NYC 2010 party

[efusco]

Danny and I got a pretty good explaination about the mini-van situation. Turns out the cost of the Estima in US$ is about $50,000! Clearly it's not marketable here for that. And while they could sell it for less here they feel the impact in Japan if they were to do so would be huge.

We also had strong hints that they know there's a niche to be filled. The could/would not give details...but I'd keep my eye out for a hybrid Venza if I were to guess.

[Boo]

I had a good time at the NYC show too.

Nice to meet some PriusChatters I hadn't met before -- JimN, barbaram, paprius4030 and others. (But I wish they had put our screen names on the name tags like they did in Detroit. That way I could put names to faces.) And nice to meet others from CleanMPG and elsewhere too.

Food was good -- choice of fresh ravioli with choice of sauce; beef, chicken and fish kebobs; excellent salad; great bread (like ligurian focaccia with rosemary, but chewier with less olive oil and salt); good hor dourves.

Alcohol was good, e.g., Absolut vodka.

The three cars there were the exact same three cars they had in Detroit. And the clear drivetrain model still had FireEngineer's engine block heater in it.

And the Toyota folks were great too. Some of them, like Stephanie (Toyota hostess/presenter), were also in Detroit.

Thanks Prius Team.

[Paradox]

Yup, thanks Prius Team, great event. The trivia was fun to play and finally seeing the cars in person was awesome. The whole top mfd with the touch tracer needs to be seen in person to be fully appreciated if you ask me.

I also heard several people say how now that they saw the center console in person they like it.

[patsparks]

I like the console!
Hey Boo, only food I had at the Monday night reveal was the little burgers, they were pretty good for burgers, much better than white castle.
Not sure why I thought Rick was going.

[barbaram]

my pics are here
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and no! I don't think that blonde is Jim's date!

[Boo]

Originally Posted by patsparks

....Hey Boo, only food I had at the Monday night reveal was the little burgers, they were pretty good for burgers, much better than white castle....

Not!!!

Here were the three so-called "gourmet sliders" at Detroit's Monday night reveal (L to R: Sirloin Beef, Chicken, Mushrooms):



To me, some of the problems with the Sirloin Beef gourmet sliders were:

1. As a general matter, in the United States you should avoid foods and places that self-proclaim themselves as "gourmet" --- as they rarely are.

2. They were too dry and didn't "slide" one bit -- not enough fat, juice or other moisture. Sirloin is a very lean cut of beef. It doesn't make for a very good steak, nor a very good hamburger unless it's mixed with fatter cuts of beef like chuck (or in some real gourmet places, hanging tender).

3. They were too big and overcooked, which exacerbated the problem of the very dry and lean beef because it made it harder to mitigate or balance that big hunk of dryness with onions, tomatoes or condiments.

Now, White Castle on the other hand ... they're moist, they slide and have perfectly balanced flavors ... the taste you crave!

[FireEngineer]

There was food in Detroit??

Wayne

[Boo]

Originally Posted by barbaram

my pics are here
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and no! I don't think that blonde is Jim's date!

Thanks Barb. And I have a picture of you after you took that picture of Jim and his new friend. (gotta go, I'll post or send it to you later)

[walterm]

Here are a few of the pictures I took at the NYC event - it was good to see the cars and the people!

http://www2.snapfish.com/share/p=899161234815803977/l=472587538/g=30759719/otsc=SYE/otsi=SALB

[paprius4030]

Originally Posted by Boo

Not!!!

Here were the three so-called "gourmet sliders" at Detroit's Monday night reveal (L to R: Sirloin Beef, Chicken, Mushrooms):



To me, some of the problems with the Sirloin Beef gourmet sliders were:

1. As a general matter, in the United States you should avoid foods and places that self-proclaim themselves as "gourmet" --- as they rarely are.

2. They were too dry and didn't "slide" one bit -- not enough fat, juice or other moisture. Sirloin is a very lean cut of beef. It doesn't make for a very good steak, nor a very good hamburger unless it's mixed with fatter cuts of beef like chuck (or in some real gourmet places, hanging tender).

3. They were too big and overcooked, which exacerbated the problem of the very dry and lean beef because it made it harder to mitigate or balance that big hunk of dryness with onions, tomatoes or condiments.

Now, White Castle on the other hand ... they're moist, they slide and have perfectly balanced flavors ... the taste you crave!

Damn that stuff looks like heart attack on a bun! At NYC we had beef kabobs on a stick and chicken and mahi mahi on a stick and the gourmet dish was goat cheese ravioli. They were all pretty good.