My Daily Driver: DF's 1994 Cadillac Sedan Deville

1. How did you come to the decision of buying this car?

It was a little bit out of frustration actually. I had recently had to junk my 2002 Kia Rio because the ball joint failed, it was a rusty heap that was no longer viable. I had started looking at various cars but with COVID-19, the car market has been a little bit weird to say the least where a lot of the cars I had looked at were kind of junk and a lot of the good ones were selling at a pretty rapid pace. 

Out of frustration with the two Nissans that I was going to look at selling underneath me, I had decided to start looking at rear wheel drive American cars, like the Ford Crown Victoria, Mercury Grand Marquis and Buick Roadmaster. It just so happened that this car was the third vehicle I had looked at on that particular day with my dad, who is a retired mechanic and was able to help me look at cars. My dad gave it his seal of approval. 

I took it out for a drive and I gave the owner his asking price and the rest is history. I also have a bit of affinity for these older General Motors cars because my grandma had a 1994 Buick Roadmaster that I have some fond memories with, and I also grew up in a General Motors household where I have family members that had Buicks and Chevys. But this is the first Cadillac in my immediate family.

2. What has your ownership experience been like?

Pretty good for the most part. This vehicle has the 4.9 L V8 engine which is the latter of the GM high technology V8s from the 80s/90s. It’s a front wheel drive platform and given that I live in the Chicago area, it’s been pretty good with winter weather. I’ve had to replace the tires and the distributor coil and the ignition system but other than that I’ve been pretty happy with my ownership experience. Driving this car on the highway is really a treat.

3. What is your fondest memory with this car?

It was actually ironically enough the day that I decided to quit a job. Because I had gone for a nice fun drive to clear my head and that is one of the great things that I love about this car is that I can have the crummiest day ever and just get in my beautiful old Cadillac and forget all about it. Because I’m just driving a nice comfortable car that can help me relax.

4. Why do you love cars?

I’ve been obsessed with cars my entire life.

My dad is a retired heavy equipment and truck mechanic and so was his dad before him. So I grew up around all manner of cars and would always love going to the Chicago auto show every year and just getting to sit in and enjoy all the cars and I would get all the literature. I actually learned to drive later in life because I thought that a visual impairment would keep me from driving but I was able to overcome that. If it has to do with cars I absolutely love it, I’ve been learning a lot more about working on my own car, doing automotive videography as a hobby, going to car shows every chance I get.

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My Daily Driver: @Brouxir's Cadillac Cimarron

1. How did you come to the decision of buying this car?

I was raised in the back seat of a 1987 Chevy Cavalier. My parents loved to travel and we did so very often in that car. I remember many long trips in that back seat. This was before belts mattered and were required (the 1980's were a wild time!) so I just had the whole back seat to myself to be a kid in.

I've been collecting old GM cars since the dawn of the new millennium. I remember when cars like this were ubiquitous and all over the road. Every form of these cars I recall seeing at one point or another. Then one day *POOF* they vanished in a sea of modern bubble cars that all  look the same.

They said this about these though, in their time, that they all "looked alike"

I've been on a personal search for a nice Cavalier or Cimarron for over 20 years now, and this one basically fell in my lap from a collector friend. He purchased it, had it hauled to his home and found it was not in the shape he was told it was in, so some back and forth, I decided to buy the car regardless of condition.

This was a goal car and I didn't care what it looked like.

2. What has your ownership experience been like?

Excellent! Despite the advanced age of this car now in 2021, it's been extremely dependable for me since I purchased it at the end of 2020. It features a 2.8L 60 Degree V6 engine and a TH125c Three Speed transmission.

More or less, it's a Chevy! As such, it's very reliable, and fun to drive. It handles very well; It's very nimble. The V6 engine in such a small body is a wonder in itself to drive, it feels like it has way more power then you would think a car of this age would have.

3. What is your fondest memory with this car?

The day I went to look at it. After a couple weeks of back and forth conversation and a few cruddy night shot pictures, I went to look at the car at my buddies car dealer, where he works. It was sunday so the dealer was closed but he said the car was around back waiting for me to come look, to see if I wanted it.

I fell in love with it the moment I saw it, looked it over, and I was hooked from the very second I sat in the drivers seat.

4. Why do you love cars?

While normally just a means to an end, point A to point B for most; To me, cars represent the ultimate in freedom. I can get in my little antique metal machine and take it anywhere I want to go, anytime I want. Just me, my tiny Cadillac and the open road ahead of me.

