I personally miss the days of
I personally miss the days of the land yacht. I'm a big station wagon guy and also a fan of big do-it-all machines like the pre-90's Unimog. Which is one of the reasons I like the 2. Even with that tiny little engine, the car was so light and soft that it could go just about anywhere and do almost anything - albeit not on the Autobahn. The skinny tires on this car were amazingly grippy, I'm told, but most of the surviving 2CV's have had larger wheels put on them to fit more modern tires.
I actually stood up with my head out of the roof and steered while standing on the throttle in one of these. And you're right, you'll never flip one over without a jack.