21-05-2023, 04:33 PM
Time to test the little machine, so very roundabout route to shops and similar run home. Sounding rather good so perhaps the process of checking every joint, washer and flange to ensure tightness may have helped. And then spot this machine, whose owner was very happy to talk about it and very interested in the Ruby. It is badged as a Citroen Ami, and is a French microcar. The weight and alleged power of these means they requires no licence in France, making them the ideal machine for sixteen year olds, or more senior users who are temporarily without their licence. It should do one one charge what we can theoretically manage on one gallon of petrol, 45 miles. Max speed should be the same, his acceleration rather brisker. The delightful young chap had never heard of Mochet, but then I had not heard of and have already forgotten the name of the other seventies microcar he had in a nearby shed, but the ice cream and milk needed to get home so I hope to see it another time.