SEMA Day 1

Paul and I got a decently early start this morning. We tried out the cheap buffet for breakfast at the dazzling Imperial Palace. At $9.99 for the buffet it is actually one of the cheapest on the strip. YUM! Our plan was to eat as much as possible thereby skipping lunch. We are not too excited about eating a $8 bad hot dog at the SEMA show. It worked, we made it to dinner...which was back at the buffet at the stunning Imperial Palace.

Anyhow, Paul and I got to SEMA at 9:30 and did not stop walking at all until we left at 5:30 pm. We did not sit down or even eat anything that whole time. We saw maybe 1/3 of the SEMA show and never made it to AAPEX. We were not there 30 minutes when we bumped into Boyd Coddington looking at wheels. Cool!

We spent over 1/2 the day just in the tires and wheels section! Many of the cool vehicles are selling just the wheels. Even in the tire areas you see real cool things like this little jem:




Yes that is a Tesla Roadster the famous all electric vehicle coming out in 2008. Faster than a Ferrari or Porsche, this could really be something. Jay Leno and Arnold have already ordered theirs. One of the reps was there and I got all my questions answered finally.

We met up with Kelsey who graduated in 2005. She hung with us for most of the afternoon. All the other students were with us off and on. Unfortunately, some of the guys did not get to bed last night until 5am so by the time they headed down to SEMA they missed half the day. I think they got some of the Vegas thrills out of their systems.

We caught up to Bruce towards the end of the day and made plans for all the students to gather for dinner. Everyone actually made it and all was full.

There were many cool sight today...


Paul seeing his first set of 30"




A fuel cell Fusion that went over 200mph at Bonneville





The fabulous Airel Atom using all HR Springs





Former student Stephanie who is now brass with HR springs. She is in charge of HR's events like the SEMA Show like the cool car pictured.