by 89ARIES » Thu Dec 10, 2009 2:19 am
My last rant:
Some muscle car people shun us or hate us because we are different. One member dumped us because he was angry that we weren't up to his standards, despite the fact that a few of us do all the work. We won't get in line with them by downplaying our love for the K-car (those of us that really care about them). I've tried building relationships with muscle car clubs, but there is nothing there to unite us. They have the strength in numbers, advertising, interests, and money. So why should they waste their time building relationships with us. They dont' want anything to do with us. Its like the classic car community is almost entirely geared toward performance and mods. I see plenty of clubs ignoring their owners with base models like one with a Plymouth Fury I for example. This does not mean I won't continue to try to work with performance orientated clubs. Whats wrong with being passionate about cars because of its design, shape, or simplicity. The K-car can be anything to anybody, even a performer, and that is the example I am trying to set for this club. This is really how I feel about the matter. I wish more people in the classic car hobby would support the mundane or the different interests. I hope we can get big enough to survive like all the others. I feel in time we will. I refuse to abandon my passion for showing the community that we can thrive with other interests. I know Justin and some of the others feel kinda of the same way. One of our members got into a physical altercation with a muscle car owner that kicked his K-car and committed vandalism for showing up at a K-car event. Its mundane clubs like us that make the classic car hobby affordable to the average joe. There is nothing wrong with driving a classic 1987 Toyota Corolla. I think classic status should be 20 years, not 25 (another opinionated opinion). I advertise our cars as classics because they are, all of them will be 25 verys shortly, and we use this punchline to educate the public about the K-car. I can't wait for my car to hit 25 in 2013. NADA classifies all cars before 1990 as classics, why shouldn't we?