Friday, September 6, 2002

Traction Avant LE MONDE, LA FAMILLE, LA TRACTION. In mid-August we were greeted to the site of hundreds of French Citroen cars in our town, for the bi-annual Citroen club rally, first time in the USA. Seeing so many of those Citroen 2CV "snail" cars is quite a site. But the most interesting to me was the Traction Avants, the first popular front-wheel drive car. These low-slung, long-fendered vehicles were sold from the 30's to the 50's. Now there's a group of aficionados who rally these cars around Australia, through Asia and across America. LE MONDE, LA FAMILLE, LA TRACTION. For a few minutes I wanted to ditch my life and go off and join them--the limo versions of these vehicles are big enough to sleep in. As the hat I bought from them says, with a Jules Verne quote: "All the greatest achievements in life have been done in the name of exaggerated hopes." 10:11:28 PM

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