At Times Its Worth The Hassle/b.s. To Be A Member Of A Car Club

Grumpy

The Grumpy Grease Monkey mechanical engineer.
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I don,t know how your experiences might have gone, in the past but,
Ive been a member of several car clubs
the over all experience has its good and less than memorable moments.
many members of many clubs seem to assume that other members with skills and experience should be willing to help work on their cars,
but they are harder to find than an honest politician if you suggest they help work on your car,
even if you just spent weeks helping them on their car project.

This is mostly due to the fact theres various types of people,
theres frequently a small core of knowledgable and skilled people,
who rapidly learn there's,
a slightly larger group of people who are very willing to have other skilled people,
work on their cars for free or much lower cost than local dealer charge,
theres also the even larger group that like car shows road trips and regular meeting,s
at some local hot spot for dinner and drinks,
or sitting on lawn chairs drinking beer and talking about the cars they own or used too own.
these guys may have a nice car, but they seldom if ever drive it from what I see, these cars tend to get waxed and put back in the home garage, far more often than driven.
then theres both male and female MRS CRAVITS CLONES
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who feel its mandated they keep track of what everyone in the club is doing,
so they can comment on it ,:rolleyes: but not get involved in any other way.
then there are the advantages you may be looking for ..
theres the few skilled and knowledgable guys with contacts with vendors and machine shops.
these few guys make putting up with the majority of members,
who might be otherwise best avoided.
many of these guys have good info and contacts with machine shops and other members,
who have hundreds of hard to locate parts or donor cars,
this factor alone can at times be a huge help,
and your only way to get help or find difficult to locate parts or donor cars.:p:D


what have your experiences been??


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I believe that you will find that behavior all over the world.

Our little club of guys (1/2 dozen or so) help each other quite abit. It may be as simple as just showing up and offering advice, and having a beer, to jumping in with a wrench to lend a hand. Trucks,cars ,lawnmowers..... even building houses or barns. We have had friends of friends try to weasle in on a freeby here and there.. Sometimes we help...other times ..no way. I have always said that if a man WON"T help himself..how can he ask for help from someone else.
On the flip side... I was at an event a few years ago.. and I was having an issue with my truck not wanting to rev past 3000 rpm when under load. I had spent about an hour listening to a bunch of guys saying it was a fuel issue and giving me some grief. Not one of them offered a hand. There where even guys I had helped in the past , that just kept walking by. Anyway.. all along I knew it was not a fuel issue, it was an electrical issue. I had modified the dizzy the night before as to limit the advance curve. All along I kept thinking that that mod somehow was giving me grief.. After about an hour or so being under the hood... one of Coties other buddies who is a proffesional monster truck driver came over and introduced himself to me and asked if he could help.. I explained what I did to him and we began to take a look at what was wrong.. Well he had discovered that three of the plug wires were had popped off an were just sitting on the cap. We fixed it and I asked my copilot Tyler to drive the truck for me for that event..
Cory was the proffesional driver's name.. I thanked him for the help.
Long and short of the story is that there are alot of people who think more about themselves than others... but it's that one person who unexpectantly
steps up and offers a hand that makes it all worth being a part of something.
 
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