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My Daily Driver: @HeyItsDerekJ's BMW 330i ZHP

1. How did you come to the decision of buying this car?

Quite simply, a case of quarantine boredom. I started looking around Craigslist for manual transmission equipped E39 or E46 BMWs that needed a little work, but nothing too far gone. I ran across an ad for a cheap 2005 330i six speed, with the ZHP package and wearing Imola Red paint. Cheap and manual E46 ZHP don't go together normally, so I knew it would have some character. 170k miles, sure. Oil leaks, check. Smashed rear door, yep. But it appeared decent otherwise so I figured it was worth a look. I met the seller who was a cool guy with 4 other BMW projects and a new house, so something had to go. He originally bought the ZHP from a kid who inherited it from his dad, with the intention of pulling the engine and transmission, until his friend talked him out of killing it. A quick drive and I knew it was the right project for me.

2. What has your ownership experience been like?

It immediately failed emissions for the gas cap (of course). I got it home from the DMV and the power steering pump failed, which I expected since it had been run low on fluid for too long in the past. After replacing the cooling system, power steering pump, brakes, control arm bushings, filters and fluids, interior bits, and fixing most of the oil leaks, I got to enjoy it. It had been years since I drove an older BMW and I immediately remembered why people liked the E46 so much. Amazingly I found an Imola red door on eBay to replace the damaged one and it was ready for daily duty on non snow days. It still needs a new windshield, a new steering wheel wrap, and a VANOS solenoid, but it's mostly sorted now.

3. What is your fondest memory with this car?

At first it was a project, and projects need repairs, so my early fond memories were learning how to work on it and annoying my neighbors as it sat on jackstands awaiting parts. Now that it's running it gets plenty of fun mountain drives. I really haven't had it long enough to have one favorite memory of it yet, but my daughter loves it and always wants to go for drives in it. That's enough for me for now.

4. Why do you love cars?

I honestly have no idea, but I can remember as a little kid being obsessed with airplanes and cars, which earned me zero credibility with most of my friends, but I never cared. Cars have been much more attainable than planes so I've gravitated their way. A lot of the fun has been learning more and more; first track days (bro), getting into more and more advanced repairs, and of course looking for the next project.

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My Daily Driver: @RRSEsquire's 2004 Chrysler 300M Special

1. How did you come to the decision of buying this car? 

I'm hooked on the Chrysler LH car platform, having bought my first car and first LH car, a 2002 Dodge Intrepid ES (that I still own) in 2005. Since then I have owned and daily driven my 2002 Intrepid ES, a 2001 Intrepid SE, a 2001 Concorde LXi, and a 2004 300M Special before I bought this 2004 300M Special. (I had a couple of non-LH DDs in there as well.) The 2nd generation LH "cab forward" cars have excellent interior quality and layout, great road feel and handling plus a great 3.5L V6 engine with plenty of power. The 300M Special in particular is the ultimate of the LH cars in my opinion as it has the best power and handling due to its lowered suspension, higher gear ratio, and different PCM tuning, combined with the looks of the ground effects.

This particular car was owned by a former member of the Chrysler 300M Enthusiasts Club. In November of 2019, he posted the car in one of the LH car Facebook groups and went on about how rust free it was and how he wanted it to be sold to an enthusiast owner. The car had a little less than 111,000 miles on it. He was in Pennsylvania and I was in Massachusetts, so it would be a relatively easy trip to get it. I communicated with him over the course of several days and he provided excellent photos to back up his claim that it was rust free and had never been driven in the winter by any of its three previous owners.

At the time, I was driving an identically-optioned 2004 300M Special with 152,000 miles that I had bought in 2013 from a Club Member and friend. It was a great car, but it had started to rust in the rear quarter panels, a common rust point on the LH cars. Rather than have those fixed, it seemed like a good idea to start over with a rust free canvas, even if I would be the first owner who drove the car in the winter.

My friend and I road tripped down to Pennsylvania to buy it two weekends later. I have been daily driving it since I sold my other 300M Special to a friend in January, 2020.

2. What has your ownership experience been like?

My ownership experience has been relatively easy with this particular car as my longtime LH car ownership has led to an extensive knowledge of how to fix/maintain them. When I bought the car I went through it with my friends' help to replace some leaking o-rings and worn out bushings and mounts to improve the overall driving experience. I've had to do a bit of maintenance since, but nothing major or very time consuming/expensive.

