- So, when we look at car shows and things like that,
there's usually a lot of people, hold on.
Alright, when you go to car shows,
there's a lot of people that either get kind of antsy,
upset, agitated, happy, excited.
There's a plethora of emotions
that people have about car shows,
when they're at car shows,
after they go to a car show,
before they go to a car show.
And a lot of it revolves around car show etiquette.
Whether people don't know how to walk,
people have their dogs running all over the place,
people have their kids running all over the place,
people have their boyfriends running all over the place.
I mean, it could be literally anything
running all over the place.
And you have a small heart attack
on whether a drone is gonna come flying out of the sky
and hit your car.
Whether you got six-year-old Timmy
that's throwing Hot Wheels at cars.
Or you are really genuinely concerned
on why somebody's mad at you for carrying around
one of those 2001 metal-connection wallet chains.
You guys remember that?
With the wide pants, you remember that?
Well, that was a thing, at one time.
And I don't think it's a thing anymore.
But there's a lot of car show etiquette
that really goes into,
going to a car show.
And if you don't know it,
sometimes you're one of those guys
that has that stupid look on your face, or gal.
There's a stupid look on your face,
when somebody is calling you out,
for doing something silly.
So, we thought, we'd make a little short video
that talk to you about a couple things
that you need to know,
when you're going to the car shows in 2019.
And we're going to dub it, just, Car Show Etiquette.
Now, don't forget to drop a comment below,
on what you think,
the biggest car show mannerism or etiquette
that you could possibly have,
when going to a car show.
Because obviously,
this is super important as we go into the season.
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First and foremost,
and this seems to go towards the older group,
instead of the younger one is,
don't touch people's cars.
Don't touch people's stuff.
Don't touch people's things.
So, one of the biggest things
that's going around right now is,
people have the tendency to go super crazy with their build.
You see it with the HotBoi-style coming in,
you see it with the Turbo fans,
you see it with AeroDiscs,
you see it with their splitters and their Aero
and all this sort of stuff.
And it almost make you just want to touch it, right?
You just wanna know,
what that little endplate is made out of.
And you fee like, if you just kinda touch it,
you'll figure it out.
Don't touch the God (bleep) car.
Don't touch anybody's car.
Don't touch anybody's stuff.
Don't ever even think about touching other people's stuff.
And this should just go for a life-hack, in general.
Life-hack number one, don't touch other people's (bleep).
Because it's just not appropriate.
We see it a lot of times, actually,
sometimes with the older crowd.
'Cause they're trying to figure out,
how something works.
Especially, with a younger person's car.
Just because there's so much stuff that's happening on it.
Now, if you ask and blah, blah, blah, blah, blah,
you'll be absolutely fine.
But we just usually have a tendency that,
if it doesn't say that you can touch it,
then, don't touch it.
And that goes for the same thing for pretty much anything.
Don't lean on it,
don't put your elbow on it,
don't do anything like that,
don't lean back on it.
And we understand that, sometimes we do this by accident.
But there really is no excuse.
Especially, if you're at a car show.
Somebody's bringing their car to a car show.
You can expect that they care about
the quality of their car.
Another thing that we would highly recommend is,
just don't go talk (bleep),
when you're at the car show.
So, one of the biggest things that we've noticed,
especially, here in the local area is,
sometimes, people have a tendency to go around
and critique cars,
instead of enjoying them.
The problem is, is that,
when you're walking around as an 18-year-old
with your little vaping mod,
and you're going and talking smack about older cars.
A lot of times, those people are sitting in the cars.
They're at the car show, they're there.
They're usually around the car that they're around.
And we just recommend that you don't.
There's no reason to.
Now, you can obviously have your opinions
and be all fun and dandy and stuff.
And you can talk about it,
maybe when you go home
and have a good, old-fashioned Brewski,
like a P-B-R,
maybe a Leinenkugel's.
But really, if you're at the car show and you're doing that,
you're kinda making yourself
come off like a...
Like a wiener, you know?
Like, it's just a wiener mannerism
and I just wouldn't do it.
It's not saying that you can't have an opinion,
it's just kinda, I'm really like,
why would you do it in front of somebody?
It's just kinda mean.
You know, it's not the internet,
there's people there,
they'll fight you.
Another thing that we have,
especially for the younger community is,
try not to smoke when you're at the car shows.
And I mean, that seems pretty fundamentally simple.
But it seems like, a lot of times,
there's been people that seem to kinda forget,
what smoking is.
And smoking does include vaping,
it does include the little JUULpod things, that are making--
I don't even get 'em.
I don't understand 'cause I don't smoke.
But they look like U-S-B ports.
Don't smoke around other people's cars.
Especially, if the windows are open and it's a nice day.
A lot of times,
that smoke will actually hold within a lot of interiors.
And if you're smoking and you're checking things out,
if you're vaping and you're checking things out,
a lot of times, people just don't like that.
There's no problem with vaping
while you're walking around and doing stuff.
Just try not to do it next to cars.
Or when the cars have open windows.
You never really know what's inside the cars.
And of course, you never really know
if that's gonna be a problem for them.
There's a lot of people
that actually don't like smoking at all.
Which I know, contrary to popular belief,
people don't like vaping either.
So, you can have kind of a rough time,
if you're checking out a car
and you're vaping at the same time.
