Ridiculous car show registration fees. Rant.

There are a lot of hidden costs that the average person never thinks about as mentioned above.

Simple solution on car shows is not to attend if you don't want to fork out the dough. Personally I don't care to have some idiot scratching up my car with their huge belt buckle, their keys hanging off a loop or leaning against it with their 501 Levis. Car shows are nice places to go but there is always plenty of nice cars to see at the swap meets too. I would rather spend my gas money and the gate fees not for a car show but instead go to a swap meet and try to find parts for my cars. If the car show has a decent swap meet then I am likely to go. If they don't have a swap meet and they are more than 20 miles away I don't go unless I have other things to do in that area.