I avoid Citroën car clubs like the plaque. The clubs that I was a member of did not do anything other than getting my membership money and shipped the magazine. In both cases I met the ``inner circle´´ and always felt that it was hard to be accepted.

To my surprise others, even long term members felt the same way but they enjoyed the social side of it and the camaraderie as long as nobody challenged the peace. All the political nonsense I could do without. It is to me nothing more than a monster I wasted time and money on but I do respect what the club was doing for the common good, like parts for members, raids and other meeting and so on. Today I feel no need to be part of any club. My movements are through forums and the friendships coming from these forums.

I think I've made my feelings about clubs crystal clear in so much as I think they're vital for the future survival of our cars. But, I think forums such as this can also play a very important role ...

The thought of going to a world meeting with queues, drunk people, smelly toilets, shit food (and toilets) is something that I would pay a lot more than £25 to not to have to go within 100 miles of

I thought I'd be nice, and decided to send mr editor an email with a few ideas, and offer to post something in... Over a week later- no reply