[EP10] 2CV to Croatia: Austria, Italy, Slovenia!
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In this video, we encounter the colossal traffic jams of Austria and Italy, though also the considerable beauty. There is a tour of Innsbruck and lots and lots of mountains.
Then it's the big climb into the mountains to cross the border into Slovenia! Croatia is getting closer...
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How many people can be going uphill in a 2CV and say - thank heavens I'm not in my less powerful car. This is why we love this show. Keep going Ellie!!
My least powerful car has about 160HP, I feel spoiled!
You appear to have triumphed in the Dolomites!
Oh gawd.... lol
Not going to Toledo Spain was a missed opportunity!
@@mattw8332 Then it truly would have been an Acclaimed journey.
I drove my Triumph through the Dolomites! (it was a Herald)
Please, guys, let's stop it with the terrible puns‼️ We've got Alpine scenery, Rapier like wit, loads of Elan, the Sunbeam(ing) down, we don't need puns‼️
Innsbruck is known for its winter sports. One of the "Four hills."
EDIT: Nut must be the first person ever I've heard say "Nice Opel Vectra."
I'm with Ian on this. The Vectra A was a well shaped car with perfect ratio in design. Imho. Had two of these and they drove excellent.
Greetings from Madeira island. Just to Say, that im loving every mile of your trip. Every day i check for new vídeos. keep them coming 👍👍👍👍
Seems you went from Innsbruck through Mattrei and Steinach (old holliday destination of my late mum and dad and our family) over the old Brenner pass into South Tirolean Italy. My dad did it with a Mercedes 220 D 1971, which also struggled on very steep slopes in the Dolomites, driving to Cortina d'Ampezzo; wondering if he had to shift back into first as well a couple of times. However without overheating and just coasting on. With us teenagers on the back seat being enthousiast, and my mum with wet palms praying to the Allmighty and my dad at the same time. The Merc did not have power assisted steering. And when driving that slow dad really needed to use his arm muscles in all these bends.
It got so bad that he ordered me, being a 19 yr old with a fresh driving licence, to take his place behind the wheel on the way back. Before that I was NEVER allowed to touch his precious Merc. Didn't had to do much; just keep it into second gear on the long way down. And turn, and turn that big bacalite black steering wheel; keeping the star at the middle of the road. (''This is EASY.')' (''Just you keep your eyes on the road, and don't you dare shifting into third!)(''What do you think I'm doing, here, dad?) Mum from the beack seat; (''O please do not distract him, Reinder. And sh.. up.'')
Italian Alfa Guileatta overtaking us in the middle of a bend, having to slam the brakes because of a climbing big red, very unforgiving, Pegaso truck. And me having to do so as well to prevent jamming into the Alfa's back side. Mother screaming from the back seat.
Me pushing on the padded horn ring and flashing the lights, to show that ''Spaghetti'' what I thought of him. And dad shaking his fist at him through the open passenger window. (VEE VAN DE LABAN!/Biblical Dutch insult. KLOT'NKLAPPER!/ Dutch Saxony insult, not Biblical at all)
Italian disappearing in another bend in front of us as fast as he could.
Lowlanders driving in the mountains.
Happy memories.
That was a very expensive car back then.
Wow! What a fantastic bonus to the video! Thank you for the story, Walter!
@@Useaname Not when purchased in 1978 in order to pull horse trailers. We were ''nobility'', but essentially without a pot to piss in. And nearly all our assets drowning into a money pit of an XVIIIth century manor house. Fantastic street locomotive of a car though.
Haha I can relate to this as a fellow lowlander from DK only in the "Mols Mountains" in DK and with german tourist´s autobahn locomotives overtaking all the time. :-).
Wonderful memories Walter！
I am becoming worryingly addicted to this !
Me too, I went to see a pieciatryst and he said i am becoming a cyclepath, but i cant stop .............