Because then, they're gonna be like,
why are you doing that in my face.
Like, right next to me, I'm right here.
Another big thing is,
try not to leave the show until it's over.
Sometimes, you've gotten used to going to car shows
and then, leaving an hour into it.
Whether it's because you're bored
or because you wanna go grab food or something like that.
But ultimately, what ends up happening is,
they'll fill up this entire lot,
you leave an hour in.
And then, half the event is full.
Yet, people have been parked in the spectator lot
because there was no more space,
at the initial launch of the event.
Then what happens is,
people come in because the event is so-called full.
They get mad at the hosts
because there's obviously space.
That happens a lot of times because of events
that are hosted without a cost or extremely low cost.
And as a result, people have a tendency to leave.
Because they just don't have any time
to staying at the event,
for the whole day.
And that ultimately,
results in a lot of traffic and a lot of issues.
We usually recommend that,
if you're gonna go to a show,
go to the whole show, enjoy it.
Ask some of the car owner, questions.
Buy some food, hang out,
check out the vendors and things like that.
And you'll likely spend four to five hours at that event,
before you can even blink.
Because a lot of times,
you're gonna be hanging out,
having some food,
taking some pictures.
And of course, petting all the dogs.
Which goes into the next thing
that we would highly recommend.
Which is, just simply keep an eye
on your kiddos and your pups.
Because a lot of times, especially, up here in Wisconsin,
we host car shows up here.
We love having animals come.
We love having puppies and dogs and cats
and pretty much raccoons
and this and that and everything in between.
But we also need to make sure
that people are being safe with their animals.
Because if they're not trained,
they have a tendency to run around,
slapping that big-old Labrador tail,
like it's a God (bleep) whip, against cars.
And that's definitely not something you want to have either.
So, make sure that you're keeping track
of where little Johnny is.
And that he's not playing,
race the red Hot Wheel car
against the side of a Dodge Challenger.
Because you don't want that either.
Ultimately, they don't know that they're doing anything bad.
And the same thing with dogs.
'Cause they don't have that sort of tendency.
So, make sure that you're keeping an eye on 'em.
And then, you're just training them when you need to.
Which goes into a bonus tip.
Because this is something that we deal with, up north.
If it is hot outside and you're bringing dogs to a car show,
make sure they have the little bootsies on.
Because it can get a 100 degrees on the asphalt.
And then, it gets even hotter because the asphalt is black.
And then, you're walking your dog on it.
And you don't notice anything
'cause you're wearing those weird Croc things.
But they are definitely noticing it,
but they can't speak the English.
So, they're gonna have a tough time expressing to you,
that their paws hurt.
Make sure, that if you're going out in warm weather,
take care of your puppies.
Because it's not very nice if they're hot, you're hot.
Bring 'em inside, whatever it's called.
There's a whole lingo for it.
But I just, you know, we like dogs.
And our final tip is that,
car shows by definition,
are opinionated.
And they're gonna be a little bit subjective.
Which I think, is the right word.
Especially, when it comes down to judging.
You have to remember that,
judging, by definition,
is gonna have, well, a level of kind of bias in it.
There is gonna be a certain amount of people judging.
They're gonna try and use some sort of unbiased system,
such as a point system or maybe a registration system,
that includes all the modifications listed to your vehicle,
that they'll have on-hand,
when you actually enter into the show.
They'll have different sorts of,
maybe it's photos or maybe it's a digital system
or maybe it's a paper system.
But at the end of the day,
it's not a computer that's deciding,
what car wins, it's people.
And a lot of times,
those people have a bias,
in what they decide is cool or not cool.
It doesn't mean that their opinion is right,
it doesn't mean that their opinion is wrong.
But if you go to a Euro show with a muscle car,
your car could be extremely clean.
But they're probably still not gonna take your car
and make it best of show.
Doesn't mean you should get mad about.
And that's one of the biggest things is,
sometimes, when you go to a car show,
you have these super high expectations
about winning a bunch of trophies,
and you don't.
And a lot of times,
it could have to do with the bias that judges have.
We're not saying, don't get all feisty about it.
Because it can be something that's a little bit agitating.
But don't be a sore loser about it.
Because it's really just a car show.
You're not gonna gain anything from it.
Now, if there's a $20,000 pod, I mean, go nuts.
Because that's super cool.
But I have yet to go to one of those,
before in my entire life.
And also understand that,
a lot of times,
if you're going to a show that has a specific niche,
and you're not bringing that niche.
A lot of times,
you're not gonna be entered into a lot of that stuff.
And then, people get feisty about it.
And then, the judges have to come in and say,
hey, well, your car doesn't match.
This is what we're looking for.
Then, they get mad.
Then, they go on Facebook.
And then, they complain to everybody.
Or you end up being one of those guys
that complains that your car didn't win,
versus another car winning at the same show.
Yet, both cars were super cool.
And it's just like, it's unnecessary drama for a car show.
Go to a car show, enjoy it,
enjoy the food, enjoy the dogs, enjoy the pets,
enjoy the trophies, enjoy all the fun,
enjoy the beautiful weather,
enjoy your car.
And most importantly, enjoy the people that are around you.
And just have a good time.
And don't make it anything more than what it is.
And those are our tips for car show etiquette.
You let us know what you think we missed,
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