Friendliest car scene

[Wobbegong]

I found the FTOoc were a nice bunch when I was part of it (10years back).

Mx5 clubs were always a bit odd though.

[mike9009]

Moonpie21 said:

VX220.org was good for me. Great bunch on there really helpful.

Same here, Only owned mine from 2003 - 2005 and it was great ... still pop back occasionally....

[powerstroke]

The Mopar and other american car clubs both the show n shine and the race folks good ....

[Digby]

Westfield.

[AdamIndy]

Locostbuilders.

Though went to my first PHSS at silverstone and everyone I spoke to seem friendly. Full of knobs on the forum though.

[CS Garth]

I'm unaware of the specific marque per se but I gather some local enthusiasts are so friendly they often meet in car parks after dark and often share their wives and pets out extensively with the other enthusiasts. Truely selfless.

[anonymous-user]

AdamIndy said:

Though went to my first PHSS at silverstone and everyone I spoke to seem friendly. Full of knobs on the forum though.

It's weird that isn't it ?

Many of the most vociferous people on the forum seem to talk or share much about cars nor attend any meets.

Anyway SS always super friendly and engaging.

[SEE YA]

chryslerben said:

SEE YA said:

Vw people by far down to earth.

Air-cooled or water-cooled?

Air-cooled I'd agree.

Water-cooled absolutely not!

Sorry Air cooled.

[airsafari87]

A few years ago I was in a situation where we hosted a few events for various types of car clubs.

By far the nicest and most respectful group of people came from the Nissan Skyline club.
Worst by a country mile was the Renaultsport club, very closely followed by the water cooled VW clubs.

Honourable also mentions go to the Porsche club.

[rich350z]

ATTAK Z said:

350Z-uk

This.

[lel]

The classic Audi club are a very friendly bunch, perhaps helped by having a higher number of mature members.

I always find Ford groups to be the worst, if it isn't a Cosworth you're basically a peasant.

[TwyRob]

UKSaabs.co.uk is a great forum.

The Saab Owners Club can seem like a clique at first but you just need to look past a couple of individuals to see that the overwhelming majority of people are very friendly indeed. Not wife sharing friendly, just regular friendly!

Facebook is killing off most car forums sadly. I am treasurer for a newish local Saab Owners Club group and I run forum comms while the area director runs facebook comms. Try as I might I can't completely ignore facebook's existence.

(I sound like a miserable old man but I am a pretty tech savvy fella in his early 30s that just hates the constant drain of social media)

[OldGermanHeaps]

Dogging.

[anonymous-user]

Club Lexus and Bimmerforums seemed helpful enough. Same for VWVortex (although some were s). R32OC were pricks!

[Fleckers]

Rover75 and MG ZT were good
Jaguar S type not good
Nissan Navarra good
Opel manta not good

Best bunch I have come acceross is Drag Racers

Piston head. Enough said

[Riley Blue]

Having been a member (and for a time chairman) of one of the oldest one make classic car clubs for many years, I resigned last year when I reached 65 (some of the leading members are still chugging along well into their 70s and 80s).
Since then I've enjoyed classic cars far more than I ever did, the friendliest bunch being the drivers I met on local charity drives who drove a whole range of different vehicles and within minutes of meeting were good humouredly taking the piss out of each others cars.

[C7 JFW]

VW forums, bad.
Too much of a gap between people spending £1k on a car, £200 on coilovers vs people spending £1250 on coilovers and £13k on a turbo kit.

S2000 forums
Brilliant, knowledgeable.

Nissan Skyline Gtroc
Perhaps the most approachable of the lot.

PH
Waits for J4CKO's response.

[PositronicRay]

I don't often go to meets
a) I'm not that sociable.
b) Car talk bores me after an hour or two.

But I always like to dip in and out of the technical side of various forums, although I lose a bit of interest if I no longer own that marque.

These are the best IMO
MG---------------------------------http://www2.mg-cars.org.uk/cgi-bin/gen5?runprog=mgbbs
Sunbeam Alpine (only one) ---------http://www.saoc.demon.co.uk/forum/
Mercedes--(gotta go to the USA)----http://www.benzworld.org/forums/

[Monkeylegend]

Digby said:

Westfield.

Agree.

It's definitely not the TVR car club.

[williamp]

Fleckers said:

Rover75 and MG ZT were good
Jaguar S type not good
Nissan Navarra good
Opel manta not good

Best bunch I have come acceross is Drag Racers

Piston head. Enough said

There's a club for the Nissan Navarra?? I imagine that forum is full of very angry men shouting at each other.