Simply brilliant. Cast onto my widescreen TV I could feel myself leaning into the bends and pushing my feet into the floor to help get up the steeper climbs ! Great job.
My favourite TH-cam channel at the minute - you're living life the right way Ian!
Germany takes it's borders seriously? I didn't know you did comedy....
Enjoy it after a no deal Brexit you'll need a visa.
@@grevberg No we won't. We've already been assured of that.
@@Michaelbrown1995 By your own government or by the EU? Because your government can't make that unilateral assurance about what the EU does on it's borders, as far as I know some EU countries have made assurances to UK nationals working and living in their country but visa free travel for up to 90 days is only a proposition at this time. (with the trade-off that the UK can't demand visa's from any EU nation citizen visiting the UK)
@@surferdave364 - I think it's funny that he thinks they (the border cops) are letting him "slide" because he's in a 2CV. LOL... everyone is sliding in... and I hope it's not because of the car, or the poor deux chevaux is going to become the preferred vehicle of terrorists.
@56squadron - we haven't had socialists in charge since the 1970s, I'm afraid. If we were to vote some in, that would be democracy...
All the smugglers will be buying 2CV'S now ian, and possibly priest costumes.
need a ferrari for a priest outfit :) th-cam.com/video/ULqn49aQrq8/w-d-xo.html
Definitely not commenting about the rear number plate on that Volvo 245. XD
I think that most of Europe is starting to become a parking lot on the roads. We get this image that it's all scenic open byways that you can cruise fast and without many others on the road. This video proves that world population is starting to clog all the roads with too many cars. I have to admit the best of the trip in this video for me was when Hubnut passed through the tunnel from Austria to Slovenia at the end. The Balkan states are some of the most beautiful in the world and from the previous Mighty Dacia trip i fell in love with Serbia and Croatia! Exciting times to come!
Who would have though the most riveting content on YT was hubnut driving an old 2CV up a mountain....
@@kruleworld Nope already had plenty of those. Go find someone else to bother.
I'll tell you what I like Ian. It's the fact that I've had a pretty crap time at work at the mo but, I come home, join you & Elly on the road trip & I feel at peace with the world again!! ha ha So thanks again & I'll keep on following. P.S. When you showed us the map, I'm sure I saw the pyrenees!! (pair of knees) ....Sorry!!!
(Simply) The best road trip vids on the internet! Always a restful pace and watch, music free soundtrack, civilized paced editing, How to be far from home thru the head lamps and eyes of one man and his little french car, yet totally at home, away from home... Transportive and a tonic, frankly, As usual, parting is such sweet sorrow till the next chapter! 👍🏻👍🏻
Apropos shifting into 1st when hillclimbing; Downshifting in a Dyane or 2cv for that matter from 2nd to 1st without any gear grinding or jerks is an absolute feat for the beginner. I live in a touristy, hilly town with a lot of pedestrian crossings on slopes, lots of stopping and going, so just to get out of town and into the open road I have to perform the double-clutch two or three times every time. I guess the 2cv was not engineered for city driving (and that it wasn´t) but this is one of the car´s features that reminds you that as with most classic cars, YOU drive the car and not the other way around, and this can be appealing most of times, mildly annoying at others
Fantastic road trip. I've stopped watching Top Gear as HubNut is far more entertaining. You're inspirational.
Welcome to Austria, Ian! That golden roof at the pedestrian area was the "Golden Dachl", and most of the old town goes back to the days of Emperor Maximilian I., as Innsbruck was his favorite capital town of what was the holy roman empire back then!
Good to see someoe with an actual map and not just a techno box to show the way.
