Wednesday, 5/18/22

Morning Greetings,

I hope this finds you and yours doing great!

Gas prices remain abysmal.  You know that.  But I'm a news-junkie and there are zero optimistic headlines to report on the topic. 

But we live in the car show capital of the world!  And there are loads of those happening this weekend.  

News and shows are all linked below!

Drive on,

-T

HERE.

PLAIN PAIN @ THE PUMP

HEADLINES

• Gas prices make history - $4 country-wide

• Newsom's solution - send checks to everyone

• Carvana gets canceled in this state

• What is Ford doing with Rivian?

• Uber makes more post-covid adjustments

• Chevy Chevelle RETURNS!  Sort-of

• 15 Vehicles that cost more used than new!?

• Mayor Pete wants us to EVs, bike or walk 

EVs, ALTs, AND AUTONOMOUS

• Bluetooth hack unlocks Teslas

• Elon signals Tesla Artificial Intelligence news

• Tesla vehicles crush these rankings

• Tesla taking reservations for semi-trucks

• Self-driving trucks aim to fix supply chain 

• Caddy's EV starts @ $63K w/ 312 miles of range

• Hyundai's Genesis brand EVs sales begin

• Microsoft gets involved with self-driving

TOP IT OFF

• Concept car designer ponders the future of transport

• Electric scooter... races.

• No disc brakes - no problem for this concept car

• Tornado caught on dashcam

• Brainiac stuffs SUV into small U-Haul - guess what happens?

Support our first responders, and have fun doing it!  

More HERE.

SHOWS OF ALL KINDS!

There's almost certainly happening near you - wherever you are in SoCal this weekend!

WEDNESDAY

• San Diego County - El Cajon Classic Cruise

FRIDAY The 13th...

• Garden Grove - Main Street Car Show

• Escondido - Cruisin' Grand

• Burbank - Classic Car Show

• Placentia - Mopar 360 First Fridays

• 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

• Dana Point - Monarch Bay Cars And Coffee

• Carlsbad - CBad Cars And Coffee

• Tustin - Enderle Cars And Coffee

• La Quinta - La Quinta Cars And Coffee

• Thousand Oaks - Conejo Valley C&C

• Torrance - Caffeine Cruisers

• Covina - Saturday Morning Car Corral

• Grand Terrace - Grand Terrace Cars And Coffee

• Riverside - Cars And Coffee At Harvest

• San Diego - Point Loma Cars And Coffee

• Anaheim - Cars, Coffee And Culture

• San Clemente - South OC Cars And Coffee

• Valencia - A Brunch of Cars

• Upland - Armed Forces Day Car Show

• Chino Hills - Hot Rod And Bike Show

• San Bernardino - Spring Fling Car Show And Cruise

• San Diego - Festival Of Cars

• Long Beach - Underoath Cruise Night

• Santa Ana - Porsche 356 Day

SUNDAY 

• Northridge - Classic Cars And Coffee

• Chino Hills - Chino Hills Cars And Coffee

• Woodland Hills - Supercar Sunday Car Show

• 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

• Hesperia - High Desert Auto And Bike Swap Meet

• Newport Beach - Chihuahua Car Meet Up

• Irwindale - Antique Nationals Drag Race And Car Show

• San Clemente - Pints And Pistons 

• Gardena - Every Sunday Car Show

• Corona - Inland Empire Sunday Afternoon Cruise

TUESDAY

• Laguna Hills - Tuesday Night Cruise-In

Drag racing pre-1959 and car show that adds a few years - cool!  

Details HERE.