1:35 Visa convertible. We used to have one of these (B106 BGF) in the 80s and early 90s. Ours was silver too (they only came in silver and red, very rare in the UK, I believe only around 30 examples were imported.) Great fun - when it was going. It was the most unreliable car we ever owned. It would break choke cable, throttle cable and clutch cable in rotation for as long as we had it, together with gearbox and other problems. We once even got a cheery wave from an RAC van driver who clearly recognised us! Returning from a lovely camping holiday in Brittany, queuing for the ferry I said to my wife that the car had not let us down and had behaved faultlessly. 'Amazing.' I patted the bonnet affectionately and… the headlight fell out! Trouble was, every time we had it fixed we couldn't bear to part with it as it was a really nice car to drive and the convertible aspect was great - you could flip open the front portion for an instant sunroof too. However, it began to rust badly on the scuttle panel and front wings so we eventually traded it in for a Fiesta. The morning we were due to take the Visa into the garage to pick up the Fiesta the throttle cable snapped again. I bodged it with an electrical terminal block. We pulled into the garage and my wife said, 'Are you SURE they'll take this heap of crap in part-exchange for the Fiesta?' I spotted a sign in the garage forecourt window and said, 'They say they will.' The sign said VISA ACCEPTED HERE !
Had to pause the video briefly, the sound of a French woman speaking English, it melts me like ice in the sun, and yes that was a Status Quo reference... :D
Thanks for the last two videos. I worked at Citroën and was amazed that they opened the test track at all. 15 years ago it was quite something to be admitted there even as an employee of the company. I have been there three or four times and you would receive very strict instructions as to where you were allowed to go and where you weren’t! It is by the way the place where the preseries pre-war 2CVs were hidden in an attic. La Ferté is the second largest private property in France that has no public road going across, the largest being the hunting grounds behind Chambord castle.
Fun Citroën story from Oslo. Was a book publisher who bought a CX Break as 2 seater van. Went fourteen days, then there was a fault in the hydraulic suspension. They had repaired the car on warranty and it went on for fourteen days. There they came back again. The same mistake, and the workshop began to wonder how it was possible. Turned out they loaded 4 tons of books, and the driver couldn't see that it was overloaded.
Hi Ian, Been away for some well earned Rand R, just got back and played catch up on you last 4,maybe 5 video's,which I thoroughly enjoyed,loved the mildly acidic comments on the approach road to the track,I was waiting for "Michelle from the resistance to say to you when you got the numbered cards...."I shall say ziss only once" Elle's Kingpings didn't like the Belgian Parve' much and I had my fingers xed that you had both front wheels still attached at the end. I have got to say this is the best mini series i have ever watched on TV ............great stuff.
Despite the French attempts (you've hinted at) to disorganise the Citroen "Centenaire" - what an amazing event!. I'm sure everyone's thoroughly involved these 2 videos - some truly amazing vehicles on show: to see so many (even more) unusual Citroens adapted to so many applications.......
They got Chris Evans to do what he wanted with Top Gear - fail. If only they got HubNut instead - with this kind of work, he'd rake it in faster than Clarkson !
Haven't watched top gear for years all the money they spent on that show all the top of the range sports cars that most of us couldn't afford not alone run all it takes is a guy in a 2cv.all a old inverlid car to up stage them all
Sagenhaft! Thank you for the videos part I and II form La Ferte-Vidame. Very good entertainment. I laughed a lot! Unfortunately I wasn't able to go there with my friend and his 1971 GS Made in Yugoslavia. Good job, Ian. Thanks a lot!!!
"looks like a rural prison" " still didn't find out what the numbers were about" and "this is boring", honesty makes your videos so funny, looks like you had a great time though.
I notice with these videos that I haven’t really paid attention to how good the Traction Avant looks. It’s got those 30s art deco lines, but in a body that looks impossibly low compared to its contemporaries.
