BMW |Owners club meet

Tue Apr 03, 2012 9:58 am

Hi im still quite new to all this forum stuff but last night me and a mate (whose on the e46 forum) went to a meet at a pub near chesterfield, it was a bmw owners club meet nothing to do with this e30 forum. but when we were there everyone seemed to blank us no one spoke to us so after 2.5 hours of being ignored we left.
is this common place for meets with bmw owners club?

Tue Apr 03, 2012 10:13 am

yes,they are a bunch of stuck up coonts !

were all friends on e30 zone

Tue Apr 03, 2012 10:34 am

wafuboy wrote:Hi im still quite new to all this forum stuff but last night me and a mate (whose on the e46 forum) went to a meet at a pub near chesterfield, it was a bmw owners club meet nothing to do with this e30 forum. but when we were there everyone seemed to blank us no one spoke to us so after 2.5 hours of being ignored we left.
is this common place for meets with bmw owners club?

Andyboy,beardymat and myself were there,why did you not make yourself known?

We do not know you,just come up to us and say hello,how difficult is that?

Tue Apr 03, 2012 10:40 am

agree with daimlerman i'm afraid, you have to make yourself known, not just expect everyone else to go out of their way to come and talk to you. that said, there are always some snob types at single marque owners club meets, you just need to avoid them

Tue Apr 03, 2012 11:02 am

How did you miss Malcolm anyway?

Surely the suit with the arrows on it, the extremely short haircut, slighly tentative gait and the ball and chain were a dead give away?

Tue Apr 03, 2012 11:11 am

cecotto479 wrote:How did you miss Malcolm anyway?

Surely the suit with the arrows on it, the extremely short haircut, slighly tentative gait and the ball and chain were a dead give away?

Exactly!

BTW,Simon13 had me hod-carrying,we built two new en-suite cells,with contrasting brickwork to name them 'Barry' and 'Kos'....

Tue Apr 03, 2012 11:41 am

wafuboy wrote:Hi im still quite new to all this forum stuff but last night me and a mate (whose on the e46 forum) went to a meet at a pub near chesterfield, it was a bmw owners club meet nothing to do with this e30 forum. but when we were there everyone seemed to blank us no one spoke to us so after 2.5 hours of being ignored we left.
is this common place for meets with bmw owners club?

We were there all night. Sorry you felt ignored but I didn't know who/where you were.

Tue Apr 03, 2012 1:05 pm

i can understand a few of the points like why didnt you talk to us etc but, surely as a club its common place to have new intrested people arrive? so isnt it best theat the group approach the new folk? i thought it was quite intimidating trying to speak to a group of people that are constantly in full flow conversation. ill give it another try. there were a couple of very nice cars there though.

Tue Apr 03, 2012 1:12 pm

Get yourself over to us in Leicester

http://www.e30zone.net/modules.php?name ... 22&start=0

We're very friendly... A bit too friendly too

Tue Apr 03, 2012 1:28 pm

Scottish Meets are freindly too:

http://www.e30zone.net/modules.php?name ... c&t=217629

Tue Apr 03, 2012 1:42 pm

Rtaylor2208 wrote:Scottish Meets are freindly too:

http://www.e30zone.net/modules.php?name ... c&t=217629

Liar

Tue Apr 03, 2012 2:28 pm

Jim320i wrote:Get yourself over to us in Leicester

http://www.e30zone.net/modules.php?name ... 22&start=0

We're very friendly... A bit too friendly too

Just don't let your car out of your sight - or Jim will have the spanners out and your morsels on ebay quicker than you can say "Buy It Now"

Tue Apr 03, 2012 5:57 pm

capri_rob wrote:
Jim320i wrote:Get yourself over to us in Leicester

http://www.e30zone.net/modules.php?name ... 22&start=0

We're very friendly... A bit too friendly too
Just don't let your car out of your sight - or Jim will have the spanners out and your morsels on ebay quicker than you can say "SUPER MINT "

Tue Apr 03, 2012 6:50 pm

ive heard similar things about a bmw cc north east meet by a zoner

They will be very anal

Tue Apr 03, 2012 8:00 pm

Alex wrote:ive heard similar things about a bmw cc north east meet by a zoner

They will be very anal

that sounds just the opposite, a bit TOO friendly for my liking!

Wed Apr 04, 2012 10:08 am

wafuboy wrote:i can understand a few of the points like why didnt you talk to us etc but, surely as a club its common place to have new intrested people arrive? so isnt it best theat the group approach the new folk? i thought it was quite intimidating trying to speak to a group of people that are constantly in full flow conversation. ill give it another try. there were a couple of very nice cars there though.

Fair enough. I won't be at the next meet but give Steve a ring the day before and make yourself known!

I did notice a black E46 Coupe in the car park but had no idea if it just belonged to someone dining there.

Fri Apr 06, 2012 6:19 pm

Andyboy wrote:
wafuboy wrote:i can understand a few of the points like why didnt you talk to us etc but, surely as a club its common place to have new intrested people arrive? so isnt it best theat the group approach the new folk? i thought it was quite intimidating trying to speak to a group of people that are constantly in full flow conversation. ill give it another try. there were a couple of very nice cars there though.
Fair enough. I won't be at the next meet but give Steve a ring the day before and make yourself known!
I did notice a black E46 Coupe in the car park but had no idea if it just belonged to someone dining there.

yeah that was my mates car mine in the garage in the process of being put back together

Fri Apr 06, 2012 8:43 pm

Its a common misconception I'm affraid.

Alot of the people there, know each other, get on and met up there. They are going to be talking amongst themselves.

This can come across as unfriendly but its just normal.

If you walked into a pud you'd never been in before, would you expect everyone in there to talk to you?