North American International Auto Show

Saturday we headed to the D with Jill & Aaron to visit the Auto Show and grab some dinner.  We met down there around 2, and actually found parking very easily.  Since Aaron works for Chrysler, we spent a lot of time looking at the new stuff that Dodge and Chrysler had out.  I have to say that I really like the new Durango.  I didn't like the old one at all, but the redesign is pretty awesome.  Jill checked out a Jeep Grand Cherokee because she's thinking of getting one, and then we checked out the new revamped Grand Caravan for my mom.  The stow-and-go seats in the Durango and Caravan are AWESOME!

Here are some of my favorites:

 This Mercedes was sick.  The paint job, combined with the lights, made the car look like it was glowing.  Awesome, although it totally screams "GIVE ME A TICKET!"

 This concept car's exterior was made entirely from clay!

 I love how the clay car's doors open like they do.

 Almost nothing that beat the old school Continental from Entourage that Lincoln had at the very front of their display!  This baby is amazing!

 The new Lexus sports car.  The styling, especially the back, was fantastic.  Maybe we can convince Jack to get this to replace the Z.

 And THIS was my absolute FAVORITE!  Scion had a contest and this was the winner...The Squid Car by Salty Dogs.  I love that they even got the boat port windows on it!

And here's the front of the squid!

We saw a bunch of other cool things, like the 12K aluminum paint job on a Mercedes.  The Swagger Wagon by Toyota was neat.  They basically took two Sonata's and put them together to make a stretch van limo.  And best of all, it was purple!  

After the Auto Show, we all decided to do dinner.  It had been decided that we'd go to Slow's, which apparently has the best BBQ anywhere.  We left early so we could get seats without a huge wait, since it's rumored that Slow's frequently has a 4 hour wait.  We got there around 4:20 and there was already a 3 hour wait.  We decided to pass up Slow's and head down to Fishbone's.  We totally forgot that Kid Rock's birthday concert was going on the same night, and about peed our pants when we saw all the parking lots were charging $35-$40 to park!!!  After driving around for about 20 min (with Aaron waiting in line at Fishbone's), we decided to head out of the D for dinner.  On our way to pick up Aaron we lucked upon an open spot on the street.  Only $2!!!  Dinner at Fishbone's was AMAZING!  My Alaskan King Crab was to DIE for!  After dinner, the boys picked up some desserts (viddles as Aaron calls them) at Astoria, and the girls went to pick up the car.  The girls got lost (oops), and ran into a creepy homeless man who fancied himself a musician and profit. 

We all headed back to Auburn Hills to hang out, partake in some delicious desserts and spirits, and play some Bezzerwizzer.  That game, by the way, it super hard!!!  We had a great night with great friends!!!