Anyone who doesn't think that Citroen has a devote loyal following needs to go to this once in a lifetime event. People are coming to this one event, in this small town, from all over Europe and other continents! Holy crap! Can anyone say Citroen overload! 😘 I wish I could get my hands on some merchandise from the event like a t-shirt or bumper sticker so when I finally get my own Citroen I can wear them proudly! The shirt of course not the bumper sticker. 😃
what a great advert for citroen, so many cars to love & see. I've got to get my mitts on one someday. Given the previous installment, do I detect a future Hubnut Axel hunt?
This is great stuff, man! "Les Vacances de Monsieur HubNut", to throw a bit of Jaques Tati into the mix (cue: Alain Romans w/ Quel Temps Fait-Il A Paris)...Continued safe journeys to you and Elly!!
I've always been a fan of Citroen. I've owned 2 in the recent past..a C2 and a DS3. Both great little cars. I have always loved the Citroen CX though, since having a little matchbox model of one as a kiddie. I think they are beautiful. Great to see so many of them!!
Driving around the test track might have been boring, but the track is legendary in the world of Citroen, especially the 2CV and DS, so I would love to say I'd done it in my Deuche. I've enjoyed the last couple of videos, just wish I'd been there too.
Wow, so many SMs! I've never actually seen one in the metal - rare as hen's teeth here. And it's reassuring to see that it's not only British car shows that always seem to get spoiled by unexpected summer rain!
So this why there were hardly any Citroëns at Newby Hall last weekend, although there was a Kégresse. And two 2Cvs. This event is almost too much to take in. Thanks for taking us!
Cheers Hubnut . I thoroughly enjoy these videos. What a car meet! Fantastic vehicles. I will be looking at Citroens in a different light from now on. I hope Elly's King pins have a long reign.
Another truly voluptuous ocular occasion, metal pressed and assembled onto a pattern of perfection... Behold, it’s glories! Only in a land where you can pay for skirt, quite legally, and you are guilty unless you, prove you are not, can one be replaced beside oneself by the sheer beauty of things and appreciation for those whom envisaged our desires ahead of our knowing we even had them, Monsieur Ian ...
Come back to say there is a French video showing a few Kegresses starting the trip to the meet from Paris. Got recommended via YT. Le Mans is more than just a racing circuit. A very historic centre which is illuminated during July and August. Nuit des chimeres
Hi Ian, you have been on holy test ground with Elly, not everyone can say that. What a great big event, so many Citroens that I had never seen before and in such large numbers at the same time, great.
What a superb Europe road trip series. I'd love to do something similar in the future. I'm trying to take my rebuilt-in-my-garage PT Cruiser to a ton of cross country destinations here in the US, such as Yellowstone, Pikes Peak, Kennedy Space Center etc to get collectible pins and photos. But when I move back to the UK, I want to bring my PT with me and continue the trend of long road trips with her and this is inspiration for that
Really enjoying all the video's, thank you! What a joy to see all the "Les Automobiles de Citroën" And your encyclopedic knowledge of all things Citroën "Respect"!! Looking forward to yours and Elle's ongoing adventures - safe journey's
Remember when I was kid must been early /mid 80s on holiday with parents in France & had stopped in small village for some food & next to the small cafe we were in was an old falling down barn &sat in amongst all the fallen roof timbers & bales of hay was a ds (1st one ever seen in flesh if not ever ) &it was painted in the gulf racing team colours -just about able make out the orange band running down the dented bonnet -bet was a real beauty in its day
Bonjour . Super vidéo où l'on voit ma Citroën C5 phase 1 pour le rassemblement du siècle à 28 minutes et 42 secondes .C’était un très beau événement. A bientôt pour le prochain centenaire de Citroën ...
Awesome Ian! Really felt lile I was there! Shame I couldnt make it in My 1998 Saxo Open Scandal! So nice to see Bx's still about. I had a D reg GTI in chilli red, left it at home for Uni and my dad got rid! Grr!
