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[TheBoy]

The wife's Rover 25 is a 1.4

We've done Harrogate and back once and once was enough.  Thats only 120miles

Our 25 is a 1.6, and frequently drive to my mums in it (84miles each way).  Wouldn't want to go to south of france in it though....

1.4 16v Meriva is very well geared and has a lovely smooth box.  I had a choice of 1.4 16v or 1.6 8v and the performance was better on the smaller engine + more mpg.  1.4 has Corsa box & 1.6 is from an old Astra which is not as smooth.  1.8 was my choice - but wife would put it in a ditch going around the first bend due to its top heavy feel - so 1.4 was best choice and it never goes over 80, I don't think it can, so speed wasn't a factor - it also stops my Omega from having to park in those tiny NCP spaces.

I was in no way knocking the 1.4 Meriva - its job as a 2nd car for darting around town it is very good at.  I was just saying, it is not a car to do our France trips in - getting back up to speed (85mph ish) from the toll booths must have been hard, and if you got behind slower traffic in outside lane (the rule is, the lead car never turns cruise off, as we had time limits)...

[Andy B]

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I was in no way knocking the 1.4 Meriva - its job as a 2nd car for darting around town it is very good at.  I was just saying, it is not a car to do our France trips in -  ....

A bloke where I worked used to have a house somewhere in the south of France. When the phrase 'tighter than a ducks bum in water' was invented it was for this bloke. He used to happily drive there in a Citroen 2CV!  :-?

[TheBoy]

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I was in no way knocking the 1.4 Meriva - its job as a 2nd car for darting around town it is very good at.  I was just saying, it is not a car to do our France trips in -  ....

A bloke where I worked used to have a house somewhere in the south of France. When the phrase 'tighter than a ducks bum in water' was invented it was for this bloke. He used to happily drive there in a Citroen 2CV!  :-?

blimey. i think 2cv is 600cc. how long did it take him...

[Andy B]

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blimey. i think 2cv is 600cc. how long did it take him...

Err! I think you'll find they're 606 cc   He used to leave work after our night shift and start his journey south. I can't remember now but it was a lot longer than I would have been prepared to spend in one of Citroen's finest upturned-prams

[TheBoy]

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blimey. i think 2cv is 600cc. how long did it take him...

Err! I think you'll find they're 606 cc   He used to leave work after our night shift and start his journey south. I can't remember now but it was a lot longer than I would have been prepared to spend in one of Citroen's finest upturned-prams

So more than 10 seconds then

[Andy B]

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blimey. i think 2cv is 600cc. how long did it take him...

Err! I think you'll find they're 606 cc   He used to leave work after our night shift and start his journey south. I can't remember now but it was a lot longer than I would have been prepared to spend in one of Citroen's finest upturned-prams

So more than 10 seconds then

I once drove one of 'em down the road & back years ago. I never quite sussed out what gear I was in. There was some kind of umberella handle stuck out of the dash that you were suposed to change gear with - apparently!

[Chopsdad]

My old boss bought his daughter one - white & green striped.  She left it overnight near the local nightclub and found it next morning on it's roof  

[TheBoy]

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blimey. i think 2cv is 600cc. how long did it take him...

Err! I think you'll find they're 606 cc   He used to leave work after our night shift and start his journey south. I can't remember now but it was a lot longer than I would have been prepared to spend in one of Citroen's finest upturned-prams

So more than 10 seconds then

I once drove one of 'em down the road & back years ago. I never quite sussed out what gear I was in. There was some kind of umberella handle stuck out of the dash that you were suposed to change gear with - apparently!

Had one as a hire car in Crete once (well, the jeep type version of it), and remember the gear change well.  I also remember the brakes, or lack of them....

[Andy B]

My old boss bought his daughter one - white & green striped.  She left it overnight near the local nightclub and found it next morning on it's roof  

 They've gained a bit of a cult following - eco worriors etc No matter what kind of car you buy you'd like to think that you could leave it on a car park & return to find it was still the right road up.  

[Martin_1962]

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blimey. i think 2cv is 600cc. how long did it take him...

Err! I think you'll find they're 606 cc   He used to leave work after our night shift and start his journey south. I can't remember now but it was a lot longer than I would have been prepared to spend in one of Citroen's finest upturned-prams

I dislike them - lawnmower engined things!

similar power to ONE cylinder of my car

[Martin_1962]

My old boss bought his daughter one - white & green striped.  She left it overnight near the local nightclub and found it next morning on it's roof  

 They've gained a bit of a cult following - eco worriors etc No matter what kind of car you buy you'd like to think that you could leave it on a car park & return to find it was still the right road up.  

But they are the wrong way up! how do you get the baby in otherwise?