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At a distillery in Scotland the guide was taking my wife and me back to the visitors' center when we passed by an old Citroën DS. I pointed it out to the Missus with a brief mention of the suspension ( it was sitting on its bump stops) when the guide offered to show us how his car would come to normal ride height when the engine started. While the car was putting on its show, the guide told us about the day he was coming over the road from Balmoral to Granton on Spey and on a long twisting down hill, the belt for the hydraulic pump broke. That robbed the car of brake boost, steering assist and suspension travel. He said it was like guiding a wooden cart with practically no way to slow down and a reluctance to turn down the mountain .
We had been down that road earlier in the week. I was impressed he survived.

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Les