Cars & Coffee at PAG Info Thread

NP, bud. Let me know if you need any more help down here.

 

"Please look, don't touch!" Seems obvious and should be unnecessary, but sometimes good sense is lacking at our gatherings. Not that it would be difficult to come up with a design of your own, but this is a nice pre-made sign design from the folks over at Old Cars Weekly. Just follow this link and print it out. Or maybe we can figure out a way to run off a batch of these with the C&C logo and hand them out to the attendees for a few weeks.

http://www.oldcarsweekly.com/Default.aspx?tabid=2283

We've probably all seen it happen at car shows -- someone puts their kid on the hood of a car or has their girlfriend drape herself around the fender to pose for a picture. Maybe they just walk up to a cool car and start poking and prodding bits and pieces to see what they do. How about the folks who think they can just pop open the door and plop themselves into the seats to check out the interior. Believe it or not it happens way more than it should.

Now I'm not one of those people who thinks cars are so sacred that they CAN'T be touched, but the notion that somebody thinks it's okay to walk up to someone else's ride and start touching it makes me sick. Wait for an invitation from the owner or at least ask first. Sometimes people seem to think that just because they wouldn't mind someone touching THEIR car, another person shouldn't care about them touching theirs.

I was actually at a brunch on Sunset last weekend with some exotic car owners. A woman sitting in the same seating section got up with her 2 or 3 year old kid and walked over to the cars -- grubby fingers from eating and all. She had the little girl steady herself against the nose of a Lamborghini for about 30 seconds while she took some pics. The poor guy who owned the car just sat there looking at us and her as if to say, "Can you believe this? Right in front of us?" So rather than make a scene he just sat back down and finished his meal. Doesn't it seem the woman should have had the sense to ask if it was okay? It would have at least given him the chance to ask to have her hands cleaned off.

People just seem to have a mentality of "Well, I'm not going to DO anything to your car. I'm just touching it." They don't understand how the finish on these high-end cars is a big part of what makes them valuable and that these owners tend to want to keep their cars looking their best. Little scratches from rings and fasteners and zippers show up on people's cars all the time. Even dings from swinging handbags or strollers. I even had a friend get a large dent from a gentleman in another show car because he just swung his door wide when he got out. I hope people know to be respectful of other people's property, but maybe signs like these will help remind people to be more mindful.

 

Don't expect a response on that one.

 

That's the 22nd. Today and the 15th are at PAG as usual.



Looks like a lot of first time visitors are going to be there this week. All of the details are on the first page. Remember to obey the rules coming and going. You're a guest at the show and should behave like one. The Ferraris generally park in the small lot all the way down to the left. Even if you don't have an f-car to park, that's a good place to start looking for some of the regulars. Hope to finally meet some of you.

 

No meet tomorrow. There's the drive instead and then sevenstock for the rotorheads out there. British marques had a day a couple of weeks ago. Not sure when the next one will be, but I say bring it whenever you'd like and park it wherever you like.

http://www.ferrarichat.com/forum/showthread.php?t=165737

 

No idea about Ferrari, but Saleen will be the featured marque next Saturday on the 20th.