2cv ideal first car
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richie barry said:
i have been scouring the classic claifieds and have thought would a 2cv be an ideal first car
pros
small engine
easy to maintain
cheap as chips
comfy
history/classic
cons
rusty
slow
unsafe
not fun in winter
Yep - I think it would be a lot of fun too.pros
small engine
easy to maintain
cheap as chips
comfy
history/classic
cons
rusty
slow
unsafe
not fun in winter
If you fancy a little more pace you can fit the 1021cc engine to it from the Ami or GS, or a flat twin BMW bike engine! Someone on REtrorides got stopped at 91mph in his!!
Ok i am biased(see profile)great all round fun ,fabulous in the winter it's those skinny tyres.Engine massively undertuned so nearly double the horsepower possible.My ex employee was pulled at 96mph on the motorway(downhill) and got away with a warning as "the speedo stops at 75" worked.
However the only ones cheap as chips are rotten,a good one is probably more than the price of a (please forgive me)decent saxo or C2.
Even after 25years, mine still makes me smile every time i drive it.
However the only ones cheap as chips are rotten,a good one is probably more than the price of a (please forgive me)decent saxo or C2.
Even after 25years, mine still makes me smile every time i drive it.
I thought I was about to get stuck behind one in some mountain roads near Cannes. You know those roads that reward a bit of shiite driving with a 1000ft tumble down rough rocks.
Driver was an old fella with the standard Gauloise hanging out of his mouth but he knew the roads and I could barely keep up with him in my 2.5L Beemer. In fact I was shiiting it.
His car was leaning like a motorbike as he hurtled round the bends on those skinny tyres.
Hired a 2CV years ago and it was great fun and my first car was a Renault 6, think Renault 4 but with a bigger boxier body, and it had the same push/pull gear shift.
Driver was an old fella with the standard Gauloise hanging out of his mouth but he knew the roads and I could barely keep up with him in my 2.5L Beemer. In fact I was shiiting it.
His car was leaning like a motorbike as he hurtled round the bends on those skinny tyres.
Hired a 2CV years ago and it was great fun and my first car was a Renault 6, think Renault 4 but with a bigger boxier body, and it had the same push/pull gear shift.
megamaniac said:
Ok i am biased(see profile)great all round fun ,fabulous in the winter it's those skinny tyres.Engine massively undertuned so nearly double the horsepower possible.My ex employee was pulled at 96mph on the motorway(downhill) and got away with a warning as "the speedo stops at 75" worked.
However the only ones cheap as chips are rotten,a good one is probably more than the price of a (please forgive me)decent saxo or C2.
Even after 25years, mine still makes me smile every time i drive it.
shure a saxo is possible for the price but the joys of classic motoringHowever the only ones cheap as chips are rotten,a good one is probably more than the price of a (please forgive me)decent saxo or C2.
Even after 25years, mine still makes me smile every time i drive it.
richie barry said:
megamaniac said:
Ok i am biased(see profile)great all round fun ,fabulous in the winter it's those skinny tyres.Engine massively undertuned so nearly double the horsepower possible.My ex employee was pulled at 96mph on the motorway(downhill) and got away with a warning as "the speedo stops at 75" worked.
However the only ones cheap as chips are rotten,a good one is probably more than the price of a (please forgive me)decent saxo or C2.
Even after 25years, mine still makes me smile every time i drive it.
shure a saxo is possible for the price but the joys of classic motoringHowever the only ones cheap as chips are rotten,a good one is probably more than the price of a (please forgive me)decent saxo or C2.
Even after 25years, mine still makes me smile every time i drive it.
Oh and I know what i did with my first car,i crashed it.
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