Went to PR. Car Pics Inside!

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Day 1.

Lets start with the customary STX from the air view.

http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t193/streetseen/Misc/PuertoRico20070817/IMG_4633.jpg
^Isles

http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t193/streetseen/Misc/PuertoRico20070817/IMG_4639.jpg
^SJU from the air

**note this was the day that the storm was coming....we were one of the last flights to make it off island. :noes:**

surprinsgly though, the flight was fairly smooth, and the weather was decent when we got there although it was windy.

http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t193/streetseen/Misc/PuertoRico20070817/IMG_4646.jpg
nissan/infiniti crew holla

http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t193/streetseen/Misc/PuertoRico20070817/IMG_4647.jpg
balla crew :noes:

http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t193/streetseen/Misc/PuertoRico20070817/IMG_4648.jpg
balla crew part 2.
Did you know: Mercedes makes an AMG version of this, called the R63. It puts out 510hp and seats six! :rofl:

**StreetSeen Exclusive: New Highlander**

spied in the mall (Americas) :rofl:

http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t193/streetseen/Misc/PuertoRico20070817/IMG_4655.jpg
http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t193/streetseen/Misc/PuertoRico20070817/IMG_4654.jpg

3.5L V6 = Standard Equipment

http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t193/streetseen/Misc/PuertoRico20070817/IMG_4651.jpg
http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t193/streetseen/Misc/PuertoRico20070817/IMG_4652.jpg
http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t193/streetseen/Misc/PuertoRico20070817/IMG_4656.jpg
http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t193/streetseen/Misc/PuertoRico20070817/IMG_4653.jpg
http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t193/streetseen/Misc/PuertoRico20070817/IMG_4658.jpg

Overall it was pretty nice. It looked and felt like an upgrade to the current highlander, but nothing extraordinarily special per se. Looking at the Rav4 sport for instance, that looks pretty cool. This...less so. I'm sure it's a very competent people carrier and can take a lot of luggage/cargo though. It's certainly larger than the last highlander. I also wouldn't be surprised if its pretty quiet and refined on the road...it looks like it would be, although I haven't been in it to confirm. Overall it was pretty cool of Toyota to put it out like that. BTW although this one didn't have it, these SUVs can be optioned with rear view cameras.

(coming next: Day 2)

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Day 2

Second day was actually a mess. Tons of rain. Sun didn't come out until late in the day. Anyway, at the mall again, I spotted this:

http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t193/streetseen/Misc/PuertoRico20070817/IMG_4663.jpg
http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t193/streetseen/Misc/PuertoRico20070817/IMG_4662.jpg

FMIC I spy?

And on the way out, I saw this:

http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t193/streetseen/Misc/PuertoRico20070817/IMG_4665.jpg
http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t193/streetseen/Misc/PuertoRico20070817/IMG_4666.jpg
http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t193/streetseen/Misc/PuertoRico20070817/IMG_4667.jpg

TL Type-S :cool:

Later on we got lost and stopped at a gas station to get directions. They had a limo there:

http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t193/streetseen/Misc/PuertoRico20070817/IMG_4672.jpg

And later that night I saw this:
http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t193/streetseen/Misc/PuertoRico20070817/IMG_4675.jpg

At this point I started to think most of the nicer cars were locked away for the weekend...and with the weather, they probably should have been

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Day 3.

We stayed at the Normandie. I wrote a long review for another website. But the short of it is that the rooms were nice, but didn't feel spotless. Internet was flaky. Price was pretty good.. but the hotel was away from most everything in the Condado area. Which means unless you're driving you've got to take a taxi. On day one that wasnt a problem because the entire first floor of the hotel (its like a courtyard) was turned into a huge party sponsored by redbull. If you wanted a quiet get-away that wasn't going to happen on that night. But after that it got quiet but again, you would have to go elsewhere to find things to do.

