So if you feel that you were under their spell, shouldnt that upset you now? Where is your outrage of their (DC/SRT) BS? I guess it's too much to expect the leadership to act like leaders. No one wants to be accountable to any of the BS. Do you still take exception to the statement after your fellow zone director pulls a stupid prank here?
It's a good thing I haven't sent in my club application and money.
Geez, where to start? Okay, in order:
Q:
So if you feel that you were under their spell, shouldnt that upset you now?
A: What upsets me is that what tiny tidbit we were thrown turned out to be absolutely nothing. And what, exactly, should I do about it?
Q:
Where is your outrage of their (DC/SRT) BS?
A: This would be a question of productivity. Should I spend my time typing away on the Net? Sending hundreds of nasty e-mails or letters? Picketing in front of DC headquarters in Germany or the SRT headquarters wherever they are these days? Perhaps I should go the route of my buddy Clark: I want to look them straight in the eye and I want to tell them what cheap, lying, no-good, rotten, four-flushing, low-life, snake-licking, dirt-eating, ******, overstuffed, ignorant, blood-sucking, dog-kissing, brainless, dickless, hopeless, heartless, fat-ass, bug-eyed, stiff-legged, spotty-lipped, worm-headed sacks of monkey sh*t they are. Hallelujah. Holy sh*t. Where's the Tylenol?
Would that be sufficient outrage for your bloodlust?
S:
I guess it's too much to expect the leadership to act like leaders. No one wants to be accountable to any of the BS.
A: What an admirable transference of BS indeed! So let me get this straight: You think the "leaders" of the VCA (those unpaid volunteers in a nonprofit group) are accountable? FOR WHAT?? Perhaps you haven't looked at the employee roster at SRT, but we aren't on it. Our say in the matter counts about as much as yours. What would you have the "leaders" do, O' Person Who Doesn't Even BELONG to the Friggin' Club? We don't have a key to the executive washroom. We have ZERO say in the design, execution, budget, or a single solitary thing in the Viper program: NOTHING. I would be delighted to show you how leaders act. And whining like a siren when all it does is hurt everybody's ears isn't it.
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Do you still take exception to the statement after your fellow zone director pulls a stupid prank here?
A: Absolutely. You called every single VCA officer in attendance at the meeting, including numerous regional presidents, a "joke." Yet when one of those officers attempts to make light of an obviously crappy situation by (ironically)
joking, a few people get their ******* in a ***. Lighten up.
S:
It's a good thing I haven't sent in my club application and money.
A: Sounds like money well saved, as you obviously don't understand what the VCA is about. If it was about being the mouthpiece for SRT (which you obviously think it is), then there would be no club: SRT doesn't tell us squat, and much as I hate to say it - they don't have to.
See, what you fail to realize is that DaimlerChrysler, Dodge, and SRT owes us absolutely NOTHING. Did anybody in the million-car Corvette community get a misguided "wink and a nod" with the new Z06? Nope, they were just as surprised as anybody else. By my guesstimates the total new car sales for the Viper is around $900M since 1992. The Corvette? Probably closer to $40
BILLION. Where in the hell is THEIR outrage? They have more current members in their club than we have for total Vipers ever produced! Yet for some reason we think that because we buy less than 2,000 cars a year that DODGE OWES US AN EXPLANATION. THEY OWE US MORE HORSEPOWER. THEY OWE US A BETTER DESIGN.
Guess what McFly - they don't owe us a damn thing. That is not to say we can't demand it, that we can't want it, and that we can't beg for it. Nor is that to say that we can't get our hopes up when one of them happens to give us that sly grin when the subject of horsepower comes up. But that is about it.
My advice to you is to go to one of your local VCA meetings and see what it is all about. Won't cost you a dime, but it will open your eyes. They don't sit there and whine about SRT - they usually don't even mention them. After all, there is nothing they can do to influence the program. What they
will discuss are upcoming Viper events, racing, cruising, upgrades, and just enjoy some good friendships with like-minded car owners. Most who have a sense of humor. If you want the SRT planning and strategy meetings, look elsewhere and make sure you are on the DC payroll. None of us are.
