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Thinking of joiing a club
I've been thinking about joining a corvette club more and more lately, because I'd like to hang out with a group of like minded people, get some good info on tech stuff, as well as what shops to go to and what to avoid and the like.
BUT! Here in NPR there is 1 club, and they are far from what I would call "active" There is 1 in Hernando that I've been looking at, theyre active, but not to the level that I would like. There are several in Pinellas, that are very active, but they meet 1-3 hours away from me, so that wouldn't be a good option. Also one other small problem is I'm young (23), and although I really can't stand most of my generation, and all my friends are 30+, some of the groups might not take me in fully because of my age. DISCUSS! |
Actually I understand what you mean. I tried to join the local club up here in Tallahassee last year, but the club flubbed things badly by losing my application and then dragging their feet getting it resolved. Then made no real effort at all to try to patch things up afterwards when I admittedly had gotten my dander up about the whole darn thing and just felt soundly SNUBBED by the club brass. Maybe when there is a changing of the guard I will try again....
But in any event, I do wish I had an alternative here. Sure would be nice to get together with some local folks with an interest in Corvettes and go on cruises and other events without having to drive a few hours. BTW, there is a section on this site FOR clubs, so I may move this thread there sometime in the future, if you don't mind.... :) |
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Give us a shot!
I REALIZE NPR IS ALITTLE OUT OF THE WAY FROM BRANDON, BUT GIVE US A SHOT AND ATTEND OUR NEXT MEETING. WE MEET NEXT ON NOVEMBER 8, 2006. LOOK AT THE TAMPABAY VETTES SECTION FOR DETAILS AND CALENDAR. WE THINK WE ARE THE MOST ACTIVE CLUB AROUND THIS AREA AND DO ONE OF THE BIGGEST SHOWS AROUND.."THE ULTIMATE CORVETTE PARTY"...THAT YOU SHOULD ATTEND UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCE. WE NOW HAVE OUR OWN BUILDING FOR MEETINGS, HAVE A GREAT SPONSOR WITH FERMAN AND MEMBERSHIP IS NOW 240 STRONG. OUR AGES RANGE FROM 22 TO 65 AND YOUNG CORVETTE MEMBERS ARE VERY WELCOME IN OUR CLUB. WE HAVE MEMBERS THAT ARE AS FAR AWAY AS SARASOTA.....SO DRIVE THAT CORVETTE....AND JOIN US!!!
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Jims got a point bro:thumbsup: OUr club is definately active!:crazy03: I don't get involved in a lot due to my work schedule, but it's definately not for a lack of available opportunities.
Don't know where you're at in NPR, but straight across any of the major roadways to the Suncoast parkway and south to Ehrlich and there's at least 2-3 or more of us right here that would likely meet up with ya and do a little caravan over to the meeting and back:wavey: There's another club, and I don't recall the name, thats also here in Tampa. They meet not too far from the Ehrlich/Dale Mabry area. Not sure how active they are and I know several people that have/had dual memberships. They are a good group of ladies and gents and age, in either club, doesn't mean squat! You're gonna have snobs, but you find them everywhere. Ignore them and they'll usually just go away;) There's also the Misfits, an "informal" club if you will of Corvette owners that try to live up to thier moniker...and do a pretty decent job of it I might add:rofl1: There's no dues to pay and no meetings to attend. Robert (pewter99) is the regional cooridinator and he and some others are always looking for another show, event, charity or just a reason to hang out and party!!:dancer01: There's the Bay Area Posse too. Good group of folks but you're gonna need some HP and balls to keep up with them enroute to events:D Finally...you're always welcome to join our screwed up little group...www.FLCFA.net It was formed as a Camaro and Firebird club, but since it's inception, myself, and 2 other members have become Vette owners. We're even looking at an offshoot to the group. Just and offer...we usually meet closer to the North end of Hillsborough County or the NPR/Wesley Chapel area. Good luck with your decisions and if you have any questions on the info I've related, just PM me. Gordon:thumbsup: |
Florida Corvette Clubs
HERE IS MY LIST OF CORVETTE CLUBS IN FLORIDA....HOPE THIS WILL HELP!!
