StRacerDuke
08-30-2004, 08:10 PM
I'm always floored and the level of knowledge that the general public knows when your at a goodguys show. So here's the scene.
My uncle and I arrive at O' dark thirty at the gates to check in for the car coral. Riding in the Diesel with trailer and project car in tow the plan is to pay for the 68 to be in the car coral. At the registration booth I fork over my $60 in cash (becuase you can't register for the coral in advance online). I am a little suprised to see that there is only about 10 spots left and they only have room for a total of maybe 75 cars. No worries though. We quickly learn that we can't pull of the 1 for 2 deal like we planned. We were going to leave the truck attached to the trailer and try to sell both. No go. To top it off you can't have any vehicles in the parking lot with for sale signs in them or you'll get towed. New rule I guess. :getout:
So, as we are ready to go in they tell us we have to purchase another ticket becuase we can only have one person come into the event with the car. Hmmm, another new rule from 2 years ago. :icon996: Right on guys! Oh, and they tell us that if you want two people to come back and get the car the second person will have to buy a full weekend pass. We opted for the one day. After supporting the Goodguys bottom line in this downward economy we pulled into our econo spot (With the trailer)
Now here's were it get's intersting. You figure that your typical person that is at a goodguys show when the sun is comming up is one of 3 people.
1. He has a car that he's showing off or selling
2. He's looking for a rare or special part at the first opening of the swap meet
3. He's a vendor at a performance company how has a booth there.
Eather way they probably have some advanced knowledge of cars. So, as I'm helping my uncle back the trailer into our econo spot when a savy gentleman approches me to educate us on a potential performance issue. I believe the exact wording was "Hey, your truck is running a little rich". Slightly perplexed I look at him sideways and reply, "It's a diesel". What get's me is that slight instant that I saw in his eyes when you know he wants to say something, but he just doesn't quit get what your trying to tell him. Confused, he turned and went on his way. :pat:
When we picked it up on Sunday (there was no one around to check if we had purchased the second pass) another swave gentleman approached and asked me "How fast is it?" Hmmm, clearly it was a primer rolling chasses, but if that didn't give it away he could clearly see (there was no hood on it) that it was missing a motor and transmission. Without missing a beat I said "As fast as you can push it!"
Here's your sign! :getout:
My uncle and I arrive at O' dark thirty at the gates to check in for the car coral. Riding in the Diesel with trailer and project car in tow the plan is to pay for the 68 to be in the car coral. At the registration booth I fork over my $60 in cash (becuase you can't register for the coral in advance online). I am a little suprised to see that there is only about 10 spots left and they only have room for a total of maybe 75 cars. No worries though. We quickly learn that we can't pull of the 1 for 2 deal like we planned. We were going to leave the truck attached to the trailer and try to sell both. No go. To top it off you can't have any vehicles in the parking lot with for sale signs in them or you'll get towed. New rule I guess. :getout:
So, as we are ready to go in they tell us we have to purchase another ticket becuase we can only have one person come into the event with the car. Hmmm, another new rule from 2 years ago. :icon996: Right on guys! Oh, and they tell us that if you want two people to come back and get the car the second person will have to buy a full weekend pass. We opted for the one day. After supporting the Goodguys bottom line in this downward economy we pulled into our econo spot (With the trailer)
Now here's were it get's intersting. You figure that your typical person that is at a goodguys show when the sun is comming up is one of 3 people.
1. He has a car that he's showing off or selling
2. He's looking for a rare or special part at the first opening of the swap meet
3. He's a vendor at a performance company how has a booth there.
Eather way they probably have some advanced knowledge of cars. So, as I'm helping my uncle back the trailer into our econo spot when a savy gentleman approches me to educate us on a potential performance issue. I believe the exact wording was "Hey, your truck is running a little rich". Slightly perplexed I look at him sideways and reply, "It's a diesel". What get's me is that slight instant that I saw in his eyes when you know he wants to say something, but he just doesn't quit get what your trying to tell him. Confused, he turned and went on his way. :pat:
When we picked it up on Sunday (there was no one around to check if we had purchased the second pass) another swave gentleman approached and asked me "How fast is it?" Hmmm, clearly it was a primer rolling chasses, but if that didn't give it away he could clearly see (there was no hood on it) that it was missing a motor and transmission. Without missing a beat I said "As fast as you can push it!"
Here's your sign! :getout: