Could It Be Any More French?

"Kake Bake" (kakebake) 12/01/2014 at 17:58 • Filed to: None

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The 2CV is, in my estimation, the absolute distillation of the automobile.

For Sweden > Kake Bake 12/01/2014 at 18:03

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The 2CV helped define what we think of as French, so no, it could not be more French.

Leadbull > Kake Bake 12/01/2014 at 18:05

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It could be wearing a beret.

505Turbeaux > Kake Bake 12/01/2014 at 18:07

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you estimate wrong, because it has not reached it's final, ultra distilled form, which is this

Cé hé sin > Leadbull 12/01/2014 at 18:08

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And a string of onions while smoking a Gitane and drinking a Pernod.

Kake Bake > For Sweden 12/01/2014 at 18:08

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But could it?

Kake Bake > Leadbull 12/01/2014 at 18:09

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Pssh, cars don't wear berets.

Get real, man.

Kake Bake > 505Turbeaux 12/01/2014 at 18:09

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Even before I saw the image I knew it was going to be a Mehari.

Well played.

KirkyV > Kake Bake 12/01/2014 at 18:10

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You can take the seats out, and picnic with them. That alone should demonstrate beyond all reasonable doubt that the French know exactly what to prioritise when it comes to car design. And that's coming from a rosbif.

Kake Bake > KirkyV 12/01/2014 at 18:13

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Right?

My old Volvo never helped me picnic. Although I could sleep in the back.

505Turbeaux > Kake Bake 12/01/2014 at 18:14

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it is like the difference between Orloff and Ketel One. If you keep going further, it has less flavor, but then is better because of it.

Side note: Orloff sounds an awful lot like Orlove. Connection? Photoshop?

Tohru > 505Turbeaux 12/01/2014 at 18:16

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You're wrong. This is the final, most concentrated, intensely distilled form.

Built by this man, when his 2CV broke in the desert. He made it with hand tools while living in the shell of the car.

505Turbeaux > Tohru 12/01/2014 at 18:19

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haha what did his pants break too?

"What you need is some chapstick and a pair of trousers" applies here

Cool though!

Tinfoil Hat in a thunderstorm, now with added diecast > Tohru 12/01/2014 at 18:22

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Need to know more! Sounds like an interesting story.

Tohru > Tinfoil Hat in a thunderstorm, now with added diecast 12/01/2014 at 18:45

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It all happened back in 1993, when Frenchman Emile Leray was on a solo trip in Northern Africa, driving his specially prepared Citroen 2CV. His car broke down in the middle of the desert, tens of kilometers from the nearest settlement. To survive, the French MacGyver created a motorcycle out of parts of his broken down car.

http://www.odditycentral.com/news/real-life…

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2…

Tohru > 505Turbeaux 12/01/2014 at 18:46

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If you've spent 12 days in the desert by yourself building a motorcycle out of the husk of a 2CV you're not going to wear pants either.

505Turbeaux > Tohru 12/01/2014 at 18:47

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I might never wear pants again

Tohru > 505Turbeaux 12/01/2014 at 18:49

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pants are prisons for your legs

Tinfoil Hat in a thunderstorm, now with added diecast > Tohru 12/01/2014 at 19:21

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Cool, thanks for the links. Amazing story.

Tapas > Kake Bake 12/03/2014 at 17:21

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Yes. If they were driven by scarf and beret wearing mimes with backseats full of baguettes.

Kake Bake > Tapas 12/03/2014 at 18:56

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Those baguettes better be crunchy or I'm turning this car right around.