14 Best Tweets: LA Auto Show 2011

by Peter D

I’ve just returned from the 2-day media circus/spectacle at the LA Auto Show where I absorbed and analyzed the most amazing cars in the world and brushed shoulders with faces and names that were beyond my wildest dreams.

I must’ve stuffed my suitcase with 4-leaf clovers, rabbit’s feet, and knockable wood because I had the opportunity to talk to Jonny Smith (Fifth Gear), Jamie Kitman (Automobile), Sam Smith (Esquire, C&D), Brett Berk (Vanity Fair), Brian Makse (Sympatico), Justin Bell (racer), Jeff Glucker (Hooniverse), Blake Rong (who knows?), Jamie Wolfcale (DriveCult), and many more. What blew me away wasn’t just their presence, but how approachable they were and how quickly we dove into deeply rewarding conversations about cars and our respective backgrounds. You can’t just walk up to someone on the street and talk to them about the recovered beachwood in the Cadillac Ciel concept, but you can at the LA Auto Show. It was an absolute honour, a privilege, and an exhaustively exhilarating experience. I was completely starstruck for the entire 48 hours. I was expecting to be blown away by the cars, but it was the people that truly brought the LA Auto Show to the next level.

Not to take anything away from the show floor itself, which was also beyond my comprehension. I couldn’t possibly do justice to the enormity of the show floor at the LA Convention Center, and you already know that I won’t even try to cover all the breaking news, so I’ve assembled a compilation of my best tweets from the show (a very 2011 way to cover it, if you ask me), for your enjoyment.

Test: Can you come up with a better caption than I did? If so, tweet it to me @carenvy!

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