“No hoon” car club underway
January 13, 2008 by Karl Peskett
At a meeting at a Holden dealership in WA yesterday, the West Coast Commodore club displayed a selection of member’s cars for the public to inspect.
But what makes this car club different to other clubs is a sense of accountability, and amenability. It simply does not tolerate illegal behaviour from its members.
In a response to a lack of responsibility displayed by other organisations, the West Coast Commodore car club was created to give an outlet to enthusiasts, without the “hoon” tag being applied.
Vice President Aaron Roberts (pictured above) was kind enough to explain to Car Advice what the mentality behind the creation of the club was, and what it means to be a part of it.
“We’re a very family oriented club. You know, we hold a lot of social events. Things like barbeques, supergolf, organising bowling, that sort of thing. We can’t afford to bring the family to where there are idiots,” he said.
On cruise days, the WCC club maintains a close vigil, and is immensely strict about road rules.
“When we create a map for our cruises, we send it off the Police, and it’s registered with them. That way they know exactly where we’re going. Also, at the first meetpoint, we take down all the numberplates of partakers of the cruise. We distribute committee members throughout the cruise, and any illegal activity is noted and then details handed to the Police.”
Mr Roberts was also quick to point out that although the club is strict, it doesn’t mean that fun can’t be had.
“We still get involved in motorsport, so our members can have an outlet too. Drag meetings happen every few months and we do other things as well.”
No stranger to a heavy right foot, his car is a supercharged VX SS Commodore which produces a dynoed 477 rear-wheel kilowatts. Having spent nearly $30,000 on his car on top of the purchase price, Mr Roberts says that all his members are the same, and have a passion for their cars. And that’s what the common thread is.
Having begun nearly a year ago, VP Aaron Roberts and President Phil Holling, created the club with only 8 committee members. It now has nearly 100 paid members, 11 sponsors and is continuing to grow, with new members joining each week. But because of its responsible, yet fair rules, it is gaining more respect in the car scene, and from social organisations.
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Yes Congrats on the write-up guys, sorry I couldn’t make it…
Well done WCC.
The reason I joined the club( which was not long after it formed) was that it is family orientated and that means the most to me, my kids love it…
Well said Aaron :) and Phil and to the members of the WCC, Yes we love our cars and to race them as well( Legally done at the drag strip), I understand most of the comments made on here, which is the perception that we are all hoons which we are trying to change, the prob these days is that cars in there basic for are twice to 3 times more powerful than what they were 10-20yrs ago and young drivers are gettiung hold of them and stuffing up ( crashes, racing etc etc).
I love all makes and models of cars and have probably owned almost one of each make over the years, so have a love for cars and yes fast ones too…
Lets try to help each other out and get the media to understand where we are on this…
Fast cars and/or the love of cars= the car entusiast….NOT A HOON
Once again thanks to all the positive feedback on the club peoples,we are making the club bigger and better all of the time.
:)
Regards
Phil
WCC President
Wow, what a cool club. wonder where they cruise, up and down Scarbourough Beach or Cottesloe doing 40km/h. Truly adrenaline pumping experience.
just looking at their cars you can tell that they are all dopes that can’t drive. They are all show-offs just sticking to 40km/h. Joke.
That’s your opinion Blitzm, and as a matter of fact we tend to stay away from the tourist spots for our street cruises, and our members actually compete in a number of motorsport events on legal tracks.
As I said before thanks for your opinion!
blah blah blah… get a vl… do something to it out of the ordanery and i will give you a race and see who wins
I wish some A##@les would grow up.. finish school and stop trying to make themselves feel big.. seriously what a waste of my time reading posts like blitzm’s etc.. simply being a real T#@#$r.. what a joke!
Respected?? AHG Driving Centre has no respect at all for you guys. Turn up on stock rims/tyres, complain about no traction, have 1 driver kicked off and 3 warned about being idiots….
2 sides to every story, Intructor
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