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I'm the guy who wrote the article on Driven to Write. I'm delighted it's sparked further discussion and debate here. Interestingly, I have started to investig

I'm the guy who wrote the article on Driven to Write. I'm delighted it's sparked further discussion and debate here. Interestingly, I have started to investigate whether it's possible to convert it to an EV. There's a company in the UK which has developed and shown an EV conversion for the DS which set my mind wondering. It'll be stupidly expensive but might just create the best looking EV this side of the converted DS. Thanks for your time.

Kaibeezy 4y ago
OP here. I found your article after once again being dragged down the C6 rabbit hole. There was a comment on my earlier post re Jacques Pepin’s love of French cars, and off I went. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32368624 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32368624 I was very close to buying a C6 after my Xantia perished a couple of years ago Found a winner with a manual transmission on a C6 forum, but got sniped somehow. Ended up with a German midsize estate, which is highly competent, and has a stick so it’s reasonably satisfying. I don’t look back at it every time I walk away though. I’m sure you’re aware of Neil Young’s project involving vintage Lincoln behemoths. This was a decade ago at least. Ended in tragedy, IIRC, but I believe it inspired others to re-look at what vintage cars could make good conversion candidates.
- bishopwasahero 4y ago
  It's true that there are a few manual C6s. I think they all came with the 2.2L four pot diesel, which did an OK job under the bonnet/ hood of the C6, but change the wafting nature of the car and came without the semi-intelligent AMVAR management of the suspension. I'm under no illusion that the C6 is an imperfect interpretation of Citroen's prior oleopneumatic mastery - I simply was not brave enough at the time to go for a DS, or a CX or XM for that matter, all of which I believe would be more true to how a large oleopneumatic Cit should be. Particularly disappointing is that PSA did not see to fit the Xantia Activa's 'active' suspension - that would have been one heck of a car. As it is, I know of people who put 3.0L V6 engines in the bays of UK-spec Xantia Activas to create true sheep in wolf's clothing, cars that scare Porsches and Ferraris on track-days, so I am assured.
  - Kaibeezy 4y ago
    Right, the stick went on the base C6. A tradeoff for sure. I thought the Activa Xantias all had the 3.0? What I don’t understand is how the “real” sports car companies are happy to let the Xantia sit at the top of the moose test ranking for decades! It’s not an embarrassment? My other current car is a similar deep sleeper, although on a different aspect of performance. Suits me fine.
    - bishopwasahero 4y ago
      The UK only received four-pot turbos with 150PS. You could get a 3.0L V6 in other markets - definitely France.

Kaibeezy 4y ago

OP here. I found your article after once again being dragged down the C6 rabbit hole. There was a comment on my earlier post re Jacques Pepin’s love of French cars, and off I went. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32368624 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32368624 I was very close to buying a C6 after my Xantia perished a couple of years ago Found a winner with a manual transmission on a C6 forum, but got sniped somehow. Ended up with a German midsize estate, which is highly competent, and has a stick so it’s reasonably satisfying. I don’t look back at it every time I walk away though. I’m sure you’re aware of Neil Young’s project involving vintage Lincoln behemoths. This was a decade ago at least. Ended in tragedy, IIRC, but I believe it inspired others to re-look at what vintage cars could make good conversion candidates.

bishopwasahero 4y ago
It's true that there are a few manual C6s. I think they all came with the 2.2L four pot diesel, which did an OK job under the bonnet/ hood of the C6, but change the wafting nature of the car and came without the semi-intelligent AMVAR management of the suspension. I'm under no illusion that the C6 is an imperfect interpretation of Citroen's prior oleopneumatic mastery - I simply was not brave enough at the time to go for a DS, or a CX or XM for that matter, all of which I believe would be more true to how a large oleopneumatic Cit should be. Particularly disappointing is that PSA did not see to fit the Xantia Activa's 'active' suspension - that would have been one heck of a car. As it is, I know of people who put 3.0L V6 engines in the bays of UK-spec Xantia Activas to create true sheep in wolf's clothing, cars that scare Porsches and Ferraris on track-days, so I am assured.
- Kaibeezy 4y ago
  Right, the stick went on the base C6. A tradeoff for sure. I thought the Activa Xantias all had the 3.0? What I don’t understand is how the “real” sports car companies are happy to let the Xantia sit at the top of the moose test ranking for decades! It’s not an embarrassment? My other current car is a similar deep sleeper, although on a different aspect of performance. Suits me fine.
  - bishopwasahero 4y ago
    The UK only received four-pot turbos with 150PS. You could get a 3.0L V6 in other markets - definitely France.