Stuff you hate to see at Car shows

[big gear head]

Guys who put up those pop up canopies and don't anchor them. I had my car at a show last year and a guy pulled in next to me and put up one of those and didn't anchor it. He walked away and after a while the wind started getting up a little and his canopy started to blow away. A guy behind my car grabbed it and held it down. When the guy was located and told to anchor it or take it down he got mad and smarted off to me about not having a cool place to sit because of me.

[BJCHEV396]

Originally Posted by big gear head

Guys who put up those pop up canopies and don't anchor them. I had my car at a show last year and a guy pulled in next to me and put up one of those and didn't anchor it. He walked away and after a while the wind started getting up a little and his canopy started to blow away. A guy behind my car grabbed it and held it down. When the guy was located and told to anchor it or take it down he got mad and smarted off to me about not having a cool place to sit because of me.

No canopies allowed at a couple shows around here.

[Burd]

Originally Posted by BJCHEV396

No canopies allowed at a couple shows around here.

A few years back at Dream Cruise they say a tornado was by Normandy around 13 mile sat afternoon a huge storm blew through, I go up the next day to get shirts at half off, there were those pop up things everywhere all mangled. Scrappers were picking up loads of them. Lol

[x33rs]

Originally Posted by Burd

A few years back at Dream Cruise they say a tornado was by Normandy around 13 mile sat afternoon a huge storm blew through, I go up the next day to get shirts at half off, there were those pop up things everywhere all mangled. Scrappers were picking up loads of them. Lol

They've pretty much banned those things at most car shows up here, for good reason. I despise those things.

Anyone that's been to central and Northern Arizona knows we almost always have the wind blowing, sometimes light, but we have what they call dust devils all the time that kick up some serious wind. Mini little tornados if you will that are completely unpredictable. It'll grab pebbles off the ground, dirt and debri, and especially a pop up or a lawn chair and just toss it everywhere.

Last year with 3 cars shows in the area to choose from we decided to go to the only one that allowed those pop ups apparently. Sure enough a dust devil came through, grabbed a pop up and started tossing it all around the show cars. Of course it misses everyone until it ended up smashed into the front end of dad's GTO. I just finished painting it and it messed up the nose pretty good. The saddest part is how suddenly everyone that acts like your car buddy has no clue who owns the tent, no one claimed it. Talk about one pissed off old man, boy was he hot.