Before Japan, before Oppo... I had a Mustang.

"Flavien Vidal" (flyingfrenchy)
08/08/2017 at 06:33 • Filed to: None

As a random french, moving to North America, I wanted something ‘murican... So I got a Mustang. The one that could fit my student budget, a good ol’ cheap SN95! After a few years of good and loyal services, it ended up getting hit by a guy who didn’t see his red light. It wasn’t a good car... But it was my Mustang. I have access to so many awesome cars now, but the one I really miss, is my Mustang :)

It served me so well, all year, any type of weather condition... Haaaaa do I miss it.

I brought my girlfriend-now-wife at the track in it once... That ended up being the only time she came with me though :(

At least I have a video of it!

DISCUSSION (23)

Wagon Guy drives a Boostang > Flavien Vidal
08/08/2017 at 07:05

yes, you have access to MUCH better cars now. The sn95 was... in my opinion... not a good Mustang...

Flavien Vidal > Wagon Guy drives a Boostang
08/08/2017 at 07:11

I loved it though... It was bad, but I was trying to push its sloppy ass as much as I could and it was tremendous fun! I’ve kept that philosophy today though... I don’t touch the cars I get, no modifying or anything other than tires... I leave my cars as is and try to do my best with what I have... If they are tuner cars already prepped and already almost perfect, great, but I won’t try to make it “better” than it already is :)

Wacko > Flavien Vidal
08/08/2017 at 07:35

I was going to ask where you were when you had that mustang, but those street photos scream Montreal.

So this was before the vette.

Wacko > Flavien Vidal
08/08/2017 at 07:35

I was going to ask where you were when you had that mustang, but those street photos scream Montreal.

So this was before the vette.

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > Flavien Vidal
08/08/2017 at 07:38

No wheel center caps for extra weight savings! :O

Also, NEW THEORY - Flavien is only in Japan after a series of unfortunate Cars and Coffee-exiting incidents and had to flee the country to escape persecution! His JDM export service is just a cover up....I bet his real name isn’t even Flavien....*narrows eyes suspiciously* :P

Flavien Vidal > Wacko
08/08/2017 at 07:45

Yes, I replaced it with the Corvette when it got destroyed :(

PS: I’m French though, not Canadian French lol. I lived in Montreal for over 8 years though...

Flavien Vidal > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars
08/08/2017 at 07:47

No wheel caps for el-cheapo wheel quick swap lol... I was so cheap and broke at the time that I kept the “good tires” for street driving haha.

And my murderous past is none of your problem. Be careful.

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > Flavien Vidal
08/08/2017 at 07:56

Haha! :D

Kudos on decreasing your broke-ness factor....that’s something I still need to work on if I can find a job >_>

I imagine exporting is not an easy job, but it would be a pretty damn awesome job, I would like to think...? :]

Flavien Vidal > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars
08/08/2017 at 08:01

I don’t make a fortune, I was actually making more the first two years I spent in Japan, working home in my underwear lol... Now I make less, I’m still in my underwear at home most of the time, but fuck is it fun when I put pants on now haha.

I really like my “work” :)

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > Flavien Vidal
08/08/2017 at 08:19

Nothing wrong with that! I would truly rather enjoy my job and make enough to get by than make a fortune doing something I hated :)

Glad you’re enjoying yourself friend! Just make sure you put on pants if ever one of us Oppos comes to visit :P

Flavien Vidal > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars
08/08/2017 at 08:22

I made an effort with every single Oppo who came to visit (both of them lol). I had pants.

DipodomysDeserti > Flavien Vidal
08/08/2017 at 08:45

“I was trying to push its sloppy ass as much as I could and it was tremendous fun!”

It always is!

Wacko > Flavien Vidal
08/08/2017 at 08:51

i remembered you are the baguette holding cigarette smoking french, not the lumberjack maple syrup drinking french. And in your videos I hear the bordel de merde accent and not osti de calisse de tabarnak accent.

Flavien Vidal > Wacko
08/08/2017 at 08:55

Yep, I’m the stinky kind of French :)

Robert Belvin > Flavien Vidal
08/08/2017 at 08:58

Is that at SIR? Monroe Speedway?

Dasupersprint - base trim is enough > Flavien Vidal
08/08/2017 at 09:02

Hey

Hey!! Here’s a pic of my once-mine Mustang at the same racetrack!

And one similar to yours under snow, in the same town (by previous owner)

Kinja'd!!!

Flavien Vidal > Dasupersprint - base trim is enough
08/08/2017 at 09:11

Yeah Sanair! :)

Flavien Vidal > Robert Belvin
08/08/2017 at 09:12

I moved to Quebec after WA :)

It’s in Montreal and the track is Sanair, 45 minutes south of Mtl...

Wacko > Flavien Vidal
08/08/2017 at 09:15

ha does that make me the sticky kind?

Robert Belvin > Flavien Vidal
08/08/2017 at 09:19

Oh gotcha

Flavien Vidal > Wacko
08/08/2017 at 09:24

Those are the best ones... The worst ones all looked like this when I left... Oh, Montreal...

Kinja'd!!!

Wacko > Flavien Vidal
08/08/2017 at 09:30

oh the hipsters, yeah we got some of those too in Abitibi, but not as bad as montreal.

I’m more of the Franglais just doing my thing kinda guy.

Flavien Vidal > Wacko
08/08/2017 at 09:45

Montreal is really a hipster’s paradise... Like all the other french, being myself anything but original, I was living in the Plateau and holy shit, those guys would out-snob me! A french! Fuck, I’m the know-it-all! Who the hell do those greasy hair weak looking lumberjack wannabe think they are?? That’s when I decided to move to Japan...

It’s bad, really bad...