Hilarious and also amazing. Thank you.

@peterriggall8409

Жыл бұрын

I do think it should be explained that the 3 wheel trick is the sole property of Mr. Hubnut and me. 😆 But it didn’t work so no drama. Pity someone didn’t have an SM to try it on…..

‘Up in progress’ has to be my favourite dash message 😅 surely that’s a T-shirt slogan thing.

@dave9614

Жыл бұрын

You have to love a literal translation

Damn I actually thought it would.... But the tension and the comments from the cars really built up will it do it. Excellent video as always mate.

the speech bubbles on the cars are pure ART! 🤣glad you answered the question we were all thinking! hilarious to hear the C6 bleeping in French protest as the experiment continues...

The tension watching from the comfort of our sofa was palpable 😅 Your videos continue to make us laugh (in a good way).

Definitely one of your greatest ones yet very funny but very nail biting to

The coaches I drive have a ferry lift which sets the suspension at a rock solid high setting and also limits the speed to 5MPH... I must try this. I may be unemployed by this time tomorrow 👍🤣

@UPnDOWN

Жыл бұрын

Make sure you film it!

I hadn't wondered about this until I saw the video title and then I though "of _course_ someone should wonder about that!" Thank you for finding out.

@UPnDOWN

Жыл бұрын

Exactly.

A C6 will try to self level when you park up. Possibly that and putting on the wood is mucking it up, although throught maintainence mode would lock out all 4 corners at max.

@UPnDOWN

Жыл бұрын

The C6 tries to level to an extent, but only front-to-back, and on high it shouldn't be an issue anyway. But I think the wood *might* have confused it....that's the hope I'm clinging to!

UpandTooFarDown! That went almost a bit HubNut. And maybe you should keep the Tomato and Clement apart, they are obviously ganging up against you. "I'll just start it up". . . .

Funny! Had to be done. I never jack on the jacking points. I always go off a subframe mount or axle. Had too many rusty cars!

fabulous idea, please try other crazy things

Love it … more of this pls 😂

If this ever come up as a question on a car themed pub quiz , I now have the answer 🤣 Thank you.

The black and white was very moody: a little-known classic, "Un homme, ses autos, ses idées stupides." One of the most insightful studies of maturity indefinitely postponed ever put onto celluloid (it wasn't really celluloid, it was cellulose acetate because movie houses kept going up in flames, but the expression has stuck).

@UPnDOWN

Жыл бұрын

Yup, that's exactly what I was aiming for. Honest.

These videos are getting seriously professional and well made. Stop it at once! See you on the live.

@peterriggall8409

Жыл бұрын

Yes agreed. Love the artistic impressions of the cars at the end.

Addressing the questions that need answering. Thankyou.

Love it, that made me laugh. I drove my company Zantia around a ploughed field on fully raised after taking a wrong turn, I don't think it helped. You have to wonder why no other manufacturer offers this feature. Hmmm...

@UPnDOWN

Жыл бұрын

LJK Setright said that the suspension is beyond the comprehension of half of the car makers of the world, and beyond the ability of the other half.

Lovely job 🚘🚙🚗⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️👍👍👍👍

I seem to recall that our mate hubbers achieved this very feat in an ID or a DS sometime ago,quite, when escapes me now..

@kevinbray9550

Жыл бұрын

I know he has done it in a GS as it's on KZread. Not sure about ID/DS.

@UPnDOWN

Жыл бұрын

He did. It's very doable in any LHM-powered Citroen.

Driving on 3 wheels: Also the differential would keep you from accelerating when removing a front wheel even if the weight would prevent it in the first place.

@UPnDOWN

Жыл бұрын

It would with an open diff, yes....overlooking the fact it would have fallen over beforehand.

At least you had a Bally good go 🥝✔️

Ooh! I was squirming in my seat watching it drop and scrape, sounded painful 🤪

In the 24h live, I’m going to ask you about those yellow body sections hanging up high in the Tomato segment of this video.

Try with the suspension set lower? The arm will lift, and maybe that gives more scope for the front suspension to help, as it has more lift travel (not being at the top)

@UPnDOWN

Жыл бұрын

The arm won't lift, it doesn't work like that.

I have a C5, from what I know about hydractive: - start off on level ground (not one corner on wood, the car levels and drops the suspension accordingly) - set to highest position - open driver door and don't (fully) close it until done (suspension adjusts every time door opens, even the boot) - jack up passenger rear wheel - weight of the driver will keep the car balanced - remove wheel and jack - drive to where needed - replace wheel Any deviation will result in what was on video.

@UPnDOWN

6 ай бұрын

You're saying I've got to try it again!?

