Why French cars must always fail.
 

An American philosopher explains why:

This is witty, savage, slashing, learned, and may well be true. Pretty persuasive treatise, though hilariously put forth....

He makes his case here, beginning with a look at French philosophy.

"Heidegger could drive a Porsche of course, but no self-respecting Frenchman would be caught alive in a vehicle made in some other country".

More:

http://users.humboldt.edu/jwpowell/pomodoom.pdf



French cars?: "Nein, danke" :(


German cars? "Ja, bitte". :)

More than a little truth in that.

I would love a Peugeot 504 Cabriolet...... If it had something more powerful than the anemic 4 cyl.... Or even the somewhat less anemic V6.
Maybe a throaty 5liter V8 would have changed the history of the world

I don't know if better French cars would have improved philosophy, but the simple fact that Red Bull won four world championships in a row with Renault engines galls me to no end. The current dominance of Mercedes power units pleases me, though not as much as a similar performance by Ferrari would.

That's good right there. Lee Iacocca could have transformed French philosophy.

I'd love an old Citroen ID (the DS with slightly less complex hydraulics).

I have an extra one I am redoing completely. I'll keep you in mind. Start saving now. The car is getting a 100% restoration.

I am converting to green fluid LHM which is the same stuff th new Audis and Bentleys use. Cits have been using it since 1964.

All made by the German company Pentosin.

Still want me some Citroen some day.

I'd rather buy a turdbox and restore myself rather than paying someone like you for a mint example. No offense, of course :)

LOL@"someone like you"

By that I meant "car flipper". With cars or houses, I'd rather be the one doing the flippin'.

As opposed to being flippant?

Good luck in finding the parts.

I spent 20 years making a network of people in France to get parts. I bring back what I need except in a couple cases, like recently when I purchased a running 1937 1911 Perfo engine and trans and had it shipped through Customs with a an expediter. All for less than an MB engine over here.

The Americans over here will rape you worse than anything you would ever find in buying Rolls Royce parts at a dealer.
They are the most unscrupulous people you could meet.
One guy in CA sold me something, then claimed it was stolen, refused to refund me. I went to Las Vegas on business and visited him to get my money back in person.

Be prepared for that kind of chicanery and learn to read technical manauls in French, you should do ok.

By the way, since every "turdbox" you find is claimed by its owner to be a rare jewel, be prepared to pay top dollar for it.

I passed a 2CV on the NH Turnpike yesterday. Guessing it was from near the end of the run since the emblems looked to be molded plastic. Cool little cars. He was humming right along at 65 or so.

Still want one someday. I'll give you a holler! :)

Anybody want to guess the 2 French made cars sold in America today?

I have three spares which I will rebuild when the workshop is finished. Will let you know.