members

[Smokey]

So my membership is nearly up for the first year an it has absolutley flown by, iv had some great times with the car but god av i had some bad, but you just gotta love the 5.

So just a thread to find out who are the oldest longest servers with or without breaking there service. Sorry if its already been done.

Mat

[modfather]

im in to my second year :yeah:, i must :agree: loving the site wish i found it a few years ago proberly would have my 5 finished by now :laugh: had fair few problems but with help/advise and parts from this club have managed to get them sorted.

[BriC]

I've been here since '05, but some people have been here since the 90's I think..

[Adey aka Ewok]

Mart bill Colin? All old as the hills and been here since I have

[Bigfoot]

I recon Russ B would be one of the longest serving members

[Mart]

Current members wise, according to the database anyway (assuming that the 'join dates' are correct), Russ is the longest serving rtoc'er, followed by another old fart...

http://www.rtoc.org/boards/memberlist.php?&order=ASC&sort=joindate&pp=30

[markey b]

2003 for me, 7 years and worth every penny :-)

[Alastair]

2003 for me, 7 years and worth every penny :-)

I was sometime around 2003 too but can't remember exactly when! Was living in Newcastle and then Hartlepool at the time... not sure why I am down as 2008?:laugh:

[TNT Tricky Nicky]

i've owned my 5gtt for around 10 years and been a member for around the same time i guess, maybe slightly less. mine probably says later due to the server falling over and the host company heading for the hills

[Brigsy]

2001 here, cant be far off a decade of renault turbo ownership now :D

[Logg]

Got my first GTT in the summer of 1999 and joined the club that winter. :)

[Big Steve - Raider]

:yeah:Woo Hoo!! I made it onto Page 1!!

I found my join date on my old RTOC Profile Page :D

http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/nn259/BigSteveT/RTOCOld.jpg

[Big Steve - Raider]

Got my first GTT in the summer of 1999 and joined the club that winter. :)


2001 here, cant be far off a decade of renault turbo ownership now :D

Looks like my time on the 1st Page may be coming to a swift end! :laugh:

:denied:

[jaffa]

i am also enjoying my first year of club involvement...:rolleyes::)

[Adey aka Ewok]

i am also enjoying my first year of club involvement...:rolleyes::)

n00b

[Tony Walker]

:yeah:Woo Hoo!! I made it onto Page 1!!

I found my join date on my old RTOC Profile Page :D

http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/nn259/BigSteveT/RTOCOld.jpg
How did you manage that?

[Scoff]

How did you manage that?

there exists a copy of the old website running in a dark corner of the rtoc server. currently it's database server is switched off to conserve resources but it can be switched on as and when it's required.

[Lomo]

Strewth..Now your asking...:scratch:....My first event was back in the days of John Falconer...I would guess maybe 1996 or there abouts..:mart: That was when the old car club was going strong "gtturbo.org" And I still have the stickers in the car to prove it! Group buy anyone?? :wasntme:

[Ashy]

2001 here, cant be far off a decade of renault turbo ownership now :D

Same here mate :) I was just a young un when I joined up... Feel old and decrepid now :coffee:

[Scoff]

Funny thing is I don't ever remember there being a forum in 98 when we had gtturbo.org ? I know there was, somewhere, that mark phillips ran. Or maybe I just didn't spend long enough looking for it since I was on 14k4 dialup and it was costing a sh1t load to surf :D

[philr5t]

i am now loving my second year on here but have owned my five now since march 2003

[rat1]

my first year was back in 2000 just after my brother (colin) had taken me to a national day. some might find it weird but i've only had a 5gtt for just over a year now :laugh:

[Lomo]

Funny thing is I don't ever remember there being a forum in 98 when we had gtturbo.org ? I know there was, somewhere, that mark phillips ran. Or maybe I just didn't spend long enough looking for it since I was on 14k4 dialup and it was costing a sh1t load to surf :D

:laugh:

It was all done by post then fella! :D.....I used to love waiting for the wastegate/event info etc to pop through the door! The old chat page (where I first met Sparkie and Co) was fantastic. So simple yet so brilliant! :laugh::agree:

[Alex]

:laugh:

It was all done by post then fella! :D.....I used to love waiting for the wastegate/event info etc to pop through the door! The old chat page (where I first met Sparkie and Co) was fantastic. So simple yet so brilliant! :laugh::agree:

I remember it well, I wish I'd kept the old Wastgates now! :rolleyes:

[phase i 16 v turbo]

I still have my copies of the old Wastgates. That is going back some years. I still have my original keyring with my membership number on it.

