It's What I Like, or not

Okay. Last time I made some good, positive comments about cruises. This time I’ll get down to basics and just rattle off some of my likes and dislikes about cruises.

Don’t like rain.
Do like lots of cars.
Do like lots of variety of cars.
Don’t like scams.
Don’t like dust.
Do like a little consideration for the cruisers.
Nobody can do much about rain other than stay in the garage; if you want to bring out your ride, God bless you, otherwise, might as well rest up a bit.
If the chemistry is right, there will be lots of cars that show up, that’s great. I tend to burn out when a show caters to just one type of automobile or truck. Actually, a mix of hot cars with a bit of vintage, both original and modified, makes for good viewing and a good mix of opinions and attitudes among the cruisers. Now that’s fun.
I don’t like it when I think somebody is trying to use a cruise just to bring in a crowd for their business. Lots of businesses run cruises and that’s fine. If they have the room in their lot and want to make the space and some modest things available for the cruisers, great. I think it was a TGIFriday’s on Woodward at Square Lake Road that had a nice cruise. It was a good place to go for a meal or snack and they had a few goodies, like coupons for food, as door prizes and “not too loud” music outside; nothing special or extravagant but a nice touch. Too bad some neighbors didn’t seem to like the gathering of cars so that was the end of their cruise.
Dust stinks. Hey guys, if you have an un paved area for cars at least encourage something green to grow on the off days. If you have a gravel or dirt venue, please do a quick hose down an hour before the cruise to knock the dust down. If you want shiny cars to grace your event then do that little bit to aid the cause.
On the other hand, I really don’t like to a “cruise” and it turns out that everything is inside; especially inside a bar. Roll your eyes and call me a bad name if you like but it just doesn’t make sense to me that I should drive my prize car and then get encouraged to have “a few” beers/drinks. Anyway, if the music, door prizes (if any), entertainment, other car drivers, etc are all inside - - how can I talk to the owners of the cars that interest me? It just don’t make sense, nohow.
A good thing I spotted just recently. While lots of cruises have 50/50 raffles to raise money for the sponsoring club/group/etc one has a good way to give the money all away! That night’s winner gets the usual 50% pot and the club that puts on the cruise uses their portion they keep to buy door prizes (gift cards at that!) for the next week. That’s uncommon generosity.
That’s enough for now. Have you got any likes and dislikes about cruises? Then add a comment.
Happy Trails,
CrusenBob