The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #148990   Message #3464579
Posted By: Newport Boy
11-Jan-13 - 01:27 PM
Thread Name: BS: French Cars!!!
Subject: RE: BS: French Cars!!!
Well - sophisticated and stylish?

Mine was red.

From my post in the British Cars thread:

The most fun was a Citroen 2CV in which I did 60,000 miles in 3 years. It worked well as a site vehicle in the earthworks stage of the M4 - kept up with the foreman's land rover. I can also vouch for Citroen's advertised "70mph maximum, 70mph cruising", if cruising is the right word. With 4 adults into a strong headwind on the M4, I held the throttle hard against the floor from Almondsbury to Heston Services on the M4 - 100 miles flat out. Downhill, it just reached 72, uphill it slowed to below 60. I can also confirm that the 2CV will go all round a roundabout on 3 wheels!