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True. My particular kink are Peugeot 505's. Most of those went to Egypt about 20 years ago... Not sure about people living out dreams though. Africa and Egypt love them as taxis.
There is a great community down here. French cars were considered among the best from the 40's to about the 70's. Rugged, reliable and comfortable. Way better than the local product! They actually built several models here too.
@lynx there are plenty of specialists still around. And loads of knowledge. Unfortunately all getting on and that knowledge is slowly fading. But there are plenty of old Citroens being used daily and the community keeps the collective fleet running. Regular spots are CX, GS, DS and BX.
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Think the 505 or 605? was built in Iran and/or Egypt for a while in late 90's early 00's? Seems every taxi out there is one. Mates had several of them, thought they were great 20 odd years ago (most of them from back then still running around) and foolishly set him on the path of Peugeot in the UK, yeah, he quickly changed his mind on that lol.
For a while old Audi 100/1st gen 'A6' from 1989-1996 were being built in Russia or Kazahkstan I think? Remember seeing absolutely tonnes of them out there, originally thought they were all being rebuilt using NOS audi parts, but turns out was the whole audi line had been moved out there. Most cars had the 2.6/2.8 v6 (reliable AF) and high spec interiors as standard. Did think about going and buying one new and bringing it back as was the last of the real solid steel Audi's IMO.
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Is it a kink? Or more like a fetish?
Also a BX is not an old citroen, I have accepted that the CX is. Recently seen a CX gti turbo estate modded with a bigger turbo and nitrous to cope with the turbo lag.
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Kinda depends what you mean by worth it. I reckon shipping a 1.5 ton car all the way round the globe for an electric conversion for some cunt to live out a dream they never had is pointless.
Hopefully someone there can enjoy it for what it is. A beautiful car. That is running out of time.