Posted on 10/02/2022 11:24:17 AM PDT by FarCenter
The grandiose shows and Expos are going the way of the travelling circus. Most everything that you need to know, learn or see is at your fingertips via the internet.
I’m more an antique car show kinda gal.
New vehicles have sucked for a very long time.
The Detroit Show was certainly an extravaganza for many years. Companies would literally be setting up their displays for months. Tens of thousands would go every night for about two weeks to ogle the new cars and dream about them.
I had the privilege of going during Industry day preview where you had to have industry credentials to join only 4-5000 people. That was by far the way to go.
Saw an ad for windshield replacement and the owners were charging their EV ,LOL
Not surprising. Auto manufacturers used to have bold slogans, like “We Build Excitement!” Now the truth looks a lot more like “We Build Conformity”, as the government is clearly calling most of the shots.
I would expect Toyota to be well represented at the State Fair of Texas. Looks like Chevy is sponsoring the main stage in addition to other stuff. Dodge looks like they are going to have something as well.
*bounce*
I can remember the old days when Car Companies would ship their new cars via truck transport all covered up so you couldn’t tell what kind of Car it was.
I took my son to the show last week. He’s a car enthusiast teen and I brought him up from North Carolina. The show was definitely smaller than previous years. We had time to do it and the Henry Ford Museum on the same day. My son commented then that there were few Japanese and European manufacturers displaying. The limited number of those cars we saw were demo’d by dealers, not builders.
There was a big EV presence there, but no Tesla. On the bright side, booth bimbos made a return, so I didn’t care much about looking at the cars.
I went a few years ago and it was a very sad affair. Most of the cars were just the ones available for sale. Lots of people doing test drives in boring Camrys and Accords just driving in circles around the convention center.
The most interesting cars were the ones that were just customizations of existing vehicles; again just people shilling their services.
The saddest thing was the suckers who bought tables in the deepest, darkest corner. They were a weird bunch of charities and shills of products that had nothing to do with cars. They got the traffic, or lack thereof, that they deserved.
“I’m more an antique car show kinda gal.
New vehicles have sucked for a very long time.”
They started to suck in the early to mid 70’s. There has been a few standouts in recent history such as the Fox body 5.0 Mustangs and the Buick GNX. For the most part, the cars of today are like the music, they really suck.
Saw an ad for windshield replacement and the owners were charging their EV ,LOL
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Ha ha. Might as well make use of the time while the cart recharges. Have the windshield changed out. Get the car detailed. Have lunch. Do some shopping. Wash a few loads of laundry.
I love that show.
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