At each Pre-Stage, a themed section makes up the front of the lot; this month’s choice was pre-2000 BMW M cars, which always creates a buzz of fanaticism and Instagram opportunity. E30s and E36s (and a handful of their predecessors) battled for photogenic supremacy and attracted the gazes of wishful-thinking teenagers and wistful old timers alike.
The rest of the lot is open to all, and BCR really does mean all. My Volvo was joined by several other Swedish bricks, Mercedes coupes from the 1950s onwards, more Porsche 911 generations than you can keep a tab on, cute little kei vans, old school American pickups, burly muscle cars, German tuners, Italian stallions, and even a couple track-ready Ford GT40s. All of this was made even sweeter by the gorgeous autumn sunshine, of course.
Then came the rain, and with it, the Motoring Coffee Cold Start event at Marina Middle School in San Francisco. A coffee shop run by the Motoring Club, an automotive enthusiast group here in California, the Motoring Coffee has two locations: one here in the city and one in Los Angeles. The semi-annual Cold Start events are uniquely San Franciscan, though, and take advantage of the massive Marina Middle School lot to welcome a smaller, but more thematically-focused group of cars.
Elodie Townsend
2025-12-10 19:00:00