Yes, we’re on, and it’s going to be…

…RFH! As of this writing, the days high will be 90! This will probably be the last time all year that temps will be in the RFH zone. By next week, it should be back to normal. Do we need to explain what those letters stands for? It’s a bit like WTF except different.

Oh, and no, Cadillac is next week, not this Saturday. It’s the 21st. We’re just resuming our normal Saturday this week and because we had a weekend off, turnout will be bigger than usual, which should make it an especially nice Saturday to come out and play and brag about what you did last weekend.

Have you tried to go car shopping lately? What a giant waste of time. Nobody seems to have any inventory and what they have is all the stuff you don’t want. It’s the cars nobody wanted. Each car that remains is like the last fat kid picked at dodgeball. You ask yourself, what’s wrong with it?

I won’t name the brands or models, but it’s hard to find anything cool or interesting on a lot. Finding a car is like trying to find a date in a pit mine. There is nothing there. Everything on the dealer inventory sites are marked “inbound” with those crappy fuzzy pictures and no specific description.

I hated car shopping anyway. It’s no more pleasant than walking the downtown streets of Seattle in the middle of the night. It feels just as creepy and dangerous. You end up hiding your wallet in the most uncomfortable places. It’s all you remember when you leave the dealership.

Again, NEXT WEEK, not to be confused with this week, is the Cadillac event. Then the week after, which means two weeks from now, is another special event. August 28, will be Classic and Collector day. We’ve not been able to hold this event the last few years because of calendar conflicts and weather issues, so it will be good to have them back.

I strongly recommend joining the Classic Car Club, even if you don’t own a classic. Members of the club will be there to answer questions. You will be your own classic someday, if you’re not already. It’s a great group of people and keeping people interested in these cars is very important to our history. Many of the parts on these cars were built one at a time, all by hand with some hammers and stuff. Lots of bleeding fingers went into each one. Lots of bleeding fingers go into maintaining them too. There were lots of bleeding fingers if you went to Catholic school in the 60s and 70s, now that I think about it. Those nuns packed a mean ruler.

Talk to the owners about their cars and why they collect what they do. The stories are always interesting. See you on Saturday!