@boban250

6 ай бұрын

@@UPnDOWN Well.. you don't HAVE to.. but would be kinda cool if you did 😁

i believe if you had taken the passenger side wheel instead, it might have worked. 😀 my old C5 did the same, high ridehide max 40 km/h and it loweret it self to normal ridehide, and full op max 10 km/h it first loweret to high and over 40 km/h down to normal, and all the way down also max 10 km/h over that, it rise to normal ridehide.🤨 but im thinking i wil try that on my 1999 XM 🤔 it might work

@UPnDOWN

Жыл бұрын

I don't think it would have, but only one way to find out, I guess...

@JohnLawley24v

Жыл бұрын

I was just thinking passenger side then your weight in the car will help the balance.

Had to be done. Fortune favours the curious. In the next episode, can you get a jack under a slammed C6?

Rock Hard ?..um not so much these days. Glad to see your wearing your best hoodie Rich and hair is a bit quaffed ... someone's been at you . YT does that seeing its likely to be here for 100 years. Serious question..Did all of the DS safari wagons and SOME of the lower spec DS sedans have plexiglass rear windows ?..coz I cant get a definitive answer online.

@UPnDOWN

Жыл бұрын

Yup, I dressed up for this one. I've no idea, regards your question! I've not read that before anywhere, myself.

@planestrainsdogsncars4336

Жыл бұрын

@@UPnDOWN If you have ever seen a DS19 wagon with a slightly cloudy rear hatch window ...that's the reason ..it was plastic. ''adrianflux.co.uk'' writes regarding the 19 It also had less power, just 69bhp compared with 75bhp, and gone were the power steering, power brakes and hydraulic clutch and gear change, replaced by a conventional transmission and clutch. A far simpler hydraulic system was fitted, used to operate the hydropneumatic suspension only, while inside plasticised matting replaced foam-backed carpet, seats were simplified, the dash was painted metal, and the door trim and window winders were plastic. Some exterior chrome was dispensed with, including on the headlamp rims, and the rear screen was made out of plexiglass instead of glass. All of this helped reduce the price by a significant 25 per cent, but even that was not enough for some Traction enthusiasts, so the even cheaper ID 19 Normale - using the Traction 11D’s 62bhp engine - was brought in to help further bridge the price gap.

Just needs smaller rear brakes, thats all.. seriously though, I like this video. Well done.

@UPnDOWN

Жыл бұрын

It was the suspension that caught, but I like your thinking!

Amazing

That ending 👌

Comments about late model C5 doing it, it will depend on the suspension... Need to remember there was Hydractive 3 and 3+ filtered to C5s and C6s (2.2 has 3 others have 3+) Possibly Hydractive 3 might work better at this trick

@UPnDOWN

Жыл бұрын

Shouldn't do, in theory. 3+ includes AMVAR; the height adjustment element is the same. If the C5 can do it but the C6 can't, then the C6 must have better front/rear weight distribution.

Amazing! Is that a 2.7 v6 I hear?

@UPnDOWN

Жыл бұрын

Correct.

And much hilarity ensued...........well done 🤣

Well done for trying shipmate! Just like the tyre was only flat at the bottom, the drivers side front suspension only dropped by 10% - ish (maybe 20 to 30%, Ooops!, did I say that), when you got in it. Does a BX, CX or DS do that? Maybe you needed a light weight jockey at hand for this experiment haha --- Maybe the C6 suspension is so good on 4 wheels, it can't manage these 3 wheeled kinds of things anymore and is not included in the spec.

@SPTSuperSprinter156

Жыл бұрын

a BX will drop when you get in it, as will any normal sprung car. If you are heavy enough, or carrying lots of passengers it will of course react by self levelling. Can only speak for the BX as it's the only one I owned.

@marksntl7632

Жыл бұрын

@@SPTSuperSprinter156Please don't get offended. The BX did not drop when anyone got into it when it was in maintenance mode, at maximum height....

@UPnDOWN

Жыл бұрын

I think the C6's issue is that it can override the max height setting, meaning it allows some suspension travel if there's enough load on it.

tried doing it with my xm break, sadly didn't work, the rear appears to have to much weight on it, maybe a V6 coudl do it, but a 2 Liter can't....

Richard, you definitely need "collar and tie" when driving the C6 if you want to avoid getting tugged for "suspected theft of motor vehicle".

@UPnDOWN

Жыл бұрын

59-plate Citroen? I'm more likely to get tugged to make sure I have insurance and a licence...

@loopwithers

Жыл бұрын

@@UPnDOWN well...precisely. Notwithstanding your excellent new video, Sir would appear to be more sartorially suited to a TVR, Clement or a dripping Imp.

Maybe you can try it with Clement when he's running again?

@UPnDOWN

Жыл бұрын

There's nothing to be learned because people have done it with DS' plenty of times. But of course, I will!

Whoops! Just a thought - would the rear arm raise itself up into the wheel arch and higher off the ground if you lowered the suspension to medium setting? Or are all the sensors looking for it to make contact on all four corners? I was going to try this with my XMs, but didn't have the courage to as I didn't want to make an expensive mistake. One thing I did was drive to the tyre shop with a flat offside front tyre which it managed at town speeds, only I was getting a load of people shouting and waving at me. The annoying thing with HP suspension is if you purposely want one end of the car to be higher than the other as it'll self level itself if you set the rear tyres on a curb if for whatever reason you want to raise just the rear up while the suspension is in its normal setting. Or if you're stopped on an incline (like the set of traffic lights on the A27 at Lancing), the back end will go up and the look on the face of the driver behind is always something to be seen.

@UPnDOWN

Жыл бұрын

No, it can only be done on high suspension. If you put it on any other setting, the suspension on the remaining three wheels will make up the difference and the car will end up even lower. XM? I reckon it can. In fact, I think I've seen it done. I'm not sure why you'd want the front and back to be at different heights, though! And it definitely shouldn't be trying to account for any inclines in the road! You might have problems there if it's doing that!

@chrisperyagh

Жыл бұрын

It was a 1990 XM (3.0 V6 Si), so chances are there was something wrong as it was plagued with problems. It happened when I wanted to load something and reversed the back onto the kerb to raise the tailgate higher, but the suspension had other ideas and always wanted the car to remain horizontal regardless of the incline. It had GS spheres fitted when I bought it and that only came to light when I had them replaced a couple or so years afterwards.

And from that day on, nobody could get into his garage.

Remember you do these experiments so I don't have to try them at home.

You should try with the left wheel

@UPnDOWN

Жыл бұрын

I might, but I don't think that's the issue. I stood on the left side and it made no difference.

Oh gosh! and you wonder why these cars will seek revenge on you one day 😅

Just asking but don"t you do the transmission damage when you put it in neutrar while it's still moving?

@UPnDOWN

Жыл бұрын

I'm unsure. At higher speeds in older transmissions you could, but in this I'm not sure. In any case, it's only as you're coming to a rest; it's not freewheeling for any real distance.

Can we do it in a C5 ? I was Wow when you entered the car like that and it managed to stay in equilibrium ... why the empty hub don't retracted ? that's a lot of stuff under that wheel hub When we have a flat tyre on a hydro , that wheel dont go to down to the rim ... And another reason we must do this trick on a back wheel : it's front wheel drive , so it's better you can drive and turn lol . One time a wood screw punctured my rear right tire on my 96 Xantia Break 1.9TD (left hand drive,no ABS) on the highway , I didn't feel or heard a thing at 120Km/h, get out of the highway and while turning left in the roundabout I sensed that the back was strange and heard the flat tyre make some noise . Stop to check it , see the screw damaged , continue to drive another 2km to my garage and fixed the tyre . more recently in a recent rental aircross something , same thing append ,but I feel the stability problem even before the tire light cames on, and because it's a rental they remove the spare tire (or it's a option ), had to pass 2 gas stations to refill the tire to manage to get to a "agreed" tyre shop ... So Hidropneumatic 4ever :D

So it only works in theory, so this isn't a real Citroën anymore if you can't drive it on three wheels. This applies to the hydraulic suspension Citroëns.

@UPnDOWN

Жыл бұрын

You could say it's not a real Citroen in theory...

That ending

0:03 UKs Ford Fairmont AU 'speshalist' 😎

@UPnDOWN

Жыл бұрын

There's the new t-shirt.

If something seems stupid, well it's probably because it is 🤣😂

@UPnDOWN

Жыл бұрын

If it looks stupid but it works, it's not stupid... Unless it doesn't work. Then it probably is stupid, too.

What is your opinion about this car I find it amazing since I bought it in 2008

@UPnDOWN

3 ай бұрын

You bought this actual car?! Or a C6?

@Fexa-Fox

3 ай бұрын

@@UPnDOWN I bought another c6 in 2008

Next video (well, maybe not the next one): can you drive an SM on three wheels?

@UPnDOWN

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, be a couple of weeks tho

It did work you can remove a rear on the C6 but l think if you drive ii on three wheels but what you did by removing the jack and the C6 is enough for me

@UPnDOWN

Жыл бұрын

I don't think it worked any more than it would have worked on a Ford Fiesta, to be fair!

“speshalist” 😂

i wish you'd stop taking hilarious risks with your C6 and get back to the task of getting Clement back on the road!

@UPnDOWN

Жыл бұрын

I'm not able to work on Clement yet, sadly.

