Benjevw 10 Posted February 15, 2012 Hi was just wondering what perks there are to being in a club? Do you get discounts on tickets? Or just a good camping spot? Me and a mate were saying about starting 1 for flitwick and it's surrounding areas as the nearest is probs milton Keynes and theres quite a few nice vag cars about. Any suggestions of names? Cheers Ben Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tempest 0 Posted February 15, 2012 Club membership can have several advantages: First off, discounts at quite a lot of suppliers, garages, parts dealers, insurances, where often you can recoup the membership fee in one or a few transactions with the suppliers offering such discounts. Secondly you get priority parking at club events, often spaces on stands at the bigger and also smaller and specialist events up and down the country are reserved for club members only. Some vents now have started to charge clubs for having a stand. Thirdly, mags published by the club, with stuff like How-Tos, experiences from other members and their cars, event announcement, just something nice to read when you don't feel like switching on a computer and staring at yet another screen :) Fourthly, when you then start going to meet and events, you get to know people in real life , not just their on-line avatars, like you do on forums. You actually get to make real friends, which is what it's all about for me. These friends can in turn help you, or you can help them, with fixing things on your car. There may be many clubs suitable for the Rado, depending on what you prefer: Regional presence and just hanging out with locals (cue the recent proliferation of lots of forums run by a bunch of local mates / cliques ) or also want the occasional trip across the country, or want the bigger presence that a national, and often larger by member numbers, club can offer (better discounts, more professional events and services). The latter is perfectly exemplified by the Corrado Club, but you did see that one coming, i hope ;) Tempest There are many Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Benjevw 10 Posted February 15, 2012 Cheers mate that's great . Lol I think discounts alone should draw people from my area in. Once we've thought of a name we'll maybe get some stickers, a flag and a newsletter done, obviously if there's enuf people wanting to join. Yea I think meeting up with real people to chat and swap knowledge is the main thing. We've been to quite a few meets n Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Benjevw 10 Posted February 15, 2012 .... Do enjoy a bit of a natter. It'll be all sorts of vws probly as I'm the only 1 wiv a C :( mainly older 1s. A few names we thort of Beds dubs F.A.S.A ( Flitwick and surrounding areas) Flick My Vag Flitwick Über Car Kollection Lmao Just a few ideas from the Lads . Anyway I'll update if anything actually comes of this lol. Hope to see some of you out and about. And thanx again tempest for a quick reply. Cheers Ben Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stonejag 10 Posted February 19, 2012 I work in Ampthill so I might be up for some of the latter :) I've seen a few dubs around (couple of Caddys, some Mk2s, one blackberry C) on my commute so you probably know them! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Benjevw 10 Posted February 20, 2012 Ah cool where abouts in ampthill? Do you come down the a6? Saw a black C last Sunday coming past the speed camera . Yea there's quite a few mk2 golfs about ( mainly old women lol), plenty of mk4s . Haven't seen a caddy rollin around for a while. Il keep you informed tho stone Cheers for the interest Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
