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$10 bucks isn't that bad.
I would pay that and hop in & out of the show and our pit area throughout the day.

Horray for multitasking! :D

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The GM tent will be free so that is enough cars for me. It would be really cool if GM showed one of their concept cars in tent on the on Thursday/Friday before the show.

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Depending on what day they decide to load the cars in we may be able to get a sneak peak of some of the cars that aren't "trailer queens" as they set-up the event and roll right by us either outside on the road, ot in the courtyards or access ways inside the venue (presumably Thursday or Friday or even both days).

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Here's some car show info:

http://ajcautoshow.com/info.html

This is great for those of us who have late flights on Sunday.

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Floor Map of the Auto Show:
http://ajcautoshow.com/floormap.html

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If you think about it, space really isn't going to be too much different. We used to take only the back 2/3 across the entire building with VEX and FLL pits on the other 1/3. Now that they are no longer in with us, there really is no need to have the entire building if you think about it. Yes it is going to be more cramped, but not as bad as you think.

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Is that outside the pit area?
If so I guess we don't have to wear glasses in the HOF area anymore.

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It looks like it is on the carpet right next to the escalators. It also looks much bigger this year.

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It looks like they put the inspection area on one side of practice field... hopefully that wont be a mess when all the teams are getting inspected and wanting to practice.

-Keaton

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Yep. It looks like a good place for the display though. Hope, hope. :)

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That is so true. Anyone up for heading to the car show and inviting some spectators? I think its an awesome idea and a great way to do Dean's homework:cool:

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Heh heh - I know what I will be doing all day on Sunday...


-dave

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Maybe they'll let the Scarabian Knights recreate their pyramid display again.

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I really hope somebody remembers to scout the cars...

"How many ft/sec is your drivetrain?"

"Oh, so you do laps? What does your autonomous mode do? Parallel park? oh... well I suppose that'll be good for one line..." :o

Also... if I were out for a day at the auto show... why not spend the $10 instead on ice cream for the family and go see some robots? (provided of course you eat the ice cream before entering the pit area :] )

Does anyone know what National Instruments is going to demo at their booth?

-q

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Yes we do dave, you'll be munching on fried Krispy Kremes.