Cruise drops dreams of Detroit: Detroit News

[Shadow X]

perhaps the dumbest post i have ever read on motown. :shake:

:werd:

 

[99lsWON]

Jim, no one is forcing you to buy shit from the vendors. So if you feel you've been gouged, its your own fault. and speaking of gouging, then you need to get rid of all our local professional sports as well. Have you seen the concession prices at Comerica, Palace, Joe Louis?

they are un-fucking-real....


i went to the red wings game on wednesday, fuckin 8.50 for a miller light on tap..

kegs cost what, 70 bucks or some shit? they sell 9 beers and the keg is paid for, and allllllllll the rest that comes out of it is profit...holy shit. they are making a KILLING. but i will continue to go because i enjoy it, and they know that, thats why prices are the way they are.

 

[mdhmi]

Cruising never extended to Detroit anyway.. No loss here.

The heart of the cruise has typically been in Royal Oak.

I was fairly surprised how quiet it was last year. Volume was WAY down.

I think the overwhelming police presence has chased a lot of people away.

 

[Joe]

they are un-fucking-real....


i went to the red wings game on wednesday, fuckin 8.50 for a miller light on tap..

kegs cost what, 70 bucks or some shit? they sell 9 beers and the keg is paid for, and allllllllll the rest that comes out of it is profit...holy shit. they are making a KILLING. but i will continue to go because i enjoy it, and they know that, thats why prices are the way they are.

This is nothing new. Bars and venues - beer/booze are good money makers

 

[Joe]

Cruising never extended to Detroit anyway.. No loss here.

The heart of the cruise has typically been in Royal Oak.

I was fairly surprised how quiet it was last year. Volume was WAY down.

I think the overwhelming police presence has chased a lot of people away.

I haven't seen an overwhelming police presence, at least not more than usual. I thought the economy kept some people away last year more than anything.

 

[BigWheelinBubba]

Who the hell wants to cruise through Highland Park and inner Detroit in their classic car? I sure as hell wouldn't. Stop for a light, get jacked, kiss your ride goodbye. No turn arounds so you have to actually find somewhere to turn around at, again taking every precaution not to get jacked.

 

[82hatch]

the dream cruise has run its course, time to get rid of it. All it does is allow all the vendors & such to GOUGE everyone for a week.

-1 for stupidity.

 

[86CamaroZ28]

they are un-fucking-real....


i went to the red wings game on wednesday, fuckin 8.50 for a miller light on tap..

kegs cost what, 70 bucks or some shit? they sell 9 beers and the keg is paid for, and allllllllll the rest that comes out of it is profit...holy shit. they are making a KILLING. but i will continue to go because i enjoy it, and they know that, thats why prices are the way they are.

hey, wednesday night i paid .75 cents a beer if that makes you feel any better. :laugh:

 

[SVT32VDOHC]

-1 for stupidity.

:roll:!!!!!

but....+1 to you hatch!

 

[QUASAR]

Um yea I'm totally ok with not cruising south of 8 mile :lol:

Saturday cruise day has totally lost its effect in the core area 11-15 mile. Who wants to sit in traffic all day? The weeks leading up to it are the best and you can get some nice old fashioned cruising in. I would be upset if that part of it went away.

 

[Shadow X]

Fuck Detroit!!!!! "MA Please flush it all away!!!"

 

[TTA]

I guess I look at it as they aren't able to generate the revenue inside, so they rent out their private lot to recoup

I rented a lot the past three years, if all goes well I'll have one again this year. :dontknow:

 

[86CamaroZ28]

Um yea I'm totally ok with not cruising south of 8 mile :lol:

Saturday cruise day has totally lost its effect in the core area 11-15 mile. Who wants to sit in traffic all day? The weeks leading up to it are the best and you can get some nice old fashioned cruising in. I would be upset if that part of it went away.

agreed! i take side roads to woodward near where i want to be. :lol: the nights before are the best nights as far as "cruise weekend" goes. Its like tourist season at Mackinac. :lol: Personally i think its the weeks after that are the best. Everyone around here makes cruise weekend a deadline for their projects. after the cruise is over they can actually cruise and enjoy their vehicle for what they built it for. Not sit in traffic or sit next to it in a parking lot.

 

[91Notch]

First year was the best..

:rockwoot:

the dream cruise has run its course, time to get rid of it. All it does is allow all the vendors & such to GOUGE everyone for a week.

then don't go :itsok:

 

[mdhmi]

I thought the economy kept some people away last year more than anything.

The economy was probably part of it. I think in general though that many people are just tired of the same old thing. Too many cops. Too many non classic cars allowed on WW. Too many vendors trying to hawk their crap.

 

[SVT32VDOHC]

I just wish that it wasn't such a drinking event. I can't stand drunk people holding their beer looking over my car, and I can't stand people riding bikes all over. If one of those handlebars touches my car, I'd have to break it off and shove it up their _ _ _?

Don't you guys like when they want you to burn up $400-$500 bucks worth of tires for them??

 

[Shadow X]

i like burning my tires