Wednesday, 9/15/21

Good morning,

It's going to be a busy-busy weekend of car stuff happening throughout the Southland!

Thanks for all the great comments from last week's newsletter - as well as weeks past.  If I haven't replied to your remarks please hang tight - I'm just behind. :0)

And thanks too for keeping me posted about events we need to add to our calendar.  Please keep those coming too. 

Floor it,

-T

ROUTE 66 CRUISIN' REUNION

Inland Empire - Friday & Saturday

CRUISIN' FOR A CURE

San Clemente Outlets - Saturday

CARS, CHIPS, AND NEWS TO USE

Headlines

• Safety halo keeps Formula One driver from losing his head

• Sun, Not CO2 to blame for Global Warming

• Target's kid car seat trade-in program is back

• EV tax credit stiffs non-union carmakers - and they don't like it.

• Toyota announces EV plans - but isn't backing away from other alternatives.

• BMW and Benz plan to keep prices high even when the chip shortage ends.

• Chip issues remain omnipresent and not just here in the US.

Self-Driving And Tech

• GM invests in another self-driving tech firm

• More Chinese firms are diving into robot cars

• China's planning to track more data - surprise.

Odd And Interesting

• Cow rides in the backseat of a sedan, in Wisconsin, of course.

• Bear trapped in a car thoroughly destroys its interior.

• Hot pink is now a color option for Wrangler - limited. 

• Crazy contraptions from a Mad Max movie are up for sale.

• Stolen James Bond 'Goldfinger' Aston Martin is probably in the Middle East.

• A lucky buyer picked up this former Hollywood star's Thunderbird and didn't know it!

• UFO spotted on Florida Turnpike.

2022 CHEVY SILVERADO REVEAL

All-new ZR2 option, High Country upgrades, and more here!

Auto Events This Weekend

Highlights from iDriveSoCal's calendar are below.  And even more events are slightly further down through the green button!

Friday

• Burbank - Bob's Big Boy Classic Car Show

• Garden Grove - Main Street Classic Car Show

• Ontario - Route 66 Cruisin' Reunion

Saturday

• Ontario - Route 66 Cruisin' Reunion

• Dana Point - Monarch Bay Cars And Coffee

• La Puente - Gas & Glaze Cars And Coffee

• La Canada Flintridge - Early Rodders

• Surf City - Donut Derelicts 

• Placentia - Donuts And Dipsticks

• Torrance - Caffeine Cruisers

• Corona - Cars And Coffee Corona

• Thousand Oaks - Conejo Valley Cars And Coffee

• San Clemente - South OC Cars And Coffee w/ Cruisin' For A Cure

• Carlsbad - CBad Cars And Coffee

• Santa Clarita - Cars And Coffee Valencia

• Santa Clarita - A Brunch Of Cars

• Grand Terrace - Grand Terrace Cars And Coffee

Sunday

• Seal Beach - Hot Rods At The Beach

• San Diego County - Escondido Cars And Coffee

• Chino Hills - Cars And Coffee Chino Hills

• Newport Beach - Chihuahua Car Meet Up

• Surf City - Supercars By The Sea

• Riverside - Riverside Cars And Coffee

MORE EVENTS ARE HAPPENING - CLICK THE GREEN BUTTON BELOW

FORMULA DRIFT

Long Beach - Friday & Saturday

LA SHELBY CLUB MEMORIAL SHOW

El Segundo -

Saturday