Woodward Notes, August 11

After a 16-hour shift Saturday and spending all of Friday morning getting a dangerous wheel alignment flaw corrected just before work, I needed to get some cruising time in. So I headed out from about 12:45-1:50 PM Sunday to see some weekend Woodwarding before another slow work day. This time, there was no rain and the scene was very satisfying. I again parked at the same coffee shop I was situated at a few days ago, and tried photographing passing cars on an older camera phone.I ran into some problems with the transfer of the pictures so I will upload them later when I try again.
Motorcycles were pretty prominent this time, particularly among younger cruisers. While the cruising movement was intended to showcase old cars, there are a few newer cars that deserve attention as well and I believe they belong on the strip as well. Cruising is not restricted to old guys. We need younger folks to join in as well and they favor newer cars. My belief is that they-younger folks and recent cars- should be welcomed.This has long been an issue of debate. Many people think that only classics-cars more than 25 years old-should be out cruising.But, cruising is fun for everyone and unites people, so if newer cars are what's needed to bring out the younger crowd, I'm fine with that.
European cars are quite popular with the younger groups. Audi's and BMWs were common.I even observed a woman gunning the engine of a newer Maserati. A number of Porsche's made appearances, too.
Most of the classics were popular or high-production models. Camaro's, Mustangs and Chevelle's tend to dominate. During the cruise day itself and the last few days leading up to it, theres no telling what will be driving around. On Sunday, though, there were few surprises but enough variety to make me head off to the workplace feeling satisfied.
Well, actually, there was 1 surprise. A small moped was dwarfed by its very heavy-set rider, who could barely fit on it. He was blasting smooth jazz from the radio very loudly. I was 2 lanes away and could hear the music perfectly. I didn't realize that mopeds had such powerful radios. Then, the light turned green and the moped outran all the other vehcles, showing thats its deceptive power was not limited to the radio.The big inline 6 Jeep motor in the TCWC Gremlin could not keep up.
If I'm lucky, I'll have the photo's uploaded later tonight. Either way, it was a nice hour watching the cars and I definitely made the right decision by going.