I attended my 4th 'Cars and Croissants' this past weekend and so did a few more EVs. We had some great weather today and other than the amazing cars that turned out - probably 75 cars- we had 3 ActiveEs including mine. They were joined by a Chevy Volt and a Prius plugin. At this rate we will need our own EV section soon.
I arrived early and the ActiveE is already attracting attention
Tom Moloughney joined us for the first time, passing 21,000 miles in the process. Yes you read that correctly, Tom has 21,000 miles on his ActiveE already - not a drop of gas. We were also joined by Michael and his ActiveE, his first time at Cars and Croissants too. Mark brought his Chevy Volt and another newcomer drove up with his brand new Prius Plugin. This was a fantastic EV turn out.
A 2nd ActiveE joined by a Chevy Volt
As usual people came up to ask us questions. Cars and Croissants is such a great event because the drivers and guests are all car people, they love them. They are as interested in the exotics as they are in the EVs. In fact, many are open to getting an EV and some were even on the list for the ActiveE.
The ActiveE is a 1 series and gets lots of compliments, stripes included, of course I show them pictures of the new i3 and more often than not at this event it gets a luke warm reaction. I'm usually asked when will BMW build a 1 series EV they can buy....hear that BMW?
Anyway - it was great talking EV talk and cool car talk...check out the pics.
Prius Plugin - interesting how the EVs all have their hoods up
That is a lotus in the middle - not a Tesla. No Tesla today
Tom shows up and is immediately swamped with questions - having 3 ActiveEs surprised everyone
A 1956 Ferrari 250 - the owner told me it took him 10 years to restore it - he did the restoration!
Another look down the row
I'm a big muscle car fan - used to restore these back in the day
This is the 2nd set of cars
A real beauty and for sale
Interesting plates
You don't see one of these everyday
Nor one of these Porsche GT3 RS 4.0 - only 600 made and 126 in the US
Looking up the line
There was lots of American muscle today (new and old) - really great to see
As a couple of EVs left I shifted over to bunch up
The event is winding down - it was so great to see everyone
If you are in the Northern NJ area and you drive an EV please come to the next event....you will be pleasantly surprised at how much interest there will be in your EV as well as the equally amazing cars that surround you. Since dates and location change often, sometimes the day before, I'll post here and to the ActiveE facebook group when the next one is - but next tentative date is August 25th 8:30 to 11 at the Chatham NJ HS parking lot - they are usually every 2 weeks.
