Temecula Rod Run

Lots of fabulous cars to see and a great way to spend a Saturday outdoors. There is entertainment, good food and shops for the wife to visit in between seeing the cars.

Cool run. 1^st time here with my car. I did not know about registration so I was lost driving around. So I pulled over next to a cop not distraction traffic. Ask him some basic question. This cop was an asshole. Look at me like I was crazy. I explained to him I am from out of town and wanted to know were to park or registister. He proceeded to kind of yell what is it exactly do you want. So I drove off with no answers to my questions. I figured it out later.

Just received a notice to register for the Temecula Rod run on March 6^th & 7^th this is without equal not only the worst run car show that I have ever attended and we attend a lot of car shows but the most overcrowded with potential for getting your car damaged due to the City trying to squeeze every inch of parking space.
I have talked to so many hot rod guys that are just fed up with the over policed, over crowded and mismanaged event…
We go to a lot of shows out of the area and when I am asked about the show I always do my absolute best to discourage anyone from going. So many cars have been scratched and bumped into do to the overcrowded conditions.

Always a fun time at the Rod Run. Be sure to get there early so you can find reasonable parking. We were able to park in the Boy Scout Lot off of 2^nd Street before it closed. Lots of classic cars and yummy food vendors, including Tre Gambe Wood Fired Pizza which was stationed on the corner of 4^th St & Old Town Front St. Would love to come back next year!

I loved the Rod Run this year! There was WAY more cars this year than I have seen in the past and they were all pretty awesome. It’s nice to see so many owners take such good care of their babies… I mean cars. :)
We came here around 1230pm and it was pretty packed. We parked at a offsite shuttle place (FREE) and there’s a shuttle that comes and drops you off right at the south side of old town. WAY easier than trying to find a spot to park in the parking structure. Tons of food, vendors on old town front st selling their goods and some bands playing. Great family fun day!
Hey for a free event, you can’t beat it. they have port a potties but i would suggest either eating at one of the restaurants or waiting til you get home! I mean it’s a port a pottie! tons of kids and dogs this year. AND tons of cops. No complaints here! Will definitely be coming back in the fall!

The Temecula Rod Run was horrible this year!!! I live in Temecula and thought it would be a great event to participate in since I have two classic cars, a ’66 and a ’72. I signed up about a month and a half ahead of time and when I went to pick up my event packet I asked about how parking would work on the day of the event. I was told that I could park anywhere between the arches but that this year 750 tickets had been sold and there were exactly 750 parking spaces between the arches so I should show up early. On Friday night, I showed up two hours before the event was suppossed to start and there was already no spaces left on the main strip. I finally found a spot next to Stampede and parked, only to have an old man come up to me and say that that entire parking lot was reserved for a car club (there were no signs indicating that). I ended up having to park in another parking lot, next to and in between regular cars. Since there were signs everywhere that said «No overnight parking», I took my car home that night and showed up two hours early for the event on Saturday morning. Obviously, most of the vehicle owners had left their cars overnight, as most were parked with car covers at 5am. The spot I had been parked in on Friday night had been taken (by someone parked overnight) so I drove around until I finally found another parking space next to the main strip. I parked my car and went home for a few hours since it was super early. While I was home, I saw that I had missed a few phone calls and checked my answering machine to discover that someone had called me telling me that I was parked in a parking spot that had been promised to a vendors car club and I had five minutes to move my vehicle (with the Temecula Rod Run registration ticket in the window) or it would be towed. I am 100% ABSOLUTELY sure that the parking spot I was in had no markings or signs stating it was reserved. By the time I got back to where my car had been, it was gone (although there were another car in the spot I had been in which apparently belonged to some vendors car club) and after asking a Temecula Police Officer, I was informed that all cars towed from there had been taken to Murrietta, the neighboring city. After it was all said and done, I had to pay $ 375 to get my car back from the towing place and it still had the Temecula Rod Run Registration in the window.
On another note, there were signs everywhere that said «Free parking for the Temecula Rod Run» but blocking the entrance to each parking lot were people charging $ 5 to park that I suspect that nothing to do with the Rod Run.
I think it is a complete waste of time and money to participate in the Temecula Rod Run unless you are part of an approved Car Club.
I would give it 0 stars if I could.

No one posts, because those of us from here remember the off duty cop who killed (while drinking AND carrying his service weapon) a few years ago shot and killed another man… Or the riots a few years before that. That said, it has gotten safer, but it still is simply an opportunity for the local bars to overserve drunks. Too bad– the cars are cool, but after seeing yet more drunk, smelly over the hill toothless «rod runners», we stay away. It was great when it started, but may never rebound. The only reason I took the time to «keep it real» is in hopes of getting the City to clean up this event… I hope it works. I would love to see families come back… Now… As for the «Quilt Show» and «Square Dance Festival» that follows a few weeks after Rod Run– they are actually kind of cool… Lol…

Beautiful cars, nice folks, cool atmosphere!

So Cool! Hod rods and vintage classics abound… great family atmosphere… and it’s Free! :)
Old Towne Front Street is blocked off to showcase the beautiful cars and the street is hoppin’ with live music and food vendors. If street food isn’t your thing stop into one of the local restaurants and sit on the patio and watch the action cruise by! The new Spring date offers beautiful weather… not as hot as a summertime festival. (Really recommend the patio at «The Collective».)
Only happens once a year so check it out while you can and make sure to mark this date down on your calendar! :)