Down here in New Zealand, all car shows that I know of,are free entry for
show cars. The reason being, if a guy makes the effort to gas up and polish
his car,and cop a bit of criticism from all the "experts" wandering around,
why shouldn't he get in for nuthin.
Owen
----- Original Message -----
From: brian <xm2cars@xxxxxxx>
To: <L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, July 02, 2001 12:03 PM
Subject: Re: [FWDLK] The price of showing off your FWDLK car
> Karl,
>
> I agree that $40 is way too high to pay to show a car, and completely out
of
> line. However before driving 3 1/2 hours to a show I would find out ahead
of
> time what the charges were and decide then whether I wanted to go. Most
shows
> will promote weeks ahead of time with some kind of flyer or ad.
>
> I too have a problem with paying to show a car to others who also pay to
see it.
> As for paying to see a show, I think that a $10 to $15 admission charge is
fair
> if it is a legit show with lots of extras and lots of cars. I have been
involved
> with organizing shows and know there is a lot of work involved as well as
> expenses. We may have been lucky but we have always met the budget with
> admission charges and selling swap spaces - never charging exhibitors to
show
> their cars. We figure that they have forked out enough $$ on their cars
> already!!
>
> Brian
> D500s in Mich
>
> Tuff Shift wrote:
>
> > I need the opinions of the club members on this, please.
> >
> > Saturday I drove 3 1/2 hours in my 61 300G from Des Moines to the
Chrysler
> > Classic car show in Kansas City Missouri Saturday only to find out they
> > expected me to fork out 40 bucks just for the "priviledge" of allowing
them
> > to charge spectators 10 bucks to look at it.
> >
> > I became so incensed at what seemed to be an exhorbitant fee for a "car
> > show", I told the lady it just wasn't gonna happen and I turned around
and
> > made the 3 1/2 hr journey back to Des Moines.
> >
> > As you can tell, I don't get out to such events often with the 300,
though I
> > loved the drive and the attention from the general masses who enjoyed
ogling
> > my big black batmobile for free along the boulevard. Was I acting
> > unreasonable by leaving that show, or is this the expected "fee" for
showing
> > ones car off at a car show?
> >
> > Karl
> > <61 300G>
> > <64 Fury>
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