okay guys...biggest pet peeve at car shows

Let’s see...

Any car that was trailered to a show. I don’t care what it is, million dollar Hemi whatever blah blah blah. If you’re too chickensh*t to even put the rubber on the road to drive your car to a show, don’t go. That car is “cool” and expensive now for how it performed. If you don’t drive it, what’s the point? If your car won’t make it, you’re not much of a car guy. I don’t care if it’s a thousand miles round trip, I’ve done it, I’m nobody special. If the car won’t do it it’s not a car anymore.

Any car there not driven at least a thousand miles a year. Same deal. If your car actually runs and you can’t or won’t drive your car at least that much, it’s not a car anymore and you’re not a car guy, it’s just investment grade BS. Park it in your vault and stop pretending you’re a car guy.

Another “factory correct” restoration. Who cares. If you’ve seen one factory car, you’ve seen them all. That’s what museums are for. “Factory correct” muscle cars aren’t even a match for most Toyota Camry’s nowadays, you’ll get flogged with those bias ply’s, floppy suspension and drum brakes.

Any owner of any of the above cars that wants to point out that my car isn’t “real”, isn’t “numbers”, isn’t “correct”, or isn’t clean or polished enough. Yes, it’s “tribute” car. It’s faster than any original factory Demon ever was, handles better, and is a crap load more fun. And oh yeah, it’s probably dirty because I drove it here and would rather pay for gas and parts than someone to detail my car.

Not the original color? So what. Hemi Orange is Hemi Orange no matter what the fender tag says, it’s the same color. Not the original engine? So what. Just a couple of stamped numbers, looks the same, performs the same, rolled off the same factory line.

All that numbers crap is just a matter of wallet size, not performance. Cars are meant to be driven. Drive it til it breaks, fix it, drive it some more. If they metal rusts out, cut it out and weld new metal back in. Somebody rear ends you, pull the chassis on a rack, weld in straight parts and away you go. Everything else is just worrying about money.

And now you know why I only go to swap meets and don’t bother with shows anymore.