Drew Meehan
@drewdraws2
Long-time car designer now in charge of EV navigation for a tech company. Dutchie by choice. Passionate about cars, design, and the points where they intersect.
The main museum is also really cool, with an eclectic mix of RBNC and really unusual stuff, like a F104 Starfighter 😳
So many obscure cars sitting in various stages of disrepair. Also spare parts galore.
Another amazing hidden gem of a car museum, this time in Denmark. Egeskov castle has multiple museums (and a castle) on the grounds. The real treasure is the attic of the motorcycle museum, full of old cars, car parts, and just random stuff. So many fascinating things to discover!
Highly recommend the Automuseum Prototyp in Hamburg if you’re in the area. Lots of cool early German prototypes, race cars, and memorabilia in a restored harbor building.
Spotted this lovely Citroën Cactus overlander in Hamburg today. With steel wheels it would be perfect.
@smithandsniff.bsky.social I’m sure you’ve already had countless responses on this, but Pininfarina also designed the Daewoo Tacuma, which is very much in the Matrix vibe of the early 2000s. I was an intern at I.De.A Institute in the late 90s and Korean cars filled the Italian studios at that time.
In case @creatinglightly.art is looking for some subtle upgrades for his TT, I’ve found some inspiration here in Leiden.
I have an iPhone, so the search turned up nothing. This was in my camera roll from a few weeks back though ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Feel like Stephan Winkelmann is the pinnacle of “European man”. But is the FT stage inspired by Jason Plato’s ladies jacket? @sniffpetrol.com
In case you were curious how things look in Northern Europe. I filled up the tank yesterday at a “cheap” gast station outside the major cities and this was the result. Total converts to $132 and that comes to $10.32/gallon. Down the street it was close to $11,50/g.
My personal favorite is Le Twank. Glorious thing www.instagram.com/le_twank?igs...
I’m wondering how often people fall down the stairs in Dutch soap operas. In my experience, no western country gets close to NL in terms of hard-to-negotiate staircases.
If you cover it in the winter then it will last quite a long time. If not, then you’ll need to sand and treat it every year or two (in Dutch weather). But that’s common to pretty much all acacia outdoor furniture. Even the more expensive one I’m sitting on needs a good cleaning/treating!
Forgot to post this mint Lada Riva seen a couple nights ago in Prague.
Some interesting car spots in Prague today. The ID.Buzz looking delightfully pedestrian with its black bumpers and steelies!
The very moment we flew too close to the glorious communist architectural sun and had to descend.
Today I found the limits of my FWD Yeti with 3-peak tires at the top of a snowy mountain in Czechia. I’ll have to return to Ještěd Tower better prepared another time!
Found this Frontera suspiciously parked at the base of a mountain in Poland. 🤔@smithandsniff.bsky.social
I have officially set two times on a skeleton at Lillehammer’s luge track. If I can, anyone can.