I can't help thinking that if you were in a modern turbodiesel on the Autobahns/Stradas, then this journey wouldn't be even half so interesting. Don't apologise for long scenes of just watching the world go by, it is all an epic adventure! I think it would be nice to do the route in autumn, kids back at school, much less traffic, leaves starting to turn etc. Long live Elly! (And HubNut obviously)
Am amazed by your driving skills! Those skinny tires n such a tall car! You are amazing! 45mpgees?! I don't get that everyday with my e300 diesel benz! You inspire me, next set of tires for me will be as skinny as can possibly be n i will take the bends like you 😅👍
I stayed in 'Mutters' a village outside Innsbruck -you might have liked that? the sort of place you expect Julie Andrews to come running out at any minute LOL.
You're driving across Europe in a 2CV, and there's another guy on TH-cam walking across Wales in a straight line. I'm not sure which is more unsafe...
Hubnut car/tours liking the channel more as the places are astonishingly lovely
I think you really missed twc
The polite Porsche was Dutch. Always nice people. Thanks for another excellent video.
Had an argument with a Porsche Panamera thing earlier today, roundabout rules etc.
The joy of the noise of a 2CV for mile after mile. Nostalgia tugs at my sleeve and whispers in my ear “You know you want to own one again.”
I love mountain scenery and there’s nothing wrong with a good tunnel journey; especially if goes through a mountain and you pop out the other end in a different country!
Climbing in Ellie reminds me of various underpowered motorcycles I've toured on, two-up and loaded with camping gear. First is too low, second too high, with the accompanying bouquet of boiled clutch. Great fun all the same.
Loved the speedo needle banging on the MAX pin overtaking that lorry!.
The max pin broke off some years ago...
I've lost track a bit during the 'prep' videos, is Elly running 602cc or 652cc? she looks fast enough, considering a 2CV bodyshell was designed for about 40mph maximum.
@@rogerhudson9732it's now a thundering 652cc with a stonking 34 BHP. 0-62mph...eventually in about 20 seconds, a 10 second improvement on the original!
School holidays mean less traffic in my neck of the woods with fewer convoys of four x fours. (West London)
They used to build Zeppelins at Lake Constance in massive hangars.
Then it became cost inaffective as prices ballooned...
The Company still exist, its ZF making gearboxes .Zahnradfabrik Friedrichshafen was estated 1915 by Zeppelin Works to produce Gears =Zahnräder for Zeppelins.
ZF also make marine engines too iirc...
Who don't love massive hangers
Not only that, in WW2 they built radar dishes there. At first the allies thought it was just random bits of zeppelins.
Colossal traffic jams of Austria??? Blame the EU for that. Before the EU stuck their oar in, traffic was very sparse. Through lorries were not allowed to pass through Austria ... all had to be piggybacked by rail from border to border. Narrow gauge rail thrived locally and the only lorries allowed to run were construction and local delivery ... from the nearest railhead of course.
Greetings from Finland. Nice trip 👍 hanaa ... gas....
Bells and random passageways have overtaken wipers in the obsessive stakes :)
Hub-Nut i think you should a travel blog. Because the way you have filmed and talked about your journey has been great to see and it's something i think you should continue and make a mini series of when back in the uk. I know it's a like a blog anyway, but it feels almost more than that like Alan Wicker i'd say. With Elle your glamours assistant. Also i love the random passageway/side street there my favourite street, and Spa! like one of those you get pampered in, that's your choice for lunch... What no a Spar o i see lol xD. Great work hub-nut and Elle.
Hi Ian,Well another superlative road trip video full of high drama, like not knowing what exactly your packet of sausages were made of and how they tasted,and of course Elly marking her territory,I would prefer to say she was adding to British Exports without customs charges,and what an excellent way to spend 45+ minutes of TV time watching you drive through beautiful countryside and breathtaking mountain views is been a long while since i was "over there" the views haven't changed much, but the building in the city's has... uuuggh......... keep it coming Ian............ magical mystery tour
Lol, good old Elly playing at 'The Italian Job' in the Italian mountains hairpin bends.
I suspect the reason why you get such an easy time from the German police at the border crossings is that a 2CV, a car that can be totally disassembled using a Swiss army knife, really isn't ideal for smuggling. The UK did have its hottest day ever last week, 38.7C at Cambridge University Botanical Gardens...