Superbe Citroens all around. Your run around the test track was very amusing to see probably more so than driving it! Classic Citroen prices will rise following these videos as we will all want one or other now (Ami saloon for me 👍) Looking forward to Le Mans and the next video, thank you for taking us with you. #2CVtoCroatia
Have I told you, that I saw the CX prototypes unmasked one year before the release. At least half a year before the release. Four of them, parked beside Ford Taunus 12M and that kind of cars. They where nearly like a spaceships, standig in front of a horse.
Takes a lot to impress me but that's been one hell of a show and yet another great video from yourself. Nay, nay, nay - never a boring vid with your sublime commentary - with essential content regarding rain leak in rates on open and shut vents as well as Elly's "bottle top stamping out factory' sound effect wiper arrangement. 21:00
Wow an over-dose of Citroëns. Excellent. Thanks for sharing and for your efforts in French. Hopefully over the next few days you'll be able to rest up somewhere. I'm not a million miles away from La Ferté Vidame, in the Essonne region. Predicted to be about 40°C for the next 3 days (today is the 23/07/19) - being a fellow rosbif, even after 20 odd years in France, I cease to function over 35°C... Bon courage pour la suite...
That was excellent! The only bit I thought unnecessary were some seemingly apologetic remarks on the part of the Author on how he perhaps should have withheld from making another video from the event or that it should be shorter -- I don't know: frankly, I couldn't well follow the line of reasoning there :D. Honestly, I could easily watch even a third and a fourth video exactly like that first one! So many beautiful cars! And I must say that it was only at watching this part that it struck me how bizarre it looked when basically all cars one saw working themselves through the narrow streets of the town were Citroens -- almost eerie :). Accumulated cars of just one brand look way more normal when they are stationary, just parked on display :D. As for the camera angle, I think both of them work, because both have their pros and cons. This one worked perfectly for a slow plod like that was, because the field of view is wider and you have more of a sensation of being a passenger in the car -- of being there. I also liked how you could turn it quickly and easily to show something from one of the side windows or to have us face you for a commentary. On the other hand, just for the travelling bits, I don't know if I wouldn't prefer the former setup, because the camera produced a much sharper image of what's seen up front of the windshield.
very happy I found this again laughed out loud when he gave yet another ticket for the windscreen and it dawned on me why they 50 kph on the test track , because you won't be able to see where your bloody well going ,
I thought that was fun going around the test track, got to see something I would not have seen if you did not do this video, thanks and alot of your fans could not go to this event so it was for a good cause.
Another great video especially as I spotted both the ZX 16v, a car I once owned and hugely under rated and of course that period-correct Brittany Ferries GB sticker which got the pichooo treatment! Good to see it on the car! I am chuffed to see that still.
What an event. If it hadn't rained it would have been great to sit in a deck chair with a few beers or cups of tea, camera on tripod and just watch them all roll in! And I saw a C2!
Wow what an event, don’t think a quick 10 mins would have done it justice. Put my day at goodwood to shame, although enjoyable I always feel like I’m paying for a load of rich boys to play with their toys, whereas this seemed truly for the people - if somewhat shambolic ! Loving this trip albeit vicariously.
Excellent videos Ian, loved the car show..your French is better than mine, an English guy thought I was French once, in a garage in normandy, I was buying an ice cream, this guy said, pumpety up tyre thingy? I said ask the guy inside lol. in a broad Scottish accent, he said I thought you were a frenchman.. I think the Frenchman would have had something to say to that description of an air compressor..lol..hope your eating well mr..👍..drive safe..🍻
Loving this road trip Ian! I know this is incredibly geeky/weird but when you get back to the UK, could we at some point get a close look at your new tyres to see how they’re wearing?
Amazing, show, glad Elli didn’t embarrass herself whilst you were at the show, and randomly famous air vents, 2CV and Land Rover can’t think other iconic cars that have them , especially helping bond 007 keep out of trouble. So still enjoying all you content .
