I never thought to look in my area to see if there's Cars and Coffee events. I looked this morning when I saw this thread and, lo and behold, there's one tomorrow morning at a local car dealership. The weather tomorrow won't be ideal for an open-top car (possible storms in the forecast), and it's the "horsepower edition" of the event (I presume that means the focus is on high-HP cars, of which mine is definitely not), so I'll skip this one and start looking at next year's events.
By then I will have changed up the paint again and will have acquired HP Tuners, so that gives me something to look forward to.