Cars and Cappuccino at South Park Mall in Charlotte

Awesome event! Usually there are a few Lamborghinis, however, they were down at European Experience.


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Very very cool of you John. Someone did that for me at a young age. I’ve never forgotten. I took my son to Metrolina Auto one day. They to our were gracious enough to let him sit in a bright green Aventador. We didn’t ask - they just asked him what’s your favorite one here? He still talks about it. Amazing how a small act can have a lifelong impact.

 

Any kid who hesitates for a moment passing my cars at a C&C will usually get a hello from me. If he engages he will usually get an offer to sit behind the wheel and get his picture taken. Last Saturday I arrived late and ended up in some pretty harsh sunlight. When a group of us decided to move to the shade where some early cars departed, one teenager got a ride to the other side of the parking lot.

 

Hi Guys,

Great to see this thread pop up here. Myself along with my wife are the primary organizers of these events. As John noted, Cars and Cappuccino is currently meeting at the exterior front of the SouthPark Mall. "Cars and Capp" is a bit different than the other monthly car meet-ups. First, it is a European sports car show (with a few exceptions) and second, it is actually a membership group. Members join, and pay reasonable annual dues ($50 for new members year 1 /$30 ongoing). We also ask our members agree to a Code of Conduct that specifically prohibits the kind of poor behavior that infects so many other monthly car meet-up events. Members get a window cling (NOT a sticker) to park up front in a controlled access lots that hold ~90 cars. Later member arrivals park in the deck directly adjacent to one of the lots. We put 10-12 "special" and/or sponsor cars up front in the valet lanes at the entrance of the mall. Overall, it creates a really great viewing experience for everyone.

Much like John, we really enjoy the fact Cars and Capp is helping create more "car guys/gals" in the world. (John, we think there is a picture floating around on Instagram of your interaction with that boy. We'll keep looking for it) In addition to John's interaction, you can see from the pictures below there were several other interactions between, kids, cars and their owners. All great stuff.

The next cars and Cappuccino is June 16th from 8:00 to 10:00 - actually the morning of Fathers' Day. We think we've got it figured out how we will be able to show the final hour of the 24 heures du Mans during the event too.

Special Request: We're inviting a really nice GT 40 clone to the event - in honor of the legendary "Ford vs Ferrari" LeMans races of yesteryear. We've got a 360 Challenge lined up to attend, but it would be really great to get other Ferrari race cars there too. Shoot us an email to [email protected] if you'd like to make an appearance with your Ferrari race car. We can probably accommodate 2 or 3 more up front.

 

Is that a real 917???? Holy moly!

 

A nice little video of the event from last Sunday.

 

From what I understand, the chassis is factory spec but with a really aggressive horizontal fan 3.6 motor. The owner (great guy) brought it down form Asheville. One of our members is a former Porsche factory 917 constructor himself and is friends with him.

 

Hi all,

Bring this thread back from the pre-COVID era. We're back at doing our gatherings at SouthPark Mall. Yesterday we had a really enjoyable event. We had a local F40 in attendance along with John Hotchkis' Le Mans raced '73 Porsche RSR. Once again the orange Miura was in attendance and it looked great next to the F40. The next event is June 19th @ 8:00 AM if you'd like to drop by.

 

Got to stop by for a few mins. The F40 is my favorite Ferrari ever and it was unbelievable to finally get to see one in person. Super cool to have it parked next to the Miura. Loved the Daytona at the edge of the lot as well.

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