Just continue as you are mate and stop worrying about the assholes opimions The video is great.
Tyre squeal, in a 2CV, in Italy! Fantastic value for money!
Fab video! The "plonking kingpins" sounds like the name of a band!
What a sturdy, noble little car! Most impressive and I see why they have such a good reputation.
O.O 45mls to the gallon ? is that 1L:16km?. i struggle to get that with my '94 cvt mirca. not bad at all! The higher you climb, the thinner the air is. and ellie is being air coolled, she doing great !!
done the exact same stretch in my Cortina GXL IAN, few yers back, wonderful trip, i recognise so much of those roads, and YES the outside lanes, they come flying past, you have to pick the right moments for truck overtakes, great stuff, i wish i was there !!!! SCENERY is immense, if i werent building another Cortina I would be right out there too!! Heatwave aside,,,,,,,,,all the best Ian from Pete at Cortina City!!!!!!!!! ROCK ON ELLIE,!!!!
Fortunately, you have the Big Block cylinders mounted on the engine of Elly, otherwise the uphill rides were in first gear. And the journey continues.
gonna rewatch the hill climb section with volume muted...and play intro audio from "the Italian job" on another tab
(Finger indicates point on map) "We are somewhere.." (finger makes widening circles) "...in Austria..." (even wider circles) "...which is this bit here."
Another quality HubNut production!
I think the view where you included the left side window was better.
Excellent video, thanks Ian.
Awesome video! and I can hear those Kingpin clunks from Walsall...ha ha.
What’s the ticking when you’re coasting? Do you have a variable speed clock?
Speedo cable.
21:21 That is NOT Italy but South Tyrol!
That was great. I'm not sure I could deal with the racket from your kingpins tho. 🤔🤔
I love open top driving in the 2CV...wind in the hair experience...!!! 😂🚗💨
excellent video again,thanks Ian !!
I think that was a Yogurt drink
Also you need to wear sunscreen all the time not just when it's hot. The UV is there all the time even when cloudy.
The bond between man and his machine in this adventure is truly epic.
Interesting that you are so right,the smaller towns/villages offer up so much more than "generic" cities/citiscapes. I was rocking you and Elly up those last hills before the border with Slovenia. I remember once having to reverse up a hill in a 106 1.4 diesel fully loaded,,,been there! Happy travels to you both. On my solo travels in Europe security became my obsession,,,interestingly up until this video has not seemed to concern you,,,just a tangent,,,😁
Quick question...do you use your phone to film all your videos?
Really enjoying the trip,like the way you just film it and give us a running commentary, much better than the folk who have long videos with random music playing over it and just a wee bit of commentary. Keep up the good work and enjoy the rest of your adventure 👍
Yes, most footage currently my previous phone - an Oppo F1S.
@@HubNut thanks for the reply, that's good to know, I might film some of my road trip around the west coast of Scotland, cheers
you should go on a mountain coaster they look pretty epic over there
Looking at those pretty small, wiggly roads in Italy, it really isn't hard to see why the Italians were the master of the small car for a long time...
On this road trip, HubNut leaves Wales during the wrong time of the year and realises that there are other people in the world and complains about it.
Hi Ian, your videos continue to be very entertaining, funny and interesting in the great Hubnut way. Keep them coming, thank you.
What a trip, as you say 'WOW'. Makes poor old Blighty seem a little dull. And what a trooper Elly is, wonderful little car. Thanks to you both.
Europe: drive for a few minutes and be in a completely different country...
Australia: drive for 12 hours and still be in the same state...
Fantastic town!
...again, a most enjoyable 47 minutes on this continued journey!
I might be weird but those church bells made me think of Kelly's Hero's
Just what I was thinking.
Me too
Since my only knowledge of Innsbruck was the Olympics way back when that first view was not what I was expecting, either.
