[/QUOTE]Seems quite a few cars being sold nowadays are being bought by people who've no interest in joining the club so it may be we never hear from them again (until they want to sell, then we might get some sort of contact).
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Some folks are very private I guess, so they are never going to join a club. It's always been the case. When the club were putting the registers together it was impossible to come up with a register which reflected the claimed production figures.
How many are on there? 1 in 5? And not all the owners of those cars are in the club. Not that you have to have one to be a member of course. We are an enthusiasts club after all.
Clubs which call themselves "owners" clubs are making themselves even more exclusive.