasing Citroëns to buy something even more unusual – in this case, the world's smallest car – a Peel 50 three-wheeled microcar.Originall ...

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CAC 2019 Christmas Party – Happy Holidays!

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Dec

CAC 2019 Christmas Party – Happy Holidays!

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CITROËNVIE NEWS & EVENTS, Citroënvie Events

Citroën Autoclub Canada’s 2019 Toronto Christmas Party took place onDecember 7. Once again it was held at the Mandarin Restaurant in Markham, ON but this time in a larger room to give some appreciated space to the 42 people that turned out to celebrate the Holiday Season. The Mandar ...

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6

Dec

Fun With Numbers – How Americans Drive!

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Citroënvie Articles

By George Dyke.....Tony Arevalo is a numbers-obsessed licensed insurance agent in Oregon.Consequently not only is he a good fit in his profession, he crunches numbers well beyond his 9 to 5 job, spending a good deal of his spare time doing data analysis.Tony ArevaloTony and a small team of insuranc ...

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So, just how many Citroën GS are there in North America?

24

Sep

So, just how many Citroën GS are there in North America?

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Citroënvie Articles

That is a question that at least a few enthusiastic GS owners in Canada and the USA ask occasionally when they get together at events.One such person to wonder is Peter Kristensen, a 1982 GSA Club owner from Washington, DC.Since it is going to be the 50th year anniversary of the GS’s introduction ...

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Cobble Beach Concours d’Elegance – 2019 Report

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Sep

Cobble Beach Concours d’Elegance – 2019 Report

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COOL AUTOMOTIVE THEMED STUFF (non-Citroën)

by George Dyke.....The Cobble Beach Concours d’Elegance proved to be a great classic car weekend even with no Citroëns on the show field.Well, this year, just two attended the event in the club display area; Mike and Linda Gillespie’s 2CV and me with my 1973 GS, but encouragement from CEO Rob ...

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28

Aug

CAC Summer Niagara Wine Tour – 2019

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Citroënvie Articles, CITROËNVIE NEWS & EVENTS

by George Dyke…..While we normally hold our Citroën Autoclub Canada annual summer outing in July, but this year, because some of us attended the 100th Citroën Anniversary Celebration in France at that time, we decided to move the event to August 24. It turned out to be a good choice! ...

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Ethanol Gasoline – Why you want to avoid using it if at all possible.

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Jul

Ethanol Gasoline – Why you want to avoid using it if at all possible.

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Citroënvie Articles

(Requires paid member status to access.)by George Dyke…..From an automotive standpoint, there is nothing good about ethanol, the blend of gasoline (typically 10-percent) sold at most pumps around the country.Ethanol is hygroscopic –it absorbs water.One would think that the ability of gas to abs ...

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