You are quite right... Je m'en vais (I'll leave now).

It's not Gestapo-like, but they are not considered civil servants neither. It's a general sense that you are a suspect, and then a citizen. Kind of a filtering... "What have you done ? nothing, ok can i help you Sir ?".

What sets us apart, between European countries and the US, may be that we don't feel bad about being stopped if we have nothing to hide. It is not an invasion of privacy.

Well, in France where i live, such road blocks are common, it's accepted as à mesure to save lives. We are at historical low in road deaths, the litigious part is the secret analysis done on the spot that is unfair in the US case.

These are the ones we get in Europe. Better looking than the last generation.

I agree with you, I have a Corolla Verso II and live in France and it doesn't have the beige feel to it (1ZZ-FE 1.8L VVT-I 130CV). They look like this :

Thank you, much better than Sherlock's new season. A good memory you have there Sir.

Do you mean he never ate meat ?

You are right, i feel it to. Do you remember Jesus Diaz's crusade about the iOS calendar icon ? Here is a refresher http://gizmodo.com/victory-apple-…

Here is a little something i made to start your year :

Here is a french contribution :

As long as this smart car carries smart cops we're fine.

As most hipsterized things, it is unpractical and only there for the look.

You have been hipsterized !

She even held them to show us, all fuzzy and high-heely. You are spot on.

Interestingly, the fuel efficiency is expressed in Metrics and then in Imperial.

You still have te ability to "Export to Pages '09" or Numbers and Keynote '09. But it is seriously limited and very "Fisher-Pricey" as you said.

Hi there,

Same here, probably wishful thinking.

This R5 "Le Car" is a french version of another R5 "Le Car " that Renault was trying to sell in the U.S.