[Alastair]

:laugh:

It was all done by post then fella! :D.....I used to love waiting for the wastegate/event info etc to pop through the door! The old chat page (where I first met Sparkie and Co) was fantastic. So simple yet so brilliant! :laugh::agree:


I remember Wastegate, although it was dying off when i joined the old GTTOC, i think i still have my original 'joining pack' stuff somewhere:laugh: keyring, tax disk holder and members card i think? Might even still be using the tax disk holder - can't remember. I wonder how may 5's still have them in the front window :smokin:

[Mart]

:laugh:

It was all done by post then fella! :D.....I used to love waiting for the wastegate/event info etc to pop through the door! The old chat page (where I first met Sparkie and Co) was fantastic. So simple yet so brilliant! :laugh::agree:

Aii, that old chat page was run by some crazy Geordie called Steve. No threads, just one long continuous stream of posts. Checking the day's postings after getting home from work used to take an eternity :D

If I remember rightly, Steve pulled the plug on the website due to Roly (GTT) threatening to sue him over remarks made about one of GTT's big brake kits failing & killing the driver in the process.

Mark Phillips was on the scene at the time, knew a bit about creating websites, and thus gtturbo.org was born from the leftovers.

The rest, as they say, is history... [/cliché] :D

[The new Bill J]

Strewth. That was when the old car club was going strong "gtturbo.org" And I still have the stickers in the car to prove it!

I remember not fitting my gtturbo.org stickers, and chucking them in the bin :cry:

[Sparkie]

didnt Mart leave and then come back?

i allegedly joined in 2008.....

have a look at this from back in 2000

http://www.rtoc.org/boards/album.php?albumid=118&pictureid=922

i spy russel thorpe - has he ever changed out of those race overalls?


this is my old car...

http://www.rtoc.org/boards/album.php?albumid=118&pictureid=922

[modfather]

didnt Mart leave and then come back?

i allegedly joined in 2008.....

have a look at this from back in 2000

http://www.rtoc.org/boards/album.php?albumid=118&pictureid=922

i spy russel thorpe - has he ever changed out of those race overalls?


this is my old car...

http://www.rtoc.org/boards/album.php?albumid=118&pictureid=922

those links are of the same pic,

[Lomo]

didnt Mart leave and then come back?

i allegedly joined in 2008.....

have a look at this from back in 2000

http://www.rtoc.org/boards/album.php?albumid=118&pictureid=922

i spy russel thorpe - has he ever changed out of those race overalls?


this is my old car...

http://www.rtoc.org/boards/album.php?albumid=118&pictureid=922

Fook me :eek:

I spy Stringy!!

[Scoff]

Theres a lot more old skool members than the current site lets on. Not everyone has bothered to have their join dates set. I'm a bit of a cheat because my membership was 1998-2000 and then I didn't renew again until 2002 when I'd noticed there was a propper forum on the go. I missed the whole gttoc to rtoc tranformation :cartman:

[Bass J]

Ive only been here for a year ...on my second year :) ...good site ..good people ...great advice ...the reason im staying:D

Edit ...according to my profile ..ive been here since 2008:eek:

[Alex]

didnt Mart leave and then come back?

i allegedly joined in 2008.....

have a look at this from back in 2000

http://www.rtoc.org/boards/album.php?albumid=118&pictureid=922

i spy russel thorpe - has he ever changed out of those race overalls?


this is my old car...

http://www.rtoc.org/boards/album.php?albumid=118&pictureid=922

At least he's shaved the tash off! :laugh:

The white GTT was owned by a mate of mine at the time

[Lomo]

At least he's shaved the tash off! :laugh:

The white GTT was owned by a mate of mine at the time

Alex, I've posted the link on Keanos Facebook page to bring back some memories for him...:D

[Mart]

didnt Mart leave and then come back?

Didn't leave as such - Was just inbetween owning GTT's, mainly thanks to the cr8p I went through with Cu*tler with my first GTT, hence wasn't as active in the club for that period.

[Alistair Gresty]

Theres a lot more old skool members than the current site lets on. Not everyone has bothered to have their join dates set. I'm a bit of a cheat because my membership was 1998-2000 and then I didn't renew again until 2002 when I'd noticed there was a propper forum on the go. I missed the whole gttoc to rtoc tranformation :cartman:


Think I joined in 2000, member number was 2040. still use my yellow gtturbo.org keyring for my work keys!

[GTphil]

2003 (i think) before I saw the light! :D seems like only yetserday:coffee:

On a seriouse note if it wasn't for the club and some of it's members (you know who you are) I wouldn't have lasted 5 minuits owning a gtt! ;)