I think the one-dog-power car is a Type C from the 1920s. This version, with a dicky seat in the boot, was known as the 'cloverleaf' because of the seating pattern. The first examples of the Type C were only available in yellow, so it was popularly dubbed 'le citron pressé' ('lemonade car' - or, acknowledging the citron/ Citroën pun, 'Citroën in a hurry'). My dad learned to drive in one of them and, as the French driving test at that time required the candidate to know the main parts of a car, he knew his 'arbre à cames' and his 'embrayage' before his 'camshaft' and 'clutch'.
Fascinating...two models not seen in the UK were/are offered in Costa Rica. There was at least one Oltcit Axel that ran around in San José in the 90s. Eastern Bloc cars, particularly Polski Fiat, were common sights. And I have ridden in a couple of C-Elysées that have been pressed into Uber duty. They're still available through the local Citroën agency.
What strikes me the most is how many of the older models still survive! And this is obviously just a relatively small percentage of the BX and CX I'm sure.
Again some really beautiful cars, I wonder, I another 50/60yrs how many modern French cars will still be on the road, given there unfortunate electrical problems, a shame really, because they still make so lovely looking cars. When you mention going on a track, I thought, hear goes, Elly & Ian having some fun, but yawn, not to be, so did you manage to get a little kipp on your leisurely trundle around the track hahahahahaha. I really do hope your enjoying your adventure as much as you look like you are Ian.
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1:35 Visa convertible. We used to have one of these (B106 BGF) in the 80s and early 90s. Ours was silver too (they only came in silver and red, very rare in the UK, I believe only around 30 examples were imported.) Great fun - when it was going. It was the most unreliable car we ever owned. It would break choke cable, throttle cable and clutch cable in rotation for as long as we had it, together with gearbox and other problems. We once even got a cheery wave from an RAC van driver who clearly recognised us! Returning from a lovely camping holiday in Brittany, queuing for the ferry I said to my wife that the car had not let us down and had behaved faultlessly. 'Amazing.' I patted the bonnet affectionately and… the headlight fell out! Trouble was, every time we had it fixed we couldn't bear to part with it as it was a really nice car to drive and the convertible aspect was great - you could flip open the front portion for an instant sunroof too. However, it began to rust badly on the scuttle panel and front wings so we eventually traded it in for a Fiesta. The morning we were due to take the Visa into the garage to pick up the Fiesta the throttle cable snapped again. I bodged it with an electrical terminal block. We pulled into the garage and my wife said, 'Are you SURE they'll take this heap of crap in part-exchange for the Fiesta?' I spotted a sign in the garage forecourt window and said, 'They say they will.' The sign said VISA ACCEPTED HERE !
I think the Traction Avant is such a fine looking car. Unmistakably gallic and that's a good thing in my book.
Going to enjoy this...didn’t realise how many Citroen’s I want to own
Had to pause the video briefly, the sound of a French woman speaking English, it melts me like ice in the sun, and yes that was a Status Quo reference... :D
I've had a few French women say they love my English accent when speaking French... :-P
Thanks for the last two videos. I worked at Citroën and was amazed that they opened the test track at all. 15 years ago it was quite something to be admitted there even as an employee of the company. I have been there three or four times and you would receive very strict instructions as to where you were allowed to go and where you weren’t!
It is by the way the place where the preseries pre-war 2CVs were hidden in an attic.
La Ferté is the second largest private property in France that has no public road going across, the largest being the hunting grounds behind Chambord castle.
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I'm very pleased you DID do another day at this fantastic show!
Fun Citroën story from Oslo. Was a book publisher who bought a CX Break as 2 seater van. Went fourteen days, then there was a fault in the hydraulic suspension. They had repaired the car on warranty and it went on for fourteen days. There they came back again. The same mistake, and the workshop began to wonder how it was possible. Turned out they loaded 4 tons of books, and the driver couldn't see that it was overloaded.
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Hi Ian, Been away for some well earned Rand R, just got back and played catch up on you last 4,maybe 5 video's,which I thoroughly enjoyed,loved the mildly acidic comments on the approach road to the track,I was waiting for "Michelle from the resistance to say to you when you got the numbered cards...."I shall say ziss only once" Elle's Kingpings didn't like the Belgian Parve' much and I had my fingers xed that you had both front wheels still attached at the end. I have got to say this is the best mini series i have ever watched on TV ............great stuff.
