As I frequently use my car to travel to Belgium and back... all the time putting more and more miles on me beloved STi.

I reckon its about time I started looking for a cheap runaround for when I'm at home

Now then,

On returning to the UK on Friday,I passed a convoy of Citroen 2CV's on the E40 in France.....all tootling along at 50mphish,all grinning like chesire cats and all of them obviously thoroughly enjoying themselves

...so I have decided

THAT I WANT ONE TOO

and just to complete the wally package,its gonna be blue and logo'd up with the Subaru WRC stickers.lol

has anyone had the misfortune of owning and running one of these abominations?

Jon

 

Havent owned one,but had immense pleasure in smashing the ****ing **** out of one(a scrap one).

What a pathetic car.......just my opinion....

Unless its owned by a babe ........or a hard nut (gulps)

 

chap, they are only smiling 'cos the fecking crap cans are actually running

 

Nah,you're missing the point

you've got to have the right sense of humour

...only 4 for sale on the Autotrader website



how cool is that?

 

Elmer,

I always knew your taste was cr@p (removing the SL's)

But a 2CV???

You have truly lost it my friend!

 

John....trust me,mate

I remember back to the early 90's and going to an International 2CV meet at Cheltenham racecourse.

Man,it was really a great a day out,cars came from all over europe...one was equipped with tank tracks believe it or not,while another had its seats removed and had replaced them with toilets complete with bog brushes for windscreen wipers

Ya just gotta have the right sense of humour

jon

 

Ran about in my parent's for a couple of months when my old cosworth was getting rebuilt and must admit it was a laugh. The handling is, apart from being very leany, good and there is no need to slow down once you get the thing flat out.

The comfort factor is nil - basic isn't the word. but at least it is a convertible!!

Gears can be a bit of a mare, my ex drove it home once from the pub with me having to do the gears!!

All in all a fun car to drive in nice conditions but in winter on the M25 with rain lashing down not so good!! And you get the waves from the other owners like the scoob!!!

Go for it!!

 

I've heard that its nigh on impossible to roll one,lol

Ya just know that as soon as I get one I'll be fighting hoards of nubile young ladeez off with a pointy stick

 

thats right, only way to do it is full lock, in reverse, and floor it!

 

More importantly,was I right about fighting off the hoards of nubile young ladeez tho?

 

I thought the golden labradors wearing fluorescent jackets would be more of a concern than their owners Elmer?

 

I am serious about buying one tho,don't want to spend more than £500 if I can help it.....but a convertable coupled with 600cc of throbbing power....who wouldn't

 

I'd take a Stihl saw to the STi before I'd be seen in one of those!

 

Great little motor with it's own sense of humour the only car I've been in on the motorway and gone through the snow with no problems because of the thin tyres, we use to use one everyday to travel to London and back when I was a milkman, My dad my brother in law and myself, it use to do about 45mpg, and was a feckking good laugh

 

I was wondering about a 2CV a while ago They're still cool and from what I've heard, threy tend to run for ever, and will go flat out all day, without complaints..
It's also a cabrio, so you can fit in almost any load possible.
That engine as well. It does sound surprisingly good, considering how small it is
I might just have to get one now
Just go for it

 

You're not far off

My mum and dad owned them for years and loved them. There's a whole world around them and all the owners just have a sense of humour. You'll not buy something cheaper to run and insure..........

 

I saw these things racing at Ingliston years ago, absolute hoot, 3 wide going into the corners and stuff spoke to a guy that raced one once, he said it was great flat out everywhere.

John.

 

Cars with character, makes a pleasant change these days. Overtaking people in them is great fun

 

Don't even think about crashing in one - it'll be a dental records job....

 

one of my mates has one just been fully rebuilt.
does about 70 flat out but is seriously scary round corners
his whole roof rolls back so brilliant for sunny days.

if it breaks it is so simple to fix due to the simplicity of the whole thing.

citreons spec when making the car was...

"must be able to carry 2 dozen eggs and 2 chickens across a ploughed field at 30mph without breaking the eggs or alarming the chickens"

how good is that!!

 

I had one in the early nineties...
- experienced damp start problems (but Hey! there's a starter handle for when you flat the battery)
- you learn a lot about momentum
- a real laugh cornering; you can enjoy hooning around at low speeds
- easy to get into if you lose your keys
- it'll always be where you left it
- wouldn't like to have crashed it

I wouldn't mind another, but I'd be missing about 290bhp

 

Lower it a bit and they corner like a train...

our ex-racer going down Craner

 

I used to drive one a bit back in the eighties (it wasn't mine ), I used to have to drive it through Hyde Park at lunchtimes and noticed how every other car on the road moved well out of my way which was nice, every panel on the thing was bashed in which may have helped it's road clearing properties

Other than that the gears were a laugh, sort of a push me/pull me/twist me affair coming out from the dashboard. Oh and you don't even notice speed bumps in them!

IIRC during their production period weren't they voted the most unreliable car year after year after year?

 

The first car I ever drove was a Citroen Dyane (sort of like a 2CV but better, not much though).
Fun car to drive but was a total rust bucket. Wouldn't like to have a big crash in one either but they are quiet cool in a cr@p kinda way

Look, see you can rally them aswell!!