Edmonton Motor Show

Last Thursday and Friday the Edmonton Public Schools Board held their annual teacher's conference. While Delle was off partying with the other teachers (what else do teachers do when they get together with no kids?) Cayde, Addie and I headed off to the Edmonton Motor Show.



Yellow punchbuggy!



The Oilersmobile was there in all its glory...



Yes, that's a wide screen LCD TV in the back hooked up to the DVD player in the cab. There are speakers on the roof bars as well.



When a car manufacturer wants a distinctive style for a new vehicle, they often head to a design studio in Italy such as Pininfarina or Bertone .

When Ford wanted a distinctive style for their new Bronco, they went to Bob the Builder.





Cayde and Addie hijack an F350



Yes, F series trucks are very big.



Ooh - shiny!



A yummy Ford GT - It only costs $200K



Blue Nissan Versa! (For all the "Heroes" fans out there :-)



Hmm - something seems to be missing from 350 Chev motors - ah yes! the car.



"So I was driving between these two trucks, and they just kept getting closer and closer..."



Addie making off in the Uni of Alberta's Formula SAE beasty.



The cops were soon on her tail in their modified Tiburon.



There's a Grand Prix in Edmonton later in the year, and apparently this car will be racing.
OK, so it's a Champ Car, not Formula One, but hey.



So while I was at the show, I checked out some potential replacements for Bessie.
A Mercedes...



Some Ferraris...









And a Lamborghini...



Over to the Hummer display.
A Hummer is not just a car, it is a lifestyle.
From the ridiculously huge chrome wheels...



To the huge array of bling you can pimp your Hummer out with.



Radio controlled car race track.



Stretch SUV Limo service. (The stretch Hummer was off at another engagement that day...)





"Ooh daddy, can I have this green one?"





Sporty Suzuki thingy.



Now this is my kind of car. What more could you ask for than a slot car track wound in, out and around your car to keep you amused while stuck in traffic?



Scary how well the boy fits in this funky little Smart.



Hybrid time - Toyota's Prius.



She broke it - she has to fix it.



Camry hybrid - a family sized petrol/electric mobile.
(Shame that the batteries take up so much of the boot space though.)



Look! A new Bessie!
(OK, they might both be Malibus, but the modern ones are a bit more compact - more Camry than Kingswood)



Yay! The Subaru guys had a Liberty wagon :-)



Only they are called a Legacy over here.



Enough looking a parked cars. Time to take something for a spin. Something like a Toyota truck (or two).
So we piled into the monstrous blue Tundra and took it for a lap around the 4WD track.



I managed to scrape it going over these bumps - oops :-)
At least the FJ Cruiser we took for a spin after that handled the rough stuff a bit better.





Time to head home. We had to check out the giant miner dude waving his pick at the carpark.