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BRISTOL, CT – Lake Compounce amusement park in Bristol celebrates 180 years operation in 2026 and is seeking some classic cars to help spice up some events in August. “I don’t have specific models in mind, but I think we want to target 1940s-50s models. I would particularly be interested …

BETHLEHEM, CT – Promotional flyers posted on a social media in advance of Sunday’s well-attended Trunk Or Treat Car Show at March Farm, including on the farm’s Facebook page, were clear. They stated that the event had a “$10 entry fee” for show vehicles with “spectators free.”  The popular show, …

BRISTOL, CT – It’s only happened twice in 10 years of writing about classic cars here in CT, but it was unexpected and unsettling on both occasions. The situation was the same each time – a confrontation involving a concerned homeowner while innocently shooting video of a vintage vehicle driving …

PLANTSVILLE, CT – There is such a thing as a free car show. The Connecticut Volkswagen Association provided an example on Sunday by marking its founding in 1985 with a car meet at the Southington Drive-In that didn’t require that money change hands. More than 100 models from Germany in …

COPAKE, NY – It’s roughly 1,350 miles from Little Rock, AR to Copake, NY but that’s how far Jim and Dena Peckham traveled to take delivery this week of the dark blue 2025 Morgan Plus Four sports car that they’d been waiting at least two years to receive. RIDE-CT spotted …

HARWINTON, CT – Peter Egan is revered among car and motorcycle enthusiasts for his many contributions to “Road & Track” and “Cycle World” magazines over the decades; mainly the “Side Glances” and “Leanings” columns that were later collected into book form. His columns mixed romance with nuance, precise details with scope, …

MERIDEN, CT – In response to an opinion column posted Saturday night griping about the fact RIDE-CT was denied the normal courtesy of gratis entrance to an event to take photographs and write a story or do a video, one of the “hosts” of the Silver City Showdown, Derrick Pesko, …

MERIDEN, CT – It’s never happened before in my 50 years in journalism, but it happened today… Departed home this morning planning to attend the Silver City Showdown featuring hot rods and customs in Meriden. I figured there might be some unusual or noteworthy models to share with RIDE-CT’s readers …

The word “affordable” isn’t associated with pickup trucks and sport utility vehicles. Neither is “small.” A base model, two-wheel-drive 2025 Ford F150 has an MSRP of $37,250. It has an 145.4-inch wheelbase and weighs in at 4,490 pounds. (A high-end Raptor version of the F-150 can cost $164,450, making it …

She’s among the best known motorcycle riders in the world and, just possibly, the most adventuresome having ridden throughout Africa and South America, from India to Europe, and in numerous other countries worldwide over the past eight years, and doing so on a variety of bikes. Her popular YouTube channel …