HILARIOUS Drive in CITROEN AMI from Villefranche to Mandelieu! 🇫🇷 ELTON GOES TO ST TROPEZ EP1.

HILARIOUS Drive in CITROEN AMI from Villefranche to Mandelieu! 🇫🇷ELTON GOES TO ST TROPEZ EP 1.
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[@johnlong3214]

All that trouble just to get air in your tyres, I blame inflation! 👍

[@alantsneddon]

Made me laugh so much 😂

[@MeandMonAmi]

It’s taking the air out of the economy!

[@SashasRevenge]

LOL, GOOD ONE!😂

[@thepanamahat]

Genius ❤

[@esarempee]

U 2 and this channel have become my guilty pleasure. I'm addicted!

[@MeandMonAmi]

Fab!

[@avidviewer1]

That was great fun. I never knew Mr Boo was such a good ventriloquist, and how Elton managed to get over those bollards without coming to grief was beyond amazing. Nice to see Halloween again. Can't wait for the next one. Thanks!

[@MeandMonAmi]

He is a man of many talents!;

[@blackpool321]

Keith Harris is buried in St John's churchyard in Poulton le Fylde , directly behind my mums grave . There is a picture of Orville on his headstone.

[@MeandMonAmi]

That’s a brilliant fact! (Rushes to google now..)

[@blueninjasix]

@@MeandMonAmi He's obviously been reincarnated now - the likeness was uncanny

[@KCElstun]

You two make my Sunday evenings... thank you!

[@MeandMonAmi]

Thanks for saying

[@simonipswich]

Mine too!

[@L0wcash]

You two make range anxiety fun! Watching your video's is making me feel a little like being on holiday with my girlfriend. (And a bit jealous) I started watching because of the affordable EV but stayed for the good vibes!

[@julianwalby8842]

Great video I have been looking forward to this epic journey in Elton. I like the idea of using the Ami for for something it wasn’t designed for. Can’t wait for the next episode

[@MeandMonAmi]

Thanks. Yes more eps to come…

[@TheChargeShow]

I started to watch this, and then I decided to watch it properly because it seems a great little road trip. So, made it all comfy, got a cup of tea, and started again with it on full screen. Awesome content folks. Hope to be back in Europe soon filming my own stuff. Would love to have a drive of the Ami and review it.

[@betacam235]

Dunno about battery placement on an Ami, but they are often under the floor. I wonder if Citroen thought about what so nearly happened to Elton....two big fat metal bollards shooting up into the battery pack....would it do the whole Jeanne d'Arc act? I dread to think...

[@MeandMonAmi]

I think we’d have been shot into space! I think the battery comes in a pretty heavy duty case but..

[@alastairstephen8832]

Hello. I'm just about to take delivery of my ami, in SW france, can you suggest how to stay cool in summer please?

[@MeandMonAmi]

I did a video called can you fry an egg in it which may help!

[@parkview113]

Great to see you guys back on home territory and with Elton raking the fore - missed the usual format - (must be getting old at just 69 and a half ! Watch those speed cameras - "missed" one last week and on a big band ike just waiting for the dreaded outcome... interesting to hear anyone being "done" for speeding in an Ami - perhaps you might put the word out ? !

[@MeandMonAmi]

We got pulled over for jumping a red!

[@mohammadrahman1862]

I really do miss Halloween! R.I.P

[@MeandMonAmi]

So do we!

[@tedwalker1370]

Get yourself a Hand air pump. It will handle those little tires just fine.

[@MeandMonAmi]

we have one now!

[@jochenwagner5170]

It is always nice to watch your videos.! So many memories.. My favorite in Villefranche is that little summer bistro at the old Harbour. Greets 🍀

[@jochenwagner5170]

Best salad Nizza and Omelette nature. I prefere Pain baignat at Nizza front market place for lunch .

[@MeandMonAmi]

Thanks for sharing!