Despite the French attempts (you've hinted at) to disorganise the Citroen "Centenaire" - what an amazing event!. I'm sure everyone's thoroughly involved these 2 videos - some truly amazing vehicles on show: to see so many (even more) unusual Citroens adapted to so many applications.......
These videos are great just sit back and watch a hundred years of citroen thanks for doing a great job filming all this
They got Chris Evans to do what he wanted with Top Gear - fail. If only they got HubNut instead - with this kind of work, he'd rake it in faster than Clarkson !
Haven't watched top gear for years all the money they spent on that show all the top of the range sports cars that most of us couldn't afford not alone run all it takes is a guy in a 2cv.all a old inverlid car to up stage them all
Sagenhaft! Thank you for the videos part I and II form La Ferte-Vidame. Very good entertainment. I laughed a lot! Unfortunately I wasn't able to go there with my friend and his 1971 GS Made in Yugoslavia. Good job, Ian. Thanks a lot!!!
15:20 the right hand drive caught her out!
The French girl had your ticket ready, then noticed your on the other side of car! Cute.
"looks like a rural prison" " still didn't find out what the numbers were about" and "this is boring", honesty makes your videos so funny, looks like you had a great time though.
I have to say, I am enjoying this deadpan hubnut. The examination of the goody bag was another highlight for comedy. :)
@@frazzleface753 Today's video had the classic comedy line of "aw look at this BMW prize twat!!".....I rewatched that a couple of times lol
Thank you for filming this, it is something I will probably never experience in real life.
i really am getting hooked (and jealous) of your road trip.
I notice with these videos that I haven’t really paid attention to how good the Traction Avant looks. It’s got those 30s art deco lines, but in a body that looks impossibly low compared to its contemporaries.
Yep, they really are very pretty looking cars.
One of the earliest monocoque designs, which allows them to sit nice and low. Gorgeous things.
im liking the Traction myself ! i cant help but think it would have been the car of choice of the french resistance during the war lol
The ID and DS used the same engine the TA.
@@ThirdDegreeWitchExplores Yes , not only the french resistance , the french policemen , the french gangsters and even german Gestapo liked it too !
Anyone who doesn't think that Citroen has a devote loyal following needs to go to this once in a lifetime event. People are coming to this one event, in this small town, from all over Europe and other continents! Holy crap! Can anyone say Citroen overload! 😘 I wish I could get my hands on some merchandise from the event like a t-shirt or bumper sticker so when I finally get my own Citroen I can wear them proudly! The shirt of course not the bumper sticker. 😃
U can say that for most of the other brands as well
@@robkneen7546 No you can't. Citroen owners are much more special.
what a great advert for citroen, so many cars to love & see. I've got to get my mitts on one someday. Given the previous installment, do I detect a future Hubnut Axel hunt?
This is great stuff, man! "Les Vacances de Monsieur HubNut", to throw a bit of Jaques Tati into the mix (cue: Alain Romans w/ Quel Temps Fait-Il A Paris)...Continued safe journeys to you and Elly!!
That's a lot of loved and restored french metal rolling 😀
I've always been a fan of Citroen. I've owned 2 in the recent past..a C2 and a DS3. Both great little cars. I have always loved the Citroen CX though, since having a little matchbox model of one as a kiddie. I think they are beautiful. Great to see so many of them!!
Love it. Although I do feel that your last videos haven't contained enough Citroens. We need more Citroens.
Driving around the test track might have been boring, but the track is legendary in the world of Citroen, especially the 2CV and DS, so I would love to say I'd done it in my Deuche. I've enjoyed the last couple of videos, just wish I'd been there too.
Tres bon miseur HubNut 👍🏻
Even though I don’t have a Citroen I absolutely love them and wish I had been there 👌🏼🇫🇷😎 great video and a pleasure to watch them all.
