Wednesday, 1/19/22

Happy Mid-week Morning,

The Smith Family enjoyed another Disney-day recently.  This time California Adventure was my son's call.  Two comments:

1. California Adventure has more coffee shops than Disney - thankfully!

2. The exhibit/campus from the Cars movie franchise is definitely worth checking out.  Very cool!

There's a bunch of stuff happening this weekend - as always.  See the events below.

Unfortunately, COVID canceled the

Dr. George Charity Car Show for 2022

.  (I've had a few inquiries about that recently.)

Elon and his companies made lots of news this weekend.  And Ford's market valuation reached an all-time high.  Those stories and more are down in the news section.

Finally, thanks for snapping up all the

iDriveSoCal Gear

!  I was a bit reluctant when the store was pitched to me.  But the response has been great! 

So thank you very much for your support!

Drive on,

-T

HOT CAKES & HOT RODS

Glory Days Sports Grill in Lakewood has a cool and intimate weekly C&C. Check out the details here 

HERE.

CAR CHRONICLES

HEADLINES

• Thieves In LA Are Targeteting Goods in Transport

• Watch brazen carjacking caught on camera in major city.

• Top Ranked Inflationary Pain-Points - bad news for car lovers.

• Elon calls out California non-sense for what it is.

• French Automaker Confident But Cautious About 2022.

• Ford's market valuation crosses $100B - first time.

• Ford enters the crazy-tailgate-patent arena.

• Blue Oval signs a 60-month term with online payment co.

ELECTRIC AND ENERGY

• Bill Gates plans to power our EVs... w/ nuclear.

• Is nuclear is inevitable if we're really going green?

• BMW eyes bringing batteries in-house... maybe.

• Ford is confident about EVs even w/out BBB incentives.

• Telsa's working battery supply deals with Africa.

• Hydrogen Fuel Cell Enters Cross-Country Dakar Rally.

• Tesla wants to turn the screws on ICE carmakers.

• Tesla punts on Cybertruck - now 2023.

• When Elon Talks Cryptocurrency Investors Listen.

AUTONOMOUS

• 19-year-old hacker accesses Tesla vehicles globally.

• Like MJ on the court, Musk trash-talks CEOs.

OTHER STUFF

• SEMA Scholarship Applications now being accepted.

• FedEx says its planes need missile defense systems.

• SpaceX shows off rocket-catching contraption.

• NASCAR lands rapper for LA Coliseum exhibition.

• New land speed record set for the United States

• Party Time - Excellent!  Wayne's World Pacer Heads To Auction

MALIBU CARS AND COFFEE

Malibu Cars And Coffee Morgan 3-wheelers rolled in when I was there earlier this month. Loads of cool cars overall. But the bluff-side venue is fabulous. 

COOL CAR STUFF HAPPENING

Plenty to keep every type of car guy/gal satisfied this weekend. :0)

FRIDAY

• Burbank - Classic Car Show

• Garden Grove - Main Street Car Show

SATURDAY

• Huntington Beach - Donut Derelicts

• La Puente - Gas & Glaze

• Glendale - Early Rodders

• Santa Clarita - Cars And Coffee Valencia

• Placentia - Donuts, And Dipsticks

• Corona - Cars And Coffee Corona

• Dana Point - Monarch Bay Cars And Coffee

• Carlsbad - CBad Cars And Coffee

• Tustin - Enderle Cars And Coffee

• Torrance - Caffeine Cruisers

• Riverside - Cars And Coffee At Harvest

• San Clemente - South OC Cars And Coffee

• Valencia - A Brunch of Cars

• Westchester - Net Cruze C&C

• Irwindale - Mooneyes Car Show & Drag Race

SUNDAY

• Northridge - Classic Cars And Coffee

• Malibu - The Bu Cars And Coffee

• Chino Hills - Cars And Coffee Chino Hills

• Rancho PV - San Pedro Cars And Coffee

• Escondido - Escondido Cars And Coffee

• Seal Beach - Hot Rods At The Beach

• Ventura - Antique Adventures Classic Car Cruise

• Lakewood - Hot Cakes And Hot Rods

• Newport Beach - Chihuahua Car Meet Up

• Woodland Hills - Supercar Sunday

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