Comments by "Module 79L" (@module79l28) on "American Reacts to the Citroën DS" video.

2:30 - Fun Fact: when Citröen launched this model (which we called "Arrastadeira" here in Portugal), there was rumour that they would give a fortune to whoever managed to flip it over because they were sure it was unflippable. That "challenge" was abandoned when someone found out that it could be done by reversing at full speed and then turn the wheels all the way to one side. 😄 3:20 - Here in Portugal we lovingly call it "boca de sapo" (freely translated to "frog's face", even though the literal translation is "frog's mouth"). For some time they were assembled in the now PSA factory of Mangualde, in Central Portugal. 14:29 - In that particular model that's the parking brake, in the early models the parking brake was a push-pull lever underneath the dash, next to the steering column. What he meant by semi-automatic gearbox was that you don't need to have a manually operated clutch to shift gears. They were called clutchless manual transmissions. Jay Leno's has a standard manual gearbox, hence the "extra" pedal. 22:30 - Jay Leno had the steering headlights retrofitted in his DS because for some stupid reason they were forbidden in the US.
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@msviper - You must be too young to remember the "Arrastadeira" (the 15-Six). That was the first one they offered money to whoever could flip it over.
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@stephenberry8658 - The 15-Six was the first car they offered money to whoever could flip it over.
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@Mpl3564 - You didn't check what car was in the timestamp I tagged, did you? Apparently not.
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