I owned an 'Opel Rekord Sprint' in Uk. And loved her to Bits.
Sadly while I was at Work, a Council Truck Plowed into the Back of her in Snowy Conditions.
It was a ' Total Write Off' and I was Devo'd. 😭
There was a Whole Row of Cars to Pick on. But it Had to be Mine..! Why..!?
Cheers All. 😎
I had a J reg 2.0 GLi cavalier. went like stink and it had done 165 ,000 miles.
Man, I love these travelogues. The romance of a car, the continent, the community, and the (mostly) open road. Makes me want to get a 2CV for myself.... But sorry, I'd have to retromod it. Your thoughts?
As for those Mk3's.... Metallic blue MK3 Cavalier SRi hatchback, with the red highlights and black nose grille. Nice engine too.
C'mon, who remembers 'em? And where are they now?
Scrappage scheme... Grrr...
Around 6:00 is just like the A38 between Launceston and Bodmin! Especially the traffic!
Hi Neil., Irschenberg services on the A8 south of Munich towards Salzburg must take the “best views from a Burger King “ on our way to a hilclimb in graz award. Good spot for buying a vignette, P.S . Should’ve watched the whole video before making recommendations
If your return journey takes you through Germany, there's always the Mercedes-Benz Museum in Stuttgart; with the legendary 2.8 Million Miles W123? Great video Ian.....these are just so entertaining. Safe travelling mate. 👍
You need to take a drive in Canada, Mate. A few weeks ago I took my 2018 Golf 1.8 TSi over Roger's Pass in the Rocky Mountains. at 0700. Zero traffic, breathtaking views and ridiculous speeds. I am not sure of a 2CV would work in my area, however!
Such a delightful travelogue, once again. I love epic trips like this. The closest I've personally come was a series of once-a-year 60 mile treks in my Goggomobil TS400 along with a couple dozen other microcar nuts to summit Mt. Wachusett, in Massachusetts. Little cars do well when they're driven regularly, as Elly and you prove.
I drove from a hot Northern Italy, in my Convertible Herald, wearing a Tee-Shirt (me, not the Herald), through the Grand St.Bernard Tunnel, and it was VERY cold in there!
You are the perfect travel company! That viaduct at 19:12 is the Europa bridge. When it was finished in 1963 it was the highest bridge in Europe, 190 metres above the ground!
29:15 Welsh resident driving a French car in Austria fills the fuel tank with British Petroleum. NICE. (And that's not pronounced 'neece' !) I wonder, while you ere there, did you buy some Danish bacon ?
Behind the times as usually am ha ha I’m enjoying watching your exploits in Ellie. Whilst it’s not inspiring me to buy a 2CV (sorry), I am inspired to do something similar but maybe not quite so long from home
Owning a Land Rover and riding Royal Enfield motor bikes I have learnt that "Maximum Power" is a very subjective statement.
My that little Elly works well, watching the stonework mortar joints on the road side, which I assume are horizontal as you climbed that was a wickedly steep grade for any car. Let alone a 50 + year old air cooled engine with carburetor jetting for sea level, Well done Elly.
That was an epic part of the journey. Stunning roads and historically a very important border crossing. In the days of Slovenia being part of Yugoslavia, you were actually crossing the Iron Curtain. Certainly wouldn't have been as easy back then unless you had the right documents.
11;50 This building is a rotunda and would have once contained a cyclorama or, panoramic image . The building, which, originally would have been wooden and formed part of a fairground, was designed to give viewers standing in the middle of the cylinder a 360° view. Very rare.
Great stuff! I drove through the Fernpass and Brennerpass only days before you. I am using Google Maps for navigation so you can avoid the traffic jams. Looking forward to Ljubljana and Croatia. Your plan for the return trip sounds fantastic!
"Not sure I could come up here in the Invacar" Chortle. :)
Sounds like a challenge to me that Ian! What a vid that would make! Come on, you know it doesn't make sense, which is the main attraction of course. This expedition is the best thing I've seen on You Tube, ever btw.
