It has been about 3 years in a row that I’ve gone to the Indy car show with my brother-in-law.  Not a bad way for guys to spend time together. I have some pictures up from the event. Particularly interesting things I noticed from last year:

• Folks aren’t touting all the hybrids like last year. Yes, they’re there, but the hybrid pickups and so forth, were toned back (probably because most of them didn’t get much better mileage than their non-hybrid counterparts but cost many $k more)
• Acura TL’s jumped almost 10k in price.  I looked into these cars in the past and while they were great value while they were in the $20,000 range, I don’t think they’re worth the mid-$30’s their now asking.  This especially since they haven’t changed much in them. But maybe that was just the TL-S’s I saw the price on…
• Hummers have been dropping in price a lot year-to-year (about $10 less this year than last) – probably because of fuel prices
• The new Cameros are wild looking – especially the retro console/dash controls
• The Bentleys were back and about $25-50k cheaper this year (still $170k)
• The new Nissan GT-R/Skyline is amazing looking – but no price listed
• Whole thing felt more sedate
• I still can’t get excited about domestic cars – but they are improving in style greatly. Maybe in another 5 years…