The LH cars get slander online from people who have never owned them. The reality is that they are very reliable cars on which you can easily fix most problems in your own driveway, assisted by the engine's longitudinal mounting and the great 300M Club community around them - including an old school car forum with Members still regularly sharing repair and maintenance knowledge and tips. 

The biggest problem with ownership of these cars is that they're becoming the car everyone forgot about, including Chrysler's parts department. Many OEM parts are no longer available, which requires relying on aftermarket parts which can be questionable in quality and longevity when used in a daily driver. They're also becoming scarce in salvage yards around me.

3. What is your fondest memory with this car?

I have two that really stand out:

The first is driving through the PA hills on the trip home from purchasing the car with one of my best friends tailing me in my Ram. We hit as many "you-pull" salvage yards along the way as we could, one of our favorite hobbies, met up with another LH car friend who lives in Pittsburg, stayed in a terrible hotel, and just generally had a great time on the trip back over the course of a weekend.
The second is the day after I fixed the control arms and my friends helped me build out the stereo. That morning I headed into work in Boston with the stereo bumping and the car quietly whizzing along I-93 and I was reminded of why the 2nd generation LH cars are so great, despite being designed and released over 20 years ago.

4. Why do you love cars?

I have always loved cars, starting with Hot Wheels. My father and both of my grandfathers liked cars and passed their interest on to me, but my love for cars really snowballed when I was about 5 years old and I found the ad for the 1994 Dodge Ram in my grandfather's Popular Mechanics magazine. It was one of those huge fold out ads and the truck was just the coolest thing I'd ever seen. Since then, I've been a big fan of Mopar, from old to new, and I own 5 Mopars currently, ranging in years from 1969 to 2009.

I wanted a Ram when I got my license in 2005, but my parents insisted I buy a sedan as a first car. That led me to my Intrepid and I've been hooked on the LH cars and modifying cars and trucks ever since. I've met some of my absolute best friends through the LH car community, I'm honored to be the Vice President of the Chrysler 300M Enthusiasts Club, and my life just wouldn't be the same without cars and LH cars in it. I think that is what is so amazing about cars, how they bring people of a wide variety of backgrounds together to share their love, whether it be for a brand, for a specific car, or just for weird/different cars in general. 

My Daily Driver: @ekimap's Mercedes 300D

1. How did you come to the decision of buying this car?

Since I was a kid, I had always admired and ogled the Mercedes-Benz W123. Our family didn’t have one, but several of my parents’ friends did, so I got to ride in them from time to time. Even as a child, I knew these cars were something special. There was a quality about these cars that even a child could recognize as being on a different level from other cars. Maybe it was the way the doors thunked shut. Maybe it was the materials or the impeccable assembly quality. All I knew was that this was no Lincoln, Cadillac, or even a BMW; this was on a different level.

It wasn’t luxury features that gave the W123 its elevated status either. Even by the standards of the time, a fully loaded 300D was fairly spartan. No, the magic of that era of Mercedes-Benz was that they represented quality as luxury, not features as luxury. The cars were expensive because they were impeccably engineered and assembled, and they drove with a sense of heft, precision, and aplomb that were absent in just about anything else available at the time. That’s what qualified these as luxury cars, not fancy gizmos or toys.

I’m generally not interested in expensive things for the sake of image or prestige, but I do believe quality is worth paying for. The W123 is an automotive embodiment of that idea. It’s humble enough that it was the de facto taxi in many parts of the world for decades; it’s not ostentatious at all. But it’s respected the world over because of its quality and engineering, and that’s what makes it both humble, modest, and prestigious all at once.

With all that in mind, as an adult, I had to have one and scratch that itch I’d had for that car since childhood, so I bought this one a couple years ago for about $4,000. 

2. What has your ownership experience been like?

It’s been amazing, really. I bought it with 291,000 miles on the clock. The car, with its legendary turbocharged OM617 five-cylinder diesel, ran flawlessly from the start and continues to do so. There are nearly no squeaks or rattles in the interior after nearly 300,000 miles and 38 years, and the car drives beautifully. Its ride quality in particular impresses; it’s very softly sprung but beautifully damped, so it handles undulations in the road with a fluency not commonly found even in many modern cars.

