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    Citroën-Driving French Cops Versus Buick Sport Wagon: L'homme à la Buick!

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    Image of sos10 sos10
    07/12/09

    In reply to Citroën-Driving French Cops Versus Buick Sport Wagon: L'homme à la Buick!
    Ah Fernandel... Mon père lui resemble énormément... Physiquement bien entendu.



    Never seen this movie, have to get a copy!
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    Image of dwegmull comments for the purpose of obscurity dwegmull comments for the purpose of obscurity
    07/12/09

    @sos10: I think this is one of the very few non-comedy to feature Fernandel. He was a great actor who was type casted into some less than stellar productions...
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    Image of BellaKlilyn BellaKlilyn
    07/12/09

    In reply to Citroën-Driving French Cops Versus Buick Sport Wagon: L'homme à la Buick!
    Reminds me of my favorite childhood family car. '67 Buick Estate Wagon. Woodgrain trim, bubble roof, third row seating, GranSport rims. Best of all, the 327 Wildcat engine, which was I believe a special order for the dealer that had it as a demo before we bought it.
    I would love to buy back that car!
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    Image of Buickboy92 Buickboy92
    07/12/09

    In reply to Citroën-Driving French Cops Versus Buick Sport Wagon: L'homme à la Buick!
    Pretty awesome! if I do say so myself.
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    Image of Blacksabre Blacksabre
    07/11/09

    In reply to Citroën-Driving French Cops Versus Buick Sport Wagon: L'homme à la Buick!
    Obviously, the the original poster has no idea what constitutes a 'BIG' Buick station wagon. He needs to be shown a last flight Buick Roadmaster Estate. Two and a half tons of pure...well, sloth.
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    Image of tonyola tonyola
    07/11/09

    @Blacksabre: Still wimpy, and it only weighed 4,600 lbs. For sheer mongo Buick wagonlust, nothing beats a 5,200-lb., 127-inch wheelbase '74 Estate Wagon.
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    07/11/09

    In reply to Citroën-Driving French Cops Versus Buick Sport Wagon: L'homme à la Buick!
    That is such pure French kitsch that it could almost be a well done satire.



    There was also a shot of a Renault Dauphine cop car--that's really an interceptor to fear.
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    Image of skitter skitter
    07/11/09

    @Novaload Misses Murilee: You've got to love the French kitsch. Wait, what?
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    Image of Armand Armand
    07/12/09

    @Novaload Misses Murilee: My first reaction to this clip-- well, my second reaction, after "this is awesome"-- was to wonder what self-respecting gendarme would ever be seen in a Dauphine. Sacre bleu, even the hot-rod Gordini had only about 20% of the Buick's power!
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    Image of Six Flags Over Tomsk Six Flags Over Tomsk
    07/11/09

    In reply to Citroën-Driving French Cops Versus Buick Sport Wagon: L'homme à la Buick!
    I'd like to think that, in the interest of being able to outrun the gendarmerie, our protagonist had the foresight to drop in a 401 Nailhead.
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    Image of PatFromGundo PatFromGundo
    07/11/09

    @Tomsk 1.1: No, they just let Claude Lelouch overdub the sound of a 401 Nailhead.
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    Image of Tier 5 royal, the Manic King Tier 5 royal, the Manic King
    07/11/09

    In reply to Citroën-Driving French Cops Versus Buick Sport Wagon: L'homme à la Buick!
    Champagne drinking in more or less every scene filmed inside? Good life.
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    Image of SoK SoK
    07/11/09

    In reply to Citroën-Driving French Cops Versus Buick Sport Wagon: L'homme à la Buick!
    Quick, we'll escape by cover of day in the biggest car in the county!!!


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    Image of Murilee Martin Murilee Martin
    07/11/09

    @SoK: The Citroën DS is actually pretty big, too.
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    Image of SoK SoK
    07/12/09

    @Murilee Martin: Gratz on everyone missing a classic MST3K ref. :)
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    Image of Mike the Dog is sitting by the door with a pair of cow slippers, and a very sad face. Mike the Dog is sitting by the door with a pair of cow slippers, and a very sad face.
    01/16/09

    In reply to Lysergic Frenchmen Perform Intricate Dance Of Fender-Crunching Euro-Steel: Trafic!
    That was.... Interesting.
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    Image of sos10 sos10
    01/16/09

    In reply to Lysergic Frenchmen Perform Intricate Dance Of Fender-Crunching Euro-Steel: Trafic!
    For those who like the subtle humor of Tati.. more cars here...

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    Image of packratmatt packratmatt
    01/16/09

    @sos10: Why is it that a '56 Chevy looks cool in green, lavender and pink?
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    01/17/09

    @packratmatt: Because most mid-late '50s cars look badass in weird colors.
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    Image of sos10 sos10
    01/16/09

    In reply to Lysergic Frenchmen Perform Intricate Dance Of Fender-Crunching Euro-Steel: Trafic!

     Reply
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    01/16/09

    @sos10: Please keep these weird and delicious treats coming!
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    Image of mikedrawcar mikedrawcar
    01/16/09

    In reply to Lysergic Frenchmen Perform Intricate Dance Of Fender-Crunching Euro-Steel: Trafic!
    I have no idea what I just watched.
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    Image of Akbar Biberkopf Akbar Biberkopf
    01/16/09

    In reply to Lysergic Frenchmen Perform Intricate Dance Of Fender-Crunching Euro-Steel: Trafic!
    Wow, thanks Murilee. One of my favorite movie makers of all time, on the Jalop. Seems Tati both loved cars and was completely baffled by car culture. It is not the crash scene that gets me most though, it is showing all the niftiness of the prototype to the police, yet not driving it to the show
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    Image of sos10 sos10
    01/16/09

    @Akbar Biberkopf: You mean this clip?


    Although not Tati's best (My favorite is Playtime) It has some great moments.

    Especially the Auto show scenes are memorable.

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    Image of Elderly Douche Elderly Douche
    01/16/09

    In reply to Lysergic Frenchmen Perform Intricate Dance Of Fender-Crunching Euro-Steel: Trafic!
    Actually, the mini is a Traveller, not a Clubman.

    Traveller:



    Clubman:



    Not that it mather.
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    Image of Stoatmaster Stoatmaster
    01/19/09

    @Elderly Douche: But it does matter.


    That's kind if why we're all here pontificating on the matter.

     Reply
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    01/16/09

    In reply to Lysergic Frenchmen Perform Intricate Dance Of Fender-Crunching Euro-Steel: Trafic!
    I figured out why this looked so familiar! Cars behaving awkwardly, questionable intelligence... it's GTA: San Andreas with reduced gravity!
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    Image of ck314 ck314
    01/16/09

    @FuzzyPlushroom: hardly cause the cop don't get killed >.<
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    01/16/09

    @ck314: You're playing it wrong! *grin*
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