I also might add that I do not know if Tiger owners will ever really welcome Alpine owners in. It has not happened for the last 30 years. What will make it change? I think we should look at it as a club within a club - where we can take advantage of the existing structures and events, but where it rests on us to provide whatever we expect or want differently for our Alpine interests. Otherwise, we are wasting our time.
Can we do it? We are just not fanatical enough like our Tiger owning brethren. Alpines got a bad wrap when they came out as too feminine. It only got worse when Tigers came out. We probably have to face facts that there will never be an Alpine following like Tigers, Corvettes, Healeys, MGs - or other cars that have already captured the public's interests. But that should not stop us. Maybe we are even more fanatical - Heck, we cherish a car against all public opinion. We cherish a car that is not the fastest, the most powerful, the best looking, or most expensive. If we do not stick together, no one is going to do it for us.
Jay