Keep Oppo weird

"505Turbeaux" (505turbeaux) 12/08/2014 at 12:19 • Filed to: None

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Citroen weird. I mean I thought the controls on the 504 took some getting used to, turn signals on the right of the steering wheel, key on the left, but this is another level. Oh and it is green on green, my very favorite color combo for fun

Brian Silvestro > 505Turbeaux 12/08/2014 at 12:19

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that's an actual production car?

505Turbeaux > Brian Silvestro 12/08/2014 at 12:20

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yup, Visa 2

Mattbob > 505Turbeaux 12/08/2014 at 12:25

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Brian already asked my question. Second question. Did they sell them in the US? I want one so bad. This looks like an 80's tv show space ship cockpit.

William Connor > 505Turbeaux 12/08/2014 at 12:25

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Wow and weird and awesome.

Osiris - I can haz Euro spec? > 505Turbeaux 12/08/2014 at 12:26

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Damn the '80's were weird.

Brian Silvestro > 505Turbeaux 12/08/2014 at 12:27

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I want it

ACESandEIGHTS > 505Turbeaux 12/08/2014 at 12:27

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Love that they stuck a bus driver wheel in this thing and then made the rest something out of a tank or fighter jet cockpit. The cylinder on the left looks fantastic and the thing on the right looks like a card reader. Vive le france.

505Turbeaux > Mattbob 12/08/2014 at 12:28

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I believe by the time these came out citroen was kind of an afterthought though there were people bringing in the odd CX. So never officially, but I know some had to have made it through by now. They are available for fairly inexpensive overseas. Here is a flat 2 powered one http://www.autoscout24.eu/Details.aspx?i…

Your boy, BJR > Brian Silvestro 12/08/2014 at 12:30

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Really? have you seen the outside?

Brian Silvestro > Your boy, BJR 12/08/2014 at 12:30

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now I want one even more

505Turbeaux > ACESandEIGHTS 12/08/2014 at 12:32

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since it is a Visa, that is probably how you feed the thing to keep it out of the repair shop. Insert Visa card here for another week of driving without repairs. If not you are on your own. Beamed right back to George Clinton in the mothership who rules over us all.

Your boy, BJR > Brian Silvestro 12/08/2014 at 12:32

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Well you did buy a Focus ST....

Saoul-Virage > Brian Silvestro 12/08/2014 at 12:38

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Can I suggest you a VISA GTI and its famous ad ?
The ad features an aircraft carrier (Le Clemenceau, a fighter jet (Super Etendard), a submarine (Le Praya) ... and some weirdness.

Brian Silvestro > Your boy, BJR 12/08/2014 at 13:15

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I know right? I'm such a douche

Brian Silvestro > Saoul-Virage 12/08/2014 at 13:15

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well that was awesome

Your boy, BJR > Brian Silvestro 12/08/2014 at 13:23

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I mean, yeah, but that's not what I was getting at.

I was just saying your choice of cars is wrong. ^_^

Brian Silvestro > Your boy, BJR 12/08/2014 at 13:23

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OMG PILOT

Saoul-Virage > Brian Silvestro 12/08/2014 at 13:23

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I see it's your birthday right ? So Happy Birthday. I wish you one day you could drive a beast like a Citroen Visa.

Your boy, BJR > Brian Silvestro 12/08/2014 at 13:24

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Don't be hatin' me cuz you ain't me.

Brian Silvestro > Saoul-Virage 12/08/2014 at 13:26

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Yes, thank you. ONE DAY

Brian Silvestro > Your boy, BJR 12/08/2014 at 13:29

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I'm actually pretty jealous because free car that can be used for towing

duurtlang > 505Turbeaux 12/08/2014 at 13:43

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That's not weird, everything else is weird!

My parents actually had a 1983 Visa when I was a kid. It had the flat 2 cylinder engine from the 2CV. They should have never gotten rid of that car. The Visa was replaced by an almost new 1991 Golf (which I still own), which seemed to be from an entirely different universe.

What did my parents drive before the Visa? A VAZ 2101 and a VAZ 2105 (Lada). I'd like to own one of those 2101s as well.

505Turbeaux > duurtlang 12/08/2014 at 13:49

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just out of curiosity, how do the base Visas hold up reliability wise?

duurtlang > 505Turbeaux 12/08/2014 at 13:58

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With the 2 cylinder engine? Probably about as good as the 2CV. So relatively fine, while keeping in mind what it is and what it was meant to do. Very cheap when new, easy to work on, easy to keep running, will need to be kept up, not intended to do 300k km/200k miles.

I don't know though, this is merely a guess.

Your boy, BJR > Brian Silvestro 12/08/2014 at 14:02

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Hey it wasn't free.

it was a dollar.

Your boy, BJR > 505Turbeaux 12/08/2014 at 14:03

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George Clinton is the man.

Your boy, BJR > Brian Silvestro 12/08/2014 at 14:04

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HEY! IT WASN'T FREE!

(it was a dollar)

505Turbeaux > duurtlang 12/08/2014 at 14:04

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oh yeah, and rebuild the damn engine with 100$ of parts and 2 hours of time. I would be totally into a simple utilitarian car like this if it was at all good at doing 2-300 mile road trips!

505Turbeaux > Your boy, BJR 12/08/2014 at 14:05

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of course he is

Brian Silvestro > Your boy, BJR 12/08/2014 at 14:07

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WELL NEVERMIND THEN

duurtlang > 505Turbeaux 12/08/2014 at 14:12

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They're very comfortable, just not very fast. They're said to thrive great near their top speed, and are designed to run near top speed if I recall correctly. When top speed is about 115 kmh (late 2CV6) or 125 kmh (2 cylinder Visa) it's doable, but with earlier 2CVs you don't want to go near a highway.

Acceleration is rather sluggish though. 0-100 kmh in half a minute. Literally.

505Turbeaux > duurtlang 12/08/2014 at 14:18

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sounds like my 504 diesel automatique for power and speed, though I did catch 80 mph out of it once.

I remember being in Germany/Austria/France/Switzerland in the 90's quite a bit, and used to see 2CV's all over the place, even on the autobahn, hogging the right lane with Trabants and such. It was amusing to me sitting in the trunk of a 5 passenger rental W124 wagon passing them all by

E. Julius > 505Turbeaux 12/08/2014 at 15:02

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Can someone explain what this does? My only guess is cruise control, but it looks more like a Curta mechanical calculator to me.

505Turbeaux > E. Julius 12/08/2014 at 15:06

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supposedly that runs the lights, blinkers, wipers and the like

E. Julius > 505Turbeaux 12/08/2014 at 15:07

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Ahhh ok. Thanks!