Just came home from Austin Cars and Coffee. The name is misleading since the event is actually at Leander, TX - about 30 miles north of Austin.

The event starts @ 10am to 1pm - but only stayed until 11am - it's getting too hot to hang out. There were quite a few cars - all makes and models are welcome. I got my spot at the main lot though - the perk of showing up early. I parked next to what I dub the murderer's row, right next to me are a trio of murdered out cars - Ford GT, Viper and a Gallardo.

Here are some sample pictures - resized. Enjoy!

 

WOW! I haven't seen a Ford GT since the one spent a year in the showroom in town disappeared.

All of those cars looks so... angular(?), wedgey(?), sharp(?) compared to your XKR which is definitely not.

 

The Ford GT40 is utterly outstanding than rest of others . After the Murci ,I would say that is the most attractive car in those pics

 

I always see some Dallas and Houston folks on here.. good to know there is another Austinite around

 

just like Armyjag's car in front of his house, mine would have peed itself sitting next to that competition.

 

That's funny - I've read that old thread .....

But you know Matt - you'd be surprised about the nice remarks that the car generated, even in the presence of true exotics. I notice something too - that the younger crowd, 35-ish and younger gravitate towards the Scuderia, GT, Viper and such, the older crowd - like the Jag and the Maserati GranCabrio ......

Here's the link to the gallery:
http://picasaweb.google.com/10512295...eat=directlink

Need help id-ing a roadster too ......

I will skip the September event but be back for the October one - and I plan to go alone. I took my 11 year old Sheltie and he did not feel like walking several blocks under the Texas sun .....

 

The car you need identified is a Lotus 7 or a Catheram 7 (pretty much the same car) or possibly one of its various kit car derivatives. They are pretty popular for a rather inexpensive, incredibly quick car. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotus_Seven
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caterham_7

 

Well that's easily explained.
Maseratis and Jags are geared for comfort, not for racing. They don't get much time in rap videos or in drag races.
Cars like the Viper, and GT are built purely for speed which is much more important to the younger crowd (my car is faster than your's!!!). I'm sure the Viper would be pretty uncomfortable on an actual road trip. I can't see the GT being much better as it is a race car.
Lambos are only popular because of their extensive visibility in rap videos. You can be rest assured if Jaguar's appealed to the tasteless rap artists and got the same video time, you'd have all the 18-21 year old girls drooling over it because they saw Lil Dawg rawlin wit hiz gurl of the hour who those young girls dream they could be, even if only for a brief segment in a lame music video.

 

Is anybody heading to Houston Coffee and Cars at the weekend? I'll be there with my Camera and probably my truck!!!!