What a great thread. My thoughts exactly. I first joined a car club in the 60's and have belonged to 3 Corvette Clubs in Florida since the 70's. I was a founding member of the Sunshine Corvette Club in Homestead when I was an instructor fighter pilot there in the mid to late 70's. I have been unaffiliated for a number of years now for most of the reasons above--and at 67, am not the oldest member of prospective clubs whose meetings I have attended. You're right the good old days of spending a weekend in someone's garage doing some real wrench turning. That's why, quite often on this site and other Vette sites I recommend that people go to <helminc.com> and purchase a shop manual so they can at least try to figure out the what/how of these computerized cars of ours.
