2015 North American International Auto Show
It was close to 7 P.M. one night.
I was riding home from a school event
with my mother, and somehow, our
conversation changed to something
related to cars. From there, I brought up
how someday, I would like to go to the
Detroit Auto Show. Randomly, she says,
“We could probably go this weekend.” At
that point, I got excited. Luckily, the
coming weekend was a three day
weekend, so a trip to Detroit was able to
fit in. 48 hours later, we started packing
to leave on a Saturday morning. Other
than typical clothing, I came nicely
prepared with both a DSLR and a
camcorder borrowed from school. And at
9 A.M. on Saturday, January 18, 2015, we
finally left.
The road trip itself wasn’t too
bad. Unfortunately, to save mileage on
the family cars, we had to rent a Toyota
Camry SE. Just like an Avalon rented
over a year ago, the Camry had a few
gripes, such as a rear bench that was as
comfortable as hardcore-racing
Recaro’s. What’s more, the interior was
rather noisy on the highway at high
speeds. However, it was not all doom
and gloom for the Camry. With the two
family vehicles, the observed MPG under
our not-too-light feet is around 17-18
MPG, and our highway MPG not being
much better. In the Camry, we got much