Mini-Moi

When we were out driving around for Téléthon I met a very nice gentleman called Jean-Michel, who find homes for my modern sisters in Chambray le Tours.

He offered Simon and Susan a carving of a Traction Avant, which arrived yesterday. Needless to say, they are enchanté, and have added it to the growing number of Mini-Me on their mantlepiece.

Salty Roads

While I was out last weekend I was driven along roads which had been snowploughed and salted.

Meeting a snowplough on a narrow road

Salt is a girl's worst enemy, so I am pleased that Simon washed me a couple of days ago. In cold water!! It was TRES froide!

A Ladies Day Out

On Saturday I went for a drive through the snow to some of the little villages in the area to raise funds for Téléthon.

There were a couple of slightly younger ladies on the trip, but we all get along nicely, and it is good not to have to rush.

À Bientôt

J'ai la Chance

So snowy! So while Simon has to shovel snow, and the Dastardly Renault has to sit outside, I am comfortably under cover in my garage.

I am a lady - it is only right that I am bien traités

Bises

Profonde et Croustillante et Même

My darlings.

It is so cold! I am not going outside unless I need to. Not because I am craintive, but for confort only.

While I am inside the garage, Simon has been inside the house celebrating me in art form.

Bises à tous

Pas Elégante, Mais Chaleureuse

Jean asked if I was tucked up nice and warm.

The answer is oui, naturellement. Which is just as well. It snowed last night and outside looks lovely, but very cold under the tyres.

A bientôt

À l'approche de l'hiver...

... and the nights start earlier, I am so glad that Simon has solved the mysteries of my commodo (that is a headlight switch, for you less francophonic) and I can see again.


bises

Some People Really Like Me

I hope that everyone feels this way about me. I don'tunderstand why they wouldn't, but les gens sont étranges poissons.

Je suis revenu

I have been quiet a long time, not because I have been boring, but because I have been busy. Yesterday I visited Montpoupon again, but in the past month I have been seen all over the Touraine. Whenever I am out, people always stop to admire me.

Amongst New Friends

Sometimes a girl just feels so at home!

On Thursday I visited Chenonceau, and Simon parked right next to some ladies from Luxembourg. We all looked splendide together.

I feel Like Purring

Mon petit chou

I have a new sound, and it is oh so silky smooth. It did involve a little work down there but I am so quiet that I could sneak up on you and have you before you realised it.

Two of Me

P'tit Coeur

Quelque temps I am looking so good the world deserves to see two of me, and it is only fair that I share one of those moments.

Bises

Rebonjour

My friends.

I have been a litle busy lately, taking people on picnics, and picking other people up at the station. It has been very hot, so even on a short run I am at cruising speed really quickly - and no-one knows about cruising speed like a lady of my experience.

Here I am waiting to take someone on a picnic.

Next week I will be even busier, because Simon has members of his family visiting, I assume mainly to meet me.

An Older Little Sister.

While I was at Valençay yesterday (and attracting so much attention, naturellement) a petite soeur parked across the road. She is a couple of years older than me, but oh la la!!

You don't often see a lady that old all in red (and so shiny) but luckily for her she left before me. Otherwise I may have had to accidentally drive through a puddle.

A Lucky Life

Today I went out for a petit voyage in the country.



Truely, sometimes le bonheur est dans le pré, just like it says in the poem.

A Day in the Sun

I went to visit some chateaux yesterday. It was so agréable to be in the open air on clear roads. Here I am making the chateau at Montpoupon look plus joli.


I am on a new régime, which is making me feel very spritely. I have given up on SP95 because of all that ethanol was giving me hot flushes, and now I am on Sp98. Simon says it makes me faster (cheeky!), but I must admit I feel better for the change.

One of the Family

Simon took me for une petite sortie this afternoon. Susan wanted to look at some orchids, and as I haven't had a run for a while we thought it would be nice to go out together while the weather was nice.
Simon and Susan called in to l'Image hotel, and parked me next to a cousine of mine. I don't know her - but I do know she is older than me.

Bisous

Mes Cousins

While I languish here in Descartes (il est très triste, mes amis) Simon and Susan went to Grand Pressigny and saw some of my cousins.

There were a lot of other breeds of cars there as well - but I was mainly disappointed not to be there with members of my family.

Taking the Treatment

Mes enfants....

I am visiting nice M.Musseau in Descartes this week, but panic not. Think of it as me spending some me time, being pampered as befits a lady of my renown. I worked hard two weeks ago, so Simon decided it would be good for me to have a little check to make sure he wasn't triring me over much.

Here I am, working hard

It's nice, the way he fusses but it is pas plus que je ne mérite.

Photo Call

Hello my little chickens

I am having a quiet week. This is because last week was so busy for me, and I am fatigued.

My only excursion from the garage was to have my photo taken with Susan. Un jouranal in Toowoomba (that is in Australia, which is why is it such a funny name) is writing an article about me, because that is where Susan grew up.

Don't I just look splendid!!

Hier

Mes Amis

Yesterday I went to Chenonceau, Clos Luce and Villandry with my new friends Scott and Sally from America.

Me - and un certain old building

Simon was worried it was going to rain - the météo said so, and like a duper he believed them. Needless to say, my paintwork remained bone dry and we had a lovely time, even though it became slightly frais in the afternoon.

Most unfairly - my coffre was full of wine - and I don't even drink!

Je retourner à Tours

Mes chéris

Today I went to Tours, taking Lisa and James to the station.I was the centre of attraction, naturellement. This is because I am une belle voiture.

Sifflez en Travaillant

Bonsoir mes braves

Tomorrow I work - I am going to Tours airport. I hope it doesn't rain, but la météo n'est pas bonne.

Pas un problème, as long as my wipers work!

Une Course sous la Pluie

Mes enfants....

I have just returned from a run in the country with Leon and Sue. They are trés gentile and were most complimentary about me, naturellement.

I did fail to climb the rue de pavillons, but that was Simon's fault because he didn't treat me with the respect I deserve and failed to select the 1er vitesse at the bottom of the hill. Ce n'est pas grave, it meant that the people standing by the abbaye had longer to admire me.

Je roule

bonjour mes petits choux

It was so nice - the road beneath my wheels, the not too cold air rushing over my bodywork, the sun gleaming off my chromework... Yes, we had a little run in the countryside, just Simon and I. It was so much better than just having my engine turned over.

We stopped for a chat on the way back, where a VERY discerning older gentleman admired me (at length, naturellement), and offered Simon a new engine and gearbox. I should be insulted, but the admirer was so charming it is difficult.

les joies du printemps

bon après-midi, mes petites poules

It was lovely to get out of my garage today. I only moved to the front of the house, but I was in the lovely warm sun while Simon washed me.

A lady likes to be pampered, and moi surtout. First I was rinsed in water (cold water!!) then sprayed underneath with the pressure washer. Oh mes chers, how cold it was - and how it tickled. All that nasty salt from winter was washed away, and then I was soaped, sponged and wiped dry with a chamois cloth.

Now I sparkle again - or does that sound un peu vain? Je ne m'inquiète pas!

Mon Garage

J'aime mon garage.

It must be said that it isn't luxurious or plush, but it is out of the rain and the wind. and last night it was very windy. I am a lucky lady; I have a distant cousin who lives in a field. He is in a condition, similar to the condition I was once in. I hope one day that someone finds him and loves him.

But until the wind dies down I will be remaining inside.

qu'après la tempête