a stinky ox 🐂 on Nostr: TIL about the design spec for the Citroen 2CV. It had to: - transport two farmers - ...
TIL about the design spec for the Citroen 2CV.
It had to:
- transport two farmers
- have enough headroom for those farmers to wear hats
- have controls laid out so it could be driven while wearing clogs
- carry 100kg of potatoes and a cask of wine
OR
- two adult rams 🐏🐏 or three goats 🐐🐐🐐
AND
- transport a basket of eggs across a ploughed field without breaking any
WHILE
- being capable of travelling at 50kph using 3L of fuel per 100km.
It had to:
- transport two farmers
- have enough headroom for those farmers to wear hats
- have controls laid out so it could be driven while wearing clogs
- carry 100kg of potatoes and a cask of wine
OR
- two adult rams 🐏🐏 or three goats 🐐🐐🐐
AND
- transport a basket of eggs across a ploughed field without breaking any
WHILE
- being capable of travelling at 50kph using 3L of fuel per 100km.