I've been interested in cars since I was four, so the Pennsylvania Auto & Boat Show is an annual event not to be missed! Held at the PA Farm Show Complex, 2301 Cameron Street in Harrisburg, all the major manufacturers, both domestic and foreign were represented this year.
However, due to the recession, hand-outs and promotional items were at a minimum. You could see that companies were saving money during these slower times. This was the first year I could remember where no one even gave away promotional plastic bags to hold the brochures that show goers might have collected. And there were way fewer brochures than in prior years.
That doesn't mean that there weren't some exciting concept cars on display. There was also a beautiful white Mercedes SL-550 convertible ($105,000), and a red Cadillac XLR convertible ($88,000) that people (including me) were lining up to sit in and be photographed!
Saturday was a cold but clear day, and quite a crowd was in attendance. Pretty models demonstrated the latest features of the automobiles.
It's interesting at a large event like this to hear all the foreign languages being spoken in our increasingly global population.
Above: Something to dream about - maybe if I make a really big sale...
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