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		<title>Best of France and Italy 2009</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Just another year at Woodley Park in Van Nuys. I was without an Italian car this year so I loaded up my BMW with food and drinks for the crew and of course the BBQ grill! And finally, after all these years of attendance, I got to shake hands and chat with Jay Leno!

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		<title>Another Cruise up to The Bay</title>
		<description><![CDATA[More of the same&#8230;.jumped on another flight to LA, picked up the X1/9 and headed north. No problems to report although this trip I got really bored sitting on the 5 freeway for 5 hours so on the return trip home, I decided to take the 101. Still, just a smooth ride.
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		<link>http://socalx.com/?p=305</link>
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		<title>Cruise up to San Jose, CA</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Well at the last minute I decided to book a flight to LA, pick up the X1/9 and drive it up. It has been over 4 months since the car has seen any action. Since being stored at my buddy&#8217;s house under a car cover, it had only been started once a week to keep [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://socalx.com/?p=303</link>
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		<title>Best of France and Italy 2008</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The morning started out cold and rainy and I hesitated at going to the show. However, I promised a BBQ so I was obliged to go regardless. The drive there was fairly wet but as I approached the Van Nuys area it started to clear. Despite a muddy lawn, the rest of the day was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Irvine Cars and Coffee &#8211; October 4th</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We had our first monthly meeting at Irvine. The weather was a bit drizzly which kept the entire show light and our meet fairly small. Thanks to all who came out &#8211; hopefully the next one will have better weather.
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		<title>Meeting with Eddy and Jeremy Tuason</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I had the opportunity to meet with a new friend, Eddy Tuason and his son Jeremy today over lunch. Both father and son are Lancia Scorpion owners &#8211; Eddy has several in fact. His current driver is a nice example with some special lighting treatments &#8211; HID Projector headlights and round Opel GT taillights.  Jeremy&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Las Vegas Rally &amp; Bikini Calendar Photoshoot</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We are pleased to extend an invitation to the Italian Auto Club to participate in the &#8220;7th Annual Rally in the Valley and Hot-or-Not Bikini Calendar Photoshoot&#8221; on Saturday, October 11, 2008. The rally starts at Cars and Coffee, 9500 S. Eastern Avenue at 9:00am with the first car out at 10:00am. This is a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://socalx.com/?p=234</link>
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		<title>Cars and Coffee &#8211; Irvine, CA</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Well it is back behind the wheel of my trusty X1/9 again and so I gave her a nice detail, saddled-up and met some of the gang at the Ford Motor Company in Irvine for the weekly Cars and Coffee event. Today we had Jeff, Ricardo, Mark and Eladio attend &#8211; 3 X1/9s and 2 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://socalx.com/?p=231</link>
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		<title>Final Trip Metrics for the 500</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ll soon be moving on to other things, but before I wrap up on the whole adventure with the Cinquecento, here are some final numbers from my trip:
2,359 miles from Dana Point, CA to Knoxville, TN
37 hours of driving time
43.2mpg
65mph average speed
Some things to keep in mind &#8211; the drive eastward on Interstate 40 is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://socalx.com/?p=223</link>
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		<title>Day 4: Memphis to Knoxville</title>
		<description><![CDATA[After a relaxing evening in the pool and sauna, I got to bed and slept until I felt like getting up. No alarm, no real timetable, it would only be about a 5 hour drive today to my final destination. Today&#8217;s drive was rainy, at times very heavy rain which slowed me down some. It [...]]]></description>
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