Wednesday, 1/3/2024

Good morning Fellow Car Guys and Gals!

Welcome to the 2024 edition of your favorite newsletter.  It's got words.  It's got pictures.  And it's got links to cool car stuff!

It's just like the 2023 edition but a year older... like all of us! :0) 

Happy New Year!

Humor aside, I do hope that this year brings you and yours great joy and blessings.

All the shows and news are linked below.  Get out and have some fun!

Drive on,

-T

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I finally hit this one and loved it.  Warm and friendly location.  Great food.  Cool rides and people.  

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NEWS

HEADLINES

• High surf floods SoCal - paddle boarding down the street

• Rain, snow and more maybe big waves to come for SoCal

• SD County sets a new record for gas prices on January 1st.

• CA gas prices closing in on $2 per gallon more than nat'l avg

• China firm takes over ExxonMobil oil field - really?!?

• B-Hills 90210 actor jumped on road on NYE in LA

• CA cops can no longer as you this question during a stop

• More new California traffic laws ring in for 2024

• Torrance shopper robbed at gunpoint in parking lot

• Street takeover mob smashes into raids local biz

• Parking lot purse-snatching thugs busted by LASD

• Off-duty cop, armed, freaks out suspected carjackers

• Elon says Tesla will be worth more than Apple in 5 years

• Huge Tesla investor says GM/Ford backing off EVs no good

• Not all investors in automakers are optimistic about EVs

• VW's Scout drops teaser video and reveals date - soon!

• Cybertruck vs. Toyota accident - guess which one survived

EVs, ALTs & AUTONOMOUS

• 2023 Energy in Review

• VW, Audi & Porsche to join super-charging network

• CA self-driving cars can't get tickets. Wait, what?

• Toyota's *not* leaning into fully electric is paying off

• Chinese EV firm posts huge jump in sales...

• Tesla car-cam catches clown keying for no reason at all.

• Tesla customers aren't loving Cybertruck charging

• Tesla factory robot goes haywire on engineer

• Porsche Taycan faster around the Nurburgring 

• EVs that still qualify for $7,500 tax credit

• UK's lean into EVs continues not going well

• And the UK's seemingly had it with e-bikes too

• GM sues San Fran over $121M Cruise tax bill 

• WH EV school bus program has a power issue

• EV perspective the White House ought to consider

TOP IT OFF

• CA Pizza Hut delivery might be a thing of the past

• New vehicle inventory hopefully means better deals to come.

• Remaking custom exotics for the future - WSJ

• Toyota shuts down subsidiary car co. due to quality

• Green fireball streaks through California sky

• Successful launch for SpaceX Falcon Heavy

• Unexploded WWII era bomb washes up on CA shore

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Volkswagen, Porsche & Audi set to 5x their charging locations through NACS/Tesla Supercharging network -

details HERE

CAR SHOWS

FRIDAY

• Palmdale - Good Vibes Breakfast Club

• San Dimas - Via Verde Classic Cruise

• Garden Grove - Main Street Classic

• Buena Park - Classics Under The Antlers

• Burbank - Classic Car Show

• Los Angeles - Wheels & Whoppers

• Placentia - Mopar 360 1st Fridays

• Burbank - Valley Cruise Night

SATURDAY

• Huntington Beach - Donut Derelicts

• Glendale - Early Rodders

• Santa Clarita - Cars And Coffee Valencia

• La Puente - Gas & Glaze

• Corona - Cars And Coffee Corona

• Placentia - Donuts, And Dipsticks

• Ventura - Cars N Coffee Simi Valley

• Carlsbad - CBad Cars And Coffee

• Laguna Niguel - Ted's Place Cars And Coffee

• Bonita - Cars & Coffee Bonita

• Rolling Hills Estates - Peninsula C&C

• Claremont - Downtown Village C&C

• La Quinta - La Quinta Cars And Coffee

• Torrance - Caffeine Cruisers

• Yorba Linda - Kings Fest 2024

• San Diego - Point Loma C&C

• Riverside - Cars & Coffee @ The Harvest

• Tehachapi - P-Dubs Cars And Coffee

• Cypress - Cars & Coffee Cypress

• Rancho Santa Fe - Cars & Coffee Rancho

• Anaheim - Cars, Coffee, And Culture

• Whittier - Elks Cars And Coffee

• San Clemente - South OC C&C

• Valencia - A Brunch of Cars

• Rancho Mirage - Palm Springs Cruise-In

• Diamond Bar - Classic Car Meet

• Poway - Poway Cruisers Monthly

SUNDAY

• Northridge - Classic Cars And Coffee

• Chino Hills - Cars and Coffee Chino Hills

• Woodland Hills - Supercar Sunday

• Chula Vista - Sunday Funday C&C

• RPV - Rancho PV Cars And Coffee

• Escondido - Cars and Coffee Escondido

• Seal Beach - Hot Rods At The Beach

• Ventura - Antique Adventures C&C

• Lakewood - Hot Cakes And Hot Rods

• Laguna Hills - Sunday Steel Car Show

• Covina - SoCal Variety Cars And Coffee

• Newport Beach - Chihuahua Car Meet Up

• Gardena - Every Sunday Car Show

• Perris - Skydive Perris Car Show

• Glendora - Legends Classic Diner Cruise

TUESDAY 

• Laguna Hills - Tuesday Night Cruise-In

"I RECYCLE DINOSAURS"

Thanks to Steven W. for sending in these sweet pics.  A great reminder to all!  Be sure to recycle bottles, cans, and pre-historic reptiles.

1972 Chevelle - 427 Big Block

Driven weekly around Los Alamitos, CA

A 1980 Chevrolet El Camino is for sale in the iDriveSoCal Classified section

right HERE

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