Arrived in Las Vegas Monday just before noon. Took a shuttle to pick up the rental car (Kia Spectra) and went to the LV Hilton. Monday afternoon I had a meeting with Optima and DOE Anderson. At this meeting our group discussed our thoughts, perceptions and experience with Optima Batteries. I took my information from this thread and a similar thread on CompD. I learned some things about Optima Batteries like the differences between the red top, yellow top and blue top and how to get longer life out of batteries. I also found out that 30% of the batteries Optima gets back from warranty just need to be charged. They even showed us how to trick a battery charger so it will charge if the voltage is too low on a battery.
Wow, there is alot of cool cars, (including tons of Camaros), lifted trucks and bling wheels at SEMA. Speaking of bling wheels, there is a whole building dedicated to just wheels, tires & scanly clad models. I've been taking tons of pics and some video.
There are lots of celebs from the automotive world & drag/race car drivers here at SEMA. I got an autograph and picture with Stacey David from GearZ and Jessie Combs. I also saw the Andretti's, Richard Petty, Gale Banks, Funkmaster Flex, Chip Fuoss, Barry McGuire, Steve Saleen and the guys from GAS (Pimp my Ride).
I've also ran into several people I know out here. All of the major diesel performance parts manufactures have booths here at SEMA. I caught up with the guys from ATS, PPE, SoCal Diesel & EFI Live and Nick (duramaxtuner).
Tuesday evening I went over to The Strip @ LVMS where Speed was filming episodes of Pass Time. Got to meet Ken & Paige from the show & watch some cool cars run the 1/4 mile. I can't belive they film so many episodes at one time.
Wednesday night I ran into the Joe from PPE diesel at the roulette table. I only managed to lose $60 after playing for over an hour. What cheap entertainment.
Had a meeting with Optima & DOE Anderson Thursday morning. They were showing our group material from their upcoming ad campaign. They have some cool print ads in the works. They wanted our opinions of the ads and then even took our suggestions on how to make the ads even better. Then I attended the Optima press relase. They announced the cars that will be in Ultimate Street Car Invitational http://www.optimainvitational.com on Saturday. The race is at Spring Mountain Motorsports Ranch in Pahrump, NV. I can't wait to see this race because the there are some sweet cars competing in it.
Then it was more cool cars, trucks, models and pictures. I drove a FJ Cruiser on the off-road coarse Toyota had setup outside. I was going to drive a Ford Fiesta on the autocross track Ford had setup outside but when I got there they were done for the day.
I will be posting up SEMA pictures over the next several days, so stay tuned.
Wow, there is alot of cool cars, (including tons of Camaros), lifted trucks and bling wheels at SEMA. Speaking of bling wheels, there is a whole building dedicated to just wheels, tires & scanly clad models. I've been taking tons of pics and some video.
There are lots of celebs from the automotive world & drag/race car drivers here at SEMA. I got an autograph and picture with Stacey David from GearZ and Jessie Combs. I also saw the Andretti's, Richard Petty, Gale Banks, Funkmaster Flex, Chip Fuoss, Barry McGuire, Steve Saleen and the guys from GAS (Pimp my Ride).
I've also ran into several people I know out here. All of the major diesel performance parts manufactures have booths here at SEMA. I caught up with the guys from ATS, PPE, SoCal Diesel & EFI Live and Nick (duramaxtuner).
Tuesday evening I went over to The Strip @ LVMS where Speed was filming episodes of Pass Time. Got to meet Ken & Paige from the show & watch some cool cars run the 1/4 mile. I can't belive they film so many episodes at one time.
Wednesday night I ran into the Joe from PPE diesel at the roulette table. I only managed to lose $60 after playing for over an hour. What cheap entertainment.
Had a meeting with Optima & DOE Anderson Thursday morning. They were showing our group material from their upcoming ad campaign. They have some cool print ads in the works. They wanted our opinions of the ads and then even took our suggestions on how to make the ads even better. Then I attended the Optima press relase. They announced the cars that will be in Ultimate Street Car Invitational http://www.optimainvitational.com on Saturday. The race is at Spring Mountain Motorsports Ranch in Pahrump, NV. I can't wait to see this race because the there are some sweet cars competing in it.
Then it was more cool cars, trucks, models and pictures. I drove a FJ Cruiser on the off-road coarse Toyota had setup outside. I was going to drive a Ford Fiesta on the autocross track Ford had setup outside but when I got there they were done for the day.
I will be posting up SEMA pictures over the next several days, so stay tuned.
