Another year, another awesome LA Auto Show, where faceless OEMs attempt to persuade the motoring press (and the motoring public) to plunk down hard cash their latest offering. But, let me tell you something…I will drink your fabulous mocha-chino, but I won’t spend $600/month on an all inclusive subscription plan…but I’m thinking about it because […]
This Saturday morning, we’ll be firing up our DTM5 E34 project car and heading down to RadWood2, the show for ’80s and ’90s enthusiast machines at the Phoenix Club in Anaheim, CA. If Jalopnik’s coverage of the inaugural RadWood in the Bay Area is any indication, this show is gonna be…rad. Feel like you just can’t […]
My own fascination with aircooled Porsches dates back a few years. I don’t have one of those stories about a grandfather/uncle/neighbor owning one, but I do recall a time when ordinary folks used them for ordinary commutes. I had a summer job (between years of college) working at a Porsche repair/restoration shop down in San […]
Nothing better to do this Saturday morning than gawk at other people’s cars? Yeah, us neither. That’s why we’ll be heading down to the 2nd-ever Coffee & Cars with Pelican Parts, a low-stress gathering of SoCal’s finest Euro Trash. Come join us, have a brew (of the hot caffeinated morning variety), let us gawk at […]
SoCal Volvo Sports America is hosting their annual Swede Fest gathering of shiny or shabby Swedish cars of all vintages this Saturday in Redondo Beach near the finish line for the Cannonball Baker Sea-to-Shining-Sea Memorial Trophy Dash….actually just down the street at Ruby’s diner. Swede Fest is a free event…so naturally we will bring the […]
Anyone remotely familiar with automobiles will know the name, man & legend that is Carroll Shelby without any fancy introductions. The world mourned his passing in May of 2012 and the First Annual Carroll Shelby Tribute and Car Show was put on by the LASAAC and the Carroll Shelby Foundation on May 11th, 2013. We […]
On the first weekend in May, gear heads around the South Bay Los Angeles flock to the annual Rev’ved Up 4 Kids Car Show, located in front of the Edelbrock Factory in Torrance, CA. Last weekend the Daily Turismo sent a contingent of staff reporters to sample the vintage cars, gourmet food, live music and […]