Miata Mailing List: May 1992, Message #14
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   From: (none)
Subject: Re: car clubs in Japan
   Date: (none)

uunet!aplcen!samos.semicon.sony.co.jp!sasaki writes:
>	I used to be a member of "Eunos Roadster Fan Club by NAVI"( NAVI
>	is one of the most popular car magazine here ).  But I no longer 
>	belong to any car club right now.  And one thing I have to say 
>	is that club's magazines are mostly like high school newspaper.
>	The quality of those club's magazines are definitely low.  
>	The reasons might be ...
>	    1. As car clubs don't have long tradition here, peaple
>	       know little about how to organize such a club.
>	    2. Owners of Eunos Roadsters are rather young here ( so
>	       they don't spend so much money on club activities).
>	    3. Main purposes of car clubs are holding meetings or tourings.
>	    4. DTP is not yet so popular.
>	    5. Clubs are mostly very domestic(?).  Maybe each prefecture
>	       has more than one club, but there is no famous nation-wide
>	       club. 
Well, if you want to get a neat magazine you should join the Miata Club
of America.  There is a slick 70-80 page magazine produced 4 times a year.
I think the international dues are something like $35-$40/year.  For
$25/year you could join our Seattle-area club.  We were MCA's first
chapter and produce a very professional 6-8 newsletter once a month.

Of course you could also start your own chapter of MCA.  MCA has chapters
in many different countries.  Our club started with just 8 people 2 1/2
years ago and we now have 110 members.

>	I think it's a better idea to subscribe Japanese car magazines 
>	( some of them have long term test reports on each issue ).   
>	
>	One Topic.
>	    In May, there held a "Eunos Roadster going-home-meeting"
>	    in Hiroshima (where the Headquarter and the main plants of
>	    MAZDA locate).  Numbers of Miatas gathered at their birthplace.
>	     ... But I couldn't make it.  :<
This would have been great!  But I suppose it would have cost a lot of
money to send my Miata to Japan and back :-).  At one time MCA was talking
about a group tour to Japan featuring a guided tour of the Hiroshima
factory where Miatas are built.  Unfortunately nothing ever came of
it.

- Alan