Car Show Rant

[RedBarchetta]

I was at the John Force car show yesterday (John liked the Cobra...even shook my hand!) and some couple brought not 1 but 5 freakin' greyhounds with them. And I also saw a couple other poodle dogs. People are stupid. I would have ripped that lady a new one and embarrassed her off the lot if that had happened to me.

[RodKnock]

Originally Posted by RedBarchetta

People are stupid.

Never a more truthful statement can be made.

Had a party a few weeks back and was showing someone my car in the garage. This person leaned over the interior with their half-full cup of coffee teetering on the brink of spilling while checking out the car.

[RodKnock]

I would like to add that I'm in that same category of "people are stupid."

Not car show etiquette, mind you, but yesterday I was called for FIVE offsides in my soccer game. FIVE!

[Ron61]

It might help if you talked to the organizers of the shows about some of this. We got bicycles, skateboards, and dogs banned from some of the shows around here. Also anyone damaging a car or letting their kid do so has the information taken by security so the owner can then have them billed for the repairs to the paint or whatever. But nothing is ever going to stop all of the stupidity.

Ron

[Slick61]

just too many inconsiderate, unaware people...

it's one of the reasons I only show my car maybe once a year... if that. I'm always a nervous wreck the whole time & feel like I have to stand guard 24/7... which gets boring. Because of that, I typically don't get to enjoy the rest of the show.

Of course, the other reason is that I didn't buy my car to show it. I bought it because I enjoy the car. I was not prepared for the amount of attention it generates when out on the road... it takes some getting used to.

... and then the cheapskate in me kicks in... why am I paying $40 (or whatever) for other people to come look at my car??? Shouldn't they be paying ME??? I could care less about getting it judged.

I guess that's why I just prefer the casual get-togethers.

I thought about hitting SuperCar Sunday, but did enough driving to/from Knott's on Saturday. That, and the fact that I am NOT a morning person. And I try not to irritate the neighbors with early morning warmups too often.

well... there's MY tyrade...

[Ron61]

Slick61,

Those are the main reasons that I quit entering any of my cars in shows years ago. The last show I entered was Kool April Nights several years ago when I still had my Cobra and they put it inside on the stage with security and the only people allowed up there were ones that had cars on stage. That really made it nice as I was able to go out and look at all of the other cars and not have to worry about mine. They are only allowed to have 2300 cars at the show now due to parking space, and I was surprised at the number that showed up this year with the economy being down.They had over 2,000 cars on the Friday night cruise. Now when I go to a show it is just to look and not have to stay in those crowds all day.

Ron

[86Sebring]

I love going to car shows in my FAMILY car. My son is fascinated by racecars and got to sit in some awesome cars. BUT, I will always respect the owner and car and ask if it would be ok for my son to sit in his car while I take a picture. Sofar, no owner has refused the request and I gottten some great shots of my son

[CBattaglia]

Originally Posted by RodKnock

I would like to add that I'm in that same category of "people are stupid."

Not car show etiquette, mind you, but yesterday I was called for FIVE offsides in my soccer game. FIVE!

So was it a bad ref? OR... are you getting slower and trying to cheat a bit??

[Tugboat]

I went to the Housto Astro pre game car show yesterday. My cobra is in the garage with clutch issues so I took the daily driver, the 05 GT, and can you believe this lady sat on the headlight? Really, I gave her permission. Even paid for her to do it. Now have a pretty interesting professional picture of the car. My wife wasn't to happy but the 16 yr old son has admired the picture many times. Some car shows are wonderful and then there are the ones you do not go back too. I really enjoy showing the cars and letting people sit in them for a picture if they really seem to enjoy the car.

Larry

[RodKnock]

Originally Posted by CBattaglia

So was it a bad ref? OR... are you getting slower and trying to cheat a bit??

I'm certainly faster than most, otherwise I wouldn't be playing right forward, but my offsides IQ meter was running a little low yesterday. A couple were bad calls and a couple were stupidity. I need some time to heal my wounds, both physically and to my ego. The defender playing left halfback was called twice for fouls (against me) and was almost thrown out of the game. Maybe I was subconsciously trying to get away from him as quickly as I could.

Back to the thread.

At the Palo Alto Concours, they let people get right up close to some very, very expensive cars, but yet, I haven't seen anyone get or be stupid. Hearing what happened in Mountain View last year and then hearing what started this thread, makes me very hesitant to show my car anywhere.

[xlr8or]

Originally Posted by RedBarchetta

People are stupid.

And the problem is that you just can't fix stupid.