San Diego's Weekend Driver

Nuts4Cars is putting on its Muscle Car Mania show, 7:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. this Saturday, Feb. 11, Girard Avenue between Silverado and Prospect avenues, La Jolla. The San Diego Police Officers Widows and Orphans Fund is the beneficiary. American (and European) Street Kings, all V-8s and larger, including Mustang, Cobra, Camaro, Corvette, Firebird, GTO, [...]

Head out to the car club gathering starting at 9 a.m. this Saturday, Feb. 4, at the HomeTown Buffet, 390 West Main Street in El Cajon. The King Pins club is in charge and I don’t know who’s attending, but it’s on the schedule for just about every car club in Southern California, from hot [...]

The 25th annual Vista Burger run is tomorrow, Saturday, Jan. 14. Registration starts at 6 a.m. at the Pepper Tree Frosty, 270 South Santa Fe Ave. in Vista. It’s one of the biggest car shows and rod runs in the county and it looks like the weather will be beautiful. More info: http://www.burgerrun.info/

If you’re hooked on the Barrett-Jackson auction telecasts like I am, the Fantasy Bid competition can make things even more fun. I received this news release from the Speed channel the other day; they’ve upped the ante for players. Good luck. SPEED™ to GIVE AWAY NEW ‘ONE-OF-A-KIND’ SHELBY GT500 MUSTANG MOST SIGNIFICANT GRAND PRIZE OFFERING [...]

Folks were lined up to be the firsr in the door at the San Diego car show this morning. Its the biggest in recent years and will be a lot of fun. I’ll be at the Union-Tribune booth on Saturday afternoon so stop by!

I popped in on the San Diego International Auto Show this morning and there was a big line to get in when the doors opened at 10 a.m. From one end of the hall to the other, there’s a see of new cars, trucks and SUVs. A few things did stand out in my quick [...]

Back in 1998, Volkswagen made a big splash when it brought a half-dozen New Beetles to the car show in San Diego and actually let the patrons drive them. In 2006, Toyota built a big mound of dirt behind the Convention Center and took folks on rides in their then-new FJ Cruiser. From those humble [...]

Really? Street legal bumper cars? If you don’t believe me, here’s a video I shot a few years ago that shows them in action. They’ll be on display this weekend at the San Diego International Auto Show. Here’s the latest. Private collection of restored, modified Bumper Cars to be featured at annual auto extravaganza The [...]

It looks like this weekend’s San Diego International Auto Show is going to once again fill up the Convention Center. Several manufacturers had cut back on so-called “second tier” shows like San Diego in recent years, due to the lousy economy. Here’s the news release from the auto show… Mercedes-Benz, Mitsubishi will be on the [...]