Cappuccino Beige Autoshite on its way.. nope has arrived ! ..and now has gone again !!

[Bfg]

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Cappuccino Beige Autoshite on its way up from Wiltshire as we sit here in the warm and comfort of our homes.. Yes it's being driven (MOT'd yesterday) but it's not at all glamorous, nor sporty, nor fashionable, but it is said to be quite practical in an economical sort of way.. 

 

no collection thread.., I simply await arrival.  eta.: 2:30 - 3pm.

 

Bfg

[Bfg]

Footman James Insurance have just told me that it'll cost another £36.21 to add this fine automobile to my existing policy.  Limited mileage again, but parked on driveway rather than garaged and with agreed value.  I can live with that.   

[Bfg]

..20 miles / half an hour away

[Fabergé Greggs]

!!! Is it the ami?

[tooSavvy]

Imagining two pikeys driving up there... 'Tarmac ya drive, guvnor?'

 

TS

[Bfg]

not the ami..    I'm still waiting to hear from the transport company (Ljubljana - Zeebrugge) on that one

 

..no this one is a little more modern - it being an X reg and all

[Bfg]

Imagining two pikeys driving up there... 'Tarmac ya drive, guvnor?'

 

TS

 

pikeys get shot at around here    they're not loved by farmers !

[castros_bro]

ICMFP

 

[Bfg]

I think he's got lost !   ..or been shot ?

[Bfg]

I'd never get in that little car, no this one is an import from Europe

 

Big Furry Giant

[Bfg]

All's quiet out there.. no whirr

[Dirk Diggler]

Pikey home invasion; bfg is currently locked in a wardrobe

[Bfg]

I just got out !

 

..but will be back on here in half an hour or so ..

[Bfg]

he got lost

 

[Ghosty]

Dyane?

[trigger]

Sounds interesting what ever it is!

[Felly Magic]

Does look like a Dyanne shaped grille and indicators

[vulgalour]

I think Ghosty's on the money with that guess, you can just about make out a rear arch and the Dick Strawbridge moustache shaped grille through the hedge.

[Bfg]

^ darn !  ..try as I might to make this topic in some small (or cheap ?) way interesting

 

[Bfg]

 

^  This is really far too easy for you guys.. well done Ghosty - you're on the ball

[Bfg]

 

 

 

..with an incontestable direct line of ascendancy..  this 1982 model is positively bursting with 602cc (not just cubic-inches !) of unbridled power..  You should have seen the way it climbed unabated this steep and treacherously curving drive.. only slowing thrice to drop a gear 

 

My Thanks to Mr Gary Dicks / driver / seller / 2cvImports

[Bfg]

pictorial elegance as ever you did see.

 

Style with such panache as only the Parisian styling boutiques are famed for

..well OK designed by Panhard (their 2nd attempt) - which was a little less famed for its styling

 

But..,  It's the virtues of this car that make it special in the anals of history. 

..I'll list one such example when I think of it

 

 

p.s. Perhaps Trigger has a contemporary Road Test on the fabulous (darling) Dyane that he'll copy for us here ?

[anonymous user]

But it's the virtues of this car that make it special in the anals of history. 

..I'll list one such example when I think of it

I think you meant annals, although perhaps it was a deliberate mistake

[Bfg]

^ bum 'oles ..did I spell it wrong ?

[purplebargeken]

Nope, he was right the first time.

 

Top shite, absolute honey of a car!

[egg]

I Really want one of these before the prices make it impossible. Top buy.

[chaseracer]

I really do need to get my thumb out of my "annal" passage and get mine back on the road...

[dollywobbler]

From the same seller as my Dyane. He's alright, as long as you don't expect perfection (he rarely charges enough for that). 

 

So, two beige A Series Citroens then? You really are living the dream.

[Bfg]

^ Beige cars tend not to be in the premium price range !   ..but add just a little sparkle and you have gold !   

 

I wonder how many people buy a pretty but scruffy car or motorcycle, or even a home ..and in the process of restoration - repaint it ?  As I've said before :

My owning a 2cv (or other A-series) is a genuine hankering for a simpler way of life ..not to be a dolly owner

 

Fashionable I am not !

[forddeliveryboy]

Great woizzit delivery thread, but is it as you hoped? Is it dirty from salt spray at insanely high* speeds?

 

*from a 2cv driver's pov