Excellent point Trevor. Everyone in England was probably within a day's
drive of Gaydon.
I will posit that there are also two financial reasons. First, I believe we
would have had more cars at LotO if we had today's gas prices instead of the
$4 a gallon stuff. Second, the average Spridget owner in this country
doesn't have a lot of money. That's why s/he has a Spridget instead of a
Duesenberg or an Auburn.
A number of folks wrote me about our 50th to say they'd love to come but
simply couldn't afford to. Some wanted to know if they could participate in
everything without paying the $50 registration fee (hell no!) and some who
came stayed in cheaper hotels and didn't pay for extra meals, the banquet,
or what have you citing high cost (Which, by the way, I found to be very
reasonable for a once in a lifetime event! $165 got you, your car and your
passenger registered with full honors, T-shirt etc, BBQ, banquet, and the
special grille badge - and you had 2 years to save up for it - $7 a month +
hotel and travel - Go figure...).
Cheers!!
Jim
On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 3:28 PM, Trevor Jessie <trevor.jessie@gmail.com>wrote:
> The UK is smaller and there were about 5 car clubs that coordinated
> the effort (one of which is exclusively for midgets and sprites)
> But more importantly it is a matter car density.
>
> On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 4:20 PM, <tinydog@snet.net> wrote:
> > tinydog agrees again.
> >
> >
> >
> > Many can write stories to recount their long trips. I've done it myself.
> >
> > This discussion was about why a US Spridget event only attracts 200
> compared to the UK event which attracted 1,000.
> >
> > The point I make concerns the average person, the average owner.
> > -------------- Original message from "David Lieb" <
> dbl@chicagolandmgclub.com>:
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