Monthly Archives: April 2009

New Mexico Auto Show…

Motor Trend hosted the New Mexico Auto Show here in Albuquerque on the weekend of the 18th and 19th.  So, I went to get a feel for some of the new models available.  I had high hopes for the new Chevy SS Camaro, but I was gravely disappointed.  I’m not sure if it was solely because of the color (silver just didn’t fit), but I felt short-changed whatever it was.  After years of being Camaro-less, this is the best they could come up with?!

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I was much more impressed with the Dodge Challenger, but I don’t foresee myself forking out $40K to a car company that is going bankrupt.  Nonetheless, Dodge/Chrysler still outdid Chevy’s Camaro by a longshot.

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Of course, it has a HEMI in it.

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Here’s a few other eye-catchers.  Below a Ford SVT Raptor F-150.

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The next two images: Shelby Cobra…enough said.

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a few more pics from FL…

I just came across a few more pics that I snapped at Cocoa Beach in Florida while waiting for the shuttle launch time. I wish I had snapped a few more wide angle shots, but most of these are all zoomed in with my telephoto lens. These “wind surfers” were very entertaining to watch. Unfortunately I didn’t capture the sails in any of these shots, but it was fun to watch how these sails utilized the sea breeze to propel the surfers at amazingly high speeds. These were a few of the high action shots.

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