Old Feb 4, 2008 | 04:51 AM
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Default Re: The Cruisin’ Virginia Beach Auto & Motorcycle Super Show

FWIW, the boardwalk show is cool if you're not concerned about the trophy and you're not paranoid about people touching your car. You park on the boardwalk and unless you sit next to your ride all day asking people to please not touch, it's going to get touched. The "promoter" of this show changes hands every year (the car club councils and city don't see eye to eye and different folks step up each year with the best of intentions and are subsequently kicked in the nuts for their efforts, so rarely does the same group do it twice), so the way it's run is inconsistent, judging and classing can be wacky, and it has more than it's fair share of aggravations. That said, if you're down for spending your day hanging at the beach looking at cool cars (the majority of which will be classics and musclecars), you'll enjoy this show. If you're competitive with the trophies and hyper-critical of the judging process, or impatient when it's time to leave (the city is strict about cars moving on the boardwalk because of pedestrians - so once you're parked, you're committed for the day) - you're going to be frustrated. Also, there are usually no more than four or five bikes at this show because it has always happened the same weekend as the bike rally at the Trav-L-Park, so if you're going for the bike part you'll probably be disappointed. YMMV.