I was a member of the Benz club for a few years here, and helped with
their
regional mag. I found a lot more of that attitude than with other car
groups. Often members would have several different makes of cars, Benz,
Rollers, Ferrari. I once asked or tried to strike up a conversation about
Ferraris with one of the guys. I was told, by someone else, he doesn't
like
to talk about his other cars. Well, someone might want to tell him, and
others, that owning several cars, even nice ones, are probably some of the
worst kept secrets within a car club. lol. ( Wonder if he was reluctant
to
talk about his Mercedes to his Ferrari friends?) lol
I find a lot of the "attitude" is not so much with the owners of certain
cars, but more with people who have purchased certain cars, but can't
really
afford to treat them for what they are, cars. From my experience, the
people who really love and buy these cars for what they are, are more than
happy to show them off to whoever has an interest in them.
It's like anything in life, you're going to get a few goofballs in any
group
of people. Whatever you drive, there will always be people who have
something cooler, and more of them, so a bit of modesty never hurts. You
know, those old fashioned social graces, that don't always come standard
with an old used 600. ;-)
Ed
300E
On 11 February 2010 15:00, glenn brown <g_010...@hotmail.com> wrote:
When I was working/living in NY state and wasting my money on "The Star"
magazine, there was an article on the M100 (I hope I remembered the name
right) club which meets once a year in southern NY state. There are two
main players who "operate things" in this club and the other fellow lives
somewhere in northeast PA as I remember. Since my brother and I had
visited
a few Meadowbrook Concours d'Elegance events, we thought it would be a
neat
idea to attend one of the M100 meets as pics of a bunch of these vehicles
in
the same place would be pretty nice. I wrote a note to one of the
fellows
but got a somewhat snobbish note in return indicating that their meets
were
for M100 members only. As much as some of you/us may lust after these
vehicles, I doubt if we'd fit into their "club" as my opinion of most of
you
on this list would suggest that we just wouldn't fit in even if we could
afford one of these beasts.
G. M. Brown
Brevard, NC
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