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curiouswombatSo - Daughter-dear and I have our own car. Not a car owned by my employers, or owned by S2C, but owned by me. And she's allowed to drive it. On her own once she passes her test! She did her theory test on Saturday and passed that, so she's heading towards her R plates now.
So - our car - is a white Citroen C3, 3 years old, done 17,300 miles, and is very cute -
It is not quite as tiny as I had actually considered getting – I had thought of a Micra, or even a VW Lupo – but I called into one of the local second hand car dealers, saw this, and fell in love. It is just so cute and cuddly looking - see
The maroon car in the second pic is S2Cs Octavia. The C3 is a good bit shorter, for sure - it is only about 9 foot from bumper to bumper – 3m max.
D-d and I felt that as it is so cute, it ought to have a name – she thought female. She suggested Frances, as it is French, but I wasn’t sure. I thought something that went with Citroen – maybe Cissy – she said a loud ‘No!’
I said it was a pity that the car’s designation is just a letter and a number, C3 doesn’t lend itself to turning into a name….except C3PO of course. ‘That would be C3 Po!’ D-d laughed. ‘PO!’ I said. ‘The car is called Po! – it looks as if it belongs in Telly-tubby land! It is a Telly-tubby car, and it is called Po!’
And so it is!
We went out in Po today for D-d to try driving it, and on the whole she managed well – her actual driving is now fine, but she still has problems getting from totally stationary to moving forwards – she tends to stall. Fortunately Po is very forgiving and when she stalled him/her/it five of six times trying to get out of the lane beside the house, where the pictures were taken, there was no sign at all of the car being put out by this behaviour.
I had wanted D-d to stand beside Po to help you with scale if you are a non-European, but she didn’t want her picture taken, and couldn’t even be bothered to take mine – she was tired when we got home. However as I said, Po is not quite 9’ long, and stands about 5’ high. Isn’t it just one of the cutest cars you have ever seen?
So - our car - is a white Citroen C3, 3 years old, done 17,300 miles, and is very cute -
It is not quite as tiny as I had actually considered getting – I had thought of a Micra, or even a VW Lupo – but I called into one of the local second hand car dealers, saw this, and fell in love. It is just so cute and cuddly looking - see
The maroon car in the second pic is S2Cs Octavia. The C3 is a good bit shorter, for sure - it is only about 9 foot from bumper to bumper – 3m max.
D-d and I felt that as it is so cute, it ought to have a name – she thought female. She suggested Frances, as it is French, but I wasn’t sure. I thought something that went with Citroen – maybe Cissy – she said a loud ‘No!’
I said it was a pity that the car’s designation is just a letter and a number, C3 doesn’t lend itself to turning into a name….except C3PO of course. ‘That would be C3 Po!’ D-d laughed. ‘PO!’ I said. ‘The car is called Po! – it looks as if it belongs in Telly-tubby land! It is a Telly-tubby car, and it is called Po!’
And so it is!
We went out in Po today for D-d to try driving it, and on the whole she managed well – her actual driving is now fine, but she still has problems getting from totally stationary to moving forwards – she tends to stall. Fortunately Po is very forgiving and when she stalled him/her/it five of six times trying to get out of the lane beside the house, where the pictures were taken, there was no sign at all of the car being put out by this behaviour.
I had wanted D-d to stand beside Po to help you with scale if you are a non-European, but she didn’t want her picture taken, and couldn’t even be bothered to take mine – she was tired when we got home. However as I said, Po is not quite 9’ long, and stands about 5’ high. Isn’t it just one of the cutest cars you have ever seen?
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Date: 07/05/2006 09:36 pm (UTC)Her husband reckoned the engine wouldn't last more than another 2-300 miles, and was amazed that I drove it all around the North of England, and backwards and forwards to the Isle-of-Man for about two years. I never told him that I took it to the little back-street garage near my house in North Shields almost as soon as I got back from the Island with it, and they put a complete engine out of a much younger wrecked Allegro into it!
My first vehicle was a few years before that - it was a 200cc Yamaha.
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Date: 07/05/2006 09:38 pm (UTC)The mechanic up at Tromode Motors said that it would appeal to a teenager as it looks 'sporting' - and I thought sporty was about the last thing it was!!
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Date: 07/05/2006 09:33 pm (UTC)*pats its butt*
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Date: 07/05/2006 09:44 pm (UTC)My first ever vehicle looked like this -
If the link doesn't work - it was a little Yamaha!
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Date: 07/05/2006 09:57 pm (UTC)It looks like an ideal car for a beginner - very unintimidating...
So, Speaker has a detailed knowledge of Skoda jokes? *g*
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Date: 07/05/2006 10:09 pm (UTC)Actually I don't think we've heard any 'Skoda' jokes since a couple of weeks after we got it - it was one of the very first Octavias in the UK, and it only took a couple of weeks of 'actually it is an Audi A3 with a bigger boot, and at only half the price' for people to go 'Hmm - maybe I'll buy one.'
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Date: 07/05/2006 10:01 pm (UTC)*covets your adorable car*
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Date: 07/05/2006 10:16 pm (UTC)It is a sort of updated version of the old Beetle shape, as well.
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Date: 07/05/2006 10:37 pm (UTC)Looking at the grill right now, looks like it holds the rank of corporal.
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Date: 07/05/2006 10:46 pm (UTC)The corporal's stripes are the Citroen badge.
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Date: 07/05/2006 10:57 pm (UTC)Having your name on the ownership documents feels good, though, doesn't it?
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Date: 07/05/2006 10:54 pm (UTC)On the other hand, there's no Citroens at all around here, except for occassional very old ones like Giles'.
Julia, too bad, for Po is very cute indeed
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Date: 07/05/2006 11:02 pm (UTC)Po is a rather cute car, isn't it - no sharp bits at all.
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Date: 08/05/2006 07:46 am (UTC)But it was indeed a Citroen.
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Date: 08/05/2006 07:49 am (UTC)They are heavily discouraged from taking cars to university - first years are only given campuus parking permits if they are disabled - and as they live on campus this in effect means no cars. Seconds and thirds are also unlikely to get parking permits - so she won't be taking Po away.
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Date: 08/05/2006 05:34 am (UTC)My son's girlfriend's father recently bought the cutest little red sport car convertible (yes, I do believe it was the result of mid-life crisis). He allowed his daughter and my son to borrow it for a day, and great fun was had by all. It is only a two-seater, so we had to take turns being chauffeured about. My poor husband couldn't fold his frame into the tiny thing.
Our Bojoette drives a small, old Toyota Corolla. It is more a box than a bubble. For our family car, however, we have a large Chrysler. It doesn't have much personality, so it doesn't have a name.
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Date: 08/05/2006 05:49 am (UTC)Congratulations!
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