I guess Monterey Car Week is (still) happening this year? A bunch of rich guys running around with their vehicular toys might be slightly out of taste, given the current circumstances. If enthusiasts auction sites such as Bring a Trailer are any indication, there’s lots of money flowing around these days in the world of cars. Monterey Car Week provides the perfect platform for a bit of peacocking. “Looks at what I just purchased on BaT!” Or perhaps, “Please buy this ultra rare Porsche.”
For all the consternation thrown at the annual bike rally at Sturgis last week, I’m sure the same fervor will be shown to the crowd in Monterey. There’s no practical difference, right? A large group of people, from all over the country, descending on a region for a few days to hold large indoor and outdoor parties. This can’t possibly be good vis a vis the COVID delta variant. Yet I haven’t heard a negative peep about car week on twitter.
Please don’t tell me it’s because of the (perceived) demographics. A bunch of redneck bikers would surely be unvaccinated, threatening the precariousness of this pandemic. Meanwhile, sophisticated folks in formal wear walking around a pavilion of million-dollar cars would surely be the opposite. It shouldn’t matter, of course: it’s all the same passion for machines, be it two wheels or four. Then why only the bikers are getting bad press?
(Perceived) money sure have a way of distorting things, doesn’t it?
Admittedly, I’m sad I won’t be down in Monterey for the festivities. The historics down in Laguna Seca is my favorite event. Spending an entire day (or two) soaking in the smells of vintage petrol and metal is more my cup of tea than walking around a lawn with expensive cars that aren’t moving. There’s always next year, if the unvaccinated doesn’t continue to screw this pandemic up.
Not sure what this one is trying to say.