As your new president, it is for me a great pleasure but also a new responsibility to communicate with you on a regular basis through your favorite magazine. A pleasure, because I feel that this communication tool offers me an opportunity of fruitful dialogue regarding our shared passion for old cars. A responsibility, because I consider that, together with you, I should be attentive to potential governmental decisions which could affect our preferred pass time in a near future.
A pleasure also because I envisage for our Club more fun activities, rallies, convivial picnics and friendly meals after beautiful countryside outings. But may I stress that, to do so, we need to support our voluntary organizers by increasing our participation if we are to generate more interesting events.

Furthermore, I feel that, insidiously, our cars are aging, beautifully indeed but nevertheless aging, together with us … Therefore, we should encourage new members along with their 'newer cars' to join our Club even though some of the older members consider Citroen CX, Peugeot 205 and Alfa as almost new cars … Let us give a warm reception to these new members …
Finally, let me tell you about one of my old dreams… Every member of the VEA has drawers and shelves full of documentation about their cars. I dream of a permanent VEA location in an old heated garage were we could quietly consult interesting documents comfortably seated in old discarded chairs, with a coffee maker and an old fridge filled with European beers… This is the essence of my dream …

Sincerely VEA yours,

Jean-Jacques Treyvaud