Two Rivals - You choose!

[The real Henry]

Look at those prices!!! I'm really not going to pay that much for a Fiat 500!lol

I'm only asking for your opinions on the VW Beetle and the Citroen 2CV

 

[LizzieMaine]

My first car was a '69 Beetle, and I loved it to pieces -- unfortunately though, that's just how it ended up, in pieces. If you live in an area where they put a lot of salt on the roads in winter, watch out for rust!

Other than that, though, my Beetle was a fine little car and lots of fun to drive. I've never driven a 2CV, but there's a junkyard near here that has one mounted on a tall pole at their gate as a sign -- that's the only one I've actually seen in person!

 

[Tony in Tarzana]

My first car was a 1969 Beetle as well, and I loved that thing. I vote for the VW mainly because it will be more practical as a highway car, especially the later 1600cc powered version.

 

[Spitfire]

The VW got my vote, finally.
The 2CV is fun but dangerous - while the VW has more style and heritage.

 

[Baron Kurtz]

Though i despise the 2CV, it gets my vote, just for the chevrons on the grille. Very very iconic and cool.

I'd go with a Citroën DS, myself . . . if i ever learn to drive.

bk

 

[PADDY]

Vive la Citroen! C'est magnifique!

Love it for all its quirkyness, it's ugly ducklingness, its bravado, its big heart, its underdoggedness, its vintageness, its cuteness (is this a car or a member here I'm describing?[huh] )....just LOVE it!!!

I want to take it on a pic nic outing now, park it by a lake, go for a sail, drink Pimms No.1 under the sun and eat wild strawberries with cream!!!

 

[cookie]

Citroens

I'll never forget the night I arrived in Chile in 1977 to be picked up from the airport in a 2 CV.

Nice to see that new UK Driving Lessons movie with the 60s Citroen. I rememeber back in the 1970s one of my teacher colleagues had one with the up-down suspension - awesome car!

 

[Twitch]

Go for the VW. As has been said an endless number of times- don't own a French car unless you're in France!

 

[Tony in Tarzana]

I've always had a soft spot for a Citroen DS "D?©esse" myself. I'd imagine parts and service would be a nightmare, even in Southern California, the oddball car capital of the USA.

 

[Gideon Ashe]

Two gasping horses

I had a Renault 2cv in wolf crap tan.
It coughed and farted but always started. No poetry intended.
It was eaten by a giant snow screw at Plattsburgh AFB in 1960.
I had it parked properly in the place just for flight line scum like myself were authorized, and it snowed. I mean IT SNOWED. IT SNOWED!!!
and the guy on the Screw ate my car. He spit the parts fifty feet. Also my fly-way kit. The Air Force did not even make my pay for that crap either, so I must have been not guilty of something or other.lol lol lol

Good enough car for what it was worth. Bought it from a Staff Sgt. for about a $100. I think. Tires cost more than the whole car.lol lol

 

[dhermann1]

They were still making Beetles in Mexico until just a couple of years ago, so you might be able to get a more recent model. The VW certainly underwent a lot more development and improvement. I think there are sections on the 2 Horsers that are made out of canvas. If you want to pretend you're Mr Hulot, get the Citroen, but the VW is probably a much more sensible choice. Of course, the more modern a bug you get, the less vintage it looks. How about a Borgward? Or a pre 1967 Volvo?

 

[Quigley Brown]

When I lived in Germany a while back I test drove a vintage Citroen that was for sale. It had a weird way of shifting gears...like pulling out and pushing in the shifter from the dashboard. I didn't buy it.