In 1983 Citroën introduced its new model, the BX and I immediately fell in love with it. By trading in two Honda’s I was able to buy a BX 16TRS, the most expensive model in the range. This was a very nice car to drive, also because it had the same hydraulic suspension system as the DS. The dashboard looked a bit boring, until you turned the ignition key. Then all the gauges came alive with colors.

With that BX I drove approximately 120.000 kilometers in two years. After that time it proved very difficult to sell, because Citroën had introduced a cheaper, more basic version, the BX 14, with a noisy air-cooled engine and without all the extra’s that my BX 16 TRS had.