I agree Bill. Being an engineer, I would not race, sprint or trial my car. Good luck to those who do, but I 'feel' for the car.
Racing, sprinting and trialing improves and develops the car and identifies defects. It is essential for manufacturers to do this. The manufacturers' engineers need to test the cars as much as possible. However, a non-engineer will find defects that an engineer would not endeavour to find. I would like to see some technical articles in 'Miscellany'. Perhaps some articles from other Morgan Magazines could be obtained. I do not subscribe to any of them but buy a motoring magazine if there is a Morgan article. Brian of SpotMog On Wed, May 9, 2012 at 11:21 PM, William Noble <[email protected]> wrote: > Richard > > I couldn't agree more. > > This Club is a broad church and members buy their cars for many reasons. > At tonights Yorkshire Centre Noggin there was a member who is doing a > complete rebuild of an early Plus 8, folks who do sprinting and hill > climbing and those like myself who have no interest whatsoever in lying > under a Morgan to look at the oily bits. Good luck to those who do and to > those who enjoy sprinting, racing etc but as far as I am aware it isn't > compulsory nor is it a prerequisite of membership. My guess is that there > is a far greater percentage of our 7000+ members who enjoy it for the > social side and the pure pleasure of driving a Morgan, and what's wrong > with that? And if owners want to treat their cars like a trinket good luck > to them; they paid for it! > > As for Miscellany it's a fact of life that it will never please everyone > but as Richard points out for those of us in the UK the Club is far more > that a magazine. It is run by volunteers who give up their time freely to > organise the events available to all whatever their predilections. And > long may in continue. > > Bill > > > On 9 May 2012, at 23:30, Richard Smith wrote: > > There is a lot, lot more to the Morgan Sports Car Club than just a > magazine, I just don't know what some members expect. > > If you just look and see what the Car Club has to offer, from reductions > on insurance, engine oils and breakdown cover, to fantastic deals on > travel, the organisation of events such as car racing , sprinting, hill > climbing , car trials, gymkhanas, autosolos,(this is a sports car club > remember), even discounts on attendance at race days, then I reckon you get > a pretty good deal for what you pay. For heavens sake, some of you will pay > the annual subscription on a single bottle of wine if the 'status' of some > of the members is taken into account! > > You call it a dining club and a social club? Spot on! I have just spent a > weekend with 60 other like-minded Morgan folks on a run from Southport to > Hornsea. If this sort of event does not embody what a sports car club is > about, then more words will fail me! > > This Club is democratically run. If you want the Club to be steered in a > direction: go for office! Attend the regular NCM's, stand up and speak: it > is your right! But please don't moan on a forum and expect the world to > change. > > Richard S > www.british-red-sportscar.co.uk > www.greystones.co.uk > www.unstonegreen.co.uk > www.mogpix.com > > ------------------------------------------- View posts on The Mail Archive http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ [http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/] Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=22459785&id_secret=22459785-4a39ddf8 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
