[Nobbc] Today's drive

[Greg Tatarian]

  D'OH!!

I hate it when I do that!

Sorry John, sorry Ron. 'Twas not meant for airing publicly.

That being said, I've seen a number of members who have left our drives, 
if not the membership list, because our drives often get too "sporty", 
including most recently one couple in an MGA on their first drive with 
us who turned around in the middle sometime last year, and from whom 
we've never heard a peep from since. We've also lost members to the WCC 
who have told me that overly sporty driving was the reason they no 
longer participate. Of course, this may also just be the result of aging 
of drivers who no longer want to push it as we often may like to on our 
drives.

Seeing this effect has prompted me, when leading the Lotus club drives, 
to split the group into two - those who want to go fast and those who do 
not. It requires a leader for each group who know the route and 
destination, but keeps each of the groups together, which is supposed to 
be why we get together as a group anyhow. That way the faster drivers 
get their kicks, but those who don't want to push it as much still have 
the chance to participate as a group. I think many of us like to push 
ourselves and our cars from time to time, but we don't want to cause 
accidents or hit a bicyclist, etc., and some of us carry passengers who 
don't appreciate being flung around the cars.

Having inadvertently sent that public critique of you Ron, let me also 
publicly state how much we appreciate the efforts you make with the 
club, keeping everyone motivated, and also, keeping the group together 
on the drives, which you have been very good about these last couple of 
years. It's especially not easy when there is a big turnout, so good 
job. I know when the group gets smaller, it is more enticing to open the 
throttle a bit.

Cheers,

Greg

On 1/17/2011 9:27 AM, Ron Engelhardt wrote:
> Hey! We were at the speed limit all the way except got a little 
> "sporty" on St.Helena Rd after the ride, a road these cars were built 
> for! The road was damp but not particularly slippery, maybe John needs 
> to add an MG to his collection ;-0
>
> Ron
> 58 MGA
>
> Greg Tatarian wrote:
>
>>
>> Yes, John said it got a little too lively for his tastes when the 
>> roads got wet. Seems like Ron doesn't exercise much caution these days.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Greg
>>
>>> Dan
>>>
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> __