Re: Add it to the pile of coal.
"French cars have always been crap. That tear down for a light bulb just reminds me"
Its not just the French !
There are a number of recent German brand cars that require you to remove half the air-conditioning assembly to even be able to open the back of the headlight holder, let alone remove the light and replace it.
The problem stems from the desire of the car manufacturers to make their engine compartments as compact as possible (either to make the car as compact as possible, or to maximise room inside). Hence the reason why (unfortunately) rear-wheel drive is a rarity these days, because the manufacturers just mount the engine sideways these days and make the thing front-wheel drive instead.
It also happens to be cheaper for manufacturers to build FWD instead of RWD or AWD. But for you the, the end-user, FWD provides zero benefit, and actually, in terms of vehicle dynamics and handling, FWD goes further than zero benefit, it actually gives negative benefit, i.e. it is a disadvantage ! FWD vehicle dynamics are horrible.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