I’ve put precious little money into this car. The car came with a bad right front wheel bearing, and that was fixed immediately for a couple hundred bucks at a local Mercedes-Benz specialist. I had an alignment done after realizing that the front toe was way out of whack and eating away at the front tires, which meant buying four new tires as well. Also, I strongly prefer the standard steel wheels and color-matched hubcaps of that era over the so-called “Bundt” alloy wheels that mine came with, so I found a good set of steel wheels and hubcaps on eBay and sold the alloys. And that’s it. 

There is a short list of things I need addressed soon, but none of them are major. There is a vacuum leak somewhere, and those of you familiar with old Mercedes-Benzes know that everything from the power door locks to transmission shifting to climate control operation is controlled by engine vacuum. The power door locks work intermittently and the transmission occasionally bangs off a hard shift; wherever this vacuum leak is, it’s not severe, but attention is needed. The other item that needs attention is the air conditioning. The leak has been traced to a rotted hose that has been discontinued; I need to track one down or have a replacement fabricated. And that’s it!

Other than those two items, the 300D is a joy to live with. It’s stately, it starts every time, and it turns heads everywhere it goes.

3. What is your fondest memory with this car?

I don’t have a single fondest memory. There is a sense of occasion to driving it every time I fire it up, which is almost daily. Even as a daily driver, it feels special and I feel a sense of joy every time I’m behind the wheel. I do love that my family appreciates the car as much as I do. We often just get in the car and drive it. My daughter recognizes that it’s a lot cooler than most new cars and even boasts about it to her friends. New memories with the car are created every day.

We do want to do a long road trip in the car once the air conditioning is fixed. We will no doubt gain lots of great new memories when we do that.

4. Why do you love cars?

For me, there is no why. It just is. I was obsessed with cars from my earliest years. I learned to read because my parents had this massive book called 1975 World Cars that cataloged every new car sold around the world that year, and I wanted to know about each and every model. And even today, cars rule my world. My entire professional career has revolved around cars, and I intend for that never to change.

And here is Ed's car, on video:

My Daily Driver: @_baldtires's Chevy Cobalt SS

1. How did you come to the decision of buying this car?

You know, I was tired of hearing about how bad American cars were. A lot of people I know would never even consider buying one, and they justify this by citing the poor build quality that they say defines every aspect of domestic cars. I had heard this so many times I started to question whether it was actually true.

For $4700, which is what I paid for this car, the Japanese and German options were definitely present. But I’ve driven those cars, I know what they’re like, and they are, in my opinion, pretty played out. Everybody buys Civic Sis, I already have an E46 3 Series, and every other imported enthusiast car just seemed so… common. They’re obvious choices, the Big Mac is the same everywhere, I didn’t want a Big Mac.

But outside of not wanting to buy something everybody else buys, the decision was actually pretty simple. The Cobalt SS sedan offers 260 horsepower from a strong 2.0-liter engine with a forged crankshaft, forged rods, and oil squirters under the pistons. There’s also a front limited-slip differential, a ton of space inside thanks to its goofy roofline and folding rear seats, and it gets 30+ MPG on the highway. 

The front brakes are massive units made by Brembo—you can’t fit anything smaller than a 17-inch wheel on this car—and it has no-lift-shift and launch control. It’s also cheap to fix, reliable, and inexpensive to insure. 

It’s faster than the Honda S2000, Mitsubishi Lancer Evo, and BMW 135i around Virginia International Raceway. Here’s the full results of Car and Driver’s 2008 Lightning Lap testing, if you’re interested in seeing other, more expensive cars that the Cobalt SS is faster than. 

For $22k brand new, it held the FWD lap record at the Nurburgring in 2007.

2. What has your ownership experience been like?

My Cobalt was perhaps not abused by its previous owners, but it wasn’t actively cared for. I’ve had to replace things that previous owners clearly didn’t want to, and the alignment was so jacked up when I got the car that the steering wheel was cocked over to the left between 10 and 15 degrees. 

The hand brake, whose lever is the cheapest I have ever encountered, also somehow managed to feel even cheaper due to one cable just not being hooked up. As it turns out, one of the cables rusted, was stuck, and needed to be replaced. The previous owner solved this issue by simply disconnecting that side. Thanks professor!

One of the front calipers—made by Brembo—also had a ruined bore. I replaced that as well, which wasn’t cheap. 

The car also had a litany of small issues that are typical of a vehicle that hasn’t been cared for, but it’s things you get over pretty quickly, or are fixed easily. The nice thing about the Cobalt is that it’s very easy to work on, and all of the parts—besides the things exclusive to the SS trim—are very inexpensive. They made more than a million Cobalts, after all.

