Dear Editor, I just got back from South Congress tonight (Saturday, March 31), and it was the best attendance ever for the SoCo hot-rod show. The most amazing cars from here and many surrounding states showed up for this gig. The weather was perfect. Being a car guy, I was perplexed by the lack of respect for the owners of these fantastic rides. Is it OK to set your drink on some cat's pride and joy if he's not there to object? Is it cool running your fingers along the body line of a '59 El Camino? Any problem leaning against this '70 Cuda? The answer is that there is a major problem with all of the above. Seriously, I was appalled at the disrespect for many of the cars that showed up. You could see fingerprints on a lot of these rides, and they were not from the people who drove them there. I guess you really need velvet ropes and big dudes to guard yer shit these days. That kills the fun quotient though. It would be nice to think that you could wheel your baby into a prime spot on Congress and be able to walk away. I quit going to the "Y" in Oak Hill for the very same reason. If some goober wasn't setting his cell phone on my hood or some person wasn't rubbing his baby carriage against my door while checking out my interior, it was some clown leaning on my quarter panel because he was just "chillin'." I don't get it. Just calling it as I see it. SoCo rocked regardless.