I have finally made my way to the Melbourne motor show today. For an adult price of $16.50, I plan to stay as long as I can and linger around the cars which I know, most, I will not be able to afford.

The one good thing, I thought, about visiting a motor show, was to be able to sit in a car, any car, and feel the texture of the seats, play with all the knobs in the car, and just plain pretend that one can afford to own such a car.

It was a bit disappointing to find that some of the cars were locked and I was unable to do just that. The BMW was the first stand and I could only stick my nose against the windows of most of the cars. The only one I could enter was the BMW 1 series.

Audi was the most unfriendly one. One would think, that, exhibiting their cars at the motor show, they would be interested in getting people to look at their cars, talk to potential customers etc. But no, the staff there much prefer to talk among themselves.

If you find yourself there, visit the Renault stand. You could play on one of their two F1 simulators. Participants with the fastest time win an advanced driving course.

Freebies came in the form of posters, pamplets and balloons (from Ford and Kia). Some people managed to get mints from Mazda.

The cars? The usual, the dark and sinster but expensive Maybach was on show together with the less expensive but still very expensive Ferraris, Mesaratis and Lamborghinis.

The cutest and cheapest sports vehicles I found were the Daihatsu Copen and the Smart Roadster.

I missed the Peugeot precision driving schedule today. I was told it was very good and exciting. Pity.

So, if you are in need of doing something this long weekend, the motorshow is still going to be around til Monday evening 6 pm.

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