BMW Car Club renewal approaching

Nigel wrote: I have a council estate bmw!

You mean the ahem cough Vectra?

Nick wrote:   but you can't beat discussing your next trackday at a proper club meet in a real pub.

Aye over a glass of orange juice or coke as we have all driven our BMW's to the pub.  Just like all the bikers do on a Sunday afternoon.

Interesting thread.  I missed this when it came out over Crimbo.

I have to admit, I had the form filled out for application to join and it was lying on my desk on the day when I received the phone call regarding my car having been stolen with the keys from a city centre BMW Dealer. 

I think I got as far as putting it in an envelope but then I didn't write the cheque....and I still haven't.

Andrew

I don't know, call me a reformed character!

Edited by MBW1

Pete330 wrote: 3.I enjoy being involved in a club and would expect to pay a membership no matter if it was a Golf club or car club

Precisely. Car Clubs are like any other kind of club - you get out what you
put in. I go to two club meets a month, go to about 2-3 weekend events a
month, have met a whole bunch of new people and have organised a BMW
Car Club stand at a car show. No big deal I'm sure, but I enjoy being in
the BMWCC and it beats banging away at a keyboard having forum
discussion with people you don't even know.
How much is it now, 40 quid a year? That's about 70p a week.

thepits wrote: but the BMWCC hasn't changed, hence I found no reason to renew my membership.

It has on my patch Simon, although I can't vouch for others.

We have broken the huge North East Region down into smaller local areas.. two of them are fronted by old DC members that are remaining very active.

We still come together for the big regionals like the concours and the trackdays.. but the smaller localised meets are the way forward, we just need a few more of them to cover the region properly.

I enjoy the cars and the progress of the marque, and have done so from the early eighties up to and beyond my first BMW in 1989.

Not everyone likes to get involved in all events and I would rather take a back seat and contribute ideas opposed to participate in events which don't interest me. (can't please everyone )

The club is always bigger than the member, no-matter whom but, it's up to the members to contribute in some way to improve the club. IMO

There are other issues which are being addressed but, I'm not willing to divulge these on THE forum.  

lol nero

Surely its not about what financial rewards you get for being a member. Its about belonging to something and what you can give to the club and its members because you are an enthusiast. Simon says his BMMC membership is only £27.50p but add to that his time spent marshalling, travelling to and from events, fuel costs, going for training etc, etc , etc thats a hell of a lot more than the membership fee. He does that because he is an enthusiast but it probably costs him hundred of pounds every year. To be a member of my local golf club costs £2k per annum then everytime you play its costs a green fee with a 50% discount so I might claw back £120 to £150 a year. I get 25% dicount on clubs and clothing so I probably save another £100 a year. Still would leave me £1700 out of pocket. So £35 to be a member of the BMWcc doesn't seem much. You don't get a magazine from the golf club just a one sheet newsletter every month.

Its all relative. You pay to join any club and its for you to decide if you wish to be involved or not but membership of any club is about getting involved and having a good time and if £35 seems too high a price to pay then don't bother. Personally I'd be willing pay a lot more because I get a lot of enjoyment from getting involved in all the events, days out and so on throughout the year.

Rudy ££££££ for the mag, I just don't have the time for anthing alse for me. and I got a demanding phone call on why I had not re-newed my membership on a sunday arftanoon Finished it off there are other things but I'm not going to say.

But It could be good 4 you. 

I have not bothered renewing mine since the little spat a while ago and I did not reciecve any benifit from joining it be it discounts or insurance. You guys in the Uk benifit more then us in Ireland at the moment but if the same benifits were available here I might reconsider