Some final parting shots from North Hall. Not many cars or girls, but some great products for you to check out. Best of Show here.

Big shoutout to the boys and girls of SEMA. They put on another spectacular event. Hot Rods by Rom, Cool Customizable Caliper Covers by MGP, a great new solvent by BIO SOLV and I hung with Todd and db from Motoringfile and White Roof Radio …and of course, the hardcore doods of MOBSTEEL. Check ‘em out…

BEST NEW PRODUCT? LifeTime Oil Filter! They guys really have an awesome product. Never want to buy another filter? Then this is the one for you. Awesome Billet construction and test proven. It gets the Fireball Award!

Rat Rods, my Official Fireball Charger, a bitchin’ Hot Rod from PRO COMP CUSTOMS, super cool bikes, a cool STONEHENGE SERIES Jeep, awesome unique wheels from KURV… and me? I got to hang with my buddy Alan on Car&Driver Radio.

What’s in store for DAY 3? I’m puttin’ on my battle gear and getting ready for North Hall Antics. We’re filming and an episode for “World of Cars” will be up in a week or so. Make sure you subscribe! Rest assured, insanity will ensue manana…

Here they are folks. Some of the best curves in the show at SEMA, Las Vegas. So far… Oh, yes. Ther’ll be more. You can count on it.

And what did my good eye perceive? … Camaros. Ug. So, while everyone’s posting Camaros, I’ll post other stuff. Like this! My hotel.

Oh, and other things. Things like AWESOME DRAGTRACKS from my buddies at… well, Dragtracks. A super cool “green ride” from Local Motors, wild sculpted tranny covers from Zingology, an ECOMUSCLE Challenger from our friends at Popular Mechanics! Yes, an electric Challenger. THEN… a sick beast from some boys in Vancouver, Future Vehicle Technologies, who are gonna lay the smackdown for the X-Prize…eh, and great passionate people like Jack Lawford from HotRod HotLine.

What a frikkin’ cool day! PLUS… SEMA BABES. Not in this post, folks. But RIGHT AFTER. They get their own lil’ section, and since there aren’t many, soak it up.

Note to Car Domain: If you keep sending gorgeous girls like the one in your booth to shows, we’re all going to have to take more cold showers…. Onward!

Best New Product: Actually, this cool lil’ scanner scans the products you want info on. But it was cooler than all the products. Hm. Kinda says a lot about what was new… don’t it.

Snuck in to see some of the best rides up close without the crowd since the show opens tomorrow. They weren’t gonna let me in until I told them who I was. Then, they DEFINITELY didn’t want me to come in. So, I jumped the fire encrusted SEMA fence and was nearly captured by vicious cockerpoos. Whew… The first non-surprise is that there was 250,000 Camaros everywhere. Lame. I mean, if you’re going to SEMA, and you want to stand out, then get the car that EVERYONE else will have. Make sense? Not.

But here’s a sneek anyway for what’s coming this week. So far, the rides are smolderin.’ From cool SCIONS from 5Axis to a Nasty Chrome Green FORD FOCUS from ma buddy Gary Watson at CNC. Nice job, G.

Old school, new school, and Detention. Yea.

We’ll be there in costume, so see if you can spot us!

WATCH THE SHOW!! KNBC Channel 4 at 4pm pst.

Ah, the pain of it all. Sometimes it just weens away in peaceful bliss when cars like some of this week’s BADASS vehicles show up.

Now, since my head is on goin’ to SEMA and getting the skinny on some of the world’s best (and worst), I’m gonna keep my rants to a minimum. … Wait, I mean keep my professional blogging to a minimum… and rant all I want, cuz… I can. And CarDomainRob lets me.

SO! Here’s to Rob. (We’re gonna meet up in Vegas and paint the town some ridiculous color. Then get drunk on cool cars!) Anyway, nuf about Sin City…..

LET’S GET TO THE RIDES, BABY!

1. THE FORD MONDEO CONCEPT

What? A Ford that actually looks sweet? (Not that there aren’t other Ford Sweeties) But, when you see a concept car that’s bitchin,’ then the production version sucks a big green walamzoo, then disappointment sets in and you pull a David Carradine. (Was that bad?) Maybe I should have referenced H.R. Puf N’ Stuff? Anyway, LIKE IT!

1. THE VERITAS RS III

What is this thing? Hell if I know, but I want one and I want to drive it past my mother-in-law’s house about 80 times with the exhaust missing. Know what I’m saying? Crisp lines in a package of warm chocolate steel. And since it’s a Roadster, I get my added bone up on bug protein. (My Doctor’s been telling me that I’m a bit low. Then again, what does he know? He’s got hair growing out his nose like a tumbleweed. Damn Dirty Ape.)

1. THE SPADA

Now, there’s some cool things about this car… done badly. It’s unique for sure, but has some strange choices that deter from it’s potential coolness. So, below (#4) is the SPADA NASTY. My version. It’s what they shoulda done, had they come to it from the NASTY perspective. NASTY being the all purposeful word that represents something that causes a small short bit of pain, this is what I’d recommend they do. I mean, c’mon. You want to sell this car, or just hang it on a Christmas Tree?

1. THE SPADA NASTY

Ok, so maybe not everyone’s cup o’ hot cocoa, but I like it better than the candyass version above it. What do you guys think? I only spent about 5 minutes on this to improve it. Not like it’s a big deal to do it the real mccoy.

Ok. Now for the hardcore stuff….

1. THE CAR

Nuf said.

1. MY JUGGERNAUT

Since I’m heading to Vegas, and IF I were driving a MINI, then I’d be driving this. Just a wee bit of BLUNT FORCE TRAUMA.

1. THE LEXUS LFA

This ride is sweet. And when it comes out, it’s mine. Great lines, great sculpt, great attitude. AND, great potential. Wups, cat’s outta the bag now…

1. THE LEXUS LFA TUNED

Yup. This one’s gonna cause a lot of trouble. I may just have to get in on it. Reminds me of a joke…

“What did one old boob say to the other old boob?

We better get some support soon or they’re gonna think we’re nuts.”

What does that have to do with a tuned LFA? Who cares.

Bye.

Why do people go to Vegas? ‘Cause it’s there… and we need to have fun. So, with that in mind, I’m off to SEMA for next week. “The Specialty Excellent MuchoCool Association of Car Stuff.” I’m pretty sure that what it stands for. Whatever. It starts Tuesday, the 3rd and goes through Friday.

I’ll be ransacking new companies to see what’s “bitchin’” and exposing what’s a waste of time. Look for EXCLUSIVE daily shots on my blog and the Car Domain Blog ever day of the show! Cool Cars, Cool Gadgets, Cute SEMA Hostess’s and all around nonsense. It’s SEMA, gone wrong…

For a peek at least year’s worst car, HIT IT.