Phil

Try doing this in an SUV.

They did, but I gave up and decided to fill up the next time I was out, something you don’t have the luxury of when needing to charge.

I rarely have to use public chargers, which is a good job as I have about a 50% success rate.

For balance, the Carrefour petrol station I went to the other day, one pump wouldn’t work, tried another and it dispensed 1.86 litres before giving a Gallic shrug and refusing to work.

The little moustache was the giveaway.

It’s come a long way, fantastic to see how good it’s looking.

Lays Spicy, and Moutarde Pickles are our choice, we’re not as classy.

Best guess is, this is a Moroccan number plate. Unless anyone knows otherwise?

I got stitched up by the hills on the A20, and the August weekend traffic.

Diesel still beats petrol for economy.

Day 2, forgot to upload this yesterday.

That one does my head in.

It’s an underrated VW Group feature.

There’s a setting in the infotainment, you can set just the speed to KM, so distances and economy remain in miles, which is nice.

I don’t think it sounds bad, it’s not a typical tourist destination. I went to Dachau on a history trip, it was pretty harrowing.

Have you ever been to Oradour? I’ve heard it’s quite an experience.

We spent 2 weeks nearby on our month long trip back in 2021, returning to the same gite.
Can’t wait.

Checking into tonight’s hotel, the receptionist didn’t switch to English the moment he heard my French. Marginal gains an all that.

Cheshire to Chartres today, onwards to Cahors tomorrow.

Pour le plaisir de M. @boosplodge.bsky.social

Things that make you wince…

Not the only ones with this idea.

Congratulations

The car makes a pretty poor job of it if you watch the video, it could have gone left straight away, but instead goes a much longer route round.

Saw a guy in a Polestar 4, the one with no rear window, trying to reverse out onto a main road.

Needless to say, he was there ages.

I was always fascinated by the post apocalyptic Avantime in Children of Men, which had gained rear doors at some point post societal collapse.

Given that most productions can’t get the correct generation of car for a given period, or get number plates right, I’m surprised they’d go to the effort of getting the details right on a single vehicle.

Buy a local one and paint it yellow?

They had an NYC Prius+ as well, so you might be right about the film prop.

You ever see an imported car, and wonder why they went to the effort and expense to bring it here?
It’s no Crown Vic.