Monday, May 26, 2008
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The Audi R8. Better than sex? You be the judge!
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Friday, November 02, 2007
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I spent the afternoon today at the Seattle International Auto Show. I am beginning my research which will lead to the purchase of my next car. Number one contender at the moment is the Audi R8 (above) and the number two is the BMW Z4 Coupe (below). There are many other choices. I’m intrigued witht he Nissan 350 ZX. Mercedes lost me due to very poor quality in my current SLK 350. It’s a very long story but I’ll resist the temptation to digress. Maybe another post. In any event, this is a target rich environment.
No car show would be complete without a few classic beauties. I liked the one below.
I was disappointed in this year’s car show in two respects. Firstly, car shows are supposed to have “car show babes” standing on their revolving platforms, in skimpy little dresses with spikey tall heels, next to the cars they’re selling. This year’s show had few and they would have rated low on Richter Scale of car show babes. Second, I like the exotic concept cars. This year there were really only two ... and they were trucks!
Both by Ford, the first looks like it was modeled after a WW II German personnel carrier. Oddly attractive. I liked it!
And the second truck won all the prizes for the biggest vehicle at the show. Sporting a V10 engine, it also had both front and rear seats. And the rear seating area was as large as ballroom. Cool, but ginormous!
But my biggest dissapointment ... no Smart and no Tesla.
Had fun. Enjoyed the day. Hope you liked the pics!
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Sunday, September 02, 2007
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I went to the Concours d’Italia today with my son-in-law, Nick. It was full of current model Italian exotic automobiles, vintage exotics and hot Italian motorcycles. It was a small show, held at the Des Moines marina. The weather was fine; the crowd eclectic and appreciative. The exhibitors were an odd lot spending most of their time discussing the availability of this odd part, or that one, and polishing their treasures. Sometimes shows like this one will have what I have come to call “car show girls.” Not this time. But a good time was had by all anyway.
The photo below is of a 1936 Alpha Romeo.
And if you were in doubt, the bottom photo demonstrates the show was not without eye candy, a Ferrari 430 in this case.
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Tuesday, May 15, 2007
Did you feel it on Tuesday, the Disturbance in the Force, when I drove this Lamborghini Gallardo? 520 HP ... 10 cyl ... 0-60: 3.9 sec. It has 6 speeds forward. I wasn’t comfortable with it over 100 mph on public highways with other cars, but it will easily do 195 … on a track one supposes. The fact that both our other cars were in the shop for warranty maintenance increased the temptations something awful.
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