[@ewanstevenson]

Loved the Orville impression. Is that from a routine you do at your Riviera society soirées? Just don't tell me where Mr Boo's hand goes! 🙉🙈😂

[@MeandMonAmi]

Absolutely it’s my set piece over port

[@ewanstevenson]

@@MeandMonAmi 😂😂😂

[@LINDAWOOD-vv2nh]

Why did you stop singing Tim, it was good!

[@gordonmcmillan4709]

Mr Boo's steak and chips looked fabulous, I'm just off to the kitchen ...

[@MeandMonAmi]

Mines rare!

[@gordonmcmillan4709]

@@MeandMonAmi Mine's well done, though every time I try to ask for that in France or Italy the waiting staff look at me like I have two heads and an inability to speak proper ...

[@pascalpierrefontaine4544]

Fantastic episode absolutely amazing and fun

[@MeandMonAmi]

Thanks very much

[@christineayres7199]

Yep as someone who is LGBTQ myself i heard what they did to Oscar Wilde they even made evil allegations about the mans bed sheets not being clean etc it was terrible , also Alan Turing a genius who was responsible for the Computers we have today , he was driven to suicide by the evil people in my country the UK back in the 1950s very sad indeed.

[@almaknack9543]

Perhaps all Les pins have been felled

[@MrBigman007]

Bit of good advice guys buy a manual foot pump to pump up your tyres , no charge and all it takes is a little effort lol Reason I mention it is here in the UK it costs £2 now to use an automatic air compressor so no thanks as money don't grow on trees.

[@MeandMonAmi]

Check out the woowind device we have. Solves the problem and takes up much less space

[@MrBigman007]

@@MeandMonAmi Aha 😎 I will cheers 🥂

[@johnwilliamtuckey2796]

Hysterical! Always look forward to the two of you to give me my weekly chuckle! Love you guy's! ♥

[@MeandMonAmi]

Thanks John!

[@LWJCarroll]

0914. Can you get nitrogen instead of air there for tyres? We do here and as the molecules are bigger than plain air it doesnt leak out the valves. Ive had it here for a few years now and it works really well. You get a teal metallic green cap on the valve to show its nitrogen fyi… lol I know nothing about a brothel! As per Sgt Shultze…😊😊😊😊

[@lookoutleo]

Get yourself a 12v pump , my leaf came with one. It's brilliant never queuing for air :)

[@MeandMonAmi]

Got one now! Though it’s usbc as the ami doesn’t have a 12v socket

[@lookoutleo]

@@MeandMonAmi cool you can use with your power bank :)

[@mb280sl7]

Tim, not that you're tight but I swear I heard you squeak while walking! 🤣🤣

[@MeandMonAmi]

It was the tyre

[@mb280sl7]

@@MeandMonAmi 🤣🤣

[@jackdunn7673]

Luv the driving music

[@leogreck9984]

9:00 Here is a hint about tire pressure. If you increase it above what it says on the sticker you will get incresed fuel/electricity economy, at the cost of corner grip and brake distance.

[@MeandMonAmi]

Thanks. And at the cost of bum pain…

[@leogreck9984]

​@@MeandMonAmi oh well yea, but you could compenmsate by using a pillow prehabs? I mean at least in this video it appears you guys dont need better efficiency, but you know I thought Id just let you know in case you really wanna start stretching what that batterie capacity can do.

[@wolvoman1]

You really should invest in a portable tyre inflator And that food made me dribble lol BUT at around £47

[@MeandMonAmi]

Yup and yup. You could eat out for a week in Thailand for £47!

[@paulrogers8837]

A GoggleFrance classic! Further proof if needed that (i) mr Boo has the most expressive eyes on utube and (ii) the channel is aimed firmly at our generation (1957 for us 2), all that fruit and veg we never saw AND Peter Starstedt!!!!!

[@MeandMonAmi]

We’re you denied a banana in the fifties Paul?

[@paulrogers8837]

Ha! Not quite that bad but even at the end of the 60s we had no idea, for example, that red/green/yellow peppers existed while garlic was to be viewed with the deepest of suspicion. Every time we see a mediterranean fruit/veg stall we’re reminded of that “What the f…?” moment we first encountered one!

