Mentalist Pictures of Citroens Worthy of Patrick Jane
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The most significant automotive news of this century seems to have slipped under the radar. A ratty, busted-to-hell Citroën completed the 24 Hours of LeMans in 2010 with complex hydraulic system and all. As the venerable Murilee Martin said, “It is impossible to overstate the magnitude of this achievement.”
Team Air Prance Schitroën essentially dug the ’72 ID out of the trash. It had been sitting for 20 years and wasn’t running until the Friday before the race. They literally revived it hours before they hit the track. And it finished without exploding into a cloud of unobtainable French parts or spraying the track with Citroën..
My neighbour drove a Citroen Sedan in the 60's and to this day it still is my favourite car. The fact that Patrick Jane from "The Mentalist" drives this car makes it even more special to me. When I saw these cars in Perth, Ontario last week I thought they deserved a blog all to themselves as they far from citrons/lemons.
Lisbon: Forgive me Jane if I can't stay for any more of your theorising, but I've got to go and see if I can save your colleagues from getting formal complaints in their files.
Lisbon: Damn it, Jane! He is in a trance, isn't he?
Jane: I describe it more as a... deep relaxation.
Patrick: She has a lover. Someone she met at around Christmas at a fair. He's either too old, too closely related, or too villainous to tell her parents about. I'd bet on villainy. And his first name starts with an H.
Lisbon: Explains why she wasn't wearing her purity ring.
Patrick Jane: Your denial intrigues me.
Lisbon: Bite me!
Grace Van Pelt: I don't get it. She actually enjoyed helping him kill. One crazy, evil person I understand, but two? Husband and wife? Marriage is suppose to be a sacred, loving thing.
Patrick Jane: Yeah, they were soul mates in their strange own way.
Patrick Jane: An innocent man would have hit me by now!"
Patrick Jane: Nice cradling.
Travis Tennant: You play Lacrosse?
Patrick Jane: No, fast-moving sticks scare me!
Jane: (to Lisbon and Cho) Don't look at each other like that.
Lisbon: Like what? You can't see!
Jane: But I can feel. I feel your pity.
Lisbon: Tell me the truth.
Patrick: Truth? Darth Vader - Luke's father?
Jane: No, I've never really understood that one just because someone
makes their bed why do they have to lie in it, what’s to stop them lying in
another bed oron the floor for that matter?
Patrick Jane: Men are like frakkin' toasters!
And if the car gets finicky you can always bake bread on the dashboard like this fella did.
Hot bread and Patrick Jane always goes great with a little fromage!
Images : Linda Seccapina 2011
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Comment by Linda Seccaspina on August 26, 2011 at 7:23pm -
Werner.. so many people say they are a ightmare to work on.. what you said sounds good to me.
Eileen.. Now that made me laugh
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Comment by Eileen on August 26, 2011 at 7:09pm -
We had a Citroen when we lived in England,I loved it. My husband said it was like a broody henwhen you switched off , it settled down for a rest. A beautiful car.
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Comment by Werner on August 23, 2011 at 12:14pm -
Well Linda, while I worked on a number of 2CV and found them very easy to work on, I despised the DS and ID models, horrible vehicles to work on, what can I say, that's just me :-)
Actually I never was a fan of french cars, except the Alpine Renault, give me something with a rear engine or at least rear wheel drive and let the good times roll :-)
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Comment by Linda Seccaspina on August 22, 2011 at 11:11pm
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Werner... ratty old busted car... watch what you speak kind sir hahah
Designator.. I LOVE this car..
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Comment by Werner on August 22, 2011 at 11:00pm
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The 24 hours of le Mans mentioned at the top the post can't be the famous Le Mans 24 hour race, it must have been a different event for classic cars, there is no way that a ratty busted old car would first of all pass scrutiny and second be allowed on a track were the fastest cars reach speeds well in excess of 200mph down the Hunaudieres straight.
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Comment by Werner on August 22, 2011 at 10:54pm
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The Citroen 2CV not only needed a jack to change a tire but it had to be able to lift the car a long way as the suspension had a very long travel, but it was not hydraulic. The Citroen DS19 in the sixties had a hydraulic suspension, if you had a flat you just raise the suspension to the max, put a jack stand under the car and dropped the suspension, until the wheel was off the ground, if I recall, you also had to unbolt the rear fender to replace a wheel. I left Europe when the DS21 was the latest Citroen, with the same hydraulic system, that controlled the suspension, brakes power steering and rotating headlights, up and down as well as turning into the curves, although the rotating into the curves was not legal in all European countries (Italy for instance). I don't know if there still is a current Citroen that uses this system.
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Comment by designanator on August 22, 2011 at 9:08pm -
Linda, the Citroen 2Cv reminds me of the 007 movie For Your Eyes Only when Roger Moore and Carole Bouquet practically drive vertically down the hill through the olive tree plantation in that action scene of the movie. A college classmate told me that the Citroen DS with its hydraulic system could have a tire change if one had a flat without the necessity of a tire jack. I used to see a few of the cars around in years gone by but can't remember the last time I spotted one on the road.
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Comment by Susie Lindau on August 21, 2011 at 11:45pm -
I saw that episode! Never noticed the car though. Too busy looking at Patrick Jane!!!
Hahaha!
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Comment by Matt Paust on August 21, 2011 at 7:42pm -
Never watched the show, but your photos are neat. I've always found the quirky-looking Citroens intriguing.
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Comment by Linda Seccaspina on August 21, 2011 at 1:02pm
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If I had money Mary I would own one hahah
Naomi: HI SCOTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT NICE CARS EH??? :) Those tidbits are from me and the show hahah
Creekend.. BUt I saw none of those at teh farmers plowing match:)
Bleue.. yep parts... not doubt about it hahaha
marsha.. they are going to keep us hanging on hahaha
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