Photos - Caffeine & Octane, January 2019:

I took advantage of the (rare) lovely January weather and made one of my occasional visits to the biggest cruise-in in Atlanta. People complain about the size of the event (I started going back when it was a 40-car low-key event in east Cobb) but the presence now of a dedicated lot for exotic cars makes it less of a hassle.

I try and take all my photos before the sun comes up, because then the contrast between sun and shadow makes decent photography quite difficult. When I was done, I returned to my car, broke out the folding chair, and just sat and entertained spectator questions. The car, and particularly the gold wheels, got a lot of thumbs up.

Here are the early photos. Although I waited until there was a reasonable amount of ambient light, these still required flash, aside from the white Virage parked next to me.
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I'll post more photos from time to time over the rest of the week.

 

For some reason, I took no more photos of Ferraris, maybe because I've taken so many recently in other places! But I did find plenty of British cars to shoot; in fact, the other cars in the row I was parked in were the white Aston Martin and two Lotus Elises seen above, and two more Elises seen below!
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If there was a "star" of the show, it was the new Lamborghini Urus. I don't care how well it drives, to me it's still a truck. (And Ferrari's counterpart, if and when it does appear, will be a truck to me also.)
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The diminutive Japanese kei-cars and vans have become popular since import of them was legalized. Particularly attractive is the dark blue Mazda Autozam, which happened to be parked near a Tesla Model X, another vehicle with gull-wing doors. The Autozam has a turbo 3-cylinder that gives it enough power to make it fun to drive, and it's mid-engined!

On the other end of the spectrum is the Nissan Gloria, a luxury car that was sold in Japan for many years. This one is a Y32 from the early '90s.
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I like older American cars if they're relatively close to stock (externally, at least) and haven't been excessively "hot-rodded" or customized.
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