Comments on: “No hoon” car club underway

By: GhisGT

GhisGT — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 04:02:50 +0000

2 sides to every story, Intructor

;)

By: Instructor

Instructor — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 03:39:50 +0000

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….

By: Dark

Dark — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 16:38:27 +0000

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!

By: philip

philip — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 12:28:32 +0000

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

By: Phil

Phil — Mon, 12 May 2008 04:50:31 +0000

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!

By: BLITZM

BLITZM — Wed, 07 May 2008 11:33:07 +0000

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.

By: Phil

Phil — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 10:41:41 +0000

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

By: VYSHSV8

VYSHSV8 — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 15:17:06 +0000

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

By: VYSHSV8

VYSHSV8 — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 15:06:15 +0000

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…

By: Ralf

Ralf — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 11:12:43 +0000

first and foremost thanks for the writeup it is always good to get exposure..and as they say any publicity is good publicity ..although it would be great if ppl would at least appreciate this club writeup etc for what it is….if you dont like the policies story etc move on ..get a job and stop wastin your precious time making comments that dont really add any sense of constructive critisism…i am sure that like myself…(one of the earliest members) many of our members would be more than happy to invite you along to a cruise so that you can actually have first hand experience with the club rather than make assumptions from a couple of wonderful paragraphs and photos…i know everyone is entitled to their opinion and this is mine..i dont see the point in talkin sh*t about ppls choices as they are just that…other ppls choices..live your life the way you choose drive the car you choose act the way you choose and hopefully it all goes smoothly…rather than bitch about what someone else has chosen to do drive and be….
at the end of the day im a big believer in leading by example and i admit i like enjoying my car now and then after all thats why i build them…but i as a member of several car clubs and forums can appreciate other ppls tastes etc even if i dont like it..and i CHOOSE not to judge someone by any other means than their ACTIONS enjoy cars or not your choice act like a muppet and rubbish someone from the comfort of your chair without knowing any background make yourself feel all warm and fuzzy and special and warmin the cockles of your own palms ppl and ppl will bite…one of the things i miss from pre intraweb days…before it was popular you had to have the balls to tell someone to their face….
please feel free to experience the club first hand before making accusations etc even if you arent a fan of the commodore in general i am pretty ure that everyone in the club has owned or enjoyed at least one other type of vehicle..come along then make a call from experience

end rant

By: Aaron

Aaron — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 13:53:56 +0000

Elitist to quote your words “Who the hell would spend 30k on a holden” i would and hve done many time and will do it plenty more personal attacks on me just shows you do not now me at all nor do you know much this commodore was not built to look like a show car it is my every day driver, i also own a fully restored 48-215, fj vk grpA brock HQ prem station wgn 56 chev and a few others which are all in very good to mint condition, cars are my hobbie!and it is what i do instead of taking drugs ,drinking or robbing little old ladies, i work very hard for my money and i will do with it as i please.

By: Phil

Phil — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 09:48:07 +0000

Hi everyone
It looks like this story has created a lot of feedback, some good, some bad and some that is not related at all!
Basically the club was started with the intention for all to enjoy the networking, socialising and friendship with others that also have like passion for the Holden Commodore. Some have cars that are purpose built for show, some for the track, some purely because they love to go cruising, and some because they want to meet others to get ideas on how to either build up their commodore, or learn from more experienced commodore drivers how to handle their vehicle on the track.
WCC has been operating for just shy of 12 months, and with nearly 100 members it is gaining a lot of respect in the community as a club that rejects any sort of HOON behavior on club events (as that is what the track events are for!!)

I thank Karl for the write up of our club and the story on the club show and shine at one of our sponsors Gibbons Holden, and would also like to thank everyone that has had positive comments to make about our club.
For those of you that have posted up unfavourabe comments about our club, ues you are entitled to your comments, but as I always say ‘each to their own’, because WCC is for the passionate Commodore drivers and all the members actually enjoy the club. It is a club for the members to enjoy their hobby in a safe environment, anyone trying to change that by misbehavingin a HOON manner will be reported and asked to leave immediately!
So if anyone would like to chat further to myself they can email the club a westcoastcommodores@gmail.com and I would be pleased to answer any questions people may have.
Anyway, enough said for now!

Regards
Phil
WCC President

By: Stan

Stan — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 05:53:03 +0000

No Name – granted there will always be hoons.. but these guys who are sick of them and are making their own “official” club to stay away from the so called “hoons” should be recognised.. so that others can see whats happening and even join up if so desired! not many know theres clubs where you can enjoy an event without having to worry about spoons being stupid.

WCC Is properly Incorporated and growing like a wild fire! all good fellas trying their hardest to weed out the bs!..

This is not an article to stir up any great debates , but one to let people know of a commodore enthusiast club that they think people should know about.. holden just seems to be the type of car being used in this case.

And yes i do recognise people like to debate everything in the world even to extremes.. i do think the discussion should be kept to questions on how the clubs going & about keeping the hoon factor out of it and or how can people learn more about them if so interested.. but thats my opinion :).

Elitist – if you did some mods to your car that you loved and people bagged you for not being tastefull to them how could you ever be individual.. trying to conform to the norm here are we?

By: chris

chris — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 23:52:30 +0000

BM, my car is in a panel shop being repainted etc, has been since september, thats why its not at MV, if it was out of the shop then it would have been there,i was hoping it would have been but no chance now.

thanks go to Stan for the good words, well said

By: Elitist

Elitist — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 22:52:48 +0000

Its not passion, its called “bad taste”… Like when people put dimsims in a roll, sure it tastes good but its just plain wrong…..It just izzzzzz….. *Clarksons voice

By: ImportJap

ImportJap — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 13:45:41 +0000

Commodores are highly affordable, somewhat culturally attached, and in higher numbers than most cars on the road, hence the proportion of ‘wanker commodore drivers’ is higher.

For all that said and done, I see plenty of the exact same wankers in late model Falcons and any number of turbo and non turbo Japanese imports. The car itself means nothing. The attitude propagates to whatever car, no model automatically creates a wanker.

And who on earth gets annoyed at kids who put bodykits/styling/performance parts on their cars? That’s passion, something places like this encourage not matter what a person drives.

By: No Name

No Name — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 11:35:26 +0000

Stan. Its not useless banter, theres points to be made. I think wherever you get cars together in unofficial gatherings they’ll be hoons about whether directly involved or not.

By: Stan

Stan — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 10:47:50 +0000

this was not aimed at you bavarian it’s ok ;).. i think their ill always be immature p platers and even some off the p plates who shouldnt be driving! becuase of dangerous behaviour on the road.. just have to try an ignore them if possible.. or report them, as this club does!

PS lets not waste space on useless posts ay fellas!

By: Bavarian Missile

Bavarian Missile — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 08:40:57 +0000

hahaha…..your normal witty self!

By: Wheelnut

Wheelnut — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 08:27:28 +0000

How about NOOH [hoon backwards].. so when someone asks you are you a HOON? you [as a car enthusiast] can say NOOH!