Went to the Boston Auto Show

"Dusty Ventures" (dustyventures) 01/14/2018 at 20:30 • Filed to: Oppo rally 2018, Oppo rally

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Was underwhelmed by the sea of beige. Most of the manufacturers left their interesting stuff at home in favor of covering the carpets with as many crossovers as possible. No Toyobaru, no ST or RS, etc. So I left early to scout locations for Oppo Rally.

Have some photos that may or may not be related to Oppo Rally

TheTurbochargedSquirrel > Dusty Ventures 01/14/2018 at 20:40

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The Atlas looks so depressed. It’s like if Eeyore was a car.

DFW's cars, Ferrari Dave’s thoughts on cars. > Dusty Ventures 01/14/2018 at 20:44

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Dallas is the same way we get no launches or concept cars. We may see an unreleased car at least. Seems they save the big stuff for LA, Detroit and NY. Really a shame.

DFW's cars, Ferrari Dave’s thoughts on cars. > Dusty Ventures 01/14/2018 at 20:45

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Wait..... is that a GT2 I spy there?!?!?

DFW's cars, Ferrari Dave’s thoughts on cars. > TheTurbochargedSquirrel 01/14/2018 at 20:46

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Never realized the Atlas and Mustang both have a frownie face. I miss the days of smiling Mazdas.

For Sweden > Dusty Ventures 01/14/2018 at 20:46

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Car Show

Cah Show

Car Show

Cah Show

We’ll call it an auto show

TheTurbochargedSquirrel > DFW's cars, Ferrari Dave’s thoughts on cars. 01/14/2018 at 20:47

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Now everything has to be super angry.

Dusty Ventures > DFW's cars, Ferrari Dave’s thoughts on cars. 01/14/2018 at 20:50

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There were a few exceptions to the beige. Porsche brought good stuff, and there was a hypercar paddock with a Huayra, Veyron, 918 Spyder, and Aventador SV behind a “look but don’t look close” barrier. Those cars were mobbed (or more accurately the barrier was mobbed) so I didn’t bother trying for a photo.

Dusty Ventures > DFW's cars, Ferrari Dave’s thoughts on cars. 01/14/2018 at 20:51

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We didn’t even get much in the line of not-yet-released. No Ascent for example

Dusty Ventures > TheTurbochargedSquirrel 01/14/2018 at 20:54

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Not gonna lie, I don’t hate the Atlas after the road trip in it. If I had to carry 5+ people (or 4 plus a dog) I’d seriously consider it.

But yeah, that’s not a happy face

arl > DFW's cars, Ferrari Dave’s thoughts on cars. 01/14/2018 at 21:03

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DC is the same. It feels like a combined car lot where all the dealers bring in their beige-o-matic cars for sale. No super cool exotics, weird displays, or neat things to do. And many of the dealers remove the shift knobs before people steal them. It’s all rather depressing.

Cash Rewards > Dusty Ventures 01/14/2018 at 21:10

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DC’s is now, and same thing. Any preproduction or one offs are up in Detroit

Dusty Ventures > Cash Rewards 01/14/2018 at 21:25

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It wasn’t just the prepros and one-offs that were missing, it was the already existing enthusiast cars. Like I said, both Toyota and Subaru decided not to bring a BRZ86, Ford left all their hot hatches at home. In fact the only hot hatch there from anyone was a single GTI

Liam Farrell > Dusty Ventures 01/14/2018 at 22:48

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Wait, that’s in my town, if you need help let me know.

Also completely agree with the show, very boring. Even the semi interesting vehicles were locked.

Dusty Ventures > Liam Farrell 01/14/2018 at 22:52

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The boarded up building or the mausoleum? (don’t use names in your reply, don’t want others to know where I was)

Cash Rewards > Dusty Ventures 01/14/2018 at 23:09

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Ugh. That’s poor. We just get dealer stock, but it’s at least thorough.

OPPOsaurus WRX > Dusty Ventures 01/14/2018 at 23:15

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What time were u there? I was there around 2-5

Dusty Ventures > OPPOsaurus WRX 01/14/2018 at 23:32

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11-1:30. I tried to get there early to beat the post-church flood

Dusty Ventures > arl 01/14/2018 at 23:33

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I considered bringing my own shift knob. No joke

Liam Farrell > Dusty Ventures 01/15/2018 at 06:40

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The boarded building.

Dusty Ventures > Liam Farrell 01/15/2018 at 10:12

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That place was cool