REVVING UP FOR CHRISTMAS CHARITY HAS CARLOADS OF TOYS FOR KIDS.Byline: DANA BARTHOLOMEW Staff Writer WESTLAKE VILLAGE -- For Christmas toy rides, Santa's sleigh sleigh: see sled. is hard to beat -- except in Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. . On Sunday, owners of some of the world's priciest cars beat Santa Claus Santa Claus: see Nicholas, Saint. Santa Claus jolly, gift-giving figure who visits children on Christmas Eve. [Christian Tradition: NCE, 1937] See : Christmas Santa Claus down the chimney to bring 10,000 toys for San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. children. The Motor4Toys Charity Exotic Car Show, in its third year at Westlake Village, drew 2,000 motor car enthusiasts -- and trunks full of holiday toys. ``I'm Santa,'' said David Daily, 35, who drove with his daughter all the way from Westchester in a racing VW GTI GTI Gas Technology Institute GTI Global Taxonomy Initiative GTI Good Time Interval GTI Guelph Turfgrass Institute GTI Green Theme International GTI Gordon Training International GTI Georgia Transportation Institute GTI Group Travel Insurance crammed to the headliner with 241 toys. ``It's about the kids.'' The show, hosted by the Motor4Toys Foundation and presented by Village Coffee Roaster of Woodland Hills, filled the parking lot of Countrywide Finance. There were rows of Corvettes. Lines of Lotuses. Prides of Porsches. A skulk skulk intr.v. skulked, skulk·ing, skulks 1. To lie in hiding, as out of cowardice or bad conscience; lurk. 2. To move about stealthily. 3. To evade work or obligation; shirk. n. of Ferraris. A swarm of Lamborghinis. And packs of autos from Saturns to Rolls-Royces in a Crayola range of gleaming colors. As cars streamed in, so grew the mountain of toys, from Barbies to teddy bears to a ton of toy cars. Officer Glen Heitmann of the California Highway Patrol, whose CHiPs 4 Kids Foundation will distribute the toys through its West Valley station in Woodland Hills, said the event was a great success. Ray and Janet Scherr of Westlake Village had revved up their 11 convertibles and one truck to ferry 1,000 toys. ``We love kids,'' said Ray Scherr, 58. Armen Aslonian fired up his $1.4 million Ferrari Enzo -- the last of 399 built, with only 650 road miles -- and a second car with the toys. ``Every Santa Claus wants ... to sit in it,'' said Aslonian, 48, of Woodland Hills. ``I said, `I don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. about that.''' ``For curves, this handles better,'' joked a man in a Santa suit, after a photo op next to the car. ``But my sleigh, it doesn't get stuck in traffic.'' John Morris of Orange drove in in a Radical race car, a 1,200 Formula 1 look-alike that does 0-60 in 2.3 seconds -- the only one in the world driving on the street. ``It's all about kids, man, the car community and kids,'' said Dustin Troyan, president of the Motor4Toys Foundation and coordinator of the event. ``We're all our own Santas -- we've brought toys for all the kids.'' dana.bartholomew(at)dailynews.com (818) 713-3730 CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Ryan Hauser of Overton, Nev., cleans up his Corvette corvette, small warship, classed between a frigate and a sloop-of-war. Corvettes usually were flush-decked and carried fewer than 28 guns. They were widely employed in escorting convoys and attacking merchant ships during the great naval wars of the late 18th and after an all-night trip to the car show. Around 700 exotic cars showed up Sunday for the third annual Motor4Toys Charity Exotic Car show. David Sprague/Staff Photographer |
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