The interior in the SS is also slightly nicer than the one found in a base Cobalt, primarily because of the nice SS-specific seats. Other features I like on the inside are the USB port on the dash to charge my phone, and the standard AUX input, both things I have to do without on my older E46. The car’s sound system is also surprisingly good, which I did not expect.

3. What is your fondest memory with this car?

I wouldn’t buy a regular Chevy Cobalt, but the SS delivers a fond memory nearly every time I drive it. I’ll tell you my fondest memory in a moment, let me name a few other good moments first.

Even in its SS trim, the Cobalt sedan is a boring-looking car that, after all, says “Cobalt” on the back. People also must assume the SS trim—as I previously did—is just an appearance package with different transmission tuning, or something.

One fond memory I have, and I’ve only had the car for a few months, is right after I installed new MAP sensors and a tune. General Motors offered a similar tune that could be installed at dealers, but the aftermarket one I got from ZZP was a little more aggressive. $400 later, and my Cobalt was faster than my E46 M3. The tune claims 280whp and 320 ft/lbs (which I take with a grain of salt) but that first hole-shot with my friend—who has a 350whp VW golf—was a little shocking. The car was fast before, but now it was the sort of fast where you forget where you are and what you’re doing. He looked at me with the same look a lot of other people give me, which is a mix of disbelief, shortly followed by laughter.

Other people have given me that same look, one in a new WRX, another in a Focus ST, and other drivers in cars that people perhaps don’t think are fast, but must be faster than a Chevy Cobalt.

My fondest memory, perhaps because it’s the most recent, is bus-gapping the guy in a BRZ with a “SEND NUDES” rear wing on it. In the BRZ, he must’ve seen it coming, but I’m not sure if he did. He was with a few of his friends in other, similarly equipped cars, and he seemed pretty embarrassed. He exited off I95 South, companions in tow, a short time later.

4. Why do you love cars?

I’m not sure what there isn’t to love about cars besides the cost—environmental and financial. They’re a mobile environment that stimulates nearly every sense. The right car looks great, sounds great, feels great, and even smells great. Different cars obviously balance these senses differently, but you can get in a car anytime you want and experience sensory overload just by turning a steering wheel and pressing your foot into a pedal. In the right car, every drive is an opportunity to at least put a smile on your face, and cars that actively encourage you to smile, that want you to be happy, can be had for as little as $4,700. Ask me how I know.

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My Daily Driver: @GeoffNews's One-owner, 229,000-mile 2000 Acura 3.2 TL

1. How did you come to the decision of buying this car?

My ex and I bought it new. We’d cross-shopped the E46 323i, but the BMW dealer was super off-putting and the TL was a hoot to drive.  We loved the power, the comfort, the incredible value for money, and the surprising economy (I racked up a lot of 30mpg road trips). Five years later, we sold it to my Dad as a replacement for his mid-90s Buick Park Avenue. This was his daily driver through his retirement, when it was demoted to second-car status. Dad can’t drive any more, so it came back to me in October of 2020 after 15 pampered years of (mostly) Acura dealer service and heated garage storage.

2. What has your ownership experience been like?

This is the best car I have ever owned. After racking up more than 229,000 miles, the TL still starts right up and winds out smooth. All of the electrics still work, including the car’s only option: the built-in navigation system that was cool 20 years ago … but now feels very N64. The exterior and interior have held up well too, except for a little clearcoat failure on one door and a couple of cracks on the driver’s seat. When I got the car back, Dad included a folder full of maintenance and service receipts, covering everything from a transmission rebuild in 2016 to a timing belt service just 20,000 miles ago. The gearbox is still a little dodgy — apparently Honda transmissions of this vintage are made of glass — but I’m determined to keep it on the road as long as I can. 

3. What is your fondest memory with this car?

I have two. Back in 2005, I drove the TL from Chicago to Dad’s home outside Detroit to deliver it to him … which was a three-hour blast that included talking my way out of a 90-in-a-70-zone speeding ticket. The other one is the drive back to Chicago when I picked it up from Dad and remembered why I loved it so much the first time around. It was like getting reacquainted with an old friend.   

4. Why do you love cars?

That’s like asking “why do you breathe air?” I just always have. I grew up in Flint, and both of my grandfathers worked for GM. Mom and Dad aided and abetted my interest by taking me to dealership lots on Sunday mornings and car shows in the dead of winter, and to this day I’m drawn to cars from the early-to-mid-70s era when I first realized that vehicles were more than just appliances, but could be both a means to escape and an outward expression of the owner’s personality. 

