Wednesday, 1/24/2024

Howdy Friends!

The wet weather we've been having here in SoCal looks to give us a break for the weekend car fun!

So get out and meet some new friends.  Check out a new gathering and enjoy some car camaraderie.  

All the shows and news are linked below.

Keep driving!

-T

San Diego's South Bay Cruisers 1st meet of the New Year!  At Black Angus baby!  

Details HERE.

THE NEWS

HEADLINES

• SoCal's Mullin Auto Museum closing for good.

• CA oil production is down 43% since Newsom took office.

• Downpours and freeway flooding cause issues for SoCal drivers.

• San Diego declares state of emergency due to flash flooding

• Man ejected from RV driving on highway - lives to tell about it

• Google's driverless company targeting LA for expansion

• SoCal to Vegas high-speed to get $2.5B from US

• Gov't car used in SoCal smash and grab!?!

• CA In-N-Out closing due to crime - biz was good

• Car insurance on the rise - CA missing from priciest states?

• China car company edges out VW for sales - 1st time.

• China poses growing threat to US auto industry

• Germany's auto industry to cut thousands of jobs

• ICE, EVs and the Washington DC Auto Show

EVs, ALTs & AUTONOMOUS

• Ford's $16B bet on EVs is running out of juice - cutting production.

• Toyota Chairman drives a dagger into the heart of all-EV fantasies

• 1.2M EVs were sold in the US in 2023 - what's up for 2024?

• Cold weather has increased range anxiety for EV drivers - shocker

• Cybertruck owner says 206 miles of range is all he gets.

• Cybertruck manual says immediately remove bird poop & dead bugs

• Another city unplugs its fleet of electric buses

• USPS flaunting its $40B EV plan - what could go wrong?

TOP IT OFF

• Ford turns dashboard into a 4-foot-long Android display.

• Crazy cool VW off-roader that hopefully will still make production

• Elon's interesting/scary commentary on the future of humanoid robots

• Bugatti COO magazine profile is basically one big ad - but it's Bugatti

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In SoCal, scores of Toyota dealers are ready to compete for your business.  

Every Regional Toyota store and buying tips HERE.

THE CAR SHOWS

This experiment continues.  Rather than a brief listing of all car shows - click the day you are interested in to be taken to the details.  I'm still gathering feedback on this.  So if you have an opinion to share - hit reply!   

FRIDAY - Click HERE For Shows

SATURDAY - Click HERE For ShowsSUNDAY - Click HERE For ShowsTUESDAY - Click HERE For Shows

Looking for a new toy?  Check out the iDriveSoCal Classifieds Section.  Where you'll find the above 

2015 Volkswagen Golf GTI for sale.

Project car?  Completed masterpiece?  Stock, modified, or out of this world.  There's no charge to 

post your car for sale here.