I watched Doug DeMuro's Citroën DS video

It's true, I did. Why? The game's the game; I needed some content!

If you want to watch it, click the video above (and thanks!) If you don't, warning - *SPOILERS ahead!* I wasn't out to get at Doug (or any other YouTuber for that matter). He's a human, like me, and he'll have feelings, like me. And sure, the odds of him seeing the video are minute, even less so this post, but all the same I wanted to stress that it's a reaction to his content, as opposed to him. I might come across as a prick, but I'm not trying to be (honestly - it comes naturally).

If I'm honest, it wasn't actually as bad as I'd been told. He even pointed out a couple of things the usual reviewer misses, such as the DS'21' moniker relating to the digits in the engine's, as opposed to rounding it up to litres like most makers (included Citroen, eventually) did. I think my angst really stems from the notion that we live in a world where true greatness gets overlooked because it's considered 'nerdy' or 'boring'. The DS is an absolute powerhouse of a car; One of the greatest ever conceived and brought to mass market. But because people have the attention span of an ADHD-riddled goldfish, most of it is overlooked and oversimplified. Why can't the truly clever parts (e.g. things like the power brakes; the fact the suspension is bushless (it's all bearings) yet the car rides more smoothly than most other cars...well...ever) and things like that ever get the acclaim? They never will, for the simple reason that more people know who Kim Kardashian is than Alan Turing. I actually think Doug did an OK job here. Apart from the incessant need to suggest you can drive the car using all the various suspension heights, or silly little things like suggesting you can use the spoke of the steering wheel as a lever (sorry, 'levver'), he hasn't really dropped any clangers. And we do have to accept that most Americans live in a little self-centred bubble (well, it's pretty big tbf) and just aren't as au fait with things like this. What YouTube needs is a DS video for the nerds. One that delves much more deeply into the roots of Project D, and everything it does, along with the reasons why and what affect they had on the world. It'll be hours long; nerdy and geeky in ways the mainstream media would be horrified at, and it'll be unashmed to be what it is. And one day, I'm going to make it.