49-Episodes in the Rearview Mirror | iDSC050

49-Episodes in the Rearview Mirror - Countless More to Go! iDriveSoCal started out of frustration served up by the worst traffic congestion on the planet.  In this episode we take a look back at where we came from while leaning forward into the future.  Find out what stories you may have missed and what we’re working on bringing you – here in Episode 50 and beyond. ***Transcript*** Recording date – March 28, 2018 Tom Smith: Welcome to iDriveSoCal, the podcast all about mobility, from the automotive capital of the United States – Southern California! I’m Tom Smith and I’m excited to state that this is our 50th iDriveSoCal Podcast! What started off as me losing my mind in Los Angeles traffic for countless hours over many years has become a passion project that has been surprisingly well received by both you, our audience and partners of the show alike. With that in mind I’d like to say a tremendously-huge, most-sincere and warmest THANK YOU to our entire community. Thank you for listening to our podcasts. Thank you for going to our website. And thank you for participating in the conversations. And a tremendous thank you to our founding car dealer partners who listened to me pitch the iDriveSoCal concept, believed in the vision and supported us from day-one: Thank you to David Latif from Rock Honda. And thank you to Jae Park from Glendale Hyundai. And welcome to our newest dealer partner Ontario Volkswagen operated by Earl Reed. We released the first iDriveSoCal Podcast on Monday, December 4th of last year. Since then we’ve released three episodes weekly – every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. We’ve covered some pretty cool topics these past few months including the following: What the future of mobility will look like in cities around the world. We covered electric scooters, electric motorcycles, electric car sharing and electric van pooling, and even electric commercial aircraft. We’ve touched on the history of automobiles through a couple of the coolest museums on the planet – and there’s more where that came from. We also learned about the history of all these impromptu Cars and Coffee meet-ups springing up all around our country and others. And isn’t it cool that the concept started right here in our backyard? The California Highway Patrol has joined us on a couple of occasions to share invaluable information on how to keep our families safe on the roads. And we’ve stayed on top of the issue of autonomous driving. Something we’ll continue to do as humans and computers share more responsibility in getting us from points A to B. I’ve shared my family’s battle with stomach cancer and the subsequent patient advocacy organization my wife and I started. I certainly hope you never need the help of that organization but if you or someone you know does – it’s at HopeforStomachCancer.org.  That’s Hope-for, f-o-r, Stomach-Cancer-dot, o-r-g. We’ve just begun covering racing here in SoCal and we’re excited to dive deeper into performance vehicles of all types. We’ve tapped the expertise of numerous car guys and car gals on topics including; Maintenance tips Buying versus leasing; The latest innovation and technology in vehicles right now and what’s soon to come. And test drive reviews direct from Sweet Home SoCal – the automotive capital of the world! If you’ve missed any of these podcasts they’re all available either through the same player you’re listening to right now or from our website at iDriveSoCal.com. We also need to thank everyone that’s joined us for interviews and helped to bring our stories to life.