3.31.2008

Cars

I went to NYC for the car show this weekend, and I think that if I can't get a day off during the week for the one next year, I may not bother to go.
Overall, it's just too crowded for it to really be enjoyable, so you don't really have much chance to explore the cars you're interested. Also, it seemed that this year was underwhelming relative to years previous.
The sky was a perfect blue however, so I enjoyed a nice walk afterward. It was much too long since the last time I went, which is unfortunate; seeing as how I have this city and all it has to do available to me a fairly quick train ride away, I don't nearly take as much advantage of it as I should.
Maybe when the spring and summer come around I'll come up with some reasons to reacquaint myself with NYC. It's been too long since I last explored it.
Some thoughts:
* I don't really care for big sedans. Also, while I understand the functionality and usefulness of minivans and sport utes, they are still too big for me too. My preference is for cars that pack the most usefulness into small packages. So, the Mini Cooper is ok, but the car that I think fits what I'm looking for most is the VW Rabbit 4-door hatch(and this one bc. they don't offer sunroofs in the two door.) Now, if only they had all wheel drive.
* I no longer buy into ethanol as the saving grace. Great...let's raze the rainforest in order to grow corn for our cars. And while we are at it, let's make the price of wheat sky rocket.
There are some interesting hybrid plug-in hybrid technologies that might for some interesting enhancements in the near future. I think there's a shit-load of money in tech related to energy efficiency.
* Completely unrelated to cars. Remember that song "Pencil thin Mustache" by Jimmy Buffet? No? I don't know how this trend ever started, but guys are taking this up a notch and growing pencil-thin beards. WTF is up with that? It looks absolutely stupid.

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