[@Spindizzy101]

Fabulous, apart from my shock that Mr Boo didnt know the name of the river. The master of facts missed his cue!!

[@MeandMonAmi]

I know right!

[@francisgraves5216]

I Thought I'd posted a comment but can't find it now? Basically I was saying the even if you are in Thailand It was great to get my weekly fix of "The South of France" so thanks! Also I was saying that if you ever get to Marseille, you should stay in the hotel in Le Corbusier's Unite d'Habitation and you never know I might be in St Remy then? So I was asking when do you envisage getting to Marseille?

[@MeandMonAmi]

Thanks Francis. We hope to get to Marseille at some point but that’s a very big journey. Going to look up the building. We stay somewhere architecturally very interesting later in this series!

[@simonclews]

As you entered Juan-les-Pins, I started singing "Where do you go to my lovely" just before Tim picked up the song on the same verse. Great minds and all that. And you also had us at frites in beef fat.

[@MeandMonAmi]

It’s such an ear worm. I used to play it at parties when I wanted people to leave (and sing along!)

[@hebogara]

Why don’t you just buy a Xiaomi electric tyrepump, its ideal for bikes, scooters or cars tyres.

[@MeandMonAmi]

I think we will!

[@richardcoughlin8931]

“Does it have charging? That’s all I care about.” Spoken like a true EV owner. 😂 Concerning Casa Rose: I live in California and have not seen anything like the hallway and room decor, with the possible exception of the Madonna Inn in San Luis Obispo (whose specialty is over the top bad taste).

[@MeandMonAmi]

Lol. Indeed! Am looking up the Madonna Inn right now!

[@antcullimore3550]

Hi Guys. What a hassle trying to get to an air hose! What was that man doing? Anyway - had a thought. You can buy small 12volt air pumps to pump up car tyres. You could power it from your battery box. That would free you from the tyranny of service station visits - but then again, you would miss out on some drama for the videos. Hmmm. Looking forward to Day 2 of the trip hopefully visiting new markets and restaurants. What great choices are available to you living in the wonderful Riviera.

[@MeandMonAmi]

Thanks Ant. Yes we are going to wave goodbye to service station pumps after that experience!

[@jamesb5613]

Take Elton to the ski resorts near Nice?

[@MeandMonAmi]

We’re hoping to!

[@RonFennakadas]

Brilliant. Always entertaining. Merci. 💙🤍❤️

[@davidmarshall5596]

Mister Me, Mister Boo,Halloween & Elton..it took me almost an hour to watch this episode 😳 that bloke messing about with the air line 😂what was he bloody doing 🤔as for those ramps coming up from the road i thought Elton had met his maker!!!! That hotel 🏨 is 'different' to say the least..excellent vlog & looking forward to hearing more of Oscar Wilde..stay well & of course stay charged 👌 👍

[@MeandMonAmi]

Thanks David. Glad you enjoyed (for an hour!;)

[@Cup_Cake_LVR]

Enjoyed this video so so much

[@MeandMonAmi]

Thanks

[@mauriceelliott5902]

Another interesting, entertaining and well edited video. Keep up your high standard. One question please. When did you film this video? The weather looks exceptional, was it done this month or last year? If it was this month I want to live in the south of France. Thanks again. Maurice from Malvern.

[@MeandMonAmi]

November though to be honest it’s probably sunnier but colder now

[@thepanamahat]

Thoroughly love this....❤

[@MeandMonAmi]

Thanks

[@prieten49]

I have a bicycle air pump. They're very cheap. And good exercise too. Tim is nonstop entertainment! That look of joy on Mr. Boo's face on the terrace is just wonderful!

[@MeandMonAmi]

Thanks Stuart!

