My 2CVs
This
is my 2 CV. The third one in my life. (I never really could do without one.)
2 CV special, 1986 model, rouge vallelunga. So much for technical data. In twelve
years, she had a bit of a hard life, and she looks it: her wings are all dented
(apart from some damages done to her while she was innocently parked in quite
decent-looking places, she could not even resist the passionate kiss of a fire
hydrant that had long been admiring her). But, on the other hand, she could
also enjoy some precious moments of both human attention and technical affection,
which helped her get a new chassis, among other things. For the last few years,
she has been spending the hard Austrian winter in a wooden shelter that had
been specially built for her; but in summer, there is nothing that can hold
us, we're queens of the road again, riding high and still going strong... This is my first
2 CV, the pride and joy of my (then) 19 years. Back in 1977, an old and long-nourished
dream of mine had come true. Gone were the days of impatient waiting for buses
that would never arrive, gone were the days of undignified asking other people
for a lift... Free at last, free to go my own way, whenever and wherever it
would lead me to - I wouldn't mind, as long as it were in a 2 CV, since a 2
CV isn't just a car, but ... c'est un art de vivre! And that was my
most faithful companion: 2 CV 4, 1978, bleu myosotis. During eight years, she
took me everywhere; in summer, we enjoyed ourselves riding with the roof open,
in winter, we shared the terrible cold, united by our common disgust of low
temperatures. Even when an ill wind thrust our bonnet onto our roof, we continued
our way - dented, but unbroken, until we came across the Vienna Club of 2 CV
drivers. There we met some kindred spirits who encouraged us at times; we came
to know what a 2 CV meeting was like, and we loved it; and when we finally had
to part, we both took along something from those days, something that is stronger
than rust, though it never sleeps...
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