@ericmaas 65768 wrote:
i must tell you that we have encountered major issues regarding screening of cars—our guys at the front have told various owners, (one in particular was a brand new car from a local dealership, driven by a salesperson for display at the show) when told that he could not park in the lot—he literally drove over my volunteer! my people have been cursed at and threatened when they have told some that they could not park in the event. we have put signs up that say, “is you car a show car?” hoping that some of the normal cars would feel out of place and decide to park in the spectator lot. we will find a remedy.
Hopefully that remedy is not throwing laminated cards into people’s cars as they are driving away, as has happened in the past. That can be potentially dangerous. I’m sure it’s also illegal.
As for the whole “is you car a show car,” bit — since a great many other shows (like the recent one in downtown Dallas) reserve areas for “stock” cars, asking if a person’s car is a show car is widely subjective. Some might say a stock Ferrari is a show car. Personally, I think it’s just a pricier stock car.
My point is, if you’re going to allow a busted up, heavily paint-chipped Chevy Cobalt in; or a crap-brown Datsun from the ’80’s, turning away a brand new, showroom shined stock car isn’t going to fly.