@RADriver 66518 wrote:
The only problem I have with this bit is the discriminatory nature of the suggestion. It implies that unless I spent $100,000 on my car, it’s not “worthy” of being at an open car event. Basically you’re saying that my $30,000, showroom-clean car isn’t as “cool,” or “deserving” of a spot at this event. The problem with this thinking is that many people start their upgrading with things that actually add power and/or performance. Since about 4 months after i bought it, my car hasn’t been stock. But I’m not going to put a cheesy body kit on my car or add neon lights all over it just so that it looks “not stock.”
This begs the following question. Is this an event strictly for the rich guys to be able to rub it in the faces of everyone who isn’t rich, or is it an event for car lovers of all types to come and admire each other’s cars?
The rules have always been “first-come, first-served.” I’ve known that since the very first one I came to. Perhaps some sort of system could be implemented in the later hours as the lot fills up; but if someone gets up early enough to get there while it’s still dark, it would be lame to turn them away based on how much their car cost.
Regardless of how much you spent or what you drive to C&C, no one wants to see 10+ of the same car at the event, even if they all have “slight performance mods.” This goes for all domestic and foreign cars, which was evident by the large amount of GTRs and Mustangs at the last show. One way to solve this would be limiting the number of the same car that can park in the show area. It wouldn’t be right to let 5 Ferrari 458s pulled in and fill up the already limited space, or allow a bunch of 80s 911s to crowd up the German aisle. With cars like the Mustangs, have a limit of how many can enter from each generation.
Chase