Thursday, 3/11/21

Happy Thursday,

Last Saturday I returned to the Cars And Coffee at Crystal Cove.  It was the first time I'd been there since early October of last year.  And wow!  It was packed.  

Just finding a parking spot took a few minutes.  And before I pulled in I noticed kids sitting atop the Crystal Cove sign.  They were taking pics and videos of cars coming and going.  So the scene was a little crazy overall. 

Then I saw signs posted.  They stated, "Effective Saturday, March 13th Unauthorized Car Club/Vehicle Gatherings

Will Not Be Allowed On Crystal Cove Shopping Center Property.

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Bummer.  For sure.  It turns out careless behavior caused another C&C to close.  So I published a new article about why popular events shutter.  Here's a link to that article: https://www.idrivesocal.com/cars-and-coffee-canceled-why-great-events-shutdown/

If you're on social media can you please share this article?  Because it would help remind younger car guys and gals how to preserve and protect great events.  Just copy and paste the link.  And if not, no worries.  We'll keep the message circulating.  

Best,

-T

Mobility History & Lots Of Future

Curious

• This new Audi and Sonos partnership sounds cool!

• Coolest Corvette Concept Cars - Mako Shark I is my pick. 

• DARPA is shopping for a jetpack solution to fly soldiers around.

Dumb Stuff On The Road

• Another SoCal driver tries to outrun SoCal cops. Duh

• WI driver replaces seat in his truck with a lawn chair. 2x Duh.

• FL driver Flips Car Avoiding Couch in Road Gets Ticketed!  (And gets off.)

Electric And Autonomous

• VW's Project Trinity is EV-omnipotent sounding. 

• Toyota has an electric car coming soon... or at least the reveal of it.

• Kia flashes its new electric vehicle platform to the press.

• Porshe amps up its EV investment with hypercar Rimac.

• Lucid Motors, the 'luxury Tesla' but different.

  • Is opening a studio in Torrance on Hawthorne Blvd.

• India factory will pump-out an EV (scooter) every 2-seconds.

• Waymo drops more autonomous vehicle driving data.

• Tesla's full self-driving isn't really self-driving...

• Remember when Tesla broke Consumer Reports rating scale?

  • JD Power's survey now ranks Tesla worst-brand.

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EVENTS THIS WEEKEND

Again, C&C Crystal Cove is kaput. :0(Saturday:

• San Clemente - South OC Cars and Coffee

• Surf City - Donut Derelicts

Sunday:

• San Pedro - Crazy Fish C&C 

• Chino Hills - C&C Chino Hills

Complete events list HERE.

Crystal Cove Canceled Again

Crystal Cove C&C signage posted 3/5/21.  They always cancel for the same reasons.

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