Corvette clubs........oh boy........

[road pilot]

I guess the problem with most clubs-is the poltics that are swirling
within and between the "lifers" and the "Jr's. The ol timers were their the
longest and new blood with new ideas cannot be tolerated. Here's a
example: the club has meetings twice a month year round. The "Jr's"
wanted to have one meeting a month with the regular dinner,auto=
cross,etc because of all of our commitment s during the summer months.
The oldster's went to pieces changing the schudule. Something as
small as that change and the club was in a uproar. I agreed with the
"Jr's" and the motion past. I was dirty taking their side. You figure.
I just want a little bit up of stress free entertainment.
Yes the club is entertaining but...............................
I was a member of a corvette club in DC about 40 years ago and it
was the best. We were all kids not really some of my best friends
were 40 and 50 years old. I think the oldest had a 54 and he bought
it new. He was a cool guy. People had money back then but they
were not so showy like today.
Maybe part of the problem is MONEY or how to act like you don't
have it. It's easy to show off with money it' takes more style to
look like a regular guy. So possibly the problem stems from a lack
of style by most present vette' owners. It kind of goes with the
times we are in.

[DaveC6ZHZ]

I'm an old guy, too. Just bought my first Vette. I've been a Mercedes-Benz man for over 25 years, but just traded my most recent Benz, an E500 Sport, in on a C6. From my experience, car clubs are generally more oriented to social events than gearhead talk. But what the heck, we've got CorvetteFlorida.com for us gearheads. Speaking of which, thanks to AntiVenom for all the useful tech items like Inexpensive Mods for an 08 C6 - Breathe Easy. I may be heading to Seffner for dyno visit soon.

[Rich Z]

You know, if you want gearhead talk, probably the best place for that is at any one of the number of shops around who work on these critters.

[Bradzvette]

I stopped by the informal car show in Brooksville at the Chick-Fil-A, it was right after work and only went with a friend of mine who was showing of his 1950 Mercury casue he asked me to. My vert was dirty as hell, so I parked away form the other vettes that belonged to the "area club."

They all saw me arrive, I walked over to look at and pay respect to their (vette) cars, tried three times unsuccessfully to strike up a conversation and then said F-it and walked away. Typical club BS.

[Z06 Rocket]

Clubs can DEFINELTLY be "Click-ish".

[Pres712]

Originally Posted by Brad@TheCorvetteShow

I stopped by the informal car show in Brooksville at the Chick-Fil-A, it was right after work and only went with a friend of mine who was showing of his 1950 Mercury casue he asked me to. My vert was dirty as hell, so I parked away form the other vettes that belonged to the "area club."

They all saw me arrive, I walked over to look at and pay respect to their (vette) cars, tried three times unsuccessfully to strike up a conversation and then said F-it and walked away. Typical club BS.

I don't know who you ran into at this "Cruise-In" but there are no "clubs" represented. It's just a free for all with a multitude of Corvettes attending. Star & I have been up there several times and have always been "asked" to join in the conversations. Try again!!!