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Originally Posted by Derek69SS
Can't say I agree with you on this one Jeff... The fun of CB is the people, not the show. I know I didn't drive 12hrs each way for the BBQ dinner, a few runs down an 1/8mi track, and to spend 3 days in the hot sun.
The reason we go back is in the parking lots every night after the show is over.  |
Thats part of the reason why I am saying I have no need to be an ACES member to enter the show. Putting my car in the show really means absolutely nothing to me. I dont like putting my car on show fields, I dont care what others think of it, I built it purely for me.
Everything else that happens at CB I can do without being an ACES member and paying the way too high entry fee for nothing more than a place to park. I can still rent a motel room without an ACES membership, I can walk around and look at cars without an ACES membership, I can go to seminars if I choose without an ACES membership, I can go to the drags and pay to race just like everyone else without an ACES membership, I wouldnt even consider autocrossing my car, so what would i need to become an ACES member for again? I have no need to put my car on the show field, which is the only thing that gains me.
I just personally think an ACES membership is a waste of money for me personally. I've done it and dont see a need to do it anymore. The only thing paying the membership gets you is 6 thin magazines a year. Still have to pay ridiculously high entry fees to get into the shows, I'm not a by the numbers restoration type, so the resto tech in the magazines doesnt do me any good, and besides I can get all of that same tech info for free off the 3 chevelle sites now. I'm not knocking anyone that chooses to be a member, 6000 people or whatever it is certainly cant be wrong, I'm just saying it isnt for me, I've tried it and found I dont really gain anything for my money spent.
Jeff