Holiday Food + Toy Drive 2019

Each year that we host donation focused events, we are blown away by the support that we receive from our community of enthusiasts. You might remember last year that we hosted two separate events: a food drive, then a toy drive. This year, we decided to combine the two in an effort to extend the time to collect donations for the holiday season.

For this year’s event, we set up a vehicle display inside our shop, while most of the outside space was dedicated to our customers, friends, and family. We are thrilled to have received an enormous number of donations, ranging from bulks of canned and dry foods to brand new children’s bicycles and stuffed toys.

When we see the community show up for a cause like this, it reassures us that we are in the right place with the right people. The holidays are not an easy time for so many, and we aim to make even a small impact on our local community. Achieving this goal is largely thanks to you, the people who come out and support. So, we want to extend a huge thank you to those who donated this year. If you didn’t make it to the event, that’s perfectly fine; donations can still be made independently to the Alameda County Community Food Bank or the Fremont Fire Department.

Below, you’ll find a gallery of images that we shot during the event. We hope you enjoy the photos, and please feel free to share them (remember to tag us!). We thank you again for your support, and hope that you have a warm and happy holiday season.

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For the Kids: Our 2018 Toy Drive

For our second event of the later half of 2018, we decided to focus on the holidays and the children who may not be so fortunate to get a visit from Santa. In partnership with the Fremont Fire Department, we opened our shop doors to friends, family, customers, and anyone else who wanted to donate to a great cause: brightening a child’s holiday experience.

We take great pride in what we do, and we consider ourselves lucky to love our jobs. That said, it’s extremely important to us to give back to those who support us and those who are in need. It’s because of this wonderful community that we’re able to live our passions, so we always want to use our position to help others benefit.

Below you’ll see a gallery of photos from the event. We were hit with some pretty severe rain throughout the morning, but lots of people still showed up to donate toys and goods—from Schwinn bikes to Hot Wheels to toy tool sets, we collected more than three, full car loads. Inside the shop, we hosted some classic favorites as well as modern machines. Steve from the BMW 2002 FAQ displayed his lovely 2000 Touring out front, while two more Tourings were placed around the tree. In our service department, we gathered customer cars from an E30 M3, a white M4 GTS, an E92 M3, an Alpina B10, and two E36 M3s, one of which is our latest S54 swap project.

Please enjoy the photos from the event, and thank you again to everyone who attended and donated! We wish you a happy holiday and a safe New Year.