Benvenuti amici!
The first meet-up for the club is quickly approaching. I am looking forward to seeing a small group of tiny cars zipping around the city of Milwaukee. The more reading I do on other FIAT clubs, the more resolved I am to get this on the road.
Ryan Lenfestey, the amazing former Director @ our LS, always spoke to me about putting together a FIAT club. He recognized my passion for the little mouse and thought a local club could do good things for owners, the studio & the brand in North America. I was aware Tony Westley, the former in-the-know Specialist @ our LS, once led drives for another city car brand. Also being a FIAT 500 owner, I thought he might be interested in partaking in a club geared toward FIATs and was inspired to at least give the idea more serious consideration.
Still, I dragged my feet on the idea until going out for a day drive with another owner-couple. I was sold. I committed myself to designing what I thought would be a worthy badge logo and name for meet-ups/drives of the would-be club. Once I settled on a look, I used my experience with another [unrelated] blog to set up this spot. In addition, I posted club threads on some established FIAT enthusiast forums to help draw local attention.
I am pleasantly surprised to find a good percentage of site traffic from other states & countries. Of course, much of this traffic is likely due to the various club links I include on this page and that is the point of including such things. I want to avoid becoming a tiny, static, digital island. There is plenty of passion for these great city cars to go around. I dig the idea of acting as vehicle to help stimulate said passion. So, a big THANK YOU to all the visitors from around the world is in order. Due to the added interest, I have included the translate tab & enabled comments. My goal is to continue to include content of interest and, in doing so, add value to your ownership experience. So, I hope you are enjoying all the hidden video clips embedded in my entries.
To the early members of the CC5C, thanks for expressing your passion for the brand with your online presence and supporting the efforts to get this thing started. In response to this support, I have decided to offer the initial batch of window badges [at our LS] gratis. I have already contacted the studio about refunding any money collected. I look forward to seeing you all, with your 'centos, the final Saturday of this month.
Ciao!
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