When I published recently a blog about our adventures with the 2CV, Catterel made the following comment: “I love how certain makes of car can trigger memories – I once had a boyfriend in France, with this kind of 2CV. Canvas seats suspended from metal frames, like beach chairs! But we squeezed half a dozen students into it – don’t ask me how!”
I answered as follows:
“In the sixties we had a Volkswagen Beetle. Our friends, Karl and Marianne, had no car. So we invited them to come with us for an excursion. They had two children, a boy and a girl,, and we had two children the same age (Gaby was in long time hospital care already). Four adults and four children, we all fitted into this small VW. Seatbelts were not compulsory yet at this time. I think the children were between 4 years and 6 years, two girls and two boys. Behind the back seats there was room for two children, right under the back window of the car. I was the only one with a driver’s license at the time. So I was the driver!”
AuntyUta 
Another one for me iis the Morris Minor – again, my student years, and far too many of us piling into it. We must all have been contortionists in those days!
Oh, how amazing, cat, I love it! Thanks so much for this extra input.
Danke liebe Ute schöner Test ich wünsche dir einen guten Sonntag liebe Grüße von mir bist bald.Gislinde
Ja, bis bald, Gislinde. Wünsche dir alles Gute, Love, Uta
Dont think you would get too far down the highway these days Auntyuta.
You would have nearly broken every road rule in the book.
Emu
Well, at least I wasn’t driving under the influence. And I still had good eyesight then, even though I must have been already close to 30.
I remember the police would follow a driver who drove like being under the influence of alcohol. The punishment for driving under the influence could be very severe!