Wow, so many SMs! I've never actually seen one in the metal - rare as hen's teeth here.
And it's reassuring to see that it's not only British car shows that always seem to get spoiled by unexpected summer rain!
So this why there were hardly any Citroëns at Newby Hall last weekend, although there was a Kégresse. And two 2Cvs. This event is almost too much to take in. Thanks for taking us!
Simply amazing, great to see even more classic Citroen's in the part 2 video. Like the new camera angle.
Cheers Hubnut . I thoroughly enjoy these videos. What a car meet! Fantastic vehicles.
I will be looking at Citroens in a different light from now on.
I hope Elly's King pins have a long reign.
Another truly voluptuous ocular occasion, metal pressed and assembled onto a pattern of perfection... Behold, it’s glories! Only in a land where you can pay for skirt, quite legally, and you are guilty unless you, prove you are not, can one be replaced beside oneself by the sheer beauty of things and appreciation for those whom envisaged our desires ahead of our knowing we even had them, Monsieur Ian ...
Wonderful videos! what a treat! one of the closest thing to paradise those many Citroens! I really like your approach. You make my day
Thank you so much for sharing this! It was wonderful!😊
So many lovely citreons to behold a lot to take in, very bizarre track that. thanks for sharing.
Great report enjoyed seeing the different Citroen models
Stop it! You keep showing me cars I want. So many lovely things to covet. 💖😍
Ian, you are turning me on to the crazy fun world of Citroen, thanks and this 100th year even looks bonkers, I wish I was there
...And of course it was absolutely lobbing it down when you was on the test track and as soon as you left it, instant blazing sunshine...
Bravo, I say! Laughed out loud, several times, which seldom happens...quite an experience for you and Ellie, all told.
thanks for the impression !
What utter joy! What is the collective noun for a group of Citroens? 😂
You've already said it mon cher - "A joy" 😀
Come back to say there is a French video showing a few Kegresses starting the trip to the meet from Paris. Got recommended via YT.
Le Mans is more than just a racing circuit. A very historic centre which is illuminated during July and August. Nuit des chimeres
Thank you Ian for sharing a superb show.
Some amazing cars there, love these old Citroens.
Hi Ian, you have been on holy test ground with Elly, not everyone can say that. What a great big event, so many Citroens that I had never seen before and in such large numbers at the same time, great.
I want a DS! Really enjoyed watching thank you 👍will have to watch all of them again as to much to see the first time around
Good to know you’ve got speed sensitive wipers. Pity ts raining. Marvellous videos
What a superb Europe road trip series. I'd love to do something similar in the future. I'm trying to take my rebuilt-in-my-garage PT Cruiser to a ton of cross country destinations here in the US, such as Yellowstone, Pikes Peak, Kennedy Space Center etc to get collectible pins and photos. But when I move back to the UK, I want to bring my PT with me and continue the trend of long road trips with her and this is inspiration for that
very good vids of the show iain realy enjoyed it thanks for your time very good ...
Really enjoying all the video's, thank you! What a joy to see all the "Les Automobiles de Citroën" And your encyclopedic knowledge of all things Citroën "Respect"!! Looking forward to yours and Elle's ongoing adventures - safe journey's
Remember when I was kid must been early /mid 80s on holiday with parents in France & had stopped in small village for some food & next to the small cafe we were in was an old falling down barn &sat in amongst all the fallen roof timbers & bales of hay was a ds (1st one ever seen in flesh if not ever ) &it was painted in the gulf racing team colours -just about able make out the orange band running down the dented bonnet -bet was a real beauty in its day
Oh Mon Dieu! so many Citroen and an eccentric 'HubNut' in the midst of them all; PRICELESS!
Now that’s a good way to spend some time, watching old Citroen’s. Keep it up Ian!
Just love old Citroens!
Bonjour . Super vidéo où l'on voit ma Citroën C5 phase 1 pour le rassemblement du siècle à 28 minutes et 42 secondes .C’était un très beau événement. A bientôt pour le prochain centenaire de Citroën ...
