★ CARBAGE RUN WINTER EDITION 2026 — FINISHER

Two medals, awarded under an inflatable arch, while sitting on the roof of a Citroën Xsara Picasso. This is the legitimate one. We checked.

★ MOST WHEELS IN THE BOOT

Three gold spares, stacked, ready, decorative. Other teams brought tools. We brought a matching set.

★ SPELLING BEE — 2ND PLACE

For DOMINIATON. First place was withheld until somebody buys another N. Protest lodged with the clerk of the course, who laughed.

★ PEOPLE'S CHOICE: GOLD WHEELS

Voted by a forest, a snowbank, and twelve people who had stopped to watch. Unanimous.

★ DID NOT FREEZE SOLID

The Picasso started, continued, and, when asked, stopped. The heater was a rumour. The sheepskin was not.

★ DID NOT CATCH FIRE

Blue engine-bay LEDs look a bit like a problem. They were a choice. A 2004 choice. We stand by them.

★ FACTORY SUPPORTED (SELF-DECLARED)

Support included: a garage, a hi-vis, a stack of tyres on a rail, and the entire PSA back catalogue in spirit. Soixante-six, if anyone at Sochaux is reading.

★ BEST MPV IN A RALLY 2026

Class of one. Still counts. If your Picasso also finished a winter Carbage Run, write to the guestbook and we will share the trophy, which is this paragraph.

★ YAHOO! COOL SITE OF THE DAY

Awarded by us, to us, on 01 September 2004, and again on 01 September 2026. Yahoo! was not asked.