Firetruck! Woohoo! I think for the most part car enthusiasts are grownups who have allowed the small child we all have inside us a little more free reign of how we go about our days. And the little child in me is screaming “Buy…this…thing!”….loudly. This “thing” is a 1966 Crown […]
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As a resident of San Clemente I was thrilled when I found out that Cars and Coffee was moving to our town. I was further excited when I heard they were bringing the time of the event up to a more weekend-friendly 9-11am. Its been slowing growing and last weekend’s […]
For the last decade plus, Porsche 911’s have been appreciating at a meteoric rate. So much so that getting your hands on a decent example from the 993 generation on back will have you asking yourself some pretty tough questions. “Do I really need 2 kidneys? Do my kids really […]
The BMW 7-Series has been the German marquee’s flagship sedan for decades and the 745i is the best-selling model in that line. It is a physical representation of the best BMW can do from a design, engineering and manufacturing standpoint. I shining beacon to the rest of the world, that […]
When the Audi R8 burst onto the dealer lots in 2008 it had a lot to prove. Here was the usually reserved Audi dipping its toes into historically unreserved supercar market. The R8 answered a lot of questions, chief among them; would exotic cars buyers who usually value shocking, […]
I’ll preface this post by stating that I in no way think people having no choice but to start living out of their vehicles is in any way funny…it isn’t. But if you had to do it, this hopefully this post will provide some helpful info or at least give […]
You knew this was coming… In keeping with California’s goal of cleaning up the state by flipping the ratio of electric to gas automobiles on its roads, Assemblymember Phil Ting (D- Sacramento) announed the Clean Cars 2040 Act yesterday. The goal of the bill is to require all new cars […]
There are few cars more quintessentially SoCal than VW Beetles. How could you make it more SoCal you ask? How about making it a convertible and turning it into a roadster? Yup, that should just about do it. Here we have a 1970 VW Bug in Irvine that looks to […]
Let’s say you wanna do your part to save the planet and look hip while doing it, while sticking to a modest budget…what do you buy? It’s well documented that the Tesla Model 3 has a waiting list in the hundreds of thousands and the ones rolling off the […]
Thinking about buying a new base Honda Accord but really like doing donuts till the tires disintegrate in a smokey display of kick-ass? Well, I may have a suitable alternative… This 2007 Shelby GT500 could care less about cargo capacity, rear seat legroom and gas mileage. It’s a snarling hairy […]