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Originally Posted by gatorblue92
This.
I am convinced that it depends on which section of the club you are in. I see Matt in Ohio posting about events that his section is doing on Facebook every few weeks and there is nothing here in the Philly area.
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One of these days I need to check out the mbca events local to me. Seems pretty active compared to other locations I've lived. Still an mbca member, but almost primarily for the parts discount the classic center gives, which was the original reason. The local chapter has more driving events however, like road rally stuff, so could be fun.
Been to a few events back when I first joined in less populated parts of the country, and it was a bit stale. Unfortunately because mostly I only have interest in the older vehicles. However one day ill make the effort to hit up the mbca CT headquarters car show event.
I just don't like the undercurrent of brand pretension that sometimes is a factor at MB stuff. One of the reasons I love the impromptu GTGs often organized by forum members is there is none of that, just people who love their car for whatever reason and are often hopeless tinkerers. However when you go to an officially sanctioned event from mbca, you have this brand undercurrent thing going on.
That may be a bit unfair, as obviously it IS about a brand on some level, but still, there is a definite feel to it, you can sense the difference in the general mindset.
I don't know, maybe its the inherant sense of pretension the mbusa had tried so hard to culivate showing itself through owner attitudes, but it makes mbca events less fun.
I see three distinct groups of MB owners, the owners who drive the old MBs and love them, and those that drive the newer ones and love them, and those that just drive the car period and will never be part of any club. IMO, mbca is trying to appeal to all groups in a general sense, which is hard to do.