I'm constantly on the look out for non jeep clubs so obviously google would lead me here at some point. Why must I seek out this groups & clubs? Because I don't wheel a heep, & that's the "requirement" for 10 of the closest & largest clubs aron me. Through special acceptance some would let me join.....but I can't just go hey let me in....no my brand is taken into consideration, some even want me to try out.....
It should be as simple as; hey you wheel, me too, can I join, sure......
But that sure never happens it's what do you take offroad? Ooooooo we'll have to consider that.
jeep owners arn't bad, most are great guys & girls even...but as clubs & groups go they're the most exclusive look down their nose faction i've been around. Even the rover ppl arn't as elitest, tho they are a close second.
I ended up in a explorer club not that that's all they allow, but that's 97% of the membership. I asked if I could come to a meet & showed up not stating my vehicle...Wait that's a blah blah that's pretty cool, let's hit the trails. No connotation or special considerations needed. & by the end of the day we were all brothers.
it's a small club that doesn't get out nearly enough though so i'm always on the look out for another group of some sort so I'm not breaking one of the cardinal rules 'don't wheel alone' nearly as often. I try & hook up with ppl on location, but it's even better to be planned into a meet.....
All leading me to this thread....Where a recurring theme is "its about the action, not the vehicle" Spoken mostly by the jeepers who were excluded......just watching all talk & I hate the fact I linked it together....but it's akin to white privilege......it's just jeep privilege....Ya'll can buy whatever you want to assemble your rigs, & build what you choose. You can typically join whatever groups you want....Niche brands like mine we build more then we can buy, we have to be taken under consideration or find others like us..........But the moment ya'll are excluded oh lawdy it's the end of the world....
meanwhile while it's not explicitly stated like the FB group being started here......Your all on a website called NC4X4 essentially implying offroaders from the other 49 states & around the globe can p/o......... yet you're not an exclusive mindset of jeepers....effin hypocrits let the man have his no jeep club.....at the end of the day he'll still be out numbered 50 to 1........