{"id":18337,"date":"2018-08-05T08:00:46","date_gmt":"2018-08-05T12:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dodgegarage.com\/news-api\/?p=18337"},"modified":"2024-03-25T11:24:48","modified_gmt":"2024-03-25T15:24:48","slug":"its-the-most-wonderful-time-of-the-year-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/showcase\/2018\/08\/its-the-most-wonderful-time-of-the-year-part-2.html","title":{"rendered":"It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year – Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

High Octane Cafe & Bakery<\/a> held a Cars & Coffee event welcoming all cars, but the theme for this one was SRT\u00ae<\/sup> Hellcats and Dodge Challenger SRT Demons. Despite having two different people tell me in advance about the theme, it didn\u2019t register with me for whatever reason and I drove out my Ram R\/T. By the time I arrived, there were already five SRT Demons there! Tim Kuniskis even rolled up with his Pitch Black #0001 SRT Demon. He made the connection right away that I was there, but my SRT Demon was not. The first question out of his mouth was, \u201cJosh, where\u2019s your Demon!?\u201d I sheepishly pointed towards my truck. Honestly, my car was holed up on the other side of town and I\u2019d made the executive decision to wake up a little later rather than go grab it. Had I made the connection, I could\u2019ve made it an even half dozen and I definitely would\u2019ve gone to the trouble. Ah, well!<\/p>\n

The SRT Hellcats were well represented! Anthony\u2019s (DooWork707<\/a> on IG) Maximum Steel Charger SRT Hellcat with Brass Monkey wheels was super cool and Dennis Dolinar\u2019s Sublime Green Challenger \u2018Cat with hydro-dipped carbon fiber accents had a slick presence. Livernois Motorsports sponsored the show and brought a trio of their modified Mopar\u00ae<\/sub> vehicles: A 900+ hp Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat, an 800+ hp Whipple-charged Charger Scat Pack and a Jeep\u00ae<\/sub> Grand Cherokee Trackhawk packed with about 950 hp.<\/p>\n

The parking lot surrounding High Octane Bakery & Cafe is an ideal setup for showing cars and its owners, (and motorheads) Janice and Tom Llewellyn, said they have permits to host events \u201call summer\u201d long. The Llewellyns are former engineers in the automotive industry who decided to blend their passions for cars, caffeine and sugar into a neat joint in Bloomfield Township on Telegraph Road. A hot rod theme runs strong from premium 94-rated coffees to the custom license plate lamps that Tom himself crafted. Drinks, sweets, breakfast and lunch can be enjoyed inside or on the patio, or grabbed at the drive-thru. Tuesday was their official ribbon-cutting ceremony, and Darla made sure the SRT Demon was there to add a little class to the group of officials welcoming High Octane to the township. I met up right before closing to grab some cookies and even gave Janice a quick spin in the car. After the takeoff, she asked skeptically, \u201cand you haven\u2019t gotten any tickets yet?\u201d<\/p>\n

Not yet!<\/p>\n

So be sure to look for updates from High Octane Cafe & Bakery if you\u2019re around Detroit and would like to attend one of their Cars & Coffee events! All makes and models are welcome each week and the first 40 cruisers get a free coffee and donut.<\/p>\n