TVRCC - Yes or No?
Discussion
When I had my Chimaera and Cerbera back in the early noughties, membership was almost mandatory if you wanted to keep up with all things TVR. That and here of course!
About to pick up my second Chimaera, I've been out of the loop for a few years. Now, online media has improved greatly and I'm not sure what benefit I will get from joining. I live in Devon and the club always used to be a monthly 'run out' to the seaside or over the moors, stopping for an ice cream or bags of chips as appropriate. Then there was Sprint, which was an excellent publication and full of bits and pieces that was a good read every month.
To be honest, the thought of chugging around Devon in a long line of TVRs at 45mph didn't and doesn't appeal. And does Sprint carry anything of interest these days?
Don't get me wrong, I'm sounding really negative, but that was my experience back then. I'd be happy to join the club if there were decent benefit from doing so. I appreciate things might have changed somewhat!
About to pick up my second Chimaera, I've been out of the loop for a few years. Now, online media has improved greatly and I'm not sure what benefit I will get from joining. I live in Devon and the club always used to be a monthly 'run out' to the seaside or over the moors, stopping for an ice cream or bags of chips as appropriate. Then there was Sprint, which was an excellent publication and full of bits and pieces that was a good read every month.
To be honest, the thought of chugging around Devon in a long line of TVRs at 45mph didn't and doesn't appeal. And does Sprint carry anything of interest these days?
Don't get me wrong, I'm sounding really negative, but that was my experience back then. I'd be happy to join the club if there were decent benefit from doing so. I appreciate things might have changed somewhat!
Some good balanced views there.
The insurance angle, I agree. Not worth it, just a gimmick.
I do my own 'tinkering' but have a trusted garage for the graft. They would have no issues at all with a Chimaera, they aren't complicated.
Halfords discount, nope. I have a trade card. Racing Green, wouldn't use enough.
Millbrook sounds great, but living in Devon, isn't an easy 'day out'.
Sounds like not much has changed in the last dozen or so years then. Think I'll give it a swerve.
The insurance angle, I agree. Not worth it, just a gimmick.
I do my own 'tinkering' but have a trusted garage for the graft. They would have no issues at all with a Chimaera, they aren't complicated.
Halfords discount, nope. I have a trade card. Racing Green, wouldn't use enough.
Millbrook sounds great, but living in Devon, isn't an easy 'day out'.
Sounds like not much has changed in the last dozen or so years then. Think I'll give it a swerve.
TR4man said:
LucyP said:
TR4man said:
Perhaps rather than wondering what you will get out out the the club, you might want to consider what you can contribute.
The point is that the last time he contributed, his money was spent on something that seemed to provide more benefits for the committee, rather than helping the club members, in contrast to the Scimitar club. I think he wants re-assurance that there is a new committee, with similar focus to the Scimitar club, and so far, no one has provided that re-assurance. Edited by LucyP on Tuesday 19th October 13:22
Why should I join a club with the view that I should consider what I can put in? Especially if that club is elitist and unwelcoming. The last time I was in the TVRCC, I got very little from it. The monthly meets were dreary, and very clicky. I tried to get involved and wasn't welcomed. Probably because I voiced opposition to constantly driving in a line to one seaside resort or another.
I'm a member of the IFA Club for Eastern Bloc cars and they are a friendly bunch, immediately felt welcome and even though we did pootle over to Minehead, it wasn't torture at 45mph because unlike a TVR, a Trabant is happiest at 45mph.
That Bears thing seems like an excellent club to be in. I'll have a look at that.
And with regards to the 2005 waste of money at Le Mans, yes the membership might only be £65 for the first year, but I'd rather my committee weren't as egotistical and easily parted from subscriptions. So far, I've heard nothing to convince me the club has changed at all.
Oddly enough, I'm a member of the IFA Club for the Trabant and get a discount for the agreed value insurance. I added the Chimaera to the policy, also on agreed value and they asked if I was a member of an owner's club. I said not for the TVR, they said it didn't matter, a member of a club shows I am an enthusiast.