Here, owning a DS, TA, 2CV or SM doesn't give you the impression you have an unique vehicle :-)
So many stunning vehicles... and a Renault Safrane.
Dog pulling a Citroen - gotta love France! In all seriousness, as a recent Citroen convert, this event looks like paradise!
Awesome Ian! Really felt lile I was there! Shame I couldnt make it in My 1998 Saxo Open Scandal! So nice to see Bx's still about. I had a D reg GTI in chilli red, left it at home for Uni and my dad got rid! Grr!
Superbe Citroens all around. Your run around the test track was very amusing to see probably more so than driving it! Classic Citroen prices will rise following these videos as we will all want one or other now (Ami saloon for me 👍)
Looking forward to Le Mans and the next video, thank you for taking us with you.
#2CVtoCroatia
Have I told you, that I saw the CX prototypes unmasked one year before the release. At least half a year before the release. Four of them, parked beside Ford Taunus 12M and that kind of cars. They where nearly like a spaceships, standig in front of a horse.
Phew, Citroen overload, great fun HubNut, many thanks.
An amazing amount of Citroëns that have not rusted into oblivion, nice.
Hi Ian, another epic video as always,I thought the test track was better than that,I haven't seen so many Citroens in my life after seeing this.
Fantastic, really enjoyed these centenary videos.
And there's the official answer to the question - how many Citroens turned up for the centenary ? 100s !
Appreciate seeing all of this....Citroens still define the French, quirky and with a joie de vivre..Thanks
28:40 DS's to the left of me DS's to the right here I am stuck in the middle sacré bleu.
Most enjoyable thanks Ian! Can't wait to go to Le Mans with you.
Takes a lot to impress me but that's been one hell of a show and yet another great video from yourself. Nay, nay, nay - never a boring vid with your sublime commentary - with essential content regarding rain leak in rates on open and shut vents as well as Elly's "bottle top stamping out factory' sound effect wiper arrangement. 21:00
Wow an over-dose of Citroëns. Excellent. Thanks for sharing and for your efforts in French. Hopefully over the next few days you'll be able to rest up somewhere. I'm not a million miles away from La Ferté Vidame, in the Essonne region. Predicted to be about 40°C for the next 3 days (today is the 23/07/19) - being a fellow rosbif, even after 20 odd years in France, I cease to function over 35°C... Bon courage pour la suite...
I'd be happy for you to do another full day at this this show!
That was excellent! The only bit I thought unnecessary were some seemingly apologetic remarks on the part of the Author on how he perhaps should have withheld from making another video from the event or that it should be shorter -- I don't know: frankly, I couldn't well follow the line of reasoning there :D.
Honestly, I could easily watch even a third and a fourth video exactly like that first one! So many beautiful cars! And I must say that it was only at watching this part that it struck me how bizarre it looked when basically all cars one saw working themselves through the narrow streets of the town were Citroens -- almost eerie :). Accumulated cars of just one brand look way more normal when they are stationary, just parked on display :D.
As for the camera angle, I think both of them work, because both have their pros and cons. This one worked perfectly for a slow plod like that was, because the field of view is wider and you have more of a sensation of being a passenger in the car -- of being there. I also liked how you could turn it quickly and easily to show something from one of the side windows or to have us face you for a commentary. On the other hand, just for the travelling bits, I don't know if I wouldn't prefer the former setup, because the camera produced a much sharper image of what's seen up front of the windshield.
Really enjoying these videos just wish I still had my dyane and was there !!!
All beautiful cars, Always wanted a CX when I was younger, they just looked the dogs danglies! But equally I love the 2CV, Dyane and Ami.
very happy I found this again laughed out loud when he gave yet another ticket for the windscreen and it dawned on me why they 50 kph on the test track , because you won't be able to see where your bloody well going ,
I thought that was fun going around the test track, got to see something I would not have seen if you did not do this video, thanks and alot of your fans could not go to this event so it was for a good cause.
