Thierry Hugand, aka "Ask Thierry"

Hi, I'm a car enthusiast and fellow French expat in California who was privileged to know Thierry from so many car events over the entire Bay Area and beyond.

I was also lucky to meet Thierry's family outside of car events including his fantastic wife (Katja) and her loving family (sister, mother, father), his wonderful mother (Françoise), and all their fun friends, as well as his two beautiful daughters (Jaiya, 16, and Maude, 1).

As you may know, Thierry was taken from all of us way too soon yesterday (March 24). He was on his way to do what he LOVES to do on the weekends: attend car events, meet other car enthusiasts, and drive. Boy did he love to drive. Thierry was an adventurous soul with a passion for everything automotive that was only surpassed by his love for his wife and daughters.

As you can imagine, his family is going through an extraordinarily difficult time and will need our help and support. If you have the means, please kindly make a donation to assist his family with the unplanned bills such an ordeal creates. 100% of donations collected will reach his family.

Steve, a car friend of ours, has already promised to match donations up to a total of $2,000. Thank you for your generosity, Steve.

As soon as we have details on a celebration of his life, I will post them here too.

Thierry, we already miss you. Rest in peace.

Forever your friend,

Benoît