February 11, 2004
Buffalo Auto Show...
Well, there's no pictures, because there was not anything worth taking a picture of. It was almost a total waste of time. The problem is, is that the Buffalo Convention Center is very small, and the displays consisted mostly of a TV with a VCR looping tape. Scion had a nice (tiny) display about some of the options you could get, MINI had a wall of fake 'wacky' license plates, Range Rover had a little rocky ramp, and little things like that, but no real bells and whistles. But I did learn some things....
- I'm not a big guy, but I couldn't fit into a Subaru WRX if I wanted to. My legs don't bend backwards.
- Scion xB is a rather nice mini-mini-van. I'm sure that in some alternate universe that there's a Rocketboy's Scion xB Blog...
I do worry about the quality though, it just didn't seem that sturdy of a vehicle.
- The new GTO is VERY similar to a Sunfire. The way that they were displayed on the floor allowed you to look at the side of both of them at the same time. From the B-Pilliar back, they are almost the same thing, with the rear passanger side window being exact. Well, I didn't break out a ruler, but from just a visual, they looked like the same parts.
- The smaller the walking area, it seems like the greater the chance that there will be a group of people just standing there.
On the plus side, I did get a great parking space.
- I'm not a big guy, but I couldn't fit into a Subaru WRX if I wanted to. My legs don't bend backwards.
- Scion xB is a rather nice mini-mini-van. I'm sure that in some alternate universe that there's a Rocketboy's Scion xB Blog...
I do worry about the quality though, it just didn't seem that sturdy of a vehicle.
- The new GTO is VERY similar to a Sunfire. The way that they were displayed on the floor allowed you to look at the side of both of them at the same time. From the B-Pilliar back, they are almost the same thing, with the rear passanger side window being exact. Well, I didn't break out a ruler, but from just a visual, they looked like the same parts.
- The smaller the walking area, it seems like the greater the chance that there will be a group of people just standing there.
On the plus side, I did get a great parking space.
