We had car meets for years. For the longest time, it was between 30 - 50 cars, Saturday mornings, true classics and true sports cars.
A few years ago, it started to grow. All of a sudden there were young guys showing up with Nissans, Hondas, etc with tricked out body work and exhaust packages. A different crowd began to show up too. Then the MOPAR people arrived. We went from 40 cars to 100 in a year. What was something that was cool to see had turned into a platform to show off when leaving. Guys would spin out, pause and drag race when leaving, it was a true circus.
Despite warnings, the behavior didn’t stop and complaints rolled in. Some took issue with being called out and that got ugly. The organizers, who were really nice guys, were beside themselves. We went through four locations, ejected from each after just a few meets, all because some punk kids or adolescent adult had to show off. No Loitering signs have gone up at one location. We couldn’t even “sneak back” under the radar.
The group is basically homeless now.
Something like this was everyone’s worry....
I can’t believe the Mustang crowd didn’t get a mention. They seem to lead the pack on modern car owner stupidity, but I’ll allow they have much competition.