Mission Statement

I love drive-ins, and I'm hosting this site as one small bit of help to keeping them alive. Once upon a time, in a land far away, I found myself wondering what drive-ins still existed around me, and what was showing there. (For more details, read this post.) So I decided to create a site to let everyone know what's showing for a set of drive-ins.

Times change. Now almost every drive-in has its own web site, or at least a Facebook page. Now everyone has a cell phone with cheap or free long-distance minutes to call ahead. And on a related note, now lots of people prefer drive-in information that's easy to read on that cell phone. It's time for Carload to change.

What will stay the same is Carload's news roundup, delivered from the point of view of an enthusiastic drive-in fan. Now that news is backed with the latest curated information on every active drive-in theater in the US and Canada.

I hope this site encourages you to get out and enjoy a full drive-in experience. Be sure to buy some popcorn and a drink - that's what keeps theaters in business.

Terms and Conditions

Carload.com is presented to you as-is. (Good thing it's free!) Some of the information on this site will turn out to be wrong. Plan accordingly. While you're here, have fun, but behave yourself.

Copyright and Trademark Notice

All of the content on Carload.com is copyrighted unless otherwise noted. Some promotional photos used to illustrate news stories are property of their copyright owners. Some photos here are reprinted by permission, especially the photos contributed to the Carload Flickr pool. Some photos here are covered by a Creative Commons license. Press releases are the property of their owners, of course. All trademarks mentioned or depicted on Carload are the property of their owners, and I'll bet you already knew that.

Nothing on this site should be construed as granting a license or right to use any photograph, drawing, or trademark displayed on this site without the written permission of its owner. If you know about intellectual property rights and rules, you know how this works. If you don't, then you really need to learn about it before you reuse other folks' stuff.

Having said all that, if you want to reuse something you found on Carload, please drop me a line. Unless it belongs to someone else, we can probably work it out.

Privacy Statement

You don't have to provide any personal information to read anything on this site. If you want to leave a comment on a news blog post, you'll need to provide a name and email address. That name, plus an optional link to your web site, will be visible to anyone who reads your comment. Carload will never lend, sell, or disclose your email address to anyone unless legally compelled to do so. (Think subpoena.)

Note that you must be at least 13 years old to leave a comment, per COPPA. If you're younger than 13, I congratulate your inquisitiveness but please submit any comments through your parent or guardian, okay?

Carload is free to use, as mentioned above. Advertising pays the bills. Some advertisers may use cookies to keep track of the times when you visit here, then go buy something based on an ad you see here. (Woohoo! Another 23 cents towards the hosting bill!) As far as I know, those cookies are harmless. If you run into any problems with them, please let me know so I can check into it.

In particular, Amazon would like me to mention "As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases." Which means that Amazon doesn't endorse me, but if you click through one of the Amazon links on Carload, I might get a small percentage of your purchase.

Closing Credits

Carload's background image, "Seamless on the night theme," is © D.Mero / Depositphotos.com.