Cars & Coffee Boulder / Lafayette, CO 12/4/10

As my son gets up at 6:15am, making it up to Cars & Coffee in the Boulder area is no problem. This time, just me and little man headed up. So, the first thing I needed to do was put the Recaro child seat in the SC. This takes but a moment. Man, am I jealous of this seat. It has side-impact protection. Cool two-tone fabric. Halo head rest. It's better than my OMP race seat. Spoiled. You can see it in the picture of my black Targa. Kinda nice that the blue matches my blue wheels.

A couple of the more interesting cars that came out in the overcast 35 degree weather were a Bitter 3.9. Opel based, this one had BMW wheels and a bad window tint that precluded a good look at the interior. I did catch a glimpse of some Maserati Bi-turbo type seats though.

A Morgan Aero showed out. I like these. I do not get the regular Morgans. But the new aeros are very nice looking. And powerful. And some of the new Morgans I've seen reported about in Octane are utterly beautiful.

Also in the pics is a row of cars including a classy Ferrari 456 (I think) and an elemental black and white VW.

All in all, a great way to spend a couple of hours with my son.

Cars & Coffee Boulder Pics

Today was designed to drive your classic car in Colorado. Sunny. High 70s. Just remarkable.

And it coincided with the monthly Cars & Coffee in Boulder/Lafayette. It is held at the Brewing Market in Lafayette. Which, by the way, brews a very nice Americano. But I would pass on the Breggo Sandwich, it is just an overpriced Hot Pocket. The scone however, was crumbly perfection.

The MKII ran very well. With my Wife upfront and Graham strapped into his Recaro in the back seat, we were all well cosseted on the forty minute drive from home. It was my first opportunity to use the overdrive on the car and it was great. Just like shifting into fifth, minus depressing the heavy clutch.

So, let me describe the pics in descending order from the top:

1. Yes, that is a 914 towing half a 914. I can't comment further. 

2. Flared and checkered Fiat Abarth.

3. Late Carrera and early Countach, both with gold wheels.

4. Ferrari 330 motor. Achingly pretty.

5. My MKII next to one of the few cars in the world that could make it look ugly, a Ferrari Dino. Owned by the same gentleman for 30 years. Some people know when they have some good and don't let it go.

6. One of the rows. Alfa GTV looking prettier for parking next to a Z3.