tvr owners club, worth Joining?

[steviegasgas]

As title says, is it worth joining? How many PHers are in it? Cheers

[Blown2CV]

The best place to find PHers is on PH... I would imagine

[steviegasgas]

Yea, thats constructive! But if I wanted to ask how many Italians supported say, Newcastle United, then would I not ask in Italy, or just go as you suggest "must be some Italians in Italy".

So come on, be funny, be incisive, be sarcastic, but be something, dont lame reply like this, cheers.

[GreenV8S]

There are plenty of PHers in the TVRCC. The online community at the TVRCC site is much smaller than PH but the club is also very active with meetings and events across the country throughout the year. Membership also gets you a superb monthly magazine which imo is worth the subscription in its own right.

[daz the plumber]

well some of them don`t seem that freindly , think your face as to fit !alot of them don`t want to talk about mechanics , they have a bottomless wallet .

Edited by daz the plumber on Saturday 31st January 00:56

[dogbucket]

Their forums are not as busy as here, so I stopped looking after a while. The magazine has some good tech articles and nicely produced, noticed quite alot of racing reports recently that I personally dont find that interesting. Other aspects of the club like meets etc I have not explored.

To be fair give it a go for a year and see what you think. It is nice when going to car shows to see the TVR club stand.

Edited by dogbucket on Saturday 31st January 07:47

[Swanni]

Joined the club mainly for insurance discount, mag nice and shiney, loads about events, but if you like getting your hands dirty you'll be disappointed as the technical section is limited, practically to the point of none existance, don't want to offend the people who put the mag together as it is an excellent production, but as a head under the bonnet sort of person it leaves me wanting.

[locodude]

Swanni said:

Joined the club mainly for insurance discount, mag nice and shiney, loads about events, but if you like getting your hands dirty you'll be disappointed as the technical section is limited, practically to the point of none existance, don't want to offend the people who put the mag together as it is an excellent production, but as a head under the bonnet sort of person it leaves me wanting.

My sentments exactly. Like the mag but it's nearly all about meets etc. Much more tech info on PH. Also I'm from the Groucho Marx idea of club membership 'I wouldn't want to be a member of a club that would have me as a member!'

[Swanni]

The forum on TVR Car Club web is good, but.....

TVR Club Chimaera pages: 21
PH Chimaera pages: 954

A comprehensive win for PHs

[Red V8]

Swanni said:

The forum on TVR Car Club web is good, but.....

TVR Club Chimaera pages: 21
PH Chimaera pages: 954

A comprehensive win for PHs

I don't think that was the question.... anyway

I'm a member of the TVRCC and I use this forum more than the TVR one, but the TVRCC is much more than a forum or a magazine... the meetings are great opportunity to meet other owners face to face and to admire their cars up close, as are the organised drives and events... and you get some decent discounts which covers your subscription costs easily.

PH used to have meetings up here in the north east, which were also good, but they fizzled out.

Personally I would recommend joining.. both are great sources of information for me... long may them both continue.

[scotty_d]

Red V8 said:

Swanni said:

The forum on TVR Car Club web is good, but.....

TVR Club Chimaera pages: 21
PH Chimaera pages: 954

A comprehensive win for PHs

I don't think that was the question.... anyway

I'm a member of the TVRCC and I use this forum more than the TVR one, but the TVRCC is much more than a forum or a magazine... the meetings are great opportunity to meet other owners face to face and to admire their cars up close, as are the organised drives and events... and you get some decent discounts which covers your subscription costs easily.

PH used to have meetings up here in the north east, which were also good, but they fizzled out.

Personally I would recommend joining.. both are great sources of information for me... long may them both continue.

+1

[GreenV8S]

Swanni said:

Joined the club mainly for insurance discount, mag nice and shiney, loads about events, but if you like getting your hands dirty you'll be disappointed as the technical section is limited, practically to the point of none existance, don't want to offend the people who put the mag together as it is an excellent production, but as a head under the bonnet sort of person it leaves me wanting.

We used to have quite a lot of that sort of stuff in but it was discouraged, I think because they could be seen as giving technical advice which could get the club into trouble if it turned out to be bad advice.

[Shawford]

I am looking for an old Tvr from the 60 ...or very early 70

[phillpot]

You may do better on the "classics" forum, rather than tagging onto a ten year old post on the Chimaera one

[Sir Paolo]

I didn't renew my TVRCC membership after a few years, as I felt that personally it wasn't VFM.

However, I do intend to re-join at some point, as I do feel that it is worth supporting.

As has been stated, it would be worth you joining for a year, and then take a view.

[phillpot]

Sir Paolo said:

As has been stated, it would be worth you joining for a year, and then take a view.

I wonder if he did, ten years ago!

[Xcore]

To be fair it saved me 90 quid on my insurance 240-150 so it has some advantages

[macdeb]

daz the plumber said:

well some of them don`t seem that freindly , think your face as to fit !alot of them don`t want to talk about mechanics , they have a bottomless wallet .

Edited by daz the plumber on Saturday 31st January 00:56

Phuck me Daz, I just spat my beer out reading that. 'Bottomless wallet', you got more money than all of us!!

Stop counting it and spend some. xx

[macdeb]

daz the plumber said:

well some of them don`t seem that freindly , think your face as to fit !alot of them don`t want to talk about mechanics , they have a bottomless wallet .

Edited by daz the plumber on Saturday 31st January 00:56

Phuck me Daz, I just spat my beer out reading that. 'Bottomless wallet', you got more money than all of us!!

Stop counting it and spend some. xx

[Englishman]

Like most TVR owners I'm pretty independent so not that into parking in field and talking. Like the rare driving events (much less than there were) , but the 7.5% discount on parts swings it for me. The mag is glossy, but mostly read in 30 mins. Quarterly would be better.