America's Corvette Club PO Box 5444 Hollywood, FL 33083 Joe Cutroni / President (954) 430-VETE (8383) acc1983@yahoo.com www.americascorvetteclub.com Bay Area Corvette Club PO Box 7944 Clearwater, FL 34618 Dan Kirkconnell / Pres. qwkchk@aol.com www.baccvette.us Cape Kennedy Corvette Club Cocoa, FL Jim & Marcia Cochran (321) 454-7278 jimarcia@clf.rr.com www.capekennedycorvetteclub.com Central Florida Corvette Association 8665 Hillside Dr Orlando, FL 32810 Lisa Lafferty (407) 858-9763 Myy2kc5@aol.com www.cfca.net Citrus County Corvette Club PO Box 36 Lecanto, FL 34460-0036 Harry Cooper/President www.citruscorvettes.com Classic Corvettes of Charlotte County PO Box 380394 Murdock, FL 33938-0394 Joseph Kempeneer (914) 743-2643 Classic Corvettes of Orlando PO Box 915739 Longwood, FL 32791-5739 Ginny Coombs (407) 330-9007 Info@classiccorvettes.org www.classiccorvettes.org Corvette Club of Marion County PO Box 1619 Silver Springs, FL 34488 Steve Thibodeau Steve@Thibodeau.com users.mfi.net/~thib/ccmc.htm Corvette Club of Orlando, Inc. 10453 Phoenix Lane Howey-In-The-Hills, FL 34737 Lloyd Johnson/President (407) 467-5496 MrLS1@sprintmail.com www.corvettecluboforlando.com Corvette Club of the Palm Beaches 134 Van Gogh Way Royal Palm Beach, FL 33411 Larry DeYoung/President (561) 795-7502 NLDeYoung@adelphia.net www.corvetteclubpalmbeach.com Corvette Cruisers 6938 Coronet Drive New Port Richey, FL 34655 George Balestriei/President (727) 372-8157 vetteman@gte.net Corvette Cruisers Inc. 15119 US 19 Hudson, FL 34667 Ed Poulin/President (727) 919-6486 www.corvettecru Corvette Cruisers of Greater Daytona 3305 John Anderson Dr. Ormond Beach, FL 32176 c/o Tim O'Leary (386) 441-1722 tjoleary@cfl.rr.com Corvettes of Naples 2904 SE 5th Place Cape Coral, FL 33904 Glenn Hutchinson/President Home: (239) 772-0705 Cell: (239) 910-2027 n2vettes@earthlink.net Corvettes on the Gulf 2313 S.E. 8th Terrace Cape Coral, FL 33990 Gene Tallent/President (239) 573-5805 vettetoy@earthlink.net Cruisin' Corvettes of Tallahassee 2907 Kerry Forest Parkway Tallahassee, FL 32312 www.cruisincorvettes.com Cypress Gardens Corvette Club PO Box 1652 Bartow, FL 33831 Jim Morris (863) 324-7708 twogatorfans@aol.com Emerald Coast Corvette Club PO Box 1013 Lynn Haven, FL 32444 Gene Jump (850) 763-5331 president@emeraldcorvetteclub.com www.emeraldcoastcorvetteclub.com Flagler County Corvette Club 32 Wellesley Lane Palm Coast, FL 32164 C\O Michael J. Cocchiola (904) 446-2462 (904) 437-2762 Florida Corvette Club 109 Yorktown Place Sanford, FL 32771 (407) 688-8420 Lisa Jessing - Pres Patrick Sidorchuk - Vice-Pres Cindy Shepherd - Treasurer Susan Stevens - Sec. Karen Blihar - Activities www.floridacorvetteclub.com Florida Keys Corvette Club PO Box 420807 Summerland Key, FL 33042 Marie CuCulino (305) 872-9641 racinvet@aol.com www.flkeyscorvetteclub.com Fort Lauderdale Corvette Club PO Box 491332 Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33349 Shirley Pfitzenmaier/President Joe Greff flcc91@aol.com Gulf Coast Corvette Clu 6904 Rex Lane Sarasota, FL 34243 RJ Munson / President 941-752-1917 www.gulfcoastcorvetteclub.com Gulfside Corvette