Anyway,back to yon DS.This was one great car with a ride like a magic carpet and performance which was amazing considering the weight of the thing.However,in the winter mine had a curious foible.You reversed out of your path.And that was it.The car elected to stay in reverse,until the linkage from the column shift, I assume,thawed out.Fortunately that didn't take long and I never did find a permanent cure.There again,it didn't happen too often so I lived with it.As my old gran used to say, "What can't be cured,must be endured." She also said a lot of stuff no-one understood,like, "It's cold enough for a walking stick " and "Long may yer lum reek. "
I generally found the car easy to drive,though initially the brake 'pedal' was a small matter of concern.Mainly because it wasn't a pedal,rather more a big rubber mushroom growing out of the floor.At least it was where you expected to find a brake pedal,which is more than can be said for the parking brake,the handle to which stuck out under the dash somewhere and resembled a walking stick (back to gran).