For the past month or so I've been rallying up the troops for this year's fifth annual Motor4Toys Charitable Exotic Car Show. The event took place in a new and larger location that housed some 2000-plus exotic, modified, classic, and racing cars from all over Southern California. Everything from Lamborghini to Volkswagen, new and old, came for the joy of giving and the of seeing so many great cars in one of the biggest and most unique toy drives on the West Coast. And there was no shortage of classic and modified trucks either.
This is the one time of the year when my friends and I set out on a selfless goal to have our friends, families, and co-workers donate an unwrapped toy to help me stuff my Mini Cooper boot with as many toys as we can. Yes, it's no SUV, but I can still pack a lot in to it. I started this little side project at the third Motor4Toys event back in 2006 filling my Mini on my own. The next year, I had the help of two friends who filled their own Minis, and once again we made this year's donation even bigger than before.
The rush was on this year to meet the goal of collecting over 30,000 toys to benefit the "Toys for Tots Program" for the greater Los Angels area. Several folks wanted to donate more than what they came with, so the LADP was on hand with their drag race patrol cars, giving rides to the local toy stores to buy even more toys throughout the day. There was a live auction and vendors who donated their proceeds to the event as spectators and families ogled over the rows of sheetmetal in the lot.
If you'd like to donate to this event or more information about this year's and next year's events, visit www.motor4toys.com. And I'll see you there next with another toy-filled Mini.