I can't believe how much whining is going on it here. I'll break it down to basics for you.
$2 is not making him money. If you have ever run any event or business in your life, you would know that the $35 on Dawn Run is not making any money either. He can't live off running a few events, and his car wasn't paid for off them either.
If you can't afford $2, then stay home. If you can, but don't want to spend the money, go setup your own meet, or stop complaining.
You think that the caliber of cars isn't "good enough", then get better cars to come. That's on you, not on someone who is setting up a parking lot for you to be able to hang out at.
I've actually been to some of Sunny's events, unlike most of the people commenting in this thread. Have you ever been to an event that had 3 Bugattis, along with a dozen more, Ferrari's Lambos, Bentleys, Rolls, etc? I have and guess who took me there - Sunny. Not one other IA member has arranged anything like that sinece the very beginning of IA.
Dawn Run has had 911's and Ferrari's getting on it on the street - what other events in Atlanta have them? None.
I see people complaining, but only one person has been putting out any effort to improve the local car scene, and that is Sunny. Unless you can and are willing to do better, then why are you even complaining?
As for the one positive person that still has a question (QD), the answer is lengthy, but here is a simple version. When you have a free event, you get more people, but you get plenty that have different priorities as well. People coming to a free event may not be car enthusiasts, but rather, just people who come to hang out with their friends, or people who would rather spend their money on weed than on their car.
When you charge, you define the event to a more specific market, and in this case, car enthusiasts.
Now, back to everyone. I've seen complaints about the quality of cars repeeatedly, but here is the fact. If you have a free event, everyone will come, and fill out the parkign lot with cars quickly. Quite a few of these cars will be beat-up POS owned by kids who would rather spend their limited funds on weed and beer, rather than on aftermarket car parts and paint. This keeps the caliber of cars that you can attract lower, as who would want to bring their modded G37 and park it next to a beat up 1988 Civic that the owner doesn't even wash? Charging the $2 doesn't eliminate all of them, but a few, opening up spaces for more determined individuals.
You want people who will skip lunch to use their lunch money towards a new paint job or turbo, not people who just want to hang out for free. If you can't understand this, you are just in denial.
