We understood, though, if not everyone was as into Nissans and Mitsus like we are. Honda heads wanted to see Alpine and Sparco's Sis, the DC Sports Civic, the Meguiar's NSX, and the Spoon DC5. Well, the dopest Hondas were there, so instead of crying about it, they could have gone to check them out after a healthy lunch consisting of a $23 hotdog and a $12 soda. Once they were finally done eating and headed back inside, there was just enough time left before closing to check out the Dodge SRT-4, APEXi DC2, and Versus Civic.
It was not possible to cover the entire IAS by the end of the first day. But no worries, it was a three-day show, so there was plenty of time to visit the rest of the booths, snap some car shots, play with all the new products, and harass the hotties. No matter how much people think they saw, it's guaranteed that they missed something. So the best strategy was to comb the ground again, and looky here, the Bergenholtz race car at Mazdaspeed and the APC-sponsored Saturn from Lisa Kubo were right around the corner.
Earlier, when we said to make the Super Street booth the ending point of IAS, it's because we throw in surprises that will damn near knock you on your ass, like the Yashio Factory Super S15 Silvia that wasn't there the first day. Why did we do that? How did we do that? When did we do that? Let's see, the car was stuck in customs while the port officers thumb-wrestled the remaining hours of setup day away. Then, during the middle of the first show day, the car was released and towed, only to sit in the loading dock of the convention center. Finally, in the wee hours of the night, the awesome SEMA staff let us place the car discreetly in our booth. Surprise! See, when we tell you to do something, we have something up our sleeves, and you will never be disappointed.
Oh, yeah, don't forget about the nightlife, because we never do. We do weddings, bar mitzvahs, and all kinds of parties, so book us early to ensure availability. Good luck next year.
New Products: Hot Stuff Coming ThroughIf there's one thing to remember about Super Street, it's that we leave no stone unturned, no product unshot, no girl unharassed, no steak uneaten, and no beverage undrunk. You know that our coverage of IAS wouldn't be complete without shoving some new products in your face, so here they are. It didn't matter how lazy we were-the entire edit staff scoured the grounds in search of dope upgrades for your car. We've stuffed the product section so full of goodies that it's damn near close to blowing the seams off of this whole issue. It doesn't matter if you own a Nissan Skyline or a Ford Focus-there are tons of parts available for your car. When you're scrambling around looking for wheels, suspension, turbo kits, body kits, nitrous, or superchargers, stop for a second and scope this section. Well, we didn't find everything. We had to break the news to Jonny that we couldn't find anything he was looking for. You know, the J. Wo essentials, like a grandma sunglass-visor clip, a quick-release hand lotion dispenser, manboob massagers, and automatic shirt shrinkers. He was kind of upset at first, but he got over it after we fed him a $12 snowcone and seven packets of mustard. Eating healthy never tasted so good.
If each one of you readers takes a moment out of your busy schedule to purchase one of these products, we can rest easy knowing that we did our job, and the ad sales guys won't be running to our side of the office bitching and moaning.