[@dudesrandombitsandbobs6105]

omg, how have I never come across you two before, You are amazing and sooo entertaining, our family loves you now 😁 we are going to sit now and watch all of your uploads, thank you 😊

[@MeandMonAmi]

Thanks Guys! Hope you enjoy!

[@nickyjames8550]

I had an absolutely fantastic time watching this ❤

[@MeandMonAmi]

Thanks Nicky

[@phonepower66]

Very enjoyable as usual. Get foot pump for tyres,and get legs like Jack grealish!

[@MeandMonAmi]

That sounds way too sensible!

[@EdmediaDeyerlerEric]

why oil at electric car on your hands ;-) or was it only the tires? Normally when I am eat in Cannes, it is always very expensive. Sometimes you pay per person nearly 100 Euro for something to eat.

[@MeandMonAmi]

Tyres! Filth!

[@barbaranelson4431]

Happy holidays, nice to see the warm sunshine from the chilly Lake District

[@MeandMonAmi]

Thanks Barbara

[@jackoneil3933]

LOL! thought we'd never get there, but the arrival in 1967 and the California hotel room were worth the long slog. (Space Shuttles aside, Elon can definitely get a rocket from the ground to space in less time than it takes that the poor old bloke took to air-up). And that 50 euro lunch Uncle Klaus would jail you for, seemed like a bargain after the $20 I just spent for two tacos and scoop of rice at a local taco stand. Thanks again for delivering a charge, until the next untold story!

[@MeandMonAmi]

I thought we’d never get there!

[@jackoneil3933]

@@MeandMonAmi When it was a kid my dad and his cowboy actor buddy Slim Pickens were doing a gig for Disney in Hollywood, I can remember staying in a Hollywood hotel it was exactly like that, complete with the same vertical pink stripes, red phone, Mid-century Pole lamp and the same orange chair seen at 31:15. The manager rudely and refused to let Slim park his horse trailer in the hotel parking lot, when my mother remarked how much she liked the same orange chairs Slim said: "Pauline, you like them chairs? How many you want? I'll get ya some!" A few days later when we checked out Slim all the bellhop with trolley the move a giant suitcase he used in rodeo clown act. As the bellhop was struggling to get it on the trolley, he asked, "Mr. Pickens, what you have in that suitcase, it's very heavy?" Slim laughed and said: "Well, I took four of them orange hippie chairs apart and stuffed them in there!..." My mother bolted. "No! Slim, you didn't!" Slim puffed up, smiled and proclaimed: "Well, I damned sure did! you said you liked em! So I got two of em for you, and two to take home to Maggie". My mother demanded: "Slim give them back right now, I never asked you to steal for me!", Slim laughed: "Well Pauline, I don't see it as steeling, seein's how much they charge for this striped jail cell ,and all that shit the manager gave me over my horse trailer! I figured those chairs sort of makes up for all theBS!". Slim then turned to the Bell Hop: "You understand don't ya? You don't mind do ya?". The Bell Hop laughed and said: "Mr. Pickens you're funny in real life too" I set on that chair for over the next decade doing homework and building model airplanes, and seeing it and that hotel room was a delightful bit of déjà vu.

[@Lord-Brett-Sinclair]

More Sunny Riviera antics lucky guys. Hotel looked very cool.

[@MeandMonAmi]

Thanks Andrew

[@thomascheer]

Gawler train line reopening

[@470danadidas]

Priceless.... and great fun to watch.

[@MeandMonAmi]

Thanks

[@bertjesklotepino]

get yourself an electric pump with a gauge so you can check it without the need to go to a gasstation.

[@bertjesklotepino]

all this time wasted for to pump some air in the tires. A small electric pump with a gauge would have done the trick much faster. Just a suggestion

[@phonepower66]

Very enjoyable as usual . A simple foot pump would solve your problem. You will end up with legs like Jack grealish !

[@MeandMonAmi]

That sounds appealing too

[@andrewfalconer2470]

Lingering for ELEVEN weeks in the UK charts (peaking at no. 4) there is no wonder that Orville's Song is still ingrained in your memory. I was singing along with you. 1982 wasn't all New Romantic glamour!

