PS -- loved Bram's exchange with doc yesterday -- exactly what other "services" does the NSX Club of Canada provide? Depending on the answer you might find your membership increasing exponentially.
Sorry, I didn't see this yesterday when I replied.
I'll give the quick run down of some of the many member benefits:
o We are a registered not for profit organization, recognized by the Federal Government.
o Support from Honda Canada. Many of you were at Est-Fest this year, and the dinner on Saturday night; as well as the golf shirts and phone chargers were all provided by Honda at no cost. We try to be good brand ambassadors.
o Great friendships - Personally, when I was looking for a car, lots of cars were in the same budget range of the NSX; but the people kept me coming back.
o Membership welcome gift. This year it is an awesome license plate frame in any one of 4 color combinations, last year was a golf shirt, etc.
o Exclusive invitations to attend many Club functions, including but not limited to: Interesting scenic tours, trips to incredible car events, Honda Indy, museums, car manufacturing plants, and go karting to name a few. Many of these are provided at no cost to the members, and the ones that do have charges associated have a greatly reduced fee based on our buying power through great attendance.
o Invitation to our annual Membership Renewal Party in February
o Invitation to Est Fest, our annual celebration of NSX owners in May
o Invitation to our summer, fall and many impromptu cruises.
o Invitation to our annual Honda Plant Tour and BBQ in Alliston, Ontario
o Discounts (20%) on OEM parts and labor at Acura of Oakville
o Discounts (20%) on OEM parts and labor at Erin Mills Acura
o Access to one of the best NSX technician (Robert Magro) in the Province. While he has recently made a career move to Porsche, he is still fully committed to our members both as Technical Director, and an active executive on our board.
o Membership to the Canadian Automobile Sports Club, Ontario Region (CASC‐OR) as NSXCC is an affiliated member. One of the benefits of affiliation with the CASC is access to insurance coverages granted exclusively to CASC affiliated clubs. That means, if there is ever an incident during one of our gatherings, no member of the club can be held personally liable (assuming they weren't involved)
o The Club has a small inventory of used NSX parts that are available for loan and sale. (email us for details)
That's by no means an exhaustive list, but we strive to keep all of our gatherings and daily club business professional. We have heard from members of other clubs that this seems to be a rare occurrence. Respecting the relatively small size of Ontario, we think we do pretty well, considering we have nearly 60 paid members for 2015, and regularly have 20+ members join us on club cruises. That being said, we do have members from across North America, but we're more focused in Southern Ontario as that's where the bulk of the members; and all of the executives live.
I hope that described our services pretty well.
