First Samir Syed reminded me that the New York Auto Show is a crashing– I mean, static bore. Then I looked out my garret window and saw the dirty snow covering the Lady and the Tramp Victorian landscape below my perch. And then blautens suggested we move the TTAC party to West Palm Beach to coincide with the Barret-Jackson auction. This idea has a couple of things going for it. First, auctions have a certain pleasing rhythm to them– unlike car shows which are Stendhal syndrome in-car-nate. And second, it's warm in Florida. So what do you say folks? Spring break for TTAC? Meanwhile, I'm taking a few days off. We'll resume this adventure next Thursday or Friday. I thank you all for your continued patronage. Frank, myself and the TTAC team will continue to do everything in our power to ensure that we are worthy of your time. Merry Christmas!
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Thanks for saying “Merry Christmas”! Not too pc here at TTAC and that’s nice.
I still say the party should be in Virginia Beach (mostly just because I’m on a short leash). Otherwise Florida is a good idea.
AdAge just came out with a report that Saturn have had a marked increase in positive awareness in the marketplace.
CNW found that the percentage of men who said they had negative feelings about Saturn dropped 20 percentage points, while the number who said they had a positive attitude toward the brand doubled to a staggering 93%.
I think that’ll give Saturn enough reason to feel OK about their marketing.
And Merry Christmas to you and to all of the contributors to this excellent site. Enjoy your well earned vacation.
“Hey Wang, I think this place is restricted; So don’t tell ’em you’re Jewish”
A much better idea than New York. I might make that one (hope that doesn’t scare everyone else off).
Merry Christmas!
PS. Gotta love the chinese jew jokes, I have never known a jew or asian to be offended by them.
Warm, sunny, Florida vs. the frozen northeast?
Let me think about that for three milliseconds.
Okay, I’m in.
Does West Palm have an airport of any size?
West Palm is not too far from here so count me in!
A merry Christmas and a happy (and safe) New Year to all.
Hmm, I could fly from NYC to Florida. Or I could drive a $500 car….
Mr. Swanson –
West Palm has the finest airport I have ever been in. PBIA is a little jewel – easy to get in and out of, plenty of flights to every place reasonable, and 20 minutes from any place you want to go once you land.
Landcrusher :
love the chinese jew jokes, I have never known a jew or asian to be offended by them.
You know why the Great Silk Road was opened? So that Chinese takeout could be delivered to Jerusalem.
blautens: Mr. Swanson – West Palm has the finest airport I have ever been in.
Thanks for the info; sounds great! (I’ve flown into Fort Myers, Tampa, Orlando and Miami, but never West Palm, which is why I asked.)
Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas TTAC… I will have to go through the archives to look for something to do after unwrapping all the goodies!
And that famous strip club called The Landing Strip is right at the end of the runway on Military Trail.
So I’m Jewish (but not Chinese), and my one question is, wouldn’t the takeout get cold after traveling that long of a distance?
On the question of airports — Palm Beach (PBI) is a good choice, as is Fort Lauderdate (FLL), which has good connections up and down the east coast, nonstops to the major Midwestern and West Coast destinations, and puddle jumper service to the Carribean. You can drive to Miami or Palm Beach from there without too much of a schlep. It was expanded a bit some five or ten years ago, but is still fairly manageable in terms of size and traffic. I’m surprised nobody has mentioned it yet.
Miami (MIA) is just the pits in terms of having to get into, out of, and around the darn thing, and tends to have slightly more expensive flights (compare typical rates on FLL to NYC versus MIA to NYC), but it is closer to downtown Miami and Miami Beach, and has great connections all over South America and a few ultra-long-distance nonstops to Europe, in addition to complete connections to all major U.S. destinations. It has its uses, but beware.
And yes, I’d attend a TTAC party in South Florida at some point over the winter, if only for the chance to get some sun and visit the folks back home at the same time too — I grew up about 2 miles from the western edge of FLL’s Rwy 9R/27L (and have very little sympathy for those groups who do nothing but whine about the evils associated with airport noise and expansion).