[@MeandMonAmi]

Finally, someone who appreciates my Orville!

[@nigelworwood8530]

I have to keep stopping my viewing of this video and each time I came back I had to sit through the Ads again. Enjoy the extra cash! I now have to stop again! 19 mins left ... Can't wait to get back from the little (boring, compared to your ride out) trip in my Ami.

[@MeandMonAmi]

If you knew how much cash you tube ads generate.. lol. Are you still enjoying your ami?

[@pt020]

Old phone to call people from the past, lol.

[@MeandMonAmi]

Makes sense

[@ericlafoy8561]

love your videos... I am trying to visualise the Ami been lifted up by these giant cylinders with you 2 sitting inside.... I bet you will hit 2 millions viewers in no time and be on French national TV... Maybe not such a bad idea after all :) I drive a Renault Twizy 80, first in London and now in south west of France and I love it.

[@MeandMonAmi]

Thanks Eric. My first Fantasies of owning a car started with the Twizzy..

[@claudephotographer973]

Top video 🙏😀 I need a mon Ami

[@MeandMonAmi]

Thanks

[@thorbjrnhellehaven5766]

I'm pretty sure you would've handled the hugenormous Yaris better, and probably without repeatedly curbing it.

[@MeandMonAmi]

It was ‘special driving!’

[@poutramos4826]

I enjoyed the video. We got a tyre inflator for about €20 that plugs into the 12v socket for our Twizy. We carry that along with a can of puncture repair foam. Looking forward to the next episode.

[@MeandMonAmi]

I think we will get one and run it from powerbank. The Ami has no 12v socket

[@androo4519]

Hilarious indeed. You always cheer me up on a Sunday night when I'm feeling miserable about going back to work the next day.

[@MeandMonAmi]

Thanks Androo!

[@jorgheyer5645]

Great video, thank you. Love the hotel, we need to check this out on our next visit. My favorite place to eat in Cannes is Bistrot de L’Etang in a very quaint neighborhood just off the plage du Moure Rouge.

[@MeandMonAmi]

Thanks for tip. Shall look it up!

I saw the blinking cat at 14:26 and want to say that "hazzard lights" on a driving or parked car is called "Give me a ticket party lights", folk often turn them on when they know they do something illegal and as fast a police see them they can give the driver a ticket, if you want to park illegal on a sidewalk or drive on pedestrian way or so you should not try to get attention by looking like a rolling strip club :D

[@MeandMonAmi]

In southern France it’s endemic and used for double or treble parking a lot!

[@darladressler]

the hotel is like Palm Springs California style retro hotel! good choice, cute! what a disaster getting air for the tires, we had same thing in Provence with people queing for air! and crazy people like this, what is this in France? never seen this before except in France! mon dieu!

[@MeandMonAmi]

We nearly missed the market and lunch!

[@Silverfoxwolfen]

Psst... you should post an Amazon wishlist with things you'd like for the car.

[@MeandMonAmi]

Good Idea! Thanks

[@robertmellor5808]

You two are the best weather forecasters. Your faces light up when the sky in blue! I can understand, as a fellow Yorkshireman why you emigrated south. ( from a fellow Yorkie now in NZ)

[@MeandMonAmi]

It’s true we love the blue skies!

[@vikingsystem]

look like summer over there, great place and episode, lovely views and hotel room. you almost entered panic mode on that street, when Mr. Boo saw you so mad he got scary. have a nice week and I guess you guys are still in Thailand.

[@MeandMonAmi]

Thanks. almost? I did!

[@bobbyrudki3851]

Really enjoyed this one, and a nice little stop in Cannes, can’t wait for the next one, thanks guys 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

[@MeandMonAmi]

Thanks Bobby

[@nickyjames8550]

I love that Hotel 😊

[@MeandMonAmi]

It’s quite fun!

[@younggarethr]

Another excellent video of your adventures. Very funny. Had to laugh at the comment about using the retro telephone for calling people from the past!

