Last day for me went out with a resounding success as piles of people converged on the greatest LA Show in years! BIG THANKS to everyone who came by and got a poster and t-shirt. Met some really neat car guys and girls who shared stories or their builds, kids, movie and the lifestyle. What a way to end a show…

And what’s next? HOLIDAY CRAZINESS!!

When you walk a show like this, your brain goes on overload with all the sites. So… I do it in stages. Today? The REDS… And big thanks to Tessa for being such a sweetheart in the Toyota Booth. Us Gingers have to stick together…

Big thanks to everyone that came by to see me today. Great to meet all of you! If you did, look below for your shot. We had a blast talking cars and hangin’ out!

Wow, what a show THIS is gonna be!

The attitude among everyone is so positive and so exciting that this year’s LA Auto Show is going to be fantastic! Check out all the great pix, but a big shout out to all that we met today across the halls. Big Cheeses like ma buddy Parnelli Jones and KLOS Radio DJ Uncle Joe Benson, David Beattie of Slot Mods, Cool Motor Trend Radio DJ Bob Long, Gorgeous Super Model Kari, CameraGuru Stephen Russo, KABC SuperHost Dave Kunz, MINI President Jim McDowell, DynoMaster Jeff Lawrence from Creative Technology and Ford Pro Driver Cam Newman let me lay down the rubber in a Ford Boss 302 and Steve Young of The Auto Channel. Super cool car nuts.

More of LAAS coming this week with COLORS. Sweet!

…Or something like that. I forget what the official title for this contest is because I’m too busy wondering why these rides are not in my garage? Or at least, hanging on my wall in diecast? Leaving nothing to the fact that I now have to wash my shirt from the drool.

Ok, not all of them make me drool, but some are cool. Every year, the LAAS team puts together this contest that pits design studios against each other to see who has the neato concept. Sometimes it’s schools like Art Center against CCS in Detroit. Then, they put up these big banners in the hall and we sit in front of them… drooling.

Who did what? Which team designed which vehicle? Too much information. Just observe. Observe form, shape, convexity, concavity, conbutificationalcomplexity. … What? That’s not a word? …Sure it is. Says so right here in Weebsters Dixionhairy…

Anywho… if you come to the LAAS, join me for some cool car convo.

So, yes, I’m heading to SEMA with the REDSTER first, but then comes THE LA AUTO SHOW this November. I’ll be covering the show in detail like I did last year, only more nonsense! We’ll have the REDSTER in the AutoTrader Classics Booth near the main hall with a bunch of surprises, but we’ll be at the show every day (except Thanksgiving) trying to cause as much trouble as possible. All the new info will be posted here daily. And since there’s gonna be a ton of Concept Cars, Kustomz and new models, we’ll gonna need ta get busy.

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Ouch. Today was the first Press Day so expectations were high. And did they hit the mark? ……Welcome, to the MORGUE.

Okay, maybe a morgue is a bit extreme, but there were some serious things missing. Namely, NISSAN. And with the Leaf coming soon, you have to ask… “WUT UP, NISSAN DOODS?” Now, I did get my fair share of automotive fixations, but I was left a little… dead. Ok, another mortality reference. Wups.

Below, are the COMPLETE highlights of the show. Not many, but some cool stuff. I decided to make it easy for y’all to understand how I felt about each one. I call it the “SHOCKSWEETSNORESUCK.” That’s the long version. Let’s just call it the “SHNUCK.” The LA Shnuck Show. Yea, I like it….

And here we go Shnucksters!!!

Ima car, youra car, wouldn’t cha like to be a car tooooooo……

Black is associated with power, elegance, formality and mystery.

Black is a mysterious color associated with fear and the unknown (black holes). It denotes strength and authority and is considered to be a very formal, elegant, and prestigious color (black tie, black Mercedes).

Black gives the feeling of perspective and depth, but a black background diminishes readability. A black suit or dress can make you look thinner. When designing for a gallery of art or photography, you can use a black or gray background to make the other colors stand out. Black contrasts well with bright colors. Combined with red or orange – other very powerful colors – black gives a very aggressive color scheme. Black with White suggests you’ve been pulled over. Bummer…

As there are millions of colors on the color wheel, Silver represents not only tone, but depth.

Silver is the color of elegance. Although many think gold has this label, silver really embodies a depth and truth beyond gold. It does not transcend into the mode of ego as does gold, but it creates a sense of cool, calm and collective color. Really a tone of black and white (Cool Gray), Silver is used on virtually every vehicle to represent quality and elegance.

Silver in products can mean the same. Form is easiest read by being designed in silver. Most concept cars and basic models come in Silver. One of the oldest colors since cars were built.

Silver is also a color of strength, as in steel, iron and all metals. A binding color. White gold is actually more popular than regualr gold due to it’s “binding” theory of relationship. And,… it looks cool on my Titanium Imac, duh.