Amazing video Ian .👍👍👍
hub, its just mind blowing, and in a heatwave too
Don't forget change the spark plugs! Happy 2CV-ing!
Another great video especially as I spotted both the ZX 16v, a car I once owned and hugely under rated and of course that period-correct Brittany Ferries GB sticker which got the pichooo treatment! Good to see it on the car! I am chuffed to see that still.
Has had a few comments!
What an event. If it hadn't rained it would have been great to sit in a deck chair with a few beers or cups of tea, camera on tripod and just watch them all roll in! And I saw a C2!
Wow what an event, don’t think a quick 10 mins would have done it justice. Put my day at goodwood to shame, although enjoyable I always feel like I’m paying for a load of rich boys to play with their toys, whereas this seemed truly for the people - if somewhat shambolic ! Loving this trip albeit vicariously.
Brilliant. I just love Citroëns 👍 Thanks for a great video. You must have been in your elly-ment lol
1 horsepower or 1 dogpower.
Funny, the dog was big as the car.
Great video again Ian, thanks.
Excellent videos Ian, loved the car show..your French is better than mine, an English guy thought I was French once, in a garage in normandy, I was buying an ice cream, this guy said, pumpety up tyre thingy? I said ask the guy inside lol. in a broad Scottish accent, he said I thought you were a frenchman.. I think the Frenchman would have had something to say to that description of an air compressor..lol..hope your eating well mr..👍..drive safe..🍻
French French French French nineteen thirty-eight. French French French. Comic gold.
Loving this road trip Ian! I know this is incredibly geeky/weird but when you get back to the UK, could we at some point get a close look at your new tyres to see how they’re wearing?
Monsieur L'HubNut est en vacances!
Amazing, show, glad Elli didn’t embarrass herself whilst you were at the show, and randomly famous air vents, 2CV and Land Rover can’t think other iconic cars that have them , especially helping bond 007 keep out of trouble. So still enjoying all you content .
I think the one-dog-power car is a Type C from the 1920s. This version, with a dicky seat in the boot, was known as the 'cloverleaf' because of the seating pattern. The first examples of the Type C were only available in yellow, so it was popularly dubbed 'le citron pressé' ('lemonade car' - or, acknowledging the citron/ Citroën pun, 'Citroën in a hurry').
My dad learned to drive in one of them and, as the French driving test at that time required the candidate to know the main parts of a car, he knew his 'arbre à cames' and his 'embrayage' before his 'camshaft' and 'clutch'.
Funniest, laugh-out-loud comment: "We're being treated to a very rustic wall. "Tres rustique!" Good on 'ya!
Why the hell I didn't knew about it??? I would love to be there!
Ones in a lifetime possibility!
Hi Ian ,im surprised your not drunk on Citroen by now,you will need to go to Citroen detox when you get back...loving the videos and keep smiling.
Fascinating...two models not seen in the UK were/are offered in Costa Rica.
There was at least one Oltcit Axel that ran around in San José in the 90s. Eastern Bloc cars, particularly Polski Fiat, were common sights.
And I have ridden in a couple of C-Elysées that have been pressed into Uber duty. They're still available through the local Citroën agency.
The Yellow truck looked nice
What strikes me the most is how many of the older models still survive! And this is obviously just a relatively small percentage of the BX and CX I'm sure.
Ahh obviously elly and TWC love being friends. That sticker is brilliant.
Très bien fait Sir Ian de HubNut. Je crois que vous êtes le seul et unique Citroen (ela) Fella.
Again some really beautiful cars, I wonder, I another 50/60yrs how many modern French cars will still be on the road, given there unfortunate electrical problems, a shame really, because they still make so lovely looking cars. When you mention going on a track, I thought, hear goes, Elly & Ian having some fun, but yawn, not to be, so did you manage to get a little kipp on your leisurely trundle around the track hahahahahaha. I really do hope your enjoying your adventure as much as you look like you are Ian.
So many Citroen’s! When I see one DS it stops me in tracks! I can’t imagine what field full + feels like!