Is GRM a car club?

Often I find myself referring to GRM as a car club, or to people here on the board as fellow club members etc.

Do you consider this a car club? Or just a cult of creative cheap-asses?

I refer to it as "my racing forum" or going out with "the car guys" when telling coworkers and family about plans etc.

If this is a club, I certainly enjoy the newsletter it cranks out ;)

Had this debate on another similar forum that caters to 4x4. They likened their forum to the campfire where folks are gathered to swap stories.

Withva tight group of people, sure. GRM can be considered a club.

I'm not sure... can a pile of metal resembling a once viable automobile be considered a car?

I've always referred to it similar to my other club-member, Protege2886

If asked by someone (of the non GRM persuation), "where did you learn/hear that?" I typically answer, "the race car guys or racecar buddies."

GRM car club? After reading the article in CM about car clubs, I would definitely sign up.

Can we have a Club Sammich?

and OBDII decoder rings?

Sure it could be, but I think "cult of creative cheap-asses" sounds better

If we change the word "cult", there is potential for an SCCA joke in there lol.

It's not a car-club, as far as Carlisle is concerned.

So cult or disease would be the best and most accurate description.

Protege2886 wrote: If we change the word "cult", there is potential for an SCCA joke in there lol.

society?

I often refer to it as an enthusiast group.

SCARRMRCC wrote:

Protege2886 wrote: If we change the word "cult", there is potential for an SCCA joke in there lol.

society?

Syndicate

I think club is appropriate in the same sense as:

Being in the "Herpes Club"

Not really a club, but clearly there is a common situation...

It could also be called a support group. The world's worst support group

"Hi I'm Bill and I'm an alcoholic."

"Nice to meet you, everyone give Bill a hand! clap clap clap Now today we've got a nice big jug of moonshine, if anyone wants the maker's number just ask..."

Groucho Said it best -- I don;t want to belong to any club that will accept people like me as a member.

I’m not sure about a club, but my wife’s response is normaly ‘of course, GRM, the fountain of all knowledge’ whenever I bring up the forum.

If it was a (club) I'd get a club discount on my ins. So I'm leaning towards.... No.

OK Staff, how about making it a club and getting SCCA and NASA affiliation. Charge say $40 a year with the magazine free? That way you can enter club events etc? Could it work?

I've referred to it as a cult on numerous occasions.

Magazines can have clubs. When I was a kid I was in Club Homeboy, which was part of the BMX Action / Freestylin' world. So there's that.

I present the GRM Clubhouse...all we need are flags made out of Felpro headgaskets.