We are quickly coming up on our 3rd event Saturday, February 7th. I am extremely encouraged by the turnout of the last two events. In December we had 45 cars and in January we had 60+ cars (probably would have had a lot more if the unexpected inclement weather had not come out). Thank you to those that returned for the second event and thank you for those that invited friends to join in on the fun. This event will continue to grow among car enthusiast as we spread the word of the great people and cool hardware involved.



As a die heart “Car Guy” it was awesome to see the vast variety of makes and models and the various owners that carry with them the passion and knowledge of their cars. I truly met a lot of very good people with interesting stories that share a common interest in cars which surpassed my expectations of this inaugural event.



At the last two events we have had several NSXs, Ferraris, BMWs, Suburus, Audis, Minis, S2000, Mercedes, vintage Corvette, Porches, 350Zs, GT-Rs (3), several Lotuses, a Lambo, and many that I am probably omitting! Some great hardware! My goal is to create a lasting event here in the Charlotte area that caters to the enjoyment of cars and everything that goes with them.





Below is a list of sites/forums that I posted this event on. If you can think of other sites and forums please feel free to post them there as well.

v www.6speedonline.com

v www.nsxprime.com

v www.carolinacarclubs.com

v www.carolinaeuro.com

v www.bimmerdrivers.com

v www.astonmartinowners.com

v www.minimotering.com

v www.sk2000.com


Thank you.

Michael

 

Check out this website for more info and pictures

www.carsandcoffeecharlotte.com

 

Is anyone planning on being there?

 

I plan on attending.

 

sorry committed to the most AWESOME FREE BB Game hosted by Charleston Mini!

 

I am going to try and be there. The weather is going to be nice and I have wanted to attend the last two but didn't make it.

 

I'll be there...

 

Possibly, I dont get in till midnight Friday. We'll see how I feel in the morning.

 

Wished Charlotte could have joined in with Columbia and Charleston at the FREE game and private tailgating this Saturday!! Charleston MINI is reaching out. We'll take some pics and share.

 

Going to the Hoops and Mini tailgate party, should be a lot of fun, especially if I can hit some Free Throws for the free Mini at Halftime...

 

For anyone who didn't make it, there was an awesome turnout and it could not have been a more beautiful day. On the Cars and Coffee forum someone posted their pictures, and my license plate is among the photos

 

Great to see a lot of you guys again! Wow, there was some iron out there...

BTW, I did some more research for my "pace yourself" run, found a lunch stop and a GGGRREEAATT deserted twisty road!

 

[SIZE="6"]Wow! [/SIZE]


Very simply stated, but a great description for the turn out at "Charlotte Area Cars and Coffee" Saturday! We were fortunate to have great weather and it brought everyone out in droves! I stopped counting at well over 180+ cars as we spilled over to the adjacent parking lot.
Several special additions to the event were the numerous Corvettes, Minis, NSXs, Lotus, Porsches, Ferraris (CAFE), Subies, S2000s, Aston Martins, BMWs, Cameros, Firebirds, Lexus and many, many more. I know a great time was had by all enjoying beautiful cars and conversing with other "car fanatics".
I look forward to the weather continuing to get better and our next event which will be Saturday, March 7 at the same location. Pictures will be posted on www.carsandcoffeecharlotte.com soon, feel free to log onto the forum on there as well to chat and to post pictures that you took as well.
As this event continues to grow and in order to keep it safe, fun and in tact we need to make sure of a few things:

1. I would like to push up the start time to 8 AM so that we can avoid the hot part of the day as we get into the summer months. It will also allow us to take advantage of the empty adjacent lots if we need them before the patrons and employees of the restaurants start rolling in around 11 AM.
2. We are now on the radar screen of the Mecklenburg Police Dept's North Division, which is not a problem because we are on mall property which we have permission to be on, but on the access roads leading to the property and the main highway they will be patrolling 'helping' us adhere to the speed limits. The road behind the mall is a great straight away but it is only 35 mph and some have been popped there. So be cautious and slow down a bit. Also as a mature crowd continue not to peel out, race through the parking lots or ignore common safety.
3. In order to say within the good graces of the mall management company please be kind and dispose of your trash in the trash cans around the property. We are doing a great job so far, so keep it up! I spoke with them and they are willing to add additional receptacle as needed.

Thanks again for a great turn out. Hope to see you all next month and remember to tell a friend!

Have a great month!

Michael
www.carsandcoffeecharlotte.com

 

I really enjoyed Cars and Coffee Sat. and I don't even drink coffee. ( sorry Jason) I was one of the MINIS there but I have a TR 6 that I hope to bring in March. There was a great variety of cars present, a couple I had not seen before. I heard a couple of people say they liked this better than the Autofair at Lowes Motor Speedway because of the type of cars that were there. M2C2 it is diffinitely worth going to as a group or individually.

 

this OP says 1st Sat. of every month, is this still true? will you all be meeting up this weekend? as well as in April?
as it stands now, I probably still won't have my MINI until mid April. But I'd love to come check out some of the cars in the group.

 

Yes it will be this weekend! We are trying to make a standard day which will be the first Saturday of every month, weather permitting. It looks like high 60's to 70 on Saturday. Come with or without your car. I just got mine back after two months of being in the shop and the last two C&Cs I did not have it.

I also posted a new post for March 7th on here. Let me know if you did not see it.


See you Saturday!

Michael

 

I look forward to being there... right now WINI is at Grassroots so I am not sure if she will be in commission in time... I am rolling with a friend though!

 

Well, this was the only weekend my tuner could do my car, so I am flying him down on Friday night to tune me on Saturday. I will not make this one, and since he is down, i want him to flash the Mini while he is here. Maybe I will catch you guys at the next one in April.