Well, this is most interesting (read the whole piece from the Hemmings Daily here):
Fun? I dunno. I've never driven a Deux Chevaux but I HAVE ridden in one. I found the car to be noisy and claustrophobic and can't imagine ME spending a couple o' weeks in one of those contraptions.
But that's just me... take a look at the following video to see what goes into the tour, a bit about the people doing the Marrakesh Rally, and a LOT about the Citroen 2CV. Local color, too... with monkeys! And then you can decide for yourself.
The vid is longish for a blog post but it's VERY interesting. If watching the vid and reading the article piques your interest you can book a tour at 2CV Adventures. The prices for the various tours are pretty reasonable. From the linked article:
Fun? I dunno. I've never driven a Deux Chevaux but I HAVE ridden in one. I found the car to be noisy and claustrophobic and can't imagine ME spending a couple o' weeks in one of those contraptions.
But that's just me... take a look at the following video to see what goes into the tour, a bit about the people doing the Marrakesh Rally, and a LOT about the Citroen 2CV. Local color, too... with monkeys! And then you can decide for yourself.
The vid is longish for a blog post but it's VERY interesting. If watching the vid and reading the article piques your interest you can book a tour at 2CV Adventures. The prices for the various tours are pretty reasonable. From the linked article:
Tour costs are surprisingly reasonable for what’s included, with the nine-day Silver Road Rally priced at £3,950 ($6,320) per car for two people and the nine-day SAFE Raid priced at £3,275 ($5,240) per car.Hell, I spent that much during the Great Divorce Tour of 1999 and I didn't have a car included in the price. I did have a few rides, though, and I'll bet my "rides" were a LOT more comfortable, not to mention entertaining.
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costs are surprisingly reasonable for what’s included, with the
nine-day Silver Road Rally priced at £3,950 ($6,320) per car for two
people and the nine-day SAFE Raid priced at £3,275 ($5,240) per car. -
See more at:
http://blog.hemmings.com/index.php/2014/10/31/see-europe-or-north-africa-slowly-behind-the-wheel-of-a-citroen-2cv/?refer=news#sthash.tEO7D6V4.dpuf
Re: "Deux Chevaux" - never heard it called that before. Love it!
ReplyDeleteThat's what the Froggies cal 'em. I learned the term when I was about eight years old, around the same time I learned what "panache" means. ;-)
DeleteI wonder how many cases of oil they used in the trip!
ReplyDeleteMebbe not as much as you think. The ol' 2CV was a pretty reliable machine.
DeleteSerendipity, or what?
ReplyDeleteAccording to a book I just scored at the local county libe (The End of the Sherry, Bruce Berger,) in 1965 Citroen was offering a new 2CV for......$900.
But wait, there's more. Citroen included with that price a year's worth of insurance and an offer to buy it back within a year for $100 less than what you paid for it. And speaking of marriages/divorces, that deal from Citroen would have been a smart move on my part.
One wonders just how Citroen could do that and not lose their shirt. One ALSO wonders how many takers they had back in '65, which was a loooong time before Muricans got into small cars.
DeleteYou wonder about the closeness and I'm right back at you with think of all those pictures of various bombers over the year where the pilot and co-pilot are practically cheek by jowl for thousands of hours in the air.
ReplyDeleteNo Thank You.
On any ship one can spread out, a lot. You're all still going to the same place but you get to pretend you don't know those guys. :)
I'm with you on the closeness thing. As I said in the post, I've ridden in a 2CV and you are CLOSE to the other guy.
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