Maybe it was the terrible weather, or maybe it was the name of the event (Fan event) that made me have some wrong expectations. While the Honda 50 year anniversary event yesterday was genernally some welcoming new and nice event, i have the feeling that the whole event had a bit of an identity crisis, while they were overwhelmed by the amount of people who wanted to participate and at the same time they missed the opportunity to connect to their fan base. In general i had the feeling that Honda Switzerland managed to miss a lot of great opportunities for their once-in-a-lifetime Celebration. But let’s start from the beginning.…

Honda Swizerland has been promoting a “Fan Event” for their 50 years anniversary a lot recently. When i heard about it a few weeks ago i was happy to register for it, to display my EK9. However, once you find the way to the registration form it says that applications had to be stopped because of the huge interest. Luckily i managed to get a spot thanks to some nice people. YAY!  I was especially keen to show my car as Honda switzerland actually used an EK9 and the latest civic typeR to promote the event on their Instagram, despite the fact that the EK9 was never sold here. So…

This year’s “Rendez-vous am kleinen Klausen” was again a great day for specactors. I heard from several drivers that the organization had some issues with getting all the cars at the right time to the startline and some missed one of their spots which they paid for, but otherwise it seemed to be a very nice wevent. It got some kind of “goodwood” feeling around it. It’s very laidback, non-competitive and generally just a celebration about anything with a motor and wheels. The focus is definitily on older cars and exclusive stuff. but genererally if it got wheels, is special or cool, you can find it there. Go-karts, Kids on…

After 2021, it is time for another issue of the “Rendezvous am kleinen Klausen” memorial hillclimb race in Schaffhausen. The race is named after the famous “Klausenrennen” at the Klausenpass in the swiss alps. The memorial race takes place every three years in the rural villages of Bibern, Opfertshofen and Altdorf In History, the “kleiner klausen” was named the “Small brother” of the Klausenrennen due to it’s scenic and difficult roads to drive and made it a quite legendary race on the Calendar. UPDATE: I just got confirmed that Jerome (in his 510) and Claude (in his hillclimb 240Z) from zcarracingteam will attend the event too with their cars: While…

A new (at least to me) Japanese themed Car event has appeared recently and i thought i’d like to share it with you. The “Enter technikwelt” is a museum about everything technical and engineering, located in Solothurn and well worth a visit istelf. Every now and then they also organized specific classic car meets in their big parking lot. Attendance is free and food drinks can be bought from their restaurant. This sunday, 14th of July, the teme is Japanese Cars until 1994. Check out all information here: https://enter.ch/de/events/oldtimer-treffen-japaner-bis-1994/ Unfortunately i won’t be able to attend, But since events like these are rare i think it’s cool to meet some…

Recently i was in the Netherlands to visit some friends and at that opportunity i thought i drop in and have a look at the nearby “Visscher classique” Museum. A Car collection / Exhibition / Museum about everything French. I’m not really into french cars and honestly i don’t know much about them. But i adore their ingenuity and the quirky oddness of those cars. The Visscher family had a long history starting with the current owner Henk’s Dad being a SIMCA dealer in the past. The collection hosts a broad selection of all kind of cars from Renault, Peugeot, Citroën, SIMCA, Matra, etc. But also random other cars from…

The former Japaner old and – youngtimertreffen has change dit’s name to Japaner Oldtimertreffen this year. Due to limited space and many 90ies cars showing up in the recent years, the organizers decided to make it a pre-1994 year event only for the real vintage Japanese cars only. Even though i can’t show my Honda anymore, i think it’s a good move. This years event will be hosted on the 19.may 2024 at the Meilenstein in Langenthal which itself is worth a visit. It’s an Automotive themed museum / workshop / Hotel, which also hosts a formula one car collection (30 cars), and many other nice automobilia. FInd all details…

Yesterday i had the chance to visit the Swiss Car Register in Safenwil. It’s located in an old beautifully restored textile mill on the same premises of the Emil Frey Classics museum but not related directly. So what is the Swiss classic car Register? It’s basically a library of the rich swiss coachbuilding history and automotive history. You will find everything related to cars and transportation. – Drawings, specifications and technical documentation of swiss coachbuilders – Old magazines – Microfiches, glass-negatives, etc. – Parts, owners and service manuals – General information about brands, designers and international coachbuilders – Books about the wealthy people who owned those cars – Books and…

This weekend my Wife was off so i decided to enjoy the ending summer by taking out my EK9 for a spirited drive. However i wanted to have some sort of goal in mind to not just drive around pointlessly, so when the “Cars and coffee” event in Gossau popped up in facebook, i thought that makes a nice one-hour ride each way and i chose a slightly longer route through the countryside rather than boring Autobahn. I arrived at roughly one o’ clock in the afternoon, when it was already in full swing, so i got to park slightly off-site of the main grouping of cars, but i didn’t…

Whenever possible, i try to go to the local Hillclimb race of Oberhallau. This year, i thought about skipping it, because it can get a bit repetitive. But then i learnt it will be extended to 3 days because of their 100 Years anniversary edition with lots of historic specials planned. We arrived early on saturday morning under relatively nice weather and secured a nice front row spectator spot, while the training laps already had started. It wasn’t long until the first bigger accident (no bigger casualties, lickily) caused a longer break Which also forced the drivers mid-track to wait until the flags went green again: After the track was…