Club PO Box 1222 Port Richey, FL 34673-1222 Keith Taylor/President Norm Meaders/Vice President Norm@gte.net Highland County Corvette Club PO Box 3712 Sebring, FL 33871 Walt (941) 471-9829 Ttop69@strato.net Indian River Corvette Club PO Box 650337 Vero Beach, FL 32965-0337 www.ircorvettes.com Jacksonville Corvette Club 895 Roberts Road Jacksonville, FL 32259 Sandy Banning/President (904) 287-8471 gunner@tail-gunner.net Mid Florida Corvette Club 3300 Osage Court St. Cloud, FL 34769 Loretta Deal (407) 498-4923 midfloridacorvetteclb@aol.com www.midfloridacorvettes.com Miracle Strip Corvette Club Pensacola, FL www.miraclestripcorvetteclub.com Nature Coast Corvette Club 4460 Flounder Drive Hernando Beach, FL 34607 Ed Larson/President ncvette@tampabay.rr.com www.ncvette.com North Florida Corvette Association 12313 Caron Drive Jacksonville, FL 32258 Harry Way/President Manny Montgomery/Treasurer z06kurvett@mediaone.net "HarryWay@aol.com z06kurvett@mediaone.net www.nfca.net Playground Corvette Club PO Box 66 Fort Walton Beach, FL 32549 Ann Hill ann@jmarkfisher.com www.playgroundcorvetteclub.com Ponce Inlet Corvette Club 4670 South Peninsula Drive Ponce Inlet, FL 32127 Harvey or Gary (386) 760-1048 www.ponceinletvettes.com Renegade Corvette Club 4311 Van Buren St Hollywood, FL 33021 John Browning/President (954) 963-6437 Redsownvet@aol.com Skyway Corvette Club 2550 Briar Oak Circle Sarasota, FL 34232 Jeff Bolton (941) 379-2652 info@skywaycorvetteclub.com www.skywaycorvetteclub.com Southwest Florida Corvette Club, Inc. P.O. Box 6951 Ft. Meyers, FL 33911 Ernie McClellan / President (239) 458-9119 www.swflcorvetteclub.com Space Coast Vettes PO Box 360438 Melbourne, FL 32936 Ron Garrison/President (312) 724-5322 prez@spacecoastvettes.com www.spacecoastvettes.com Sting Ray's Corvette Club of South Florida 63' - 67' 5839 NW 66 Way Parkland, FL 33067 Charlie Burga / President (954) 599-3925 www.stingrayscorvetteclub.com Stuart Corvette Club PO Box 2694 Stuart, FL 34995 Russ Sobczak (772) 466-5366 www.stuartcorvetteclub.com Sun'n Fun Vettes PO Box 272311 Tampa, FL 33688-2311 Jim Stransky (813) 991-7588 jsstransky@worldnet.att.net Suncoast Corvette Association PO Box 425 Clearwater, FL 34617 John Brawders 9799 119th Way N Seminole, FL 33772 (727) 392-7488 www.suncoastcorvette.com Sunshine Corvette Club 449 Payne Dr Miami Springs, FL 33166 www.sunshinecorvetteclub.com TampaBay Vettes 9435 Larkbunting Drive Tampa, FL 33647 Tommy Farruggio (813) 431-9256 tommy.farruggio@tampabayvettes.com www.tampabayvettes.com The Vette Set Corvette Club PO Box 4158 Gainesville, FL 32613-4158 Vern Bean Beanv@gvillesun.com Titusville Corvette Club PO Box 725 Titusville, FL 32781 vette8t7@titusvillecorvetteclub.com www.titusvillecorvetteclub.com Vettes "R" Us 3004 Lake Woodward Drive Eustis, FL 32726 Hart www.vettesrus.com Vettes of the Tropics Ft. Lauderdale, FL www.vettesofthetropics.com |
I may join a club sooner or later, just not sure yet. I work odd hours so the schedule doesn't always work for me. Some of the shows I go to, I can only stay half a day because of work. Participation for me is the biggest problem.
