If anyone read my report from the Cobb car show, they know how I handled my last experience.

If I see a young child touch my car, I will ask them to please not touch my vehicle and explain why. Kids are young, intuitive, and learning. Generally if you explain why you don’t touch cars at a car show, they will understand.

If you are an adult, you should first know better. Second, if you have to be scolded, I will not be polite about it. Sometimes I like to have fun with people who are leaning on my car. Long ago when I had my ’68 Charger, I came back to sit down and found some jackass resting his arm on my hood while it was up. I grabbed my bottle of Wizards and said, “excuse me” so he would move. Then I began to clean the area where his hand was to make my point. He says something about how I probably didn’t want him touching my vehicle, and I told him he was probably right.

Another scenario that took place a few years was in Muscoda. I found some old fart leaning on my quarter panel talking to another old fart. I walked up, started looking at my car, then asked the guy leaning on it if it was his. When he said no, I said that’s right, its mine, so quit touching it. Then the guy had the balls to tell me I have an attitude problem. Duh!!!

The paint on my Buick isn’t great, but I’ve done a lot of work to keep it looking driver quality. And as a detailer, I respect all finishes. There is nothing more that pisses me off at a car show more than someone touching a car. Those who are proud of their accomplishments will quit showing off there rides when they are consistently having to worry about vandalism. Then car shows go away.

I’ve had a couple of memorable ones…

There was a little kid, maybe 8-9?, that decided he was gonna shadow box himself in his reflection on my door. Before I had a chance to say anything, he tried delivering the knock out punch, by actually punching my door. The kid needed his ass kicked, but since that would’ve probably been a little out of line, I asked the Dad (who was standing there watching the whole thing).. if he would like the same treatment my door just received. It was strongly implied that it was gonna happen very soon if he didn’t immediately leave my sight.

Another one involved a Pig. A FULLY grown adult woman (30-40 years old), weighed an easy 2 bills.. decided to first step on my wheelie bars, and then bounce up and down on them!! I was “maybe” 5 feet away. Zero respect for others property. The word used to describe her in my 1st sentence would’ve been considered extremely polite and courteous, compared to what I actually said to her. My wife usually gets mad at the use of a few certain words…this time, complete approval.

For the most part, I stay away from my car during shows, and let the wife handle the riffraff. She’s turned into an attack dog if given the opportunity.

Isn’t it unfortunate that many of us feel like we need to stay close to our vehicles during a show, in order to prevent unwanted scrapes or scratches or prevent people from opening the doors or leaning?

Over the years, at one show which will remain unnamed but happens twice a year, I have had unwanted belt buckle scrapes put on my doors from people leaning in the windows and checking out the interior. I’ve had people putting their hands on chrome engine components. For the life of me, I don’t why its necessary to touch chrome engine pieces. Nowadays, at this particular show, I roll the windows up, lock the doors and do not open my trunk lid or engine cover. I’ve still gone home with unwanted scrapes and scratches.

It’s one thing if you want to lean on your own car, but leaning on someone else’s car is completely UNACCEPTABLE :angry:

like this:

If it weren’t for children at the shows, I’d turn my car body into a giant taser ! :woohoo:

I would think your option 1. This total unacceptable to me then maybe ask for a posing fee for my this car is a registered trademark …..