Most of them embraced the full face asap...

Dude, we get it. You’re not into bikes.

This. 

6'6" here. While you’re right to some extent (it’s a lot easier for me to enter or exit a higher car), I also enjoy driving... It wasn’t true 20 years ago, but I fit quite well in most car nowadays, especially german cars. I can drive all day in a BMW 3 serie.

Mais non, she would be a chauffeur too. Chauffeuse is rather outdated. It was used in the original meaning of the word chauffeur (and chauffeuse) : An operator that feeds wood or coal to a steam engine. (Chaud being french for hot).

To really save lifes, you should make helmets mandatory in cars.

I don’t know how you define “modern”. (Does Alain Prost qualify ?).
I think Occon (whose parents own a repair shop) or Lewis Hamilton are from pretty modest backgrounds. And, from the top of my head, I remember than François Delecour was an ambulance driver and Seb Loeb parents were school teachers.
But, yeah, I agree…

I always loved to spot cars on the street as a kid. My favorites were the Alfa Romeo Montreal (in green), the Alpine A110 (in blue) and the bronze Aston DB5 parked in the underground parking of my residence. In the late 70's those were cars you daily drove in Paris. But since the first BMW R 100 RS in 1976 (I was 10…

The boulder was not wearing a helmet !

Actualy, many F1 drivers did very well in CART / Indycar / Champcar. while he reverse is mostly not true, indeed (Villeneuve or Montoya come to mind but that’s about it, since Mario Andretti). The most damning example being 1993, with Michael Andretti failed transfert to MacLaren and Nigel Mansell championship victory…

This is a great question !

Phil fucking Dunphy.

When Moto Guzzi built its first v-twin with a shaft drive, in the 60's, chains were a real PITA, on powerful motocycles. They did stretch like hell and required constant maintenance. Japanese bikes like the first Kawasaki Z900 were game changers, with their wide, autolube chains. The italians kept shitty, inadequate,…

I’m partial to the NYT, The Guardian and Le Monde.

I am. And still on the greys...

In France, Iinfiniti sold quite a few diesel Q50 (and Q70 ? I’m not sure) to rideshare and taxi drivers. Noisy and cramped cars.

Only 9 cars made it to the finish line. 50 DNFs...

Class... You keep repeating that word...

I’ve never heard of this brand but those prices are not outragous. It’s on the expensive side but not that much. 600$ for a well put together coat made of a good technical fabric and filled with down is par for the course. And that's pretty affordable for a dress coat in a wool fabric that's not woven by political…

I like your style.