Porsche club

[The Bumblebee]

Anyone recommend a good Porsche drivers club? Just thought it might be useful for info, track days, insurance things.

[Rawhide]

http://www.porscheclubgb.com/

Worth it for the insurance and track day cover alone. Free glossy mag each month which goes straight in my bin but nice if you like that sort of thing

Edited by Rawhide on Monday 3rd September 09:41

[Li Moo Bai]

Alternatively you have TIPEC: the independent porsche enthusiasts club (www.tipec.net).

However despite the rhetoric this club does seem to be more popular with the front engined / water cooled mob.

[The Bumblebee]

Cheers

[Crimp a Length]

Not a member of any but was a member of PCGB for 3yrs and decided to not renew membership, due to the clicky nature and the fact that this is basically a business, and added no real value to Porsche ownership if i was to rejoin a club i would opt for the TIPEC one, run by more down to earth enthusiasts, a lot of people i know have jumped ship.

[carreraboy]

Join Porsche Club GB the Regions and Registers are run be great individuals...

[chfs911]

Yes, Des and Melv are great blokes!

PCGB rules.

[RaeB]

Li Moo Bai said:

Alternatively you have TIPEC: the independent porsche enthusiasts club (www.tipec.net).

However despite the rhetoric this club does seem to be more popular with the front engined / water cooled mob.

I'm with TIPEC too. We own rear engined, air cooled 993 and 964. OK there are some front engined, water cooled owners in TIPEC, but everyone is welcome, it doesn't matter what you drive. (You don't even have to own a Porsche, as long as you are an enthusiast).

In my experience one of the benefits of joining any one of the car clubs is the amount of experience that you can tap into. My other half and I were discussing how much money we've saved on the ownership of our 964 and 993, purely by getting information from other club members. 6 new tyres between us, 2 x 12k service at OPC, insurance, quotes for bodywork, weekend at Goodwood FoS...it's 'saved' us hundreds of pounds in one year of motoring. Oh and the social side of the club isn't bad either!

[tracer.smart]

I may be missing something really obvious, but what are the merits of a car club over being a member of this very active forum, attending some of the regular Pork meets such as at the Ace Cafe or Goodwood BC, and reading the regular Porsche dedicated publications such as GT Porsche, Total 911 etc?

[Rawhide]

PCGB give 10% discounts on genuine porsche parts from an OPC.
They also give discounted insurance cover which included track day cover at no extra cost. It worked out the cheapest deal for me as well.

To me thats's worth £60 per year.

Edited by Rawhide on Tuesday 4th September 10:24

[woogie]

I am a Porsche Club GB member but I am attending a Tipec meet tonight so will let you know what it's like.

[LuckyP]

I just joined PCGB over the phone........

........now all I need is a Porsche!!!