Cars and bikes I’ve come across in my travels

piranha-bro2 said:
Exactly - and no enforcers standing nearby to lay down the law. The law of necessity prevails!
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There are enforcers all over, but most don’t wear uniforms. Traffic regulations are essentially non existent and only traffic lights at major intersections are obeyed. There are no stop signs or one way streets: they would be ignored anyway! The one thing that you never see is exhaust smoke. No 2-stroke motors and no oil burners leaving a trail. Occasionally I see a municipal vehicle leaving a bit of diesel smoke, but that’s it. All new bikes shut off at stop lights automatically and many riders do so manually as well. It helps that every stop light has a large digital countdown timer so you know when to restart.
 
This Saturday, I went with a friend—a seasoned enthusiast of vintage farm machinery—to "Tractomania" in Caussade, a village located in the Tarn-et-Garonne department (82).
It is an event that highlights tractors—this year, the featured brand was Fendt—but it also serves as a swap meet for various parts, a marketplace for two-wheeled vehicles and more, and an exhibition of antique vehicles.
There is just tons of old scrap metal.

https://www.tractomania.fr/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caussade

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Driving around the small country lanes of Devon, as Mastroianni commented above, there is no end of scrap tractors etc piled up around the various farms we have passed.... I know most farmers tend to hate to throw anything away but there surely comes a point when they ought to?
 
Andy J said:
Driving around the small country lanes of Devon, as Mastroianni commented above, there is no end of scrap tractors etc piled up around the various farms we have passed.... I know most farmers tend to hate to throw anything away but there surely comes a point when they ought to?
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They’re only scrap old tractors till you try to buy one- then they are collectors items!
 
Andy J said:
Driving around the small country lanes of Devon, as Mastroianni commented above, there is no end of scrap tractors etc piled up around the various farms we have passed.... I know most farmers tend to hate to throw anything away but there surely comes a point when they ought to?
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But what would become of THE BARN FIND, Andy?! :cool:
 
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