Shanghai Auto Show

The 12th Auto show was organized here in Shanghai and we went to the show on the last day of the event. There was a hell of a rush on that day. We were four people in all. The venue was a huge place near the Maglev station. There were six big halls hosting all the auto makers and part manufactures. There were all the big names in the auto industry from all over the world and the local Chinese guys were also there. We started off seeing VW and BUIK (Shanghai GM). GM had some real cool cars. The interesting part in these events is the concept cars and the girls. Both of them can make you sigh for their impeccable beauty. There were so many cars to see and we had so less time. I was bowled by the Corvette it was a mean machine and no wonder why people go crazy about it. There were a couple of cars which ran on fuel cells and flex fuels. The next generation of power to drive your wheels. The Chinese car makers were also not behind. They too had some real good designs with them. Geely is the No. 1 automaker in china. The crowd who had come there for the grand show was more or less behind the models taking their pictures. I was taking so many pictures that I did not realize that I was not carrying my spare batteries. Damn toward the end of our visit I was out of battery power and so the end to photos. We thought there were 6 halls in all, but actually there were more. We realized that when we couldn’t see the Mercedes and Honda. Hey they should have been here, where are they. There were two bikes displayed by Suzuki. One was a super bike and the other “Intruder”. Intruder was a cruiser bike. I sat on that and got a couple of pictures. Man that bike was so comfortable. The moment my ass rested on it, I knew it this baby is very comfortable to ride on. Blue color with white stripes. Phew!!. Now that reminds of me of my Bullet and for the rides that I have been missing so far . At 02:00PM the show dropped its curtains on the auto show and we had to leave the place. When we came out there was a dearth of taxis. I was ready to get on to a two wheeler taxi and go back home. But there were others also not willing to do so. So we waited and asked and waited and asked and did not get a taxi. So we started to walk and found a guy who was ready to take us at extra cost in his car which was not a taxi. I was reluctant to pay so much but then we had to get back home some how. So we hired him and that fool of an ass driver was in such a hurry that he could not wait for all the passengers to get in. He would just hit the pedal when a guy is getting in the car.