Cold Start Car Meet in San Francisco

San Francisco’s next Cold Start car meet is set for Sunday, April 26, with classic and exotic cars gathering from 8:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. at Marina Middle School. (bringatrailer.com) The event is hosted by The Motoring Club and Motoring Coffee, and Bring a Trailer said it is sponsoring the morning gathering. Bring a Trailer also said some of its staff members will attend. (bringatrailer.com) Bring a Trailer described the April 26 meetup as the year’s second running of Cold Start in the Bay Area. The listing says the series has been running since late 2024 as a recurring way to bring enthusiasts together outside Motoring Coffee’s San Francisco shop. (bringatrailer.com) The Motoring Club runs member-focused car spaces in Los Angeles and San Francisco, while Motoring Coffee operates as its public-facing cafe and retail arm. The club says it has expanded to three clubhouses over seven years, and Motoring Coffee says its San Francisco cafe is open to the public. (themotoringclub.com, motoring.coffee) Motoring Coffee’s San Francisco presence is relatively new. Eater San Francisco reported in July 2024 that the cafe’s San Francisco location opened as the second site for the Los Angeles-based Motoring Club, which was founded in 2019 by Michael Rapetti. (sf.eater.com) Recent Cold Start events have leaned on the same early-morning format: cars, coffee, and open browsing rather than timed programming. A TikTok post from Motoring Coffee called the first Cold Start of 2026 in San Francisco a success, and outside photo coverage from a previous meet showed a mix of classics, Japanese domestic market cars, and exotics at the same school lot. (tiktok.com, originalswashclub.com) For attendees, the practical detail is simple: the meet starts early, runs three hours, and the organizer’s official listing points to Marina Middle School as the site. The full event post remains the main source for any last-minute details before cars roll in next Sunday morning. (bringatrailer.com)