I just had to do it. Rather than post the usual pictures, I'll just give you three and try to capture what was going on there.
I'm about 150 miles from Detroit. Of course it was snowing pretty good when I left about 7:30 am. So what should I do? Make the trip or go tomorrow. Screw it....I decided to go. I rationalized the decision by saying to myself that the snow will keep the crowd down (it was snowing in Detroit as well).
So I take off. You guys should have seen all the cars in the ditch. And there was a jacked-knife truck in the middle of the road, going the other way, with the guy sitting in his cab waiting. I'm sure he was mad at himself.
I finally hit Detroit at about 11:15, about an hour and half late. For those of you familiar with the town, I took I-75 up to the Lodge, and then over to Cobo. And the traffic was backed-up on the Lodge exit for Cobo. Nice.
So I inch along in this line of cars for about 15 minutes and eventually get to Cobo. And roof top parking was already full. I hung a right and got out of that line of cars and went searching for a place to park. Found a place in five minutes and it cost me 10 bucks.
Hoofed it over to Cobo, opened the door, and all I saw was a sea of people; on a Wednesday before noon with terrible weather. My oh my.
Bought a ticket and went looking for the Challenger. And there it was. See the crowd? I was at the show for about 1 1/2 hours and I never saw the crowd around the car get smaller. I didn't see any other car getting this much attention. Not even close to this. Amazing.
This is a picture of the girl giving the talk on the car. One thing she asked the people to do is to visit the Dodge website and give their opinions of the car. Yeah, like they don't already know.
Anyway, don't be bashful.
And here is a pic of Ralph Gilles who also talked about the Challenger. He is the designer of the 300.
If you're going to the show, I'd suggest you just get downtown and weave your way over to Cobo and look for a place to park. Stay off the Lodge and forget about parking at Cobo.
