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I actually walked out of that meeting. Truth. Ignorant T*ssors. Average age 55-60, bragging about their boats,mansions,enzos,430s,etc. Third time ive been and same agenda every time. They cannot be bothered to make polite conversation other than bragging. No interest in anyone else.Fcuck them. One of them (Derek S)even said how numbers were diminishing for people willing to participate on track days. I wanted to explain why, buy felt it would be a waste of breath.
That was spooky. As for the meeting, tell Derek or Mick how you feel. They are probably not aware that the ignorant attitude of many members are pushing the rest of us away (I only managed 1 visit).
i have never attended for these reason's and have no intention of attending in the future. Waste of time as far as i am concerned
I thought Graham, Stig and Joe etc were all FOC members. They are all a decent young sort, from this I always assumed it was quite mixed. I still cant be bothered to join though..
Its the same with any car club. You get the young enthusiast contigent and the older peronality defect contingent. Is a shame, but the likes of F-Chat make up for it.
Ade I think it's worth it for the magazine etc etc, the local area meets don't float my boat but htat's a small part of it Rob..for what it's worth I think Derek S doesn't own a Ferrari but 'heads up' the PHR
Mark i agree. Im gonna skip the regional CR4p from now on. Still be in the foc tho. It's a shame they cannot see how fragmented things will become if they dont move with the times tho. Perhaps they could split it under 45's FOC, and over 45's FOC.
Can't speak for London although I've met Jos a few times and he's as chilled as they come. never been to their meets though. In Kent the problem seems to be the "them and us" culture i.e. are you an FChatter or not. No matter how hard we try there's always this big divide that is so apparent at meetings. Maybe if I pin my FOC card to my head they'll realise that FChatters have paid their subscriptions too
Hells bells I wonder who was the oldest swinger in town yesterday me or ? Afraid I am in the over 45's - but hopefully young at heart - and completely luvving all these Fchat events :- Lime Trees/Scotland/Factory Tour/Calendar Shoot - events that FOC simply couldn't, nor dare I say want to do, in the style we know and love And of course not forgetting yesterday - big thanks again to Jas and really nice to put some faces to some more of the guys
This comes as a bit of a shock, especially when the penny dropped that the area group you were talking about is the one I go to, and have been for over 4 years. It was only because I had a conference call last night that I didn't go. I know many of those people and and they're a fantastic bunch. It's always a bloody good laugh when we get together, no thanks to lazy buggers like me who even have a problem showing up. I can honestly say that I've never heard anyone brag about their stuff in all the time I've been in their company. In fact it's that same group of people, more than anything else, that have kept me in the Ferrari fold all this time. Certainly isn't the damn factory. Pretty sure I know who you're talking about with the Enzo, and that impression would be totally wrong. Sure, he enjoys his cars, but he's also a really good bloke. In fact last year he helped me out with a business problem I was having; no benefit to him whatsoever, but he was on the phone like a shot to talk me though it. Maybe the chemistry doesn't work and nothing I say will make it so, but many people read these pages so I thought it important to counterbalance the view. Kevin
