Car show elitists

[Interceptor]

Attended a car show today, not a competitive one, but still a decent sized show for up here.

Now, something that irks me is the number of people with rare and desirable cars who restore them to the nth degree, keep them in a climate controlled bubble and only get them out to drool over in a semi narcotic stupor......

Why? Because the snobs and elitists have driven up the prices of the cars that I and many others would dearly love to own, drive and enjoy, not just look at.... I have no problem telling such people that, in all honesty, they deserve to be stripped of thier cars, simply because if you dont use something in the way it was intended, you can never appreciate its true value and you have no right to deprive someone else of that pleasure.

Dont get me started on the "investment" type people.....

To give you an idea, one lady was there with her (and her husbands) XW GT, very well presented and restored to a standard which seemed to me to be better than new, everything that should be cad plated was nice and shiny, nothing showed any signs of corrosion, and there she was, out with a spray bottle and cloth cleaning what looked good enough to eat off already.....

My god she got cranky when I asked her why she'd gone to such efforts, only to use a non genuine ryco oil filter.....

Part of her tirade even included a shot at me having the gall to comment when I was wearing a Holden shirt..... The look on her face was priceless when I told her that like her, I owned a Ford, but I work for holden, and I was wearing the shirt to get under the skin of people like her!

What disgusted me more than anything have been the times I've been asked (while looking over an EB GT) if I either wanted one, or if I wished I'd bought one instead...... Instead of what? a GT? why on earth would I want one? I've attended that same show each time since it was started in 2007, and EVERY time, I've had the ONLY Sprint there!

Knowing that I was going to have to contend with such people, and that my car, courtesy of its regular use and high mileage has more than its share of bumps and scratches, I didnt intend on displaying my car, but changed my mind on friday night with a decision to display it with a notice that was worded as a cheap shot at anyone who didnt drive thier vehicles regularly.

Tattered and scarred,
Far from pristine
Before you today
Is no garage queen

If you think it neglected
You might be forgiven
Unlike some nearby
It is daily driven

Of polish and trophies
It hasn't a care
Just give it the highway
Its home is out there.

Suprisingly enough, I recieved more than a few positive comments!

fwiw, take one EB GT from the number that was there, I'm pretty certain my Sprint has done more K's than all of the GT's colelctively.... only one of them I know has been used as a daily driver, and has clocked up well over 200,000km