Runflat tires. I owned many recent bimmers (3 series). I remember having a sidewall bulge on my rear 255/35/18 Michelin Pilot Sport 3 (factory option) so my car had to be towed (no spare tire...). And I had to wait 5 days for my local BMW to get a spare tire this size. Mobility, they say...

Citroen has a true racing heritage, as this stunning video shows :D

Seen this deafening red thing last year at Le Mans Classic. The best alarm clock ever, at 7:00 am.

Let’s not forget the Venturi... I was following a beautiful yellow one last week (in France, obviously).

Worst interface ever is in my Volvo V60 estate.

I always wondered how could car jounalists say that BMW’s Idrive is crap, preferring touchscreens. Having owned both (VW with touchscreens, BMW with idrive), Idrive and ilts likes are way more superior to touchscreens, as you quickly and easily memorize (matter of 4-5 days) the gestures you need, then you dont need to…

The main weakness of the Toyota Team F1 was its location in Germany. Not in UK (Center of the F1 Universe) or in Italy (Vice-Center of the F1 Universe). With english suppliers (for most of them), japanese decisions and german factory, managing such cultural differences didn’t make things easy.

2.5s on a pretty short track is not exactly a thin margin.

If the motto “High Performance. Delivered.” wasn’t already owned/copyrighted/etc... It would definitely be appropriated for Porsche. And it would be soooo more meaningful ;)

Mint 80’s french hot hatches prices are skyrocketing in France too. I am currently looking for a decent 205 rallye (the light, stripped down, N-group contender version) to remind my young days, and I regularly see over 10k€ listings.

Those Telephone Rims !!!!!!!

So, what about Maserati ? What about a very sporty 4 door mid-size sedan, aroud 500 HP ? Is there really enough room for a 510 Hp Giula topping a 410 HP Q4 Ghibli ?

Charade. The mythical circuit where french Grand Prix took place during the 60s, settled in the hills of Auvergne, near Clermont Ferrand, Michelin’s hometown.

If I was a russian leader, my first thought would be to set up such a mission just to tell that my cosmonaut team did NOT find any evidence of US landings. As nobody could disprove me except these Yankliars :D Because, obviously, nobody involved in the denial process really gives a sh.. about whether landings are true…

Here in France, a married woman usually carries her husband last name, but it is just a custom, as a woman’s only legal name is her birthname, and many women keep their birthname or attach the two names after marriage. All of this is perfectly and clearly written down in french law, with no interpretation margin. My…

Almost everything’s fine with my 8yo boy : for long trips (more than 2-3h), we may need some help from pixar studios on a tablet, but not that much. He can stay quiet for hours, looking outside, asking some questions (not one thousand of bazillions of questions, just some) from time to time, asking for music (any John…

Situation : 30km/h sign followed by works signs (the typical yellow signs). Works might bring lower visibility than expected, and gravel / sand on the road. Speeding in this area (at least 4x the allowed speed...) should have tragically ended in a very darwinian way.

Tihs kind of ad makes me thinking of estate ads saying “only 10 minutes from [interesting place] ...” , oftne not mentioning 10 minutes at 180 mph :D

I’ve always been fond of the E32 750i with its square exhaust tubes and the first BMW production V12. Its design has some sharp edgy bits the E38 lacks.

The LeMans track is dangerous. Every track is. We shouldn’t forget this. Apart those race crashes, there’s been a recent deadly crash at the Bugatti-LeMans circuit, involving track days drivers (2014/09) when a car suddenly lost oil, and stopped trackside at the end of the main straight. While stopped he’s been…