Citroen Tarred (But Not Feathered) In Beijing

by Bertel Schmitt

Published: November 26th, 2012

citroen tarred but not feathered in beijing

If the road outside of your house gets a new layer of blacktop, and you forget to move your car before the work crews arrive, what would happen? In America, you’d probably have to look for your vehicle in to impound lot. In China, the car would still be there. But it would wear asphalt shoes.

As documented by Carnewschina, this Citroen Fukang has been immobilized when a road in the Dong Si Shi’er Hutong in Beijing was paved. As usual , Carnewschina provides historical background on the car, which started as a Citroen ZX before it was renamed Fukang at its 1994 debut in China.

The site also provides advice for the unlucky Fukang owner: “The vehicle can be freed but only with some very heavy equipment.” Like a jack and (oops) two spare tires.

In the meantime, the tarred car already received notoriety on Youtube, and China’s unblocked version, Youkou (above.)

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Bertel Schmitt

Bertel Schmitt comes back to journalism after taking a 35 year break in advertising and marketing. He ran and owned advertising agencies in Duesseldorf, Germany, and New York City. Volkswagen A.G. was Bertel's most important corporate account. Schmitt's advertising and marketing career touched many corners of the industry with a special focus on automotive products and services. Since 2004, he lives in Japan and China with his wife <a href="http://www.tomokoandbertel.com"> Tomoko </a>. Bertel Schmitt is a founding board member of the <a href="http://www.offshoresuperseries.com"> Offshore Super Series </a>, an American offshore powerboat racing organization. He is co-owner of the racing team Typhoon.

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Ott on Nov 26, 2012

That reminds me of another pic I saw a few years ago... This one involving a car parked in front of a fire hydrant. http://www.google.ca/imgres?imgurl=http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/2/Fire_hose_through_car.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/showphoto.php/photo/1467&h=223&w=400&sz=75&tbnid=fYohtfOvtmQY9M:&tbnh=90&tbnw=161&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dfire%2Bhose%2Bthrough%2Bcar%26tbm%3Disch%26tbo%3Du&zoom=1&q=fire+hose+through+car&usg=__r6KczwWjATpumpHx6jSxDjIfDa4=&docid=HeWAh2mzOIvNWM&hl=en&sa=X&ei=frKzUKCODMbVyAHX1oFA&sqi=2&ved=0CC0Q9QEwAA&dur=1295

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El scotto on Nov 26, 2012

http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/2/Fire_hose_through_car.jpg Search by images

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