Auto Show 2003
Last night I went to the Auto Show here in town and checked out all the latest stuff. Before I hit that stuff I'll say that I showed a friend of mine the Element. I showed another guy how the seat dropped back with one pull and then swung up and hooked to the oh-shit handle with the caribiner. Then I walked around to ask my friend what he thought about the Honda...and before I could say 'Element', he said "Ambulance?". That cracked me up bigtime.
Anyway, I also sat in the Mini Cooper and boy is that thing TIGHT. Not a lot of driver legroom for those of us 6' or taller. BUT, there were a lot of people there and I didn't get to just get in and out of it myself. I liked the toggle switches, hadn't noticed those before. Wish I'd had time to play with it more. Some neat handouts there, and a LOT of people crawling all over the cars.
Anyway, I may add the VW GTI to my shopping list after sitting in it, the car felt very, very nice. And the Acuras felt familiar, due to the shared components with Honda...but they were also (understandably) nicer inside. Not sure if they're really worth the extra $$$$$ though. I'd have to do some price checking to see if the Acuras could be in my price range.
The NEW MUSTANG for '05 is THE SHIITT!!!! Holy Moly go look for it on the internet, you will PISS YOUR PANTS it is so cool...and I'm a fairly big "Mustang? So What?" kind of person. The production car will supposedly be 90% like the concept...DAMN that car was KILLER! Watch for it to be in the next James Bond movie, or SOMETHING. Too hot not to be a BIG co-star prop in a future movie.
Saw the RX-8, it was spiffy. They were letting people climb up onto the dais and sit in it, but I didn't want to wait in line.
The blonde girl standing out with the Jags had the most AMAZING bubble ass...I had to make myself intentionally do something else so I didn't leer at her. Wubba.
The Chevy/Pontiac stuff didn't do it for me. There was one Lexus that I sat in that FELT INCREDIBLE....good thing I probably can't afford it...hmmm, may have to check on that one, it REALLY felt nice.
My friend's Dad gets a discount from Ford, so he'll probably get one of the Ford brands (Ford, Volvo, Mazda, etc). But, he was really interested in the Kia Sorrento, which is a VERY reasonably priced SUV with some very competitive features. Some guys that were looking at the same one we were inspecting said that GM owns 60% of Kia. Who knew? Still, 15city and 20hwy don't impress THIS shopper.
Still disappointed the Mini felt so SMALL.
Didn't sit in a Jetta, should have. They didn't have the VW minibus on display, wish that they had've.
Anyway, that's what I saw!
[3022 byte] By [drewprops] at [2007-11-15 10:02:43] 