surf owners club

[da SLUG man]

just having a thought about insurance and on adrian flux they offer discount for owners clubs... would it be worth a call to them to find out exactly what qualifies as an "owners club".... perhaps others such as milners would offer discount??

[icsys]

I had a very competitive quote from Footman James. They list clubs on their site so they may offer discount too.
http://www.footmanjames.co.uk/site/clubs.asp

[super8simon]

Yep, I got a good quote from Footman James too. My neighbour used to have a Lotus Esprit that he insured with them through a club at a very good rate. Might be worth investigating.

Simon

[jotto]

Yep, I got a good quote from Footman James too. My neighbour used to have a Lotus Esprit that he insured with them through a club at a very good rate. Might be worth investigating.

Simon

I got a discount from these because I'm a member of the Jaguar enthusiasts club.

[icsys]

well i think creating an official 'Toyota Surf Owners Club' should be considered. it could bring some benefits.

I think the only requirements would be electing a committee;
Chairman, Treasurer (if payments are reqd), and a Secretary.

I have done this before.. a long time ago. So if anyone has any further information, post your views.

[valarius]

re owners club

why not have it as net based through forum keeps costs for all down , members and organisers / commitee

had owners club like this when i owned a pulsar gti-r worked well cos you could access details 24/7 most of my time online is when the rest of the family allow me to use the computer normally early hours !!!!

plenty of redbull to keep me going

[Dunno]

I thought this was a CLUB! or as good as.

It certainly feels like one. FORUM, CLUB whats in a name?.

Paul

[SparX]

You could join the Toyota Owners Club. have a look here :-

http://www.goldmembers.co.uk/toc_index.php

It cost £25 per year and you get all sorts of discounts , including Insurance.

try having a look here : and select Insurace from the quick links at the top.

http://www.toyotaownersclub.com/forums/

From reading it , they have posted all the info you need on the site, so you wouldn't even have to join to get the discount ( probably )

anyone here a memeber already ?

[icsys]

I thought this was a CLUB! or as good as.

It certainly feels like one. FORUM, CLUB whats in a name?.

Technically you're right, but you may need a committee of some sort to be officially recognised. I'm sure the forum would act as a good medium though to run the 'club'.

Looking at the toyoa owners club, this is exactly what they are doing (not sure if they have committee/officers though. maybe its not required?)

There has'nt been much feedback on this thread so it may not be what people want.

[colincd]

Have a look at the last couple of Posts on this one..............

http://www.yotasurf.co.uk/Forums/sho...=5937#post5937

[icsys]

Hmmm... I missed that

Could we amalgamate all this into one dedicated thread?

[colincd]

Hmmm... I missed that

Could we amalgamate all this into one dedicated thread?

Ask Koi or Lucky.
They might be able to move across the Posts ?

[Draig]

personally I think we should form a club!

[SparX]

If it was to form some sort of club , you could do much the same as the TOC , and have this forum free to users , but have a Gold Member status, where you pay a subscription to get all the benefits a club would offer. i.e , only members get the great discount at Devils Pit etc.

This would also bring in revenue for the webmasters to purchase webspace , and traffic bandwidth , and possibly give some capital for making other merchandise.

The payments could be easily managed using Paypal , its a little more overhead on the workload for the admins , but if the club was formed , elected members can take charge of different functions.i.e

Events organizer , green lane advisor , etc

I for one would be willing to pay my £25 to here , rather than the TOC .

Maybe one of the admins can run a poll to see what the 300+ members of the forum think.

[icsys]

Whilst I have no objection to paying some sort of membership fee to cover web hosting costs etc...(within reason) you don't want to alienate would-be members by charging more than a nominal 'donation'
I say donation because membership fees are taxable.

If an official club is seriously being considered then a poll should be ran as it is a possiblity that few forum members will actually show interest.

I hope I am wrong as it could be beneficial especially as this vehicle is an import.