NO Cars and Coffee - 7-25-09

Is this the way it's going to be from now on?? Please say no... Where are all the cool cars hiding on early Saturday morning. It used to be that all the rare, luxury, and exotics showed up at the Irvine Ford Motor Company. Well, the last times I've been there it's been looking pretty bleak...

Do you think he drives this often??

















I think someone needs to add this to his collection.... hehhehe...

Just Another Saturday @ Cars and Coffee

It's been so long since my last visit to Cars and Coffee. Well, I must say, it was bitter sweet. It was great seeing all the old faces and beautiful cars but a little heart breaking to not be promoting Velocity there.

On May 16th, Laura and I went to Cars and Coffee to rekindle ourselves with the passionate OC car world. It's so funny how we both had different agendas... Laura was going to promote Hagerty, bringing awareness to the OC car enthusiasts. Since Velocity, she has landed a sweet gig. She attends all the car shows, meets and greets all that attend, and lets them know about Hagerty. And I went to Cars and Coffee to promote the Concours d'Elegance held at the St. Regis.

It turned out to be a great Saturday. We ran into so many old faces and was quickly reminded on how much we were loved!!!! One of the early morning patrons was Samuel Hubinette, aka "The Crazy Swede", a professional race car driver and Hollywood stunt driver. We stopped and chatted about how well his new Performance Driving Academy was doing. I think I might take him up on his offer to get behind the wheel and feel the hunk of metal pushed to the limits. Next classes are set for June 13th and 14th...

Every week there is a theme... as you can see it was Porsche weekend.

Velocity Magazine Reunion at Cars and Coffee

On October 18th 2008 Velocity invited our extended family to Cars and Coffee. As we debuted our 7th issue we showcased all the featured stories that graced the pages of Velocity Magazine. The early morning gathering at the Ford Motor Company in Irvine draws about 200 cars every Saturday. It was different this past Saturday... it was as if the cars drove off the pages of Velocity Magazine.

Since Laura was on vacation, Sarah and I manned the Velocity area selling subscriptions. Steve Emmert owner of Corporate Image Mobile Detail donated a Cilajet exterior polish for our contest drawing. Thanks Steve!

We normally leave around 8ish and the crowd starts to pack things up around 8:30 or 9:00. When I was getting ready to leave Jan Tarazkiewicz, owner of the Pinnacle Pantera (issue 7) asked if I could help him out by jump starting his 1972 Ultra Hall Pantera GT5S. I was driving the HHR Velocity Panel (company car) and thought sure I hope nothing goes wrong cause it's not my car. Well I must have foreseen the future...

We (about 5 of us standing there) open up the hood of the car and didn't see a battery... oh, there it is said Jan... he hooked up the cables to his car first then the Velocity Panel... was that supposed to happen I ask... a yes response from Jan. hmmm, I thought to myself, my Dad used to do this to my first car all the time and that never happened. Moving along, to make a long story short, Jan tried to start the car multiple times and nothing. So, he called his wife, said thanks for the help, and I was about to be on my way... I started the HHR Velocity Panel up and backed up... WHOA I can't turn the steering wheel.

I told the three guys there about the wheel not turning and they didn't know what could have happened. 20 mins later... looks like we blew the ABS fuse which handles the power steering. We kinda did a quick fix so that I could drive it. Genevieve Chappell was on hand filming, check it out below.