Unpopular opinion. I'm so frustrated I hate car shows/cruises.

Bobacuda said
I actually find the car show personal exchanges that attempt to discuss the errors of my cars an open challenge to humorously insult the other person.

For example, if the show is not very rural or all Mopar, I get a number of folks (all ages) that look at my ‘53 Dodge truck, asking me “Why didn’t you put a SBC or an LS in it?”

My typical responses are “It gets plenty of traction without all that weight laying in the back. Or, “The bed wood is new and the bed paint is great. Why would I want to have an SBC or an LS rolling around in the back?”

Always gets laughs and my critic moves on.

I've done similar things.

I was at a cruise night and parked my '65 Barracuda next to a friend's metric Challenger. I usually don't sit around too much, but he was sitting there so I pulled out a lawn chair too. He got up to get something to eat and another metric Challenger pulled in. I guess he wanted to park in the spot I was in... All those new Challenger guys like to park near each other. He started giving me some noise about it and actually asked if I knew my friend or not... I said "Yea, known him about 40 years. Why?". That kind of shut him up, so he decided to change the subject and started trying to be a little nicer and complimented my car... Then he said "you should put a Hellcat motor in it" and I looked at him and said "No thanks, I like women".

He just walked away and never bothered me again.

With that, I discovered that some of those guys with the newer cars are just a gold chain away from being just like Corvette owners. A lot of them aren't, but it is fun to mess with the ones that are. I parked my '70 300 next to one young guy at a Cars and Coffee and you could tell he was really irritated about that. He actually stood there and made this face of disgust at me and shook his head. Later, him and his buddies stood around and talked about his billet battery cover (seriously) for what seemed like an hour. I thought it was hilarious.

But to the subject, I go to a select few cruises and even fewer shows. At cruises, I talk to folks I know, look at some cars and head home. At shows, I leave the hood closed and really not worry about anything, I'm just there to have some fun looking at cars and talking to folks I know.