The cars that will eat Paris
October 12th, 2006 at 2:09pm
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| Got up today around 10 ( must of been a good sleep in due to decent bed for a fair while). today we visit the Paris motor show, we had free press passes to the Paris motor show due to our previous work on the Pulse FM Motorshow which we arranged before we left. |
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The Paris Motorshow is absolutely huge this was one of the last days it was on on and it covers an area around 6 times Jeff’s sheds.
There were many cars here that we know and heaps more we don’t. there were a handful of oddball manufactures like Lada, a few Chinese and Indian makers as well as a few micro cars makers that churn out cars that make the Smart ForTwo look like a stretch limo and contain the throbbing power of 50cc. regular listeners to our Pulse FM motorshow may remember one of these featured as weird car of the week. they are quite popular in France as you don’t need a licence to drive them. |
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| Other things at the show included a huge shed of used cars, a go kart track and a shed devoted to the usual array of car accessories, car polish, magic cloths and a stand of guns. I spose road rage is not a problem when you have a 9mm glock in the glove box. |
After the motor show we hopped back on the subway via a few tourist spots on the way. first we had a look around the big white arch le’defence, this hideous structure was built to commemorate 300 years of the republic.
The whole area is a collection of futuristic 1990 style (dated) buildings with a bit of weird art thrown in for good luck.We then we hopped back on the train to the Notre Dame area were we had a wander around We were heading towards Notre Dame or so we thought but ended up going the wrong way, so decided to stop at a sidewalk cafe and take in the sights over a few beers. Beer is much dearer here than anywhere else we have seen in Europe, we paid 680 for a scooner, there’s a bit of a premium for the view and service. The convenience store sold cans for 170. Dinner was a lovely cheese burger with crumbed cheese sticks at a fine dining establishment, Quick Burger. Quick burger is a French version of McDonalds but with an emphasis on cheese, we didn’t try the cheese burito as the picture of it was most likely what our arteries would look like after consuming it. |
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