Cars & Coffee Richmond, 12/2/17

"interstate366, now In The Industry" (interstate366)
12/05/2017 at 20:05 • Filed to: None

I finally went to my first Cars & Coffee the other day. Despite being close to freezing when I arrived, the turnout was great. C&C Richmond is held at Regency Square Mall, which the hilarious !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! describes as a “food court with a mall around it”. It’s a dying mall, which means ample parking for such an event. The cars were diverse.

Just arrived.

One of two old Land Cruisers.

Lots of people still arriving.

My first GT350 sighting.

Two 997s and a Pantera. The Pantera was lower than I expected.

There were several Vipers and lots of Hellcats.

Celica All-Trac

GTO...GTO...GTO...GT...aww.

We get it, you street race.

Giulia

On an old Mini

Some Bentley

Found another CU2

I took some photos of just the M3 and the M6 in the back, but they didn’t turn out.

One of two 356s

996 Carrera 4S

The only Mercedes worth photographing.

Secondary lot

This loser

Demon! It drew the biggest crowds all show.

Noble GTO-3R

JDM CRX and riced S14

Harlequin Integra sedan

Lonely new Si. Sadly West Broad Honda did not bring out their demo CTR this time.

DISCUSSION (11)

MR2_FTW - Group J's resident Stig > interstate366, now In The Industry
12/05/2017 at 20:20

Hey cool! That was the first C&C I’ve come out to in a while. You even got a shot of my car!

interstate366, now In The Industry > MR2_FTW - Group J's resident Stig
12/05/2017 at 20:32

Yeah, I recognized the plate from here. If you saw a guy with a black Honda hoodie and red glasses, that was me.

S65 > interstate366, now In The Industry
12/05/2017 at 20:41

Man, those judgmental maps are hilarious

12and35 > interstate366, now In The Industry
12/06/2017 at 11:19

Kinda off to the side... is Regency even still open? When I lived in RVA like 10 years ago it was starting to thin out ‘cause Short Pump kinda took over. Friends and I would hang out at Regency after school... Go Tucker Tigers! Woo.

interstate366, now In The Industry > 12and35
12/06/2017 at 11:26

It’s barely hanging on. I think all the anchor stores have closed or are about to. Texas de Brazil moved to Short Pump a few years ago. Lidl (a German grocery store that just established itself in the US this year) took over one of the anchor spaces as a regional training center of some sort. That, C&C, and the food court are the only things keeping it relevant.

12and35 > interstate366, now In The Industry
12/06/2017 at 11:31

Last I heard from my sister (who still lives out that way) they were going to turn it into a retirement community after a while. That’s what she heard at least. Shame about it all. Maybe they can do something like Willow Lawn and revitalize it or something.

interstate366, now In The Industry > 12and35
12/06/2017 at 11:35

They’ve torn up the flyover ramp that took you to the entrance where TDB was and are reconfiguring that area. That road is closed between Parham and the exit from Walmart. So something is happening there, but I don’t know exactly what. Wouldn’t surprise me if they eventually tore most of it down, though.

12and35 > interstate366, now In The Industry
12/06/2017 at 21:56

Where did you go to high school?

interstate366, now In The Industry > 12and35
12/06/2017 at 23:12

Colonial Heights. Still live there.

12and35 > interstate366, now In The Industry
12/09/2017 at 21:58

Ain’t Richmond, ain’t Petersburg.

interstate366, now In The Industry > 12and35
12/09/2017 at 22:31

Very true. I worked in Petersburg 8 years. Seen it all.