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My Daily Driver: @jcreech3's Subaru Forester

1. How did you come to the decision of buying this car?

When it was time to get a new car I had some hyper specific criteria due to my short garage.  It had to be under 185 inches in length, fit two rear-facing car seats, and not cost an arm and a leg to lease along with some other nice to haves.  After a day of lugging a car seat up and down auto row I learned the hard way those are difficult criteria to meet and this was the best option of the bunch.  

2. What has your ownership experience been like?

Overall very good.  I haven't had to open the hood except for oil changes (knock on wood), it has all of the nice bits you expect in a new car like push button start, apple car play, automatic emergency braking, etc, etc.  It turns like a pig and is underpowered but it doesn't make any sporty pretenses. I like to pretend it is just a reliable 1990's Land Rover which keeps expectations in check.  I have had daily drivers in the past where every time I start it up I am competing in the Targa Florio and that leads to frustration when I am sitting in traffic. 

3. What is your fondest memory with this car?

I took it on an extended road trip from San Francisco to Chicago and back via Montana and I-90 on the way there and various bits of state routes south of I-70 through Utah, Colorado and Nevada going back.  It was a great car for taking the road less traveled because I didn't have to worry about ice, dirt, or crummy roads.  It isn't a fast car by any means but it does just fine at the far upper end of its capabilities.  

4. Why do you love cars?

My dad.  It was something we got to do together when I was a teenager.  We went on a lot of adventures together and the cars gave us a reason to go and spend time together.  As time goes by I am incredibly thankful for all of those memories and shared experiences.  To me cars are a physical manifestation of escapism as well as a representation of our best selves.  Day to day life might not be glamorous (especially with kids) but once in a while you can put the top down and spend a few hours driving down the coast.  

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My Daily Driver: Jure's 3 Citroens

Jure is a long-time Slovenian reader of this blog. He has three daily drivers:

- Citroen GS Pallas (1978)
- Citroen GS 1.3 Super (1979)
- Citroen CX 25 Prestige  (1985) 

1. How did you come to the decision of buying these cars?

My parents bought their first Citroen GS in 1972, and then another one in 1979. As a little kid, I thought they were fantastic cars! I remember many lovely family road trips across Europe. Every summer, we towed a camping caravan to the seaside and spent long summer vacations there. 

Being driven around in hydro-pneumatically suspended Citroens since my early childhood, I went down the same path when I got my driver's license. I bought my first Citroen GS in 1994. Two more GSes followed in 2001 and 2002. In 2013, I bought my oldest Citroen GS, made in 1971. I bought my Citroen CX Prestige in 2000. 

2. What has your ownership experience been like?

Fantastic! I found the Citroen GSes to be very reliable & durable. I have driven them all over Europe, from Arctic regions in the far north of Norway to the Mediterranean beaches. 

I don't use my CX for such long trips, the farthest I drove it was Vienna (300 km away). But I enjoy pleasant trips around my country with it. 

Driving these cars is very enjoyable, the ride is smooth & pleasant. They really shine on long road trips. These cars have given me no serious issues whatsoever, and I want to keep on driving them forever. 

3. What is your fondest memory with these cars?

My favourite aspect of owning old cars are the long family road trips around Europe. Some of our trips have been longer than 10,000 km. Doing such trips with an old car means a lot more interaction with local people, as they often approach and start talking and asking questions about the car. Also, I have been able to meet the owners of old Citroens in many countries in Europe and North America. 

If I had to single out one particular trip, it would be our trip in 2017, which took us from Slovenia to Austria, Czech Republic, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Finland, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Germany, and then back to Austria & Slovenia. 

4. Why do you love cars?

As a kid & teenager, I wasn't into cars like most other kids. I have never dreamt of flashy fast cars. Then, when I started to drive, I got involved with the Citroen 2CV scene, and soon after also with old hydro-pneumatically suspended Citroens. The family connection (two GSes in the family) did help. A large part is probably nostalgia - beautiful childhood memories of family road trips & vacations. So I'm doing the same now, 40 years later, still with the same type of cars. I guess an important reason is also the fact that I haven't had any bad experiences or serious issues with my old Citroens, just pure joy. 

Here are some of Jure's road trip videos:

Driving the CX Prestige at home:

Jure's Instagram and Flickr.

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