Back with Bonnie
It saw me through my student days, and in my previous ten-year ownership I drove her to the south of France, navigated through snowstorms, and she even survived being stolen.
It saw me through my student days, and in my previous ten-year ownership I drove her to the south of France, navigated through snowstorms, and she even survived being stolen.
This year, Citroën Autoclub Canada’s annual spring outing focused on the Halton Hills and Hockley Valley areas, located just Northwest of Toronto, ending with a very special stop at the exotic car collection of Tony Burgess.
Covid-19 in Ontario did not hamper Citroën Autoclub Canada’s Niagara outing this year. In fact, in actually made it better!
Driving.ca just posted a great video (and article) with Citroënvie member Simon Walker talking about the virtues of the GS. Both showcase his 1978 GS Citromatic, a rare and unusual model that provides manual gear changeability, but without a clutch pedal, somewhat like a DS semi-automatic gearbox, but in this …
Only a few GS’s were imported in the 70’s before Citroën withdrew from North America. Are any of them left?
GS in Canada are rare cars indeed. Only 6 were originally imported into the country in 1971 by Citroën (who were still selling cars here) and those were demonstration models that were not “officially” sold here. (Though at least 2 managed to find their way into owners’ hands. The other …
by George Dyke….. Some days the stars align and things just go perfectly. Citroën AutoClub Canada’s Summer Outing & Niagara Region Wine Tour on July 21 was one of those days. The weather was superb with just enough cloud that 2CVs on the trip could have their roofs rolled back …
by George Dyke….. While perfect weather helped make the 42nd annual Citroën Rendezvous at Saratoga Springs NY on Fathers Day weekend a great event this year, it wouldn’t have happened without the organizing efforts of the ‘Chauffeurs’; Michaela Hellman, David Cossitt Levy, Tim Kinnel and Chris Westfall who once again …
by George Dyke….. Back by popular demand from our first Fall outing to Port Hope in 2015, we once again made the trip just 100 kms east of Toronto to take in the magnificent salmon migration up the Ganaraska River. Our route was considerably longer because we took back-roads there …
Citroënvie member Simon Walker was featured today on Driving.ca touting the virtues of the 2CV. Simon recounts is early fascination with the car and his history of ownership. Both he and his 2CV6 present very well. Check out the article and video produced by Clayton Seams here:
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