Cars and Coffee, September, 2012

With a high temperature forecast for 100 degrees later on in the day, I was at Cars and Coffee at 07:30 while it was still nice out....80 degrees, blue skies, light breeze.  This being Labor Day weekend undoubtedly hurt attendance a bit, but it was still a good time.

One of the local Lotus clubs brought out a nice group....

....as did the local BMW 2002 Owners Group.

A nice group of vintage Corvettes showed up, too.

Nothin' like a Chevy Nomad for a fun Saturday night at the drive-in.  It was nicely presented, too, complete with a period ice chest and a drive-in movie speaker.  The only thing missing are fogged up windows.  *wink*

Today would have been a nice day for a spirited drive in a nicely turned out Austin Healey Bugeye Sprite.  

I still think a Jaguar E-Type is one of the most beautiful cars ever, but when they had to slap on these grotesque 5 mph bumpers to meet some stupid government mandate, it ruined it IMO.

An *ahem* attractive young lady brought her beautiful, if unusually colored, BMW Z3 M.  This color was European spec only, but after begging the factory for a month they finally agreed to paint one for a US customer.  (This lady is the second owner.)  Paired with this orange interior it is, understandably, a one-of-a-kind.  I must admit, though, it actually worked well.  Or maybe it was the owner that worked well....I dunno....

This same Ferrari FF has been there two months in a row, suggesting it isn't one of Ferrari's most popular models, at least not in Dallas. Now if they want to discount it about 99% I could probably be presuaded....  :)

I'll leave you with a choice of what I think looks like one of the funnest little cars out there today, the Fiat 500 Abarth.  Whatdoyathink?  Black or white?

Only because of the Texas sun I'd probably choose white.  Somebody help me break the news to K.  ;)

S