It's Show Time.

I'm not a fan of French cars. They perform very well, it's just that French engineers never make any concessions to ease of maintenance.
Take the Citroen 2CV.
For some reason, known only to themselves, the company thought it a good idea to locate the oil filter inside the engine.
Changing an oil filter, is a job that on any normal car, should take about 5 minutes.
The 2CV however, requires the whole engine to be removed and split apart.
All this on a car, which is little more than a potting shed, fitted with pram wheels and a motorcycle engine.

I took Little Miss to the circus. Uncle Sam's Great American Circus in fact.
Being an automotive nerd, I had to comment, as the clown car drove into the ring, that it was constructed on the rolling chassis of a Citroen 2CV.

"How do you know?"

She must have regretted saying that the moment the words left her mouth.

"It has the 2CV's unique leading arm front suspension." I resisted the urge to enlarge.

We watched with amusement as the engine made loud exploding noises and the doors fell off, at which point I leaned across and said,

"See, never buy a French car."