Gail Lucas wrote:
Of all the cars I have owned the Citicar is my favorite. It is great fun
to drive despite some imperfections.
Good to hear from you, Gail. I knew we could count on you for a real
drivers-seat opinion of the Citicar. :-)
I would describe the CitiCar as being a lot like a Ford model T. It's a
car with a lot of history, and a lot of personality. If you'd be happy
driving a model T, you'd be happy with a CitiCar. Both just provide the
absolute basics needed to get you from point A to point B. They are
certainly not the palace-on-wheels that modern cars have become. But it
beats riding a motorcycle in the rain. :-)
Both are *extremely* simple; so simple that almost anything can be
fixed, usually at low cost and with only simple tools and skills. But
people aren't used to fixing anything any more. Today's mechanics simply
replace entire subassemblies. This only works if exact replacement
assemblies are available. But that's not a practical way to fix old cars
in general, or for the CitiCar in particular.
--
The trouble ain't that there's too many fools, but that lightning ain't
distributed right. -- Mark Twain
--
Lee A. Hart, http://www.sunrise-ev.com/LeesEVs.htm
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