i had a 2cv
it was my first car wot i owned, one of the deep blue ones, not a dolly, 1984 vintage, so much fun.

i took it to uni in the late nineties with me, a cheap run about to get from suffolk college out to orford or aldeborough for a smoke. lovley. but, it always had a problem.

the points kept going. and it would backfire/pink incesccantly. so much so that on trips back to the rents in burton, it would sometimes barely get there.

finally it ended up in my parents garage, used for the odd run around till last year - when motivated by the need for excess garage space, my dad scrapped it with my sad consent.

two weeks after its demise and transcendence to automotive heaven (or hell if you write for top gear) father and I were chatting about its issues. because it was pre unleaded and had no cat, basically every time i put unleaded in it, i killed it. for the want of a chaep additive i never used, and he never thought to tell me about.

arse.
(magictorch, Thu 3 Jan 2008, 13:58, 1 reply)

2cv
Ive had 2cvs for years, on my 4th and probably the last, due to the dwindling spares situation.
and i can happily inform you that you did not kill it with unleaded petrol, they have been able to run on unleaded for yonks, a few tweaks to the timing and valve clearance no problem,
it sounds to me like you had timing advance or possibly valve sticking issues issues causing it to overheat .
oh a bunch of random fucking cunts rolled mine over in the street last night, it looks a bit sick now
( amoebaboy chose for death by unga bunga on, Thu 3 Jan 2008, 22:16, closed)