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

Hell Of A Rant Everyone! That was a lot of fun to read

I was born in 84... and bought my duster project at 15 for $1000. Dad and I spent the next couple years in the garage and I drove our finished car senior year of high school, 2003.

Took it to a couple judged car shows and a couple week night cruise-ins that summer and while most of the people I met were fantastic, as a 18 year old I felt completely out of my element. Not much in common except for this one common passion. Not to mention the lack of shade and investment of an entire Saturday.

My car was/is nice, but it's a duster without a monster engine and a 6/10 paint job. The car is unimpressive sitting in a row of 8 or 9 196X cameros and road runners, challenger or 2. And that's fine with me. I like the quirky underdog cars. But put this quirky little Duster out in the wild and it is and people love it.

Fast forward and I'm now 39 years old. That car has been with me for 24 years and it hasn't been in a car show since back in the day. But I wouldn't disrespect the show crowd. I can only pray I live healthy enough to reach the point where that is my generation out there with whatever they have.

I've found that personally, my happy car medium is to pack the family in the Duster, park outside the show and walk-in. Teach my children to respect the cars and the community. And try to steer kids away from this bullshit intersection take-over scene that's poisoning the car community's reputation.