Shots like this of a CX Break down on its knees–or is it on its stomach?–invariably slay me. Now more than ever, given how tall cars have become; too bad there’s not more others in the picture to enhance the contrast.
Roshake77 found this one in Budapest. It reminds me of this:
Yeas, it’s a photoshop, of course. But if the Dodge had a suspension like the CX, it would just be part of its repertoire.
And the other extreme would be this, like this one that Roger Carr found and wrote up here. This is the way suspensions should be, to cover all contingencies. And this is the way wagons should be, with a super-long wheelbase and vast amount of room in the back, including for a comfortable forward-facing third row seat, in the Familiale.
Roshake, if you see this, please get a new phone or camera; so many of your shots are hazy/fuzzy and not good enough to use, unless I absolutely can’t resist, as in this case.
It’s always hazy in Budapest–it’s Esterhazy.
I hope the Break ain’t broke.
Ayy
This has been parked for some time, just a few blocks from me. It’s a Citroen, right? I don’t know if it’s “slammed” or normal.
Other side:
“This is the way suspensions should be, to cover all contingencies. And this is the way wagons should be, with a super-long wheelbase and vast amount of room in the back, including for a comfortable forward-facing third row seat, in the Familiale.”
Have you seen the wheels drop out of one of these when up on a rack? I think we’ve checked all the boxes here……:)
Don’t forget the clamshell tailgate.
That’s normal. If you leave a CX for a while – days – it ‘goes to sleep’. You then have to limbo-dance in to the seat to start it up – great fun in confined spaces. It’s also worth taking this in to account when one is parking, otherwise the car might end up hitting a curb if parked too close.
These are older pics, not many left of them to post, ive had a newer phone for a while now with a better camera. Some of them ive improved in photoshop, such as that lead pic, ill rely on that to get these older pics presentable until i get to the ones taken with th better phone.
I see lots of ’90s Lincolns looking like this.
I know about the contrast. Recently I’ve started driving a Mercedes-Benz GLE300d. The difference between that and then jumping in my lowered Celica XX couldn’t be more stark. I think eye level in the Celica isn’t even up to the bottom of the windows in the GLE even at the latter’s lowest suspension setting!