All that "critiquing" is one reason I took a break from cruise ins. One I remember is this guy saying something to his wife/girl about my car then he sees me sitting behind it. He looks at me and says, " Oh s**t, did you hear what I said". Since I didn't I just said, "No". Then he says, "Oh good, by the way your car has a lot of potential". I wonder if he'd really repeat himself if I were to ask what he said.
What else I'd like to rant about is those cruise ins that advertise "theme nights". Two summers ago I drove to a weekly Friday night one that gave a date on their flyer as "MOPAR NIGHT". Thinking that they'd have dedicated Mopar parking I took my time and got there around 6:00pm. This particular show uses the streets in the downtown core. Well anything and everything had all the prime parking already taken up and i was told to put my car in the lot behind some library. Needless to say, I left. If I want to see that show again I'll take my Avalon and park at the library.