Winterfest and the Autoshow

MLK Jr. weekend was a busy one for us at Pretty PowerSports. The long weekend had a lot going on in the Metro Detroit area. Saturday was Winterfest hosted by 4Fest Events at Holly Oaks ORV Park. Sunday, we went to the Detroit Autoshow and Ford Racing Days at Michigan Central.

Winterfest.

To start the day off, my jeep decided it wanted a new battery. So that of course caused a delay as when I went to start it to let it warm up it wouldn't start. I took the truck to O'REILLYs while my boyfriend started taking the battery out of the jeep. After a late start, we get to Holly Oaks and its cold. I did a quick lap around the vendors because being outside is just not what I am wanting to do with the wind. Say hi to the guys at Lake and Trail Accessories and get back to the jeep. I didn't air down because I didn't have anyone I was wheeling with so I just put the flag on and went into the park. I drove around sticking to the main roads, going back to the huge water hole where usually someone is buried to the frame. No one was there so after a little of driving around, we headed home. A pretty slow day but I didn't want to get into anything too serious in the park without having another vehicle with me. Still a successful day because I'm glad the jeep needed a new battery then verses when I drive it to West Branch at the end of the month.

The Autoshow and Ford Racing Days.

Sunday was a day spent in downtown Detroit. First up, the Autoshow at Huntington Center. My boyfriend and I met up with my dad and sister to walk around the show. We started at the Gallery, where the exotic and super luxury cars are kept. My sister has a love for Porchses. Next, we wandered through the GM exhibit mainly looking at the model of the Cadillac Formula One car and the Cadillac CT4. From there we looked through the Ford exhibit, with my sister looking for Redbull Racing merchandise. There wasn't anything really at the display, mainly Ford Racing and Bronco. I did get the see the Redbull Raptor as it was on display.

We wandered through the Chrysler exhibit next before going to the Michigan Overland display. The Overland display had vehicles from Ford, GM, Jeep and Ram, Subaru, and Toyota outfitted with ARB products. I wish it had included some people from the group Michigan Overland as it had their name. From there we went to the Grand Prix display where Ford had a couple more Mustangs plus a couple of Grand Prix and a Le Mans car.

After that we went downstairs to walk through the Modded Detroit cars in the basement before getting food at the concessions and heading to Michigan Central.

Ford Racing Days took place at Michigan Central, the new Ford Headquarters building. It was great seeing the train station restored as its such an iconic landmark in Detroit. I wish the Racing displays had a bit more too them and that there was more than 4 racing simulators. There was few mustangs, the new Formula One car for team Redbull, and 2 other cars in displays.

A small walk through on the history of Ford Racing which included women in racing.

After a short walk through the displays, my sister got in line for the racing simulators and not wanting to just wait around my boyfriend and I headed home. I wish there had been a little more at Michigan Central because it really took about an hour to look at everything and the line for the racing simulators was pretty long for 4 machines that had a long setup before being able to race.

Overall it was a pretty long weekend so I was glad to have Monday off to catch up on my usual weekend chores. I wish I had been able to meet up with someone at Winterfest but with how my morning went also kinda glad I didn't so I wouldn't have had anyone waiting on me to get there. The Autoshow also have Jeep, Bronco, and EV driving experiences, I just didn't do them due to having access to those vehicles in my life. Now to prep for my long weekend in West Branch coming up for Winterblast hosted by Great Lakes Four Wheel Drive Association. I will be sponsoring this event this year with donating some hats and gift certificates for the website.