Just resigned from the PCA Options

[Joe Bob]

I sent an email to the chapter prez asking what was up with the work I did for the re-introduction of the autocross at a venue we lost a couple of years ago....the AX chair said he was actively working on it....

I got a shitty response back that they were not considering it all, not a thank you very much no, but NO.....

I answered back that I was no longer a member.....freaking club is more interested in whine and cheese concour and computer assisted rallies.....

What a worthless POS club.

[campbellcj]

I think I only went to one PCA event in the last year or more; the Concours (Santa Barbara Region). It is < 2miles from my house and is one of the better whine-and-cheese types of events in these parts.

They had one Camarillo airport autox in the last couple years. The dickwads refused to give me money back when I prepaid and couldn't drive cuz my car was not quite ready. The course sucked too...basically a 40 second slalom and "U-turn" on a vacant runway. Yippee.

I get some mild enjoyment out of Panorama but is it really worth the annual dues for a few minutes a month of reading? I dunno...other mags I enjoy are half the price, or less.

I actually made a feeble attempt a couple years to help Z get some kind of autox or TT action started back up in LA/SB but no dice. Even though this is the p-car capital of the world, there was no serious interest at all. Granted, venues are tough to come by here, but it is still weird. I guess everybody else figured out long ago that the local PCA folks are a lost cause, and went to play with POC, Alfa Club, OTR and so forth.

Now the POC "management" (board) and venues have changed fairly dramatically too, and it does not work great for me. Like Andy, I have had a very positive experience overall with POC. Sure there are your cranky or overly-cocky types but they exist in every large group of people. I have always felt welcome, even in my "cheap old" 914 out there with guys in new 996tt's and GT3 Cup cars.

BTW the POC GCR's are downloadable online in PDF format on the web site. http://www.porscheclub.com/pdf/2003GCR.PDF Everything from stock 914 1.7's, to R-Gruppe style 70's 911's, up to brand new factory race cars can run; NOT just fully prepped dedicated race cars.