Tvr car club

[Tincan]

TVR car club is it worth it? 50 odd quids?

[alphaone]

Yes - not only is the monthly mag a good read, they have been super helpful in helping me trace the history of my car.

[deeen]

Yes, and go to your monthly meets.

[Tincan]

deeen said:

Yes, and go to your monthly meets.

Monthly meets?

[deeen]

Tincan said:

deeen said:

Yes, and go to your monthly meets.

Monthly meets?

Yes, you'll find the details in the back of your magazine

[Tincan]

The reason for asking is, I was filling up this morning when someone walked up and started talking to me. I was in the car ready to leave fiddled with the window to get it to lower and he says ' Hi Havn't seen you here before !' My first thought was weiredo select first. Then
I noticed the polo shirt had a TVR Club logo. So we said hello etc and he gave me his card and said the Somerset ( chapter ) was very active
Anyhow joking aside I did wonder was it a good thing

[alphaone]

http://www.tvr-car-club.co.uk/your_region.asp

Pick your nearest region, contact them and go and pay them a visit and see what you think.

I have never been to any monthly meets but get my moneys worth out the mag and access to the build records.

[Dave_M]

It's a small amount of money, the magazine is worth it alone.

Some gain from the discounts. Next week's event at Donnington represents a good saving.

I met the Somerset RO today by chance, give him a call, go along to a meeting and see what you think

[MPoxon]

There are many good reasons to join, the monthly magazine is worth the membership alone. The club also organise some excellent events.

[deeen]

Joking aside, yes, it's half a tank of petrol, why wouldn't you?

Very welcoming bunch, you could just go along to one of the events or meets first, if you find it's ok, join up!

[Tincan]

Dave_M said:

It's a small amount of money, the magazine is worth it alone.

Some gain from the discounts. Next week's event at Donnington represents a good saving.

I met the Somerset RO today by chance, give him a call, go along to a meeting and see what you think

What/who is the RO? It felt a bit yacht club, the chat but maybe I'm being paranoid.

[Dave_M]

Tincan said:

Dave_M said:

It's a small amount of money, the magazine is worth it alone.

Some gain from the discounts. Next week's event at Donnington represents a good saving.

I met the Somerset RO today by chance, give him a call, go along to a meeting and see what you think

What/who is the RO? It felt a bit yacht club, the chat but maybe I'm being paranoid.

Sorry, he is the Regional Organiser. Volunteers who are the contact point for members and get things organised

If you go to a meeting, find him for a chat (Tuscan bedecked in charity regalia in the case of Somerset)

[Tincan]

Dave_M said:

Sorry, he is the Regional Organiser. Volunteers who are the contact point for members and get things organised

If you go to a meeting, find him for a chat (Tuscan bedecked in charity regalia in the case of Somerset)

Now I am worried. Why do these people need to justify their passion by creating a link to charity?
Don't get me wrong about supporting a good charity

[Dave_M]

It's related to where he works

Quite a few of us do various things to support charities. It can be quite good sharing something you enjoy and either raising money for, or simply supporting something

[Tincan]

Dave_M said:

It's related to where he works

Quite a few of us do various things to support charities. It can be quite good sharing something you enjoy and either raising money for, or simply supporting something

Okay I have emailed him
We will see

Thanks for your help

[ph1l5]

Deffo worth joining the club. Sprint magazine is always a good read. and the forum itself is a friendly place with huge info on cars, events etc etc

[ackbullchang]

For what works out at ~£4, the magazine alone is worth the subscription fee.

[jimed]

Not only is Sprint a good monthly magazine which is pretty well worth the subs alone but you will also get discounts on insurance, etc. which at (maybe) 10% with some insurers pays the subs (or a fair chunk of them) anyway.
One other thing that doesn't get mentioned is that I suspect the club often provides the insurance for an event that anyone can go to (eg the Back Home with the events on the Prom at Blackpool for which no doubt the local council will require some insurance to be in place). So anyone who isn't a member is freeloading on those of us who are - I'm not having a pop at non members here as everyone is entitled to their choice but suspect that what I've said may well be true.
Jim

[Cats]

And another big plus (and something that I didn't find out until very recently) is that Racing Green give you 10% off their parts on production of a membership card. This alone could quite easily pay for your subscription (or a major slice of it).
It was the little nudge that I needed to buy some shiny drop links

[Dave_M]

Tincan said:

Okay I have emailed him
We will see

Thanks for your help

You're most welcome, hope to see you at an event

I have been lucky enough to arrange attending a few events such as airshows and have had use of a runway for charity rides over the past few years. These have been free to members and part of the reason this can happen is having an 'official' club presence and geting 3rd party cover (for the risk assessment).

We're an odd bunch (!!) with diverse interests and the club has a range of benefits, some won't be relevant to you maybe, but I'm sure soe will

A friend of mine without a TVR is joining tomorrow