Anyone here ever drive a Citroen 2CV?

[Auggie]

I've always wondered what it would be like.

[Richard_GB]

1. Uncomfortable and primitive

[Diamond_Dog]

2. I've seen these in some British TV shows.

Midsomer Murders, for one. Barnaby’s daughter drives one.

[bucolic_frolic]

3. I rode in a Renault 4CV

They were not the same. Different manufacturers. CV stood for chevaux, meaning horses. 2 horses. 4 horses.

[MOMFUDSKI]

4. Had a tank Peugeot in England back in

the sixties while ex was in the AF. 5 speed. I didn’t know how to drive stick but I drove it anyway! Ya hadda see it😂

[unc70]

5. 2CV is no frills, but decent ride

Never driven one, but have ridden in several, mostly back in the 1970s. Front wheel drive, very unusual at that time. It was a sounder car than what my first wife's first car in the 1960s and early 1970s: a Fiat 500 from the early 1960s. The Fiat 500 was a "city" car, smaller than the 2CV which was designed as a "farm" car and was a bit larger.

[mockmonkey]

6. Citroen 2CV POV Drive

"Regular Car Reviews" can be a bit annoying with the way he reviews with the grunting voices and

his humorous comments can be a bit off. Luckily, the POV video is absent of that. I still enjoy his reviews. The car is so noisy that the

owners comments can be hard to hear.

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[Auggie]

9. Thanks

Reminds me a little of my '70 Beetle.

[BobTheSubgenius]

7. Not unlike what you'd expect if a child designed a car.

A friend of mine once had one, and it was borderline bizarre. A canvas panel, not unlike a huge swing seat, was the front seat, and its acceleration was on a par with an old VW van full of bricks.

By contrast, his next car was a Fairlane that could do wheelstands. After that, a GT 350 Shelby Mustang. Somewhat like a fat rec league bowler with a monogrammed shirt compared to Usain Bolt.

Oh! Almost forgot! That 2CV wasn't as weird as a "car" another classmate had - a Lambretta. 3 wheels, and the front of the car was its door, which swung open, steering wheel and all. Its performance made the 2CV seem like a muscle car. There was a longish, steepish hill in the street bordering our school, which the Lambo had to go up in reverse. If it were a French car, it might have been named a .5 Chevaux.

[twodogsbarking]

8. Growing up we had a trike style tractor with a hand clutch and metal seat, no cushion. Probably like that.

[OneBlueDotS-Carolina]

10. The most interesting one I've seen...

Had two front ends, it was a fire spotter, the welded 2 front ends together as it was difficult to drive in reverse on one-lane roads, they never had to back up, just get in the other front seat & away you go. Great post-war machine, could drive on rough fields, low cost to manufacture, and easy to repair.

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