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I found an almost high school-ish clique of people, and although I wasn't an 'active'-member, I paid my dues, and participated in some events. In '04, this Club had access to an exclusive weekend at Dale Earnhardt Inc., in North Carolina, open to 60 Club-members: after much consideration, I submitted a request to be included in this event, knowing I'd probably been too-late to secure a position, but asked to be put on the 'waiting'-list, in-case somebody cancelled, as the event was still 6 months away..... I received no confirmation of my request, so I re-sumbitted another, as-well-as sending an E-mail to the Club's Activities Dircetor (whom I'd never met ), asking to be kept in-mind: the next month, STILL without confirmation, I re-re-submitted my request, and sent ANOTHER E-mail, and this time, I left a phone message for the Activities Director..... This went on for several months, me sending a request, the Activities Director never contacting me to confirm he'd received it, and the Club's tour of DEI came-and-went..... 2 months later, I am sitting at a Corvette Show, hosted by another Club, and a total stranger walks up to me as I sat in-front of my '82, asking if I belonged to a Corvette Club: I said that I had belonged to a Club, but would let my membership expire that year because I thought the Club didn't treat it's members very-well..... The stranger asked my impressions of a particular Club, by-chance the Club I'd belonged-to: thinking he too was a new Corvette-owner, looking to join a Club, I figured I'd save him the aggravation of joining such a Club, I told him of my attempts to tour the facilities at DEI, and how 'my' Club had treated (or mistreated? ) me, and how the Activities Director of said Club was so-rude, he wouldn't even return my many E-mails or phone calls..... Finally, in-disgust, the stranger lowered his head, and walked away..... A few minutes later, a friend of mine, who'd also experienced similar problems with 'our' Club, asked "So what was the Activities Director of OUR Club talking about with you?" :eek: I'd had no-idea of just 'who' he was, and he had probably never been spoken-to like that by a Club-member, but the truth hurts! :thumbsup: |
Sometimes a good dose of reality is just the right thing to bring people back into reality.
"Spoken to like that?" F**k that!! These are car clubs not the supreme court:rofl1: Who does he think he is/was? Good for you for speaking your mind. Maybe they'll get it together:thumbsup: Some clubs can definately be cliquish. Seems the bigger the club, the better the likelyhood of being lost in the crowd unless the officers and members make a concerted effort to stay in touch. Our club is big and frankly, I don't know that many of the people personally. I know the pres, and one of the other officers, and a handful of members. Most I've met have been pretty decent people.:thumbsup: Biggest problem, is MY problem:( I don't make meetings and get involved as I should. Time is a major problem for me. I work most of the time and when I'm not working, I like spending time with my G-daughter who lives with me. The Vette is a 2 seater of course, not exactly the "family car" and the wife doesn't exactly enjoy riding in the 87 for a variety of reason. Another reason why I'm selling and will later move to a C5 or 6. If I were more involved, I'd know more people and vice versa. I hope to be better involved this coming year, vette or no vette! In your case, sounds like a bit of superiority complex by the board members might have been the issue along with the cliques. Sorry you had such a bad experience, but it certainly looks as though you dealth with it well:thumbsup: Hey, Scott....come join us and you can be a slacker like me:rofl1: |
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Don't get me wrong, I'm not some maniac, I'm 52 yo and haven't had a speeding ticket in many, many years. But I do like to avoid holding up traffic, *any* traffic, if you know what I mean, and I like to *drive* - that's why I bought it. |
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(their wives had BOTH witnessed my 'conversation' with 'the-stranger' at the out-of-town Show ) and volunteered to help-out at a meeting, held at an 'in-crowd' Club-members rural home: they were told to 'help-park-cars outside', no Club-official ever introduced them, nor thanked them, during the meeting..... :thumbsdown: I ended-up 'joining' the out-of-town, as a show of appreciation for their hospitality, but with my move here up-coming, I didn't re-new my membership for '05, yet they are STILL sending me newsletters, 2 years later. :thumbsup: |
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Need for speed!
