i want this icar

The Los Angeles car show has past, but my dreams still wander back to this little darling, a Mitsubishi. The iMiev. It is little, cute and has the most adorable 'face'. The headlights and tail lights are round and clustered like bubbles. The antena has a light on it and is positioned like the lure on top of an angler fish. It runs on electricity and cuteness! Here are some photos of it on the runway. Her head and tail lights, her from a side view and one of her smile. Sweet and yummy!

donuts...cars...fathers...sons

Well, it was that time again, Father's Day. We decided to venture out on a cold and rainy morning (yes, it was cold and rainy in June in Southern California) to join the throngs at Donut Derelicts in Huntington Beach CA. Every Saturday morning from 6:30 to 8:30 you can find all sizes and shapes of cars. Big cars, little cars, cars that run on steam. New cars, old cars, cars that make men dream. I was excited about the donuts, few things can drag me out of bed on a Saturday morning at 5:30 am that do not include yarn. We did have a good time (I had a 'porcupine'...yummy) and I was able to take a few fun photos of hood ornaments. The car I liked the best, an Isabella, left before I was able to photograph it. There was a Stanley Steamer and a Kaiser, that is the ornament with the clear acrylic piece. It is amazing what cars there are, and the people who love them. I did very much enjoy listening to the stories and learning some history. Fun and delicious!

A Car That Runs On AIR!

You better believe it! It will soon be coming to America if all goes well. There is a car that runs on compressed air. Really, compressed AIR. It is called the 'CityCAT'. The only cost in gathering the fuel (air) is getting it into a compressed state. The air shoots out of the tank and runs the engine. Yup, air. The current version sold in India just won't cut it by America's safety standards so it is being modified for our roads. This modification (read; won't crumple into numerous fragments including occupants on impact) will create a heavier car so it will run on a hybrid mixture of air and gas, like our current electric/gas hybrids. The good new is it only takes about 8gal. of gas to go as far as an entire tank takes you now! Check out the website linked for more info on this amazing vehicle! ....a tasty treat for out streets.

Donuts and Gasoline

It's Saturday morning at 5:00 am. Do you know where your concept car is?
Probably in Huntington Beach at the 'Donut Derelict's' car show. I know, because I was there, yes, at 5:00 am on any Saturday you will find them, Gear Heads, Grease Monkeys, Rat Finks and Autophiles wandering around over a hundred cars. Thank the Goddess that they have coffee at that donut shop. This is an 'insider' car show that happens every Saturday morning....and because Toyota has it's offices so close there are often concept cars and cars like these that you will never see on the street. My two sons thought the tops of their heads were going to blow off. Needless to say I was one of the 3 females there. Oh, and the silver car you see a photo of....has a jet, oh baby you heard me right...a JET engine.....vrroooommm-vrrrrooomm and fried dough....delicious.