The normandie:
http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t193/streetseen/Misc/PuertoRico20070817/IMG_4680.jpg

behind the hotel:
http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t193/streetseen/Misc/PuertoRico20070817/IMG_4685.jpg
http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t193/streetseen/Misc/PuertoRico20070817/IMG_4686.jpg

more random cars:
http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t193/streetseen/Misc/PuertoRico20070817/IMG_4678.jpg
http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t193/streetseen/Misc/PuertoRico20070817/IMG_4679.jpg
http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t193/streetseen/Misc/PuertoRico20070817/IMG_4709.jpg
http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t193/streetseen/Misc/PuertoRico20070817/IMG_4710.jpg
http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t193/streetseen/Misc/PuertoRico20070817/IMG_4708.jpg

we also saw this in a parking garage:
http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t193/streetseen/Misc/PuertoRico20070817/IMG_4705.jpg
http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t193/streetseen/Misc/PuertoRico20070817/IMG_4706.jpg
http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t193/streetseen/Misc/PuertoRico20070817/IMG_4707.jpg

and now our rentee. the 2008 Mitsubishi Lancer.

http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t193/streetseen/Misc/PuertoRico20070817/IMG_4701.jpg
http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t193/streetseen/Misc/PuertoRico20070817/IMG_4702.jpg
http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t193/streetseen/Misc/PuertoRico20070817/IMG_4703.jpg
http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t193/streetseen/Misc/PuertoRico20070817/IMG_4676.jpg
http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t193/streetseen/Misc/PuertoRico20070817/IMG_4659.jpg
http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t193/streetseen/Misc/PuertoRico20070817/IMG_4660.jpg

I thought it was a pretty decent car. We had the absolute base model with an automatic transmission. Even from the passenger seat you can tell that the car was built to be more fun to drive than its predecessor. It's pretty rigid...you can really feel road impacts. But that's probably the cost of making the car fun to drive if you can't make it much lighter. On the negative side I felt that the entire interior was pretty hard (materials wise) although it looked OK. On the outside, I thought it looked far better than anything in class, especially in this color:

http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t193/streetseen/Misc/PuertoRico20070817/IMG_4677.jpg

BUT again, that external look comes at a high price in the interior. Overall, the Civic remains the favorite in class to me. The Sentra would be my favorite but I just can't get past it's looks. From what I've seen with this car, I think the new Evo will look VERY good. I really like how the Lancer looks in person.

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Day 4. Last Day. Two cars of interest here.

Car #1:

http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t193/streetseen/Misc/PuertoRico20070817/IMG_4716.jpg
yeah that's right, a new TL-S. :cool:

BTW these things are 286hp, and in 6MT form they can be fitted with 4pt fixed front calipers...

http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t193/streetseen/Misc/PuertoRico20070817/IMG_4717.jpg
http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t193/streetseen/Misc/PuertoRico20070817/IMG_4718.jpg
http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t193/streetseen/Misc/PuertoRico20070817/IMG_4715.jpg
http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t193/streetseen/Misc/PuertoRico20070817/IMG_4719.jpg

And Car #2, inside the mall...

they had the new Altima Coupe :cool:

http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t193/streetseen/Misc/PuertoRico20070817/IMG_4725.jpg
http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t193/streetseen/Misc/PuertoRico20070817/IMG_4724.jpg
http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t193/streetseen/Misc/PuertoRico20070817/IMG_4726.jpg

3.5L, fairly well loaded. Asking price?
http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t193/streetseen/Misc/PuertoRico20070817/IMG_4723.jpg

...$35k. Not bad. Better than we've seen here before...........

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also saw these two playing dance dance revolution...dancing in sync :eek3: had to take a video of it :rofl:

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[twincityfinest]

nice selection of cars. I wonder how many lambo's pr got?

[Tekknikal]

good question. no idea... but i did see an 911 GT3RS in orange over there :bowdown: it moved by so fast i couldnt take any pics, but it was sick :sick: :eek:

[mentally]

dude u syck deh man u aint even link a bwoy to hit dem streets