You are destroying our romanticized notions about what Austria should look like, think Sound of Music. Reality has caught up with fantasy. The old part did look somewhat as expected.
I'm really enjoying this tour ,so much. I did wonder if taking a 2CV all across Europe & back was a bit bonkers at first , given its tiny engine , low power and obviously the age. I was wrong ! I want to buy one as a daily commuter , they seem mechanically simple enough for me to maintain myself. Cheers Ian 👍
I realise I'm 10 months behind everyone else, but this was another brilliant video. For various reasons I arrived at work just over an hour early this morning so I sat in the car and watched this one. As others have said, these are so engaging I feel like I'm in the passenger seat on the road with you. It was a slight shock to the system when it ended & I looked up to see a car park full of bland black & grey SUV's through the drizzle. It makes me want to go on a road trip too(obviously I'll have to wait, pesky virus!), plus I have an adventure hat just like yours....
Sturdy little Elly, I don't think my Trabant would be up to the job, being two stroke going downhill may be too heavy on the drum brakes. Uphill will be as heavy for Trabi as it is for Elly, but I don't trust it to be as robust as that amazing 2cv engine.
Another wonderful entry in the travelogue. Thanks Ian. Well done Elly!
To meet the blonde lady of your dreams,do you eat the sausage or wear it?
Stick it in his trousers pocket 🤣
Had a Opel Vectra A in New Zealand when I was travelling around. Paid £400. It was a great car. 2.0 litre auto. Shame I had to sell it before coming home.
The Dolomites? Oh, they form a part of the Southern Limestone Alps and extend from the River Adige in the west to the Piave Valley in the east. They were produced by the Triumph Motor Company division of the British Leyland Corporation in Canley, Coventry between October 1972 and August 1980. Though I may be getting confused.
The big lake must have been the Area of the River " Drau" along Feistritz and the Cites like " Maria Elend" the Water pour into the "Ferlacher Lake" .
Fortunately I don’t rely on them but according to the subtitles your hands were covered in sunshine curry going up into the pass and Elly was applauding!🤣 Great videos as always, very envious of the trip, especially nowadays!
I expect it's probably a Camera Obscura.
Does that message on the number plate of the Volvo 245 light up when he presses the brake pedal?
hmm feels broken only after 500 miles, must be what most cars hubnut buys feels like, a small bodger or new part not fitting well or rightbut it'll do and being driven around the welsh area hard and fast yep hubnut is turning into an old car, mind you might get some useful spare parts from him,
i think after the 100 b-day thingy with LOTS of citreons a dyanne is just a meh, hmm might need to film some other classic around,
a merecdes van camper hmm no hubnut helping? guess if you don't speak the words don't help? yeah i'll go for that, might push or pull them in my car but that'll be it to bump start it,
oh found a rather nice old volvo esate one with the classic set in lights instead of the clear plastic ones, no wipers though so boo!
well the 2cv not very safe, i mean lift up a window with ease, the roof is fabric so knife though it or just yank it back, the doors are locable but er very easy to unlock if you have a 2cv key, so yeah best to take it apart or drive one that is battered and looks to be only fit for the scrap heap oh hub nut is in that kind (sorry elly)
hub nut food vids, "gets food, eats" yeah that's okay, i like it "eats rest"
How did you know I was cringing at poor Elly’s revs? Lol. Never owned an air cooled so will take your word for it that Elly likes to be revved. Was hiding behind a cushion like a kid watching Dr Who 😂😂😂
So, you drove through Lienz. That road through an A-type windshield swings me right back to 2001, the 14th International meeting of 2cv friends. After the meeting i did a road-trip through Austria in my Acadiane. Stayed in a hotel in Lienz, and drove to Graz the day after where i visited my holiday-crush for a couple of days. Ah, the memories...