Wednesday, 10/18/2023

Good morning,

The holidays are fast approaching!  Trunk or Treat Car Shows are big these next couple of weeks.

And the Hollywood Christmas Parade needs a few more classic convertibles to haul celebrities.  Here's your chance to

drive your wheels on television!

All the cool car shows and stories I've curated for you are linked below.

Keep driving,

-T

Join the Kiwanis in West Covina for a great cause this weekend!

Details here

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CAR & DRIVING NEWS

HEADLINES

• More speed cameras coming to SoCal cities near you

• Accused SoCal police impersonator arrested for making stops

• Street takeover in big city turns into vehicle attack

• US carmakers don't hold back on WH fuel efficiency plans

• $8B is the latest UAW strike-cost to US economy

• UAW shuts down Ford's biggest/most profitable plant.

• Ford lays off hundreds more workers - blames UAW strike

• Ford's Bill Ford doesn't like the bed he helped make

• WH hopeful, promises rollback EV mandates

• WH calls for more oil from dictator led country

• Big oil deal gets inked - what's it mean?

• Toyota production takes another hit - two plants down

• Car thefts up 10% YoY and here's what they love stealing

• New Mexico pledges all EV state vehicles by when?!!

• Half EV drivers go back to ICE vehicles

EVs, ALTs & AUTONOMOUS

• VW's battery electric vehicle delivers increase huge

• Lucid production plummets

  • And Lucid CEO banked nearly $400M last year

• Volta EV truck makers files for bankruptcy

• Rain causes $21,000 damage to Tesla battery

• Experts call for wider parking spaces - due to EV fires

• More Cybertruck spy shots... where are the trucks?

• Cyberquad for the kids matches parents Cybertruck

• Handlebar-less self-balancing electric motorcycle - why?

TOP IT OFF

• Dude gets $1,400,000 speeding ticket - seriously

• STOLEN: Purple Rolls-Royce, says sky-banner

• Wanna buy your next Ferrari with crypto?  No problem.

• Teen wins a VW Beetle... at stranger's funeral

TRUNK OR TREAT?!

Cruise on out to Menifee for their Fall Festival And 'Sweet' Car Show.  Details HERE

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CAR SHOWS

WEDNESDAY

• Cerritos - Chariosts SoCal Meet

• El Cajon - Classic Car Cruise

FRIDAY

• Garden Grove - Main Street Classic

• Burbank - Classic Car Show

• Los Angeles - Wheels & Whoppers

• Burbank - Valley Cruise Night

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

• Carlsbad - CBad Cars And Coffee

• Laguna Niguel - Ted's Place Cars And Coffee

• Bonita - Cars & Coffee Bonita

• La Quinta - La Quinta Cars And Coffee

• Thousand Oaks - Conejo Valley C&C

• Torrance - Caffeine Cruisers

• Van Nuys - Fall Fling Mopar Show 2023

• Covina - Saturday Morning Car Corral

• Riverside - Pink On Parade Classic 2023

• Riverside - Cars & Coffee @ The Harvest

• Tehachapi - P-Dubs Cars And Coffee

• Grand Terrace - Cars And Coffee GT

• Rancho Santa Fe - Cars & Coffee Rancho

• Anaheim - Cars, Coffee, And Culture

• LA - Boyle Heights Classic 2023

• San Clemente - South OC C&C

• Valencia - A Brunch of Cars

• Tustin - Heels And Wheels C&C

• Torrance - Cars, Bikes & Coffee

• Monrovia - Street Rods Car Show 2023

• Anaheim - Oldsmobile Memorial 2023

• West Covina - KartoberFest 2023

• Thousand Oaks - Festival Of Automobiles 2023

• Long Beach - Underoath Cruise Night

• Menifee - Trunk or Treat Car Show 2023

• Chino Hills - Saturday Night CarZ

SUNDAY 

• Northridge - Classic Cars And Coffee

• Chino Hills - Cars and Coffee Chino Hills

• Woodland Hills - Supercar Sunday

• Chula Vista - Sunday Funday C&C

• Escondido - Cars and Coffee Escondido

• Ventura - Antique Adventures Classic

• Lakewood - Hot Cakes And Hot Rods

• Seal Beach - Hot Rods At The Beach

• Newport Beach - Chihuahua Car Meet Up

• Buena Park - Classics On The Green 2023

• San Clemente - Pistons & Pints For Passengers

• Corona - IE Sunday Afternoon Cruise

MONDAY

• Paramount - Deli Relics Car Meet

TUESDAY 

• Laguna Hills - Tuesday Night Cruise-In

The Hollywood Christmas Parade needs just a few more classic convertibles.  Want to drive yours and be on TV?  Here's your chance! 

More HERE

Thanks again to Scot S for sharing these picks from Manhattan Beach's K-9 Car Show a couple of weeks back!  Above is a sweet 1950 Jag.

Crosley Dually

Apparently, a Camaro Club was well represented!

And this one looks like the pit maneuver practice wheels.