I'm spending the weekend in LA ...

[Darkbrador]

... any interesting car culture-related event you'd recommend ?

[mhr555]

Petersen museum is a must. Maybe check out the C&C up at Bill's in Malibu? Stalk Jonny Lieberman's house? Throw eggs at Spike Ferestein's Defender? Give Zuckerman a high five for me?

[Darkbrador]

@mhr555 not really sure who these guys are ... I'm a pleb from the midwest.

[mhr555]

@Darkbrador find Spike's Car Radio on your favourite podcast host. Lieberman is an automotive journalist for Motor Trend. Spike is a writer/comedian for Seinfeld and Zuckerman is a rich attorney that's friends with both. Zuckerman is hilarious IMO.

[ForSweden]

Reject Car Culture
Embrace Airplane Culture

Southern California has many great aviation museums. You'll probably see something cool flying around the Planes of Fame Museum in Chino.

[ash78]

@mhr555 Is that where Loverman is now? I still remember his writing for The Truth About Cars and occasional Jalopnik spots. It's hard to conceive of them at the big publications, but probably well deserved.

[Ad absurdum per aspera]

@ForSweden -- Sounds like Saturday would be a good day to hit Planes of Fame in Chino:
https://planesoffame.org/events-calendar2/Living-History

Someone limited in spare time or unequipped with a rental car might focus on the California Science Center, as it is fairly central. It has the shuttle Endeavour, an A-12, a DC-8, and a T-38 (all local products) among its exhibits.
https://californiasciencecenter.org/exhibits/air-space

There's lots of other aviation stuff in the area, as one might imagine given its vast aerospace history.

https://www.tripsavvy.com/los-angeles-air-and-space-museums-and-attractions-1586763

Some naval attractions too: Long Beach has the Queen Mary (closed for repair as a hotel but open for tours, I think) and not far away the USS Iowa.
https://queenmary.com/tours/tours-exhibits/

San Pedro held a Pride Celebration aboard Iowa pre pandemic, so I guess there has been some rapprochement on that issue since the infamous turret explosion, more than 30 years ago...
https://www.pacificbattleship.com

For car stuff, the Petersen would be the "vaut le voyage" attraction but there are others:
https://www.idrivesocal.com/southern-california-automotive-museums/
and as for events,
http://www.socalcarculture.com/events.html

[foghat1981]

@mhr555 Petersen for sure! That place is amazing

[Albino Kangaroo]

@mhr555 I would love to stop at Bill's for a C&C. It's too bad I won't make it to Southern California until the winter when those events usually don't occur.

[john norris]

@Darkbrador

Rent a Tesla and ...