Adam Chandler, of Enfield, who moved to the area six years ago from San Francisco, started the Cars and Coffee Club’s event in September, and said he’s hoping to grow the morning meetings — held the third Saturday of each month — significantly this year. A project manager at TomTom, Chandler discovered cars as a hobby four years ago, and learned how to do car projects by studying YouTube videos. When he started, it took him 15 hours to replace an exhaust system, a two-hour job.
Now he’s thinking about adding slicks (tires with a solid surface) to add a fractional amount of speed to his car, which can already get to a quarter mile in 11.98 seconds.
“I know if I put slicks on there, I can get another .2 seconds,” he said.
I’ve been trying to get a local Cars & Coffee off the ground. It’s nice to get some local press for the first time in a while.