I'm struggling to see any benefit for me to be fair. I didn't do any more than skim read the magazine years ago when they were making the cars. Now that they have nothing to report I doubt there will be anything of interest. I always thought a bit of technical stuff would have been good, but no, liability innit.
Discount on parts doesn't interest me. And I really don't want to spend Sunday afternoon with a bunch of up themselves old men waffling about stepper motors and diff oil. Unless the local club has changed somewhat?
I'm happy asking questions on here where to be honest, the owners now know their stuff because they've owned the cars for so long. Much better resource.
Discount on parts doesn't interest me. And I really don't want to spend Sunday afternoon with a bunch of up themselves old men waffling about stepper motors and diff oil. Unless the local club has changed somewhat?
I'm happy asking questions on here where to be honest, the owners now know their stuff because they've owned the cars for so long. Much better resource.
To be fair, I am going back perhaps 15 years. But Devon and Cornwall region back then was full of snobs. I have heard that other regions weren't like that at all.
All they did was drive along at 50 mph so everyone could get a good look, then park on a seafront or pub car park and drive back again. Not my thing at all.
I'm sure it's moved on, but I don't think I'm missing anything.
All they did was drive along at 50 mph so everyone could get a good look, then park on a seafront or pub car park and drive back again. Not my thing at all.
I'm sure it's moved on, but I don't think I'm missing anything.
Millbrook that's 237 miles and four hours away from me? Nah, not interested.
Was it a week day or weekend? Week day would have been a non starter with work commitments and I'm not sure I'd spend 8 hours of my weekend to drive around a test track. But, yes i take your point.
I still don't think I'm missing anything. Perhaps I will go along to the next local meet and see what it's about these days.
Was it a week day or weekend? Week day would have been a non starter with work commitments and I'm not sure I'd spend 8 hours of my weekend to drive around a test track. But, yes i take your point.
I still don't think I'm missing anything. Perhaps I will go along to the next local meet and see what it's about these days.
Stever said:
Tyre Smoke said:
Millbrook that's 237 miles and four hours away from me? Nah, not interested.
Was it a week day or weekend? Week day would have been a non starter with work commitments and I'm not sure I'd spend 8 hours of my weekend to drive around a test track. But, yes i take your point.
I still don't think I'm missing anything. Perhaps I will go along to the next local meet and see what it's about these days.
Don't you like driving your car(s)? Was it a week day or weekend? Week day would have been a non starter with work commitments and I'm not sure I'd spend 8 hours of my weekend to drive around a test track. But, yes i take your point.
I still don't think I'm missing anything. Perhaps I will go along to the next local meet and see what it's about these days.
I appreciate Millbrook is some distance from you, it was a weekend event but I could only attend the Saturday and only an hour and a half each way for me but I would have gone further for that it was quite a treat. I have done North Cornwall on my own early Saturday morning and back Sunday (but admittedly only once) the drive was the best bit especially the North Atlantic Highway A39.
As someone else said Millbrook wasn't perfect for reasons stated but maybe with some constructive comment it can be improved upon if they do it again?. It's a small price to pay even if you only get a small amount out of it, I'm very appreciative of the effort people put in but it clearly doesn't work for everyone. What else are you going to do with your spare time?
So Richard, sounds like you are on, or close to the committee, are there any technical articles in the magazine now? Or is the view "no, we mustn't take work from our advertisers" or another reason I heard, "we don't want to be responsible if our members injure themselves or mess something up"?
Because I really don't want to join a club that each month gives a write up of yet another run to Haynes Motor Museum or Minehead Sea Front or endless adverts and how Bob Smith is rebuilding the servo on his Grantura with Magnum lolly sticks and UHU glue.
Because I really don't want to join a club that each month gives a write up of yet another run to Haynes Motor Museum or Minehead Sea Front or endless adverts and how Bob Smith is rebuilding the servo on his Grantura with Magnum lolly sticks and UHU glue.
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