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evoWalo
04-03-2008, 10:26 AM
Anyone know what can be done from today until the 15th in Long Beach in California? I just flew in and bored out of my wits.
ae86_16v
04-03-2008, 01:34 PM
Every Saturday down in Irvine, they have the Cars and Coffee meet, but it starts early:

http://www.carsandcoffee.info/

Not sure if Cruise at the Beach is still run, but you can shoot this guy an email and find out:

http://www.cruiseatthebeach.com/

Also, lots of cool cars in Newport Beach area as well and other beach cities along the way.
79TA
04-06-2008, 02:43 AM
Formula D is having their event at the LBGP circuit on the 12th.

I highly suggest the Cars and Coffee outing. Also, cruising PCH to get there is a ton of fun (well, more so if you have a car that you enjoy driving.)

Here's a link to a site that keeps track of many of the weekly and monthly car events in the Southern California area.

http://www.socalcarculture.com/events.html

You could also check out the events at nearby Irwindale. They have open (1/8th mile) drag racing every Thursday.

http://www.toyotaspeedwayatirwindale.com/index.asp

Lastly, if you could manage to stay around just a few more days, you could see the Long Beach Grand Prix itself.
79TA
04-09-2008, 02:17 AM
so have you figured out what to do with your time in Southern California yet?
evoWalo
04-10-2008, 12:30 AM
Formula Drift!
dangerously_cool
04-10-2008, 04:30 AM
Yea pretty much cars and coffee plus PCH. Bring a camera sometimes you get spy-shot worthy stuff. Had an e92 M3 and X5 in camo and a rolls phantom drophead no camo in one day but had no camera, and that was last april.
79TA
04-10-2008, 04:48 AM
You could make an ambitious day out of Saturday by going to cars and coffee, leaving a bit early, and then running down to Long Beach for the Formula D event.
HeilSvenska
04-10-2008, 11:52 AM
You could make an ambitious day out of Saturday by going to cars and coffee, leaving a bit early, and then running down to Long Beach for the Formula D event.
Yup. It's possible. Let's see, the Formula D thing starts at 10am. So, you can do that, although, the hard part is waking up at 5:30 or something. ;-)