# End of an era: Family of famed SoCal car dealer Cal Worthington selling last. car lot did anyone here ever buy or see any of em?

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**Created:** [February 18, 2023, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/end-of-an-era-family-of-famed-socal-car-dealer-cal-worthington-selling-last-car-lot-did-anyone-here-ever-buy-or-see-any-of-em/980018 "2023-02-18T22:50:48Z")\
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Used to drive by the Houston one all the time - it was right there on the Southwest Freeway @ Hillcroft, which is a hard place to miss.

He ran the same [“It’s Cal Worthington and his dog Spot!”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQIWFFWLh0M) commercials for Houston as well.

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> [@Johnny\_L.A](#):
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> It would drive me bonkers hearing ‘Pacific Coast Highway’. Everybody knows it’s ‘the PCH’. 😉

👍 👍 👍

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**Post date:** [February 22, 2023, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/end-of-an-era-family-of-famed-socal-car-dealer-cal-worthington-selling-last-car-lot-did-anyone-here-ever-buy-or-see-any-of-em/980018/23 "2023-02-22T20:24:50Z")

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Next week on _The Californians_ …  
Stuart: “Woah Devin, you don’t want to take Sepulveda this time of day. Go up PCH to Topanga Canyon Boulevard, then go south on the one-oh-one to Winnetka. Turn left on Ventura to satisfy your In-N-Out urge.”

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