Let's look for the positives to all this. I'll start the ball rolling.

We may have had our events calendar decimated but at least it will keep the mileage down on our cherished Rovers.

Cheers,

Duncan

Good try.
And it's obvious now there are so few fines on French roads!
We are saving money...
But not so good news for the national budget!

We have lots of time to work on our cars and the sky's are clear , here in the countryside it is so quiet it's scary , had a drive out yestaday with the top down to pick up prescription and its like going back to the 70s not so bad after all here .

The interiors of our cars aren't getting as dirty as they normally do

We can get those little jobs that we've all bin putting off done on our show cars

We should all have top notch cars ready for next year's shows.

Rimmer bros are still delivering just had 2 new front callipers delivered by UPS, that’s my next job when the sun shines!

I've come up with a great money saving scheme.

When I go to work, I like to use my Chevrolet Lumina because I get 30 miles per gallon. However, now that we are not going to work, I've decided to not go to work in my V8 Jeep and because that only does 15mpg I'm going to save twice as much money as if I didn't go to work in my Chevy.

Brilliant, isn't it?

I have been informed today that I will most likely be working from home until at least the middle of May, so two cars are going on SORN as of tonight: around £45 per month saved.
Took the Type R for a run on an almost deserted motorway this evening

That leaves us with just the 25 GTi on the road for the time being: all we will need for shopping and family errands. In the unlikely event of needing two cars on the road at any point in the near future, there's always our tax-and-MoT-exempt Austin 1300 in the garage

My new unit is less than 1 mile from my house so I can still play as part of my “daily exercise”.

There's no equivalent as the SORN procedure in France. Even you can't use your car you're not allowed not to insure it unless you sell or scrap it.
Few policies may be based upon km considerations but the savings will look rather meager...
On the other hand I'm told that it's no good for the engine not to run from time to time.
Hence I was over the moon yesterday...
What a relief to jump on such an opportunity: as we are allowed to with a legal filled form in the pocket, we took the cabby for a short run in the country (BTW we ARE living in the countryside ) and went at a farm to collect fruits & vegetables - better, tastier & cheaper than going to the supermarket (which is closer! ).
And the afternoon was so mild & shiny that I put up the hood on the way back!
A far more blissful delight in so dark a period...