I’ve been a member of 2 car clubs in my time:
1) Lotus
Drivers Club
2) Porsche Club
GB
I went to one meeting with the ‘Lotus Drivers Club’
(actually ‘Club Lotus’) and never again, because when I turned up in my Lotus
Elise, I discovered that everyone else came in a couple. I felt out of place
being there by myself. I should add that everyone was very friendly and nice,
my problem was my own sensitivity.
I’ve not been to a ‘Porsche Club GB’ meeting, but I did
join a zoom virtual meeting. And again, it was mostly couples.
One other observation is that the members of these clubs
are mostly in their 40s and greater. No problem with this (I’m actually
mid-forties but like to think I look more like mid-thirties), just something to
mention. Kind of makes sense because most young people are scrabbling to get
their foot on the proverbial ladder, no time for car clubs.
When the current pandemic is finally over, the events
these clubs organize are absolutely first class. Well worth going with your
other half. The exception - to needing another half - is track days; you can happily go to a track day on
your lonesome. You don’t need to join a car club to take advantage of track
days - like ‘Lotus on Track (Lot)’
is not affiliated with ‘Lotus Drivers Club’, and if you want to go on track
days with other Lotus owners, LoT is the clear winner.
If you’re a single guy/gal, and get no benefit from car club
discounts, nor the nice magazines the clubs produce, I’d say it’s not really worth
being a member.
This requirement for being in a couple is something I
should have licked, since I am married. Alas, my wife (married February 2020 in
Thailand just before Covid-19 happened) is some 5000 miles away, and I need to
travel over to Thailand sometime to sort out the visa to bring my wife to
England. Thailand has locked down very strictly to foreign travellers; you have
to pay for and stay 14 days in an Alternative Quarantine Hotel (AQH) on arrival, before
they let you out to travel freely. My 25-days a year vacation is precious (perhaps I need to find a different source of income...), and I simply do not fancy spending
2 weeks of my vacation time in quarantine, and do not fancy the cost of an AQH
either.
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