Not all of you are near Brandon Florida, but you need to go with us on a TampaBay Vettes Breakfast Cruise. These guys and girls have no problem exceeding 100 mph plus...now and then. Most of the cruise is at 80 mph plus on back woods roads. We are not saying we are above the law, but the need for speed hits us all.
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I'm gonna be there Jim, confirmed last night.
I'm also gonna bring an application with me, incase you all kick as much ass as I suspect you do! |
just shooting the breeze
We're in Marion County, where there is a club (out of Ocala).
About a month or so ago I emailed them, and have to date not heard a peep. Apparently they have all the members they want.:toetap05: We'd like to join a club, and are still looking, but we're not sure how far we'd want to drive to participate in meetings and such. :confused: The crappy thing is, there's a Vette club right here in the Villages, but you have to live there to be a member. I'm quite sure it's not a "legit" club though. Anyway, I'm sure it'll all work out.:wavey: |
Go Join Marrion County Corvette Club
It's a great group. :welcome: They have a super car show comming up at Silver Springs Nov. 4th. Call them on the phone get over there to their meeting and join them. Mort:dancer01: Citrus County Corvettes
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I joined one of the larger Corvette Clubs when I got my 65' last Dec.
I definitely have mixed feelings about it. While it is an extremely active club, some of their "activities" I'm just not interested in, like a "Bagel Run". We've had like four Bagel Runs this year and I don't even care for bagels....:eek: They did put a real nice job on their show in Venice last month. There is definitely the "high school clique mentality" in the club but I just ignore it. Fortunately, there are some nice, normal members also. We should be having a rather large turnover in officers after this year and I think that fresh blood holding down offices will be a vast improvement. The current regime is not real big on new ideas and the current President is a control freak which REALLY doesn't sit well with me. Actually so was my not soon enough to be ex-wife.... But the worst thing??? The color of our club shirts. They are the most gay looking peach colored yellow you could ever imagine. I understand the philosphy that the club officers wanted to be "seen" at events, but a normal yellow would have done that just fine without being the laughing stock of all the Florida Corvette clubs. I absolutely refuse to wear it, for ANY reason...:rolleyes: While I have made some friends there, (couple of enemies too), I think that after this year I'll be going north to one of the Sarasota clubs. Sorry, but bagel runs are just not my style....:rolleyes: DISCLAIMER: The above post is not intended to piss anybody off, just my humble opinion..... |
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:wavey: But the worst thing??? The color of our club shirts. *"They are the most gay looking peach colored yellow you could ever imagine. I understand the philosphy that the club officers wanted to be "seen" at events, but a normal yellow would have done that just fine without being the laughing stock of all the Florida Corvette clubs" :rofl1: :rofl1: :rofl1: :rofl1: :rofl1: :rofl1:
I'm sorry, it just struck me as funny:dancer01: I do have to agree w/you though. Not sure i's wear the shirt either! |
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I am not the only one in this club who detests these shirts. I believe that next year this club is going to vote on changing the color. I remember the first meeting I attended. I drive into this parking lot and BAM, here's over a hundred people wearing these godawful shirts. I didn't know if I was at a Vette club meeting or had accidentally stumbled onto a "Gay Pride" meeting...:rolleyes: :D :D DISCLAIMER: The above post is only meant in humor and not intended to piss anybody off.. |
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My wife was talking to me (about some remodeling:rolleyes:) while I was reading it, so it wasn't very good timing for me to be lmao:rofl1: I got the dreaded "LOOK":toetap05: Needless to say. |
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Ahhhh, yes I remember "The Look" well. Then "the issues" came up primarily the boat (didn't own the Vette then). Now soon to be ex is a thousand miles away (not far enough), boat is gone, have my Cattledog and my 65'. Life is good...:thumbsup: :yesnod: |
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Our club is big and frankly, I don't know that many of the people personally. I know the pres, and one of the other officers, and a handful of members. Most I've met have been pretty decent people. |
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I always volunteer to do something in the clubs I have been in to meet people. Once you are known as a worker bee other members will want to know you better. P. S. Citrus County Corvette Club made Hot Lime Green our Official Club Shirt Color. :rofl1:Mort |
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