Tvr Owners club - Worth The £50???
Tvr Owners club - Worth The £50???
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kev_vaux

Original Poster:

15 posts

226 months

Sunday 5th October 2008
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Hello,

Thinking of joining the TVR owners club,

Mainly for the help on the forums etc

on this basis is it worth the £50 a year, Is there much activity on there???

Anyone attend any of the meetings???

Im based in Shropshire, do they have any meets local??

Any views welcome

Thanks

kev

GreenV8S

31,017 posts

313 months

Sunday 5th October 2008
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You'll get more technical help here on PH than you will on the TVRCC site, and I wouldn't go paying £50 just for that. But your membership gets you an excellent monthly magazine (with lots of specialist ads that come in handy when you're looking for servicing/parts/insurance etc) and there are monthly meetings all over the country. During the summer there tend to be lots of trips and events organised and if you're into that sort of thing you'll find it is a very sociable community. There's far more to it than the web site.

Barry Ashcroft

1,958 posts

250 months

Sunday 5th October 2008
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I joined last month the Mag is good and it gives you web access to the forums and then you can join the local group on trips and meets etc.


If you do nothing it makes the mag just over £4 an issue which in my book aint expensive.
Oh and you get a club keyring thumbup

NTEL

5,051 posts

269 months

Sunday 5th October 2008
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I get my annual membership fee back every year just by taking up some of the member discount schemes that are running with companies like the RAC etc. I think I got £40 knocked off my european breakdown and travel insurance alone.

For techie advice you are probably better off on here. The mag is excellent though with many very interesting articles.

Club meetings and events are also worth going to.

Oh, and its the TVR car club rather than owners club which means that you don't have to own a TVR to become a member (unlike other clubs)

Edited by NTEL on Sunday 5th October 13:34

Targarama

14,784 posts

312 months

Sunday 5th October 2008
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I thought it was around £30?

Lensey

2,526 posts

312 months

Monday 6th October 2008
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Targarama said:
I thought it was around £30?
The subscription is £50.00 for the first year but that includes a £10.00 joining fee, subsequent years are £40.00 or £35.00 D/D - Taken from the TVRCC website.

madbadger

11,752 posts

273 months

Monday 6th October 2008
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I didn't get a keyring!

B@stards. ranting

Otherwise IMO well worth the membership fee. biggrin

smile

Lensey

2,526 posts

312 months

Monday 6th October 2008
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madbadger said:
I didn't get a keyring!

B@stards. ranting



smile
Same here frown

ALT

1,879 posts

311 months

Monday 6th October 2008
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I've been a TVRCC member for 10 years and the only thing currently keeping me as member is the 10% insurance discount I get from A Mannings UK Ltd.

If you want to be "active" with your TVRCC region and go to loads of national events then the TVRCC is great value.

The magazine's okay (the editing's improved with the new editor) but not worth the membership fee alone (more expensive than Evo!).

LaserTam

2,183 posts

248 months

Monday 6th October 2008
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Just got off the phone to RAC, almost saved the annual fee with the discount on breakdown recovery. Result. Personally been a member for a number of years, only attended a few events but enjoyed the ones I have been to. Mag is a good read, so in my opinion worth joining.

Agree with previous posts, probably more technical stuff on here rather than TVRCC website.

JonRB

80,041 posts

301 months

Monday 6th October 2008
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ALT said:
I've been a TVRCC member for 10 years and the only thing currently keeping me as member is the 10% insurance discount I get from A Mannings UK Ltd.
Actually, just to clarify, Mannings told me that their policy was only open to TVRCC members and they could not continue to cover me unless I continued to be a member of the TVRCC.

I say this as at renewal last month I specifically enquired as to what the level of discount was so I could decide whether or not to renew my TVRCC membership this year, and was told it was not a discount as such, as the policy was not open to owners who were not members of the TVRCC.

Targarama

14,784 posts

312 months

Monday 6th October 2008
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Lensey said:
Targarama said:
I thought it was around £30?
The subscription is £50.00 for the first year but that includes a £10.00 joining fee, subsequent years are £40.00 or £35.00 D/D - Taken from the TVRCC website.
Ah, that sounds right.

Membership gives me a great rate with A Manning insurance too. The monthly mag is great and TVRCC trackdays are the best run of them all.

Aowhs102

1,191 posts

230 months

Monday 6th October 2008
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Keyring!! I never got a keyring!


I need one too.

thainy77

3,347 posts

227 months

Monday 6th October 2008
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Aowhs102 said:
Keyring!! I never got a keyring!


I need one too.
You're not missing much!

hairyaardvark

254 posts

227 months

Tuesday 7th October 2008
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Just joined myself last month. Keyring was fairly disappointing (after Scoobynet!), but the magazine is a quality item, especially if you are interested in the racing/track and club scene