After watching this thread and vacillating on a response here goes. Purchased 5501 while living in Washington DC ? no local club. Transferred by 3M to St. Paul again no local club but, lots of conversations with Bruce Benson. Joined the DOA - After about 2 years questioned the price value of membership and discontinued. Transferred to AZ - had a local club. My personal opinion is with all the activity now in regional DeLorean clubs, multiple outstanding publications, access to information via the Internet and Ken's & DMCH shows what is the unique marketing position of the DOA going forward? Not trying to make a stance just asking a question. Again my .02 but I have received more from ownership by being apart of a local community of owners than any other experience save the DCS (could not make the DMCH show). Keep the money local, build a club and build the community. Thanks for the soapbox! Randal "The 3M Guy" www.az-d.org To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: dmcnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/