A look inside

Just as we managed to get through, we entered the zone where they sell car accessories and tuner cars. A whole bunch of tuners, even dragsters and other cool stuff were on display for the public. Tuners that you have probably seen in The Fast and the Furious series! From Supras to some Skylines! We even saw a pimped Ferrari F430. IF I owned a Ferrari, I'd leave it the way it was! No one, but NO ONE, would dare tune up their Ferrari! It's best the way it is!



There were also tuners that were generic city cars that have been modified, several Honda Civics, Corollas, and much more! There was even a 1990's Lexus LS modified into a drag racer!

We brushed past the booths of auto accessories. They were all over the place! And they pretty much have everything, form sub-woofers, to car waxes and cleaning products! Even though I wanted to just skip to seeing the new cars, my dad stopped by at the cd player section because our car's CD radio is getting messed up and we needed a new one! Nothing to worry about.

Looked at even MORE tuned cars, this time, installed with loud speakers! I could feel the beats on the floor! As if there was an earthquake! One of the cars had the movie 2012 playing, and with the speakers, enhancing the sound effects from the movie!

Another thing that has brought my dad's nostalgia back is an old VW Microbus 1st generation parked. It was a panel van type and looking in the inside, it was as simple as things could get in a car! Why need more?!



We also saw a Ferrari F430, UPCLOSE, DOORS UNLOCKED! Yeah! Smell the hand-sewn leather! And yet the panels, EVERYTHING, hand made! But no pictures taken. Sorry folks...

Arrival

The winter breeze brushing though the skies of Bangkok as my dad and I set off for the Thailand Motorshow 2009. It was the 5th of December, last month of the year. Also father's day here. My dad and I drove our Toyota Wish MPV all the way to Challenger Arena in Mueng Thong Thani, heading for the car show. First feelings; I knew that this year is going to be different, possibly from new car models, the res-session, and my rising photography skills. I was seeking to get some publicity form my photography(only the good ones, duh?) and yet to be able to afford a car for myself. I'm targeting the Honda Freed MPV, Mitsubishi Lancer EX and etc....


We took the raised-express way to Challenger Aerna, Mueng Thong Thani. Over the years, many events have been held here. And many motorshows as well. Unfortunately, I forgot to take snaps of the arena due to my over-excitement.

When we took a downramp, we expected bumper to bumper traffic. But we were lucky, it was quite clear and we found a parking space in a field beside the arena. Walked over to the arena across the street from the field. As we arrived in front of the arena, there was a whole lineup of the new Mitsubishi Lancer EX(as seen in photograph above).

Then, we entered the arena to buy 2 tickets for ourselves. There was a huge crowd of people, I mean, HUGE, like in capitals! Streams of people walking back and forth, in and out, or even up and down! Nah, just kidding! There's no Escher stairs in here! To make facts straight here, the Challenger Arena was PACKED!