07-03-2021, 10:45 AM
I was a Renault 4 fan, brilliant little cars.
As regards 2CV's, I can recount an incident that still makes me chuckle. When I was a young surveyor I was working for Strutt and Parker in Northallerton, in the drawing office with Geoff, a stout rugby playing son of a village butcher. One day we were introduced to a third member of our team, a very posh young lady of about 30 years who was called Pauline. Pauline was also Lady Castlemaine and it was clear that Geoff and myself would have to watch our language!
On a lunchtime we went into Northallerton and had a lunch in the pub, as you did in those days. Today it was Paulines turn to be the driver so Geoff got into the passenger seat of her Citroen Ami and I got in the back. Manouevring in the office car park on full lock, there was a loud scraping noise as the left hand front wheel caught on the wing. Pauline stopped the car and looked directly at Geoff. In her cut glass voice she said 'It's no good Geoffrey, you fat toad, you are going to have to sit in the back'. WIthout a word, Geoff got out and into the back behind Pauline, at which the whole car lurched and the front wheel now had considerable clearance from the wing.
Happy days.
As regards 2CV's, I can recount an incident that still makes me chuckle. When I was a young surveyor I was working for Strutt and Parker in Northallerton, in the drawing office with Geoff, a stout rugby playing son of a village butcher. One day we were introduced to a third member of our team, a very posh young lady of about 30 years who was called Pauline. Pauline was also Lady Castlemaine and it was clear that Geoff and myself would have to watch our language!
On a lunchtime we went into Northallerton and had a lunch in the pub, as you did in those days. Today it was Paulines turn to be the driver so Geoff got into the passenger seat of her Citroen Ami and I got in the back. Manouevring in the office car park on full lock, there was a loud scraping noise as the left hand front wheel caught on the wing. Pauline stopped the car and looked directly at Geoff. In her cut glass voice she said 'It's no good Geoffrey, you fat toad, you are going to have to sit in the back'. WIthout a word, Geoff got out and into the back behind Pauline, at which the whole car lurched and the front wheel now had considerable clearance from the wing.
Happy days.