[@MeandMonAmi]

It works it’s the Tardis principle!

[@rebekahlow5957]

I enjoyed the video very much. I hope Halloween enjoyed her new digs.I like the hotel with his very festive color scheme. Love from Vermont

[@MeandMonAmi]

Thanks Rebekah

[@larshelmin]

28:51 Car spotting Citroën Mehari EV , they only made 1000 of those!

[@MeandMonAmi]

Didn’t know that!

[@SashasRevenge]

Those station set-ups were insane, who puts air pumps right in the way of the gas pumps!? Crazy.

[@MeandMonAmi]

Yes not the most sensible positioning!

[@Andis-Art]

Hey! How is the weather there in Winter 🤔 Windows open and T-Shirts on!? ...

[@MeandMonAmi]

Sadly not always like that in Winter!

[@JenniferEliseAtchiso]

🎉Yay! I’m first! My wife and I love your videos!

[@MeandMonAmi]

Thanks Jennifer!

[@tomcat7525]

What an adventure. 👍

[@MeandMonAmi]

Thanks

[@antoniopalmero4063]

36 euros to pump your tyres up 😮 , well I guess that’s inflation for you .

[@MeandMonAmi]

Lol

[@jonathanmorgan1882]

I think that hotel room is what you'd call a Tangerine Dream.

[@MeandMonAmi]

I think Mr Boo would agree!

[@carolefearnley1990]

We still get fish n chips cooked in beef dripping here in Yorkshire,can't beat it

[@MeandMonAmi]

Yup lovely. Thrice fried?

[@chatters7969]

Good news, my ami is in the uk now, have a registration and awaiting delivery to the dealers!

[@MeandMonAmi]

Hurrah how exciting

[@e-trippingwithadamgebbett8024]

Elton almost saw the high life on a bollard in the Cote d"azur. 😵

[@MeandMonAmi]

He really did my heart was in the proverbial

[@colingarner6175]

Perhaps pantomime next year !!!!😂😂😂😂

[@MeandMonAmi]

We’re available

[@e-trippingwithadamgebbett8024]

Could of been Cannes opened.

[@AndrewKNI]

A great video guys. Lovely to see Juan les Pins and Cannes again! 🙂

[@MeandMonAmi]

Thanks Andrew

[@terrycrick3600]

Great show lads, loved the tension of going over the bollards!!

[@MeandMonAmi]

Better viewed afterwards than lived through!

[@EVDaysOut]

Ps. Is this a video from last year, or are you back from Thailand?

[@ioakimmakis9288]

i think they made this video in the beginning of Nov. 2022..

[@parkview113]

ha ha !

[@carolefearnley1990]

Well. That's very...........colourful lol

[@MeandMonAmi]

Thanks Carole

[@scottdownie8477]

Hi guys how can I send a pic of my ami from Coatbridge to you in messages please.dont do videos like you ,just want to show my ami in a different setting in a council scheme lol

[@MeandMonAmi]

Love to see it. Instagram best

[@parkview113]

that steak Richard ! Outrageous !!

[@MeandMonAmi]

It was a whopper!

[@EVDaysOut]

Who was the Monkey friend of Orville? 😀

[@jonathanmorgan1882]

Cuddles

[@MeandMonAmi]

Now that’s a question!

[@HenkModderman]

It's always fun to go out with you!

[@MeandMonAmi]

Thanks Henk

[@paulfoakes9708]

Classic episode, 👍

[@MeandMonAmi]

Thanks Paul

[@andytipping70]

54 BIG ONES FOR 2 MEALS?????????? took family out - had 4 meals with drinks aor a tenner less!

[@MeandMonAmi]

I know. In Thailand we could eat out for a week for that!

[@IDann1]

use boo the pump up your tyres, he's good at blowing things

[@Jamienomore]

Excllent Episode, I Loved it. It was a very nice Hotel. I think you two play off each other perfectly.

[@MeandMonAmi]

Thanks Jamie