I feel that cars and coffee has become immensely popular over the last year. This is a great thing, but I agree we are running into an issue where space is becoming a priority.
I thinking holding it at 7-9am was a great idea, because it kept the idiots out… Evidenced by the last few weeks, with all of the burn-outs and other lapses of judgement, it appears the idiots are waking up earlier.
While I own what I think to be a rather exotic car (albeit not high dollar), I have no qualms parking it in the spectator lot- though I do try to get there before 7:15am and I try to bring it only occasionally. What does bother me is missing some of the fantastic cars because they were forced to park in the spectator lot.
I agree policing which cars can show is really in the spirit of what cars and coffee is about. I also don’t feel that telling people with “common” cars that they shouldn’t come will not work either. What they really need is a bigger lot. Is there a reason we can’t turn the spectator lot into the show lot?