My '94 Camry Feels Old

Sunday, January 09, 2005, at 02:19PM

By Eric Richardson

Kathy and I went over to the Auto Show this afternoon, after wading our way down the 405 to get back from church. We were only there for a couple hours, so we didn't get to be very thorough checking everything out, but it was a good time. First impression: packed. I don't care if you've read the stories talking about how many people this thing draws or not, you don't understand the numbers until you're in there trying to move around.

Coolest experience was getting to sit in the Bentley GT. Starting price is $160k, so I don't know that I'll be buying one any time soon, but it is an amazing vehicle. Apparently Tom Cruise and Steven Spielberg visited the Bentley exhibit earlier today; Arnold was there yesterday. Everybody wants to see the new convertible. The one on display is actually the only one in existence right now; it'll go from here to Geneva for its official unveiling at the International Auto Show, and then it gets crashed. Yep... The only one they've got, and they have to go crash test it. It seems like a shame. Don't worry, though, they're building more...

I'm planning to head back sometime during the week, hopefully sometime when a few less people will be there.