@JohnStodden1

Жыл бұрын

@@UPnDOWN what? Pressure of other jobs?

A shorter wheelbase and it would have done it.... I think

@UPnDOWN

Жыл бұрын

Maybe. I'm not cutting it down to find out, though.

You just had to find out didn't you, happy now eh 😆

Upnut 🤓🤔

@UPnDOWN

Жыл бұрын

He stole it from me. True story.

So brave pills make you brave - but they don't help your judgement lol

Is the conclusion that newer Citroens don't have as much suspension travel as the old cars?

@UPnDOWN

Жыл бұрын

Not really.

@GoldenCroc

Жыл бұрын

Not sure about the conclusion, but just looking at it optically, it absolutely seems so. A DS or even CX vs a "modern" C5 mk3, the older ones looks to have 50% more wheel travel....

Modern human nature at work there - always needing to push the envelope that bit further over the cliff edge. I bet Clement is deriving lugubrious pleasure from all of this.

@MrManBuzz

Жыл бұрын

You don't know the limits of something until you exceed them. Just hope you don't push too far past them 😂

Is that an Activa at 6:29?

@UPnDOWN

Жыл бұрын

Yes - there is a playlist dedicated to it (the 'Tractiva')

Try the other rear tyre.

@UPnDOWN

Жыл бұрын

I was stood on the kickplate at the front passenger seat, and it made no difference.

Wouldn’t have saved President Charles DeGaulle from the assassination attempt as did his Citroen DS which sped away. Beautiful car but like many who knew of Citroen’s complex electronics and horrendous depreciation I gave one a miss. 👍🏻🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

@UPnDOWN

9 ай бұрын

Fifth gear seemed to think it would! De Gaulle didn't escape because they drove on high; he escaped because the DS' geometry and steering system allowed the car to track straight even with tyres blown out.

@Backwardlooking

9 ай бұрын

@@UPnDOWN 👍🏻

The reason you can't take a front wheel off is because it's front wheel drive - it has an open differential so it couldn't move. Weight over the front has nothing to do with it.

@UPnDOWN

10 ай бұрын

I'm part of this group on Facebook called 'People incorrectly correcting other people'. You should check it out!

Citroën French for mad Lol It was worth a crack. 😁

rear passenger side next time :D

@UPnDOWN

Жыл бұрын

I don't think that would work either, to be fair.

you should have tried the rear passenger wheel or lost some weight!

@UPnDOWN

Жыл бұрын

Well, Slim Jim, being that it was still sat on the deck when I got out of the car I'm inclined to disagree!

I wonder if you can drive a Reliant Fox on three wheels... hmmm? Probably not.

@UPnDOWN

Жыл бұрын

Only one way to find out!

Maybe if you'd taken the non driver side off??

@UPnDOWN

Жыл бұрын

It *might* have helped, but I doubt it.

I can tell you from experience, you cant do this with an austin metro.

@UPnDOWN

Жыл бұрын

Maybe if you pumped it right up...?

Maybe it could’ve worked if it was done on the opposite side? 🤔🤔

@UPnDOWN

Жыл бұрын

Doubtful, but maybe one day I'll try.

Car says no

If President Charles de Gaulle had a C6, he would have been pain brun, unless his attackers could not run faster than 5mph 😂

@UPnDOWN

Жыл бұрын

Ah! Not so. De Gaulle escaped because the suspension stabilised the car enough to overcome the flat tyre, not because it was on three wheels (they shot out three of the tyres, I believe). Fifth Gear tried it on a C6 when they were launched. It's on here somewhere.

The car it's to heavy maybe ? too long ?

I tried in c5 and also failed to ride on three wheels

@UPnDOWN

Жыл бұрын

Which C5?

@saduski

Жыл бұрын

@@UPnDOWN c5 2002 2.0 16v estate

Why??????????

@UPnDOWN

Жыл бұрын

It's a rite of passage.

@hpevans9041

Жыл бұрын

I thought that was Clement before starting the SM…………I think you said you had an SM???

What a shame. You gave that car the opportunity to shine and it proceeded to shame itself in front of the entire internet. With aplomb.

😂😢❤

Well,,,,,,, we all know now C6 no it can't.

Have we missed the video that tells us that BX “The Tomato” is the ex Number 27’s now @jayemmoncars car?? I know in this video kzread.info/dash/bejne/ooumms6ch8Kwm7w.html there was a vague reference from James that The Tomato was going to “Richard” but we must have missed it… 3 KZreadr’s car. The Tomato is a real celeb now 😁

@UPnDOWN

Жыл бұрын

No, you haven't. The first Tomato video is coming next. It's still @Jayemm's car.