At our church in South Barrington, IL, every year we throw a big Father's Day celebration called
Dadfest. After each weekend church service outside in the parking lot, sponsored by their
C.A.R.S. Ministry is a huge celebration of music and fun activities for families. People bring their wheeled treasures to display in the auto show area. Not just church attendees, but other people in the Chicago area come out with real cool new, old, modified, classics, antients, motorcycles, a few RVs & boats, a rare few cars valued in the $500,000 price range. Sometimes the local fire department, the Army Reserves, & farm equipment shows up. Someone flies in a helicopter every year so far. It's a bit different every year, we never know what will show up or be missed.
In that event, every third year I bring our 2007 2350. A line always builds up to look inside. Concerned over general wear & tear, I rope off the doorway so they can step up into the foot well to get a good look inside. Being CARS Ministry, I always play the animated movie CARS on the TV with the surround sound turned up. Everyone gets a real kick out of that....especially the little ones.
I get piles of questions, the most common related to fuel economy. The most popular "comment" is along the lines of "I can handle this". I have a stash of old 2009 Phoenix brochures of which I give one to those who are more than just curious. I wonder if any of them ever bought a PC.
I really enjoy bringing our PC to that event, but every year is a bit much. This year I hope to display my new toy, a 2007 Pontiac Solstice GXP. I just bought it with a lot I want to do with it before displaying it. If not ready in time, I will bring out the PC given it is year #3. If anyone here on the forum lives in the Chicago northwest suburbs and would like to join me Father's Day weekend, I would surely display our PC. We could setup next to each other, our own little PC corner
