2012 Silicon Valley Auto Show?

[cwerdna]

Anyone from Priuschat going to be there? You can get a free weekday ticket along w/a free year of Motor Trend magainze at 2012 Silicon Valley International Auto Show.

I might go... if I do, I'll probably be going on the 6th.

[Yogi56]

Originally Posted by cwerdna

Anyone from Priuschat going to be there? You can get a free weekday ticket along w/a free year of Motor Trend magainze at 2012 Silicon Valley International Auto Show.

I might go... if I do, I'll probably be going on the 5th.

I hope it's better than the San Diego show. No 12' gen III, no C. Probably 1/3 of the show was car clubs vs new cars. Fun to see the old cars but it really shows how tight the budgets are for this type of marketing. Interesting that Ford had the best presence of the U.S. manf's and they didn't mooch any taxpayer money to stay solvent.

[cwerdna]

FWIW, 2012 Silicon Valley International Auto Show - General Info implies there will be some test drives available. That's something I look forward to.

It'd be cool to meet some local Priuschatters there...

[gramps]

Originally Posted by Yogi56

I hope it's better than the San Diego show. No 12' gen III, no C. Probably 1/3 of the show was car clubs vs new cars. Fun to see the old cars but it really shows how tight the budgets are for this type of marketing. Interesting that Ford had the best presence of the U.S. manf's and they didn't mooch any taxpayer money to stay solvent.

They had 2 PIPs but they were locked up tight. They had "prototype" stickers on the door windows. I tried asking the Toyota reps questions but they were not very knowledgeable about the PIP...
I was going to try to do some test drives of the V , Leaf and Volt but I was having a bad day with allergy attacks. I was hoping to see some of the plug in battery pack companies but none were there this year not even Plug In Conversion Corp. From Poway.
The Chrysler "spokesperson" was giving her sales pitch on a microphone on stage and there was not ANYONE in ear range besides me walking by to even hear her. I felt sorry for her (and Chrysler)

[Yogi56]

Originally Posted by cwerdna

FWIW, 2012 Silicon Valley International Auto Show - General Info implies there will be some test drives available. That's something I look forward to.

It'd be cool to meet some local Priuschatters there...

San Diego had the indoor 4x Jeep circuit, very cool. We drove a Kia Optima Hybrid, nice car and loaded for the money, 32k. Backseat has limo legroom. I think there were a couple of others.

[cwerdna]

So, anyone going?

I'm probably going and plan to be there Friday.

[The Critic]

Sorry, I will be going to Southern CA for the weekend or else I would come.

Sent from my MB860 using Tapatalk

[Jeff N]

Originally Posted by cwerdna

So, anyone going?

I'm probably going and plan to be there Friday.

When will you be there? I might be able to escape for an hour this afternoon hanging out at the show but not until 3pm or so. If you are going, how would I find you?

[cwerdna]

Originally Posted by Jeff N

When will you be there? I might be able to escape for an hour this afternoon hanging out at the show but not until 3pm or so. If you are going, how would I find you?

I probably won't be there until 2 pm or so myself.

[Jeff N]

Originally Posted by cwerdna

I probably won't be there until 2 pm or so myself.

I assume they will have a PiP on display. Let's meet there at 3:15pm. I'll be wearing a red shirt, blue jeans, and black sneakers.

Does that work?