I cannot believe what I'm hearing from some of the people on here, let alone so called "car enthusiasts". These shows are not geared towards profit but more for the scene than anything. Imagine how much is costs to rent BC Place 2 days in the summer. Do you think they are making a ton from the entrants, vendors, and spectators? Its mainly geared towards boosting car culture. I've been entering car shows since 2004 and I have no problem paying $20, my fucking key chain costs more than that. But if my entry fee helps support car culture then I'm all for it. Lets face it the car scene has slowly been dropping these past few years and I can say as a car enthusiast I was disappointed when they didn't have ANY decent import shows in 2009 and 2010 because it simply is something many people enjoy.
Let not forget you are not just paying you "show off your car" but you are entering a contest and it also pays for your own admittance fee. Sure its nice when you win, it shows that some of your hard work payed off, someone appreciates it. It feels good. Win, lose or draw, I would enter because 1) its fun 2) get to see other cars 3) Meeting cool people in the industry 4) possibility of winning. Anyways, its only $50 to enter.
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Originally Posted by !SG
because venues are never free?
because the cost to run a show is way more than the cost of just parking a car?
bringing in entertainers, models, large anchor brands, paying for venue, insurance, paying employee's.
dont forget, the show may be for 1 day to the public, but its at least a 3 day rental. so that overhead triples. $20 bucks is NOTHING.
if you are complaining, its because you never competed before, or you have never won and gave up right after. take it as a tip if you lose, why did you lose, what did your competitor have that you didnt? is it just the $$$ invested, or maybe they just got more showmanship than you? turn that into motivation for next year. most of the time, you become friends with ur competition, and thus you compete as a group, for fun, for recognition, for a plastic trophie.
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Amen Shoei!! I could not have said it better.
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Originally Posted by Glove
now imagin if you made submission free, or gave submissions free admision
just imagin how many nice local cars would enter?
I would MUCH rather see homemade personal honda's / nissan's, where the people only spent maybe less than 10 grand, yet their cars are in the 10's quarter mile
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If that was the case you would have a bunch of rat bagged pieces of crap there. This is what car meets and RS meets are for. I don't argue that there are some pretty ricey cars in the show, no doubt. BUT, there are also a lot of NICE performance cars that also push high HP numbers and still looks just as sexy on the outside. Now if you've ever attended these shows you would know as well as I do there are categories for entrants. For example the ones with all the TV's and stereos, underglow and all that shit are obviously competing for Car Audio/Video (or "I.C.E." or whatever the fuck they call it). But there is also a lot of people who spend a ass load on engine and suspension work, who do it themselves or have pros do it because they are picky and don't want it to look like it was done in someones backyard. Not everyone has to agree with each other on whats hot and what not. Hell, even I think a lot of the shit out there is pretty ricey sometimes. But I still respect the time and effort that they have put into their cars whether I like it or not. There's so many styles such as Luxury/Exotic, Euro, Sport Compact, Lowrider, Muscle/Hot Rod, Drift, etc, etc. What I'm trying to get at is that there is all types of categories and no one is gonna like all of them, but you gotta appreciate these people who put the time and effort into their vehicles and put it out there to showcase for the public or your amusement. And if you don't want to be apart of it them don't participate. Its that simple.
Anyways, that all I have to say about that.
For those entering, Good Luck.
For those watching, Enjoy