Automobile Enthusiasts
Related: About this forumAnyone here ever drive a Citroen 2CV?
I've always wondered what it would be like.
Richard_GB
(79 posts)Diamond_Dog
(34,613 posts)Midsomer Murders, for one. Barnabys daughter drives one.
bucolic_frolic
(46,973 posts)They were not the same. Different manufacturers. CV stood for chevaux, meaning horses. 2 horses. 4 horses.
MOMFUDSKI
(7,080 posts)the sixties while ex was in the AF. 5 speed. I didnt know how to drive stick but I drove it anyway! Ya hadda see it😂
unc70
(6,325 posts)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
(2,964 posts)"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.
Reminds me a little of my '70 Beetle.
BobTheSubgenius
(11,789 posts)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
(12,228 posts)OneBlueDotS-Carolina
(1,432 posts)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.
This Two-Headed Citroën 2CV Fire Vehicle Is A Weird, Symmetrical Hero
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