First Lexus LFA Ever Sold Goes Out For a Sunday Drive

You read that right, the first Lexus LFA sold to a paying customer anywhere in the world made an appearance at a popular Atlanta-based car meet called Caffeine and Octane.  The people that attend this show are always treated to some nice cars, but the rare appearance of Lexus’ $375,000 super car was without a doubt the highlight of this month’s meet.

The owner, who was just as much of a down-to-earth car lover as the rest of us, was kind enough to fill me in on the details of his LFA, including how the VIN reveals it’s only the 3rd production LFA ever built (cars number 1 and 2 are reportedly in safe hands with the Toyoda family) and the first in the United States. His hyper Lexus was so new, it had been picked up only 12 hours before the event, and the drive to it was its  first time out since being driven home from the dealership. … Continue Reading

Cars & Coffee at F40 Motorsports

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I hear crying on Saturday at 4:30am. Ugh, it was going to be one of those days. To my surprise, my daughter went back to sleep within a few minutes, but I didn’t. Earlier in the week I learned that F40 Motorsports, famous from the HD Theather show Chasing Classic Cars,will be having a cars-and-coffee event. Getting up at 5am on a Saturday to drive almost two hours to look at some cars is not exactly my cup of tea (sorry for the pun), but since I was already up I decided to grab my camera and I quietly sneaked out of the house.* … Continue Reading

Cars and Coffee!

It started off in California (where else?) and is now spreading like virus; a simple idea of car lovers gathering early on a Saturday morning, checking out some cars and chatting. No traffic jams, no minivans on the road, no non-carguys walking around asking dumb questions. Brilliant. … Continue Reading