dollywobbler Posted July 29, 2020 Share Posted July 29, 2020 I quite like them around town. You have to be measured with throttle inputs but can go very slowly with no clutch, due to the heavy flywheel and low gearing. It's a lot nicer around town then my GSA! That thing shunts and jolts all the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted July 29, 2020 Share Posted July 29, 2020 Slightly OT, but one of my neighbours stopped me in the street yesterday, asking what had happened to the CX. Turns out he had trained as a mechanic with Citroën in the 1980s, and claims to have run a succession of 2CVs, including one in which the floorpan gave way under his wife's feet during a journey. Another 2CV he claims to have drunk-driven straight under the arch at Marble Arch in the early hours of a morning because negotiating the one-way system to get onto the Edgware Road would have made him vomit. He sez he still has tools for 2CVs in his shed. I think he runs a Honda Jizz now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six-cylinder Posted July 29, 2020 Share Posted July 29, 2020 2 hours ago, dollywobbler said: It's a lot nicer around town then my GSA! That thing shunts and jolts all the time. My father had a GS 1220 Club when I did my driving practice and if you went down to walking pace you had to dip the clutch select first gear and feed the clutch back in to avoid kangarooing up the road. My driving instructor would tell me off in his Triumph Toledo as it would pull cleanly from walking pace in second gear! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six-cylinder Posted July 29, 2020 Share Posted July 29, 2020 Our first owned 2CV was great and we told everybody, that resulted without us putting it up for sale in the sister-in-law of a friend wanting it badly enough to come down from Scotland to buy it. Our friend found it very amusing and did strange things in the car! 500tops, ProgRocker, rmjbn1 and 1 other 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted July 29, 2020 Share Posted July 29, 2020 2 minutes ago, Six-cylinder said: .... Our friend found it very amusing and did strange things in the car! Some people do have a Nazi streak in them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six-cylinder Posted July 29, 2020 Share Posted July 29, 2020 4 minutes ago, Tadhg Tiogar said: Some people do have a Nazi streak in them! That is why it is so strange, Douglas is a calm, caring, well grounded sort of fellow we have know for many years so it must have been the car that made him do it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six-cylinder Posted July 29, 2020 Share Posted July 29, 2020 On 7/27/2020 at 11:13 PM, Zelandeth said: It's far too long since I was last out in a 2CV, and still very much want to see what my husband makes of one... they're cars which are so utterly unlike anything else that they need to be experienced and looking at pictures don't really give a full experience! Maybe I should get mine out of storage for the next FoD event, it will do it good and maybe I might find a volunteer to grease it up for me! LightBulbFun, 500tops and Mr Pastry 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Pastry Posted July 29, 2020 Share Posted July 29, 2020 45 minutes ago, Six-cylinder said: Maybe I should get mine out of storage for the next FoD event, it will do it good and maybe I might find a volunteer to grease it up for me! Verney Junction? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six-cylinder Posted July 29, 2020 Share Posted July 29, 2020 2 minutes ago, Mr Pastry said: Verney Junction? Yes, they have started rebuilding the line so I guess it does not look like that now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eifion Posted July 29, 2020 Share Posted July 29, 2020 I was about to ask the same question. Are we all closet train spotters on here? Tadhg Tiogar and Mr Pastry 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted July 29, 2020 Share Posted July 29, 2020 1 hour ago, Six-cylinder said: That is why it is so strange, Douglas is a calm, caring, well grounded sort of fellow we have know for many years so it must have been the car that made him do it! Ask him if he has a Merc 540K. That might be an explanation.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMC Posted July 29, 2020 Share Posted July 29, 2020 10 hours ago, Spiny Norman said: Foot to the floor, over 70mph indicated. IIRC this was the road to Helensburgh. They're not great in town where you have to constantly start and stop but on the open road you can barrel along at 60-65 quite easily in a good one. It’s surprising how well you can progress on quiet, windy a and B roads, I found my perception levels were heightened to conserve momentum. Maximum attack. I avoided braking if at all possible. I was in my early 20s so perhaps my 2cv driving style will be different (more sedate) if I owned one today. rmjbn1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmjbn1 Posted July 29, 2020 Share Posted July 29, 2020 1 hour ago, HMC said: Maximum attack. I avoided braking if at all possible. I believe that's the correct approach to driving them. Maintaining momentum is paramount. I came to be of the opinion that when the road markings said 'SLOW', that was the time to floor it. I'm not sure 'accelerate' would be the right term, but they make a lot more noise when that second choke in the carb is opened wide, which makes it sound like you should be going faster:) I agree with the above comments that a 602cc can happily keep up with modern traffic, only a long uphill causes them to run out of puff. I once lost a sizeable portion of my chips through a hole in the floor (that hole where the rear floor meets the wheelarch, do you know it?), when the bag fell over mid-corner. Just one of those things you have to watch out for I guess. Nice to see you getting a traditional gallic greeting there @brownnova: No idea what's going on here, though: Is this some elaborate French sport? brownnova and HMC 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shedenvy Posted July 29, 2020 Share Posted July 29, 2020 I've started on the journey to restoring my mum & dad's one, needless to say I've got a way to go: LightBulbFun, eifion, 500tops and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Pastry Posted July 29, 2020 Share Posted July 29, 2020 6 hours ago, eifion said: I was about to ask the same question. Are we all closet train spotters on here? I used to explore that line when I worked in the area. A real ghost railway through empty fields, and interesting remains where it crosses the Great Central route at Calvert. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Pastry Posted July 29, 2020 Share Posted July 29, 2020 3 hours ago, rmjbn1 said: I believe that's the correct approach to driving them. Maintaining momentum is paramount. Yes. Keep it buzzing. It needs 100 percent concentration to drive a 2CV well, and that's no bad thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProgRocker Posted July 29, 2020 Share Posted July 29, 2020 I could have bought a 2CV as a first car. £500 would have bought an early 80s example when I was learning to drive. What a missed opportunity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meshking Posted July 29, 2020 Share Posted July 29, 2020 I did buy a 2cv as my first car. 1983 yellow and black Charleston. Ran it for two years then sold it to get a VW polo breadvan. Stupid. ProgRocker 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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