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M pro

26-09-2011, 10:15

First post!

I just signed up to the forms to look to see if anyone was selling a Fuego Turbo as I use to own one and run a web site all about them years ago with information given for free
And to find out I have to pay £25 just to read the form where there might be something that I'm looking for is in a word, disappointing
You really should have the option for users to read information off the boards as this information was given to you for free so I don't see why you should be charging potential owners to look up information on the cars they are after or are interested in getting back into.
there are always running costs but I have been a member of the GTO owners club, SXOC, and we don't restrict new members.. they made their money from organising events and donations
Boards should be free as should be information

Thanks for your time

markey b

26-09-2011, 10:36

its worth the £25 any day of the week, i'm not sure whats restricted and what isn't, but alot of forums are the same, eg. cliosport.

if everything was free, there would be no national day, no pod, no shop, and a very basic website with half the information on

Scoff

26-09-2011, 10:41

Unfortunately the majority of members disagree and since the club needs to run democratically it's run the way it's run.

I agree in part with your information argument but the membership fee covers so much more than use of forums (I guess thats what you mean when you say forms).
The club puts on a number of very expensive days throughout the year, hiring race tracks and drag strips for its members. It could not do that with donations and smaller fees.

In the past we've had open forums on a couple of occasions that I remember and it didn't work. It was almost impossible to stop idiots signing up for free and spamming forums, or causing a nuisance to others, and so that is another reason why it runs like it does. Sufficiently moderating a big open forum to keep it as good as we have now would take a lot of time and effort. Time and effort that club officials would sooner put in to organising events.

You have access to the general chat forum before you pay so you could have asked the questions there.

Hopefully you'll come to see there's a lot more to this club than a forum. :)

djinuk

26-09-2011, 10:47

Sparkie

26-09-2011, 12:47

there isnt anyone selling fuegos on here, and there hasnt been for a long time.

modfather

26-09-2011, 13:06

Ive been a member of sooo soo many owners forums etc.. and i can hand on heart say this is the only one where you truely get to see where that cash goes.

The information on here is worth so much more than £25.

:agree: im a member of a couple forums and most of them have resrictions like cant access buying ,selling forums. more than likely to stop people conning people etc.
i see paying to enter a forum shows that you are comited to the club. :)
defo the best £25 ive ever spent.

D4WNO

26-09-2011, 13:16

Actually, on another tangent (even thought it's well worth the £25 :agree:) this subject is something we have been talking about reviewing recently. It's been mentioned a few times that perhaps a preview section should be available or access to view but not post in certain boards etc might be beneficial to gaining new members. We can discuss that in further detail seperately once we've picked it up again :)

Fordy

26-09-2011, 13:19

coming from an ex area rep for Sxoc, I can tell you that they get most of their money from trader fees.

raider_gtt

26-09-2011, 13:57

I think that this club is right in saying pay £25 it's sill a great deal for the money if you can't afford it there is something wrong for what you get it's a bargain :agree:

Matt@CodeRedMotorsports

26-09-2011, 14:05

tubbyG

26-09-2011, 14:16

I think that this club is right in saying pay £25 it's sill a great deal for the money if you can't afford it there is something wrong for what you get it's a bargain :agree:

:agree::agree:

Big Steve - Raider

26-09-2011, 16:51

I don't think we need to change anything. After all, this guy is only a little disappointed :coffee:

I mean if he said he was Really Disappointed, then that would be a different matter! :laugh:

clee

26-09-2011, 17:20

:agree:

If people are that bothered they can post on the general boards ,get a feel for the place and I'm sure some help and advice will be forthcoming .
All it takes is a

Hello ,I'm Disappointed and on the lookout for a Fuego .

Bass J

26-09-2011, 17:59

I myself before i joined was like "what?! u have to pay ...fooksake?!" ...but honestly ...best money ive spent with my clio gtt! ...the amount of people that go out their way to help you is amazing ...ive never been on a car forum thats done that!

If it wasnt for this place i wouldve scrapped my clio years ago! :laugh:

Well worth the money IMO (with a c1j engine imo) :smokin:

gtmatt

26-09-2011, 18:13

It should stay the same the best Renault club on the net IMO ,the advice and info and tech on here is well worth £25

Great set of people on here and the advice is perfect

rs250nut

26-09-2011, 19:28

Not trying to blow smoke up anyone's ass but the Rtoc is the jam, hell I don't even own a Renault turbo and probably never will but that won't stop me from re- joining every year.

Eugein Offord

26-09-2011, 22:36

... am i right in saying its £25 this year and £10 for the subsequent years? .. so after 10 years membership at the current levels he would of paid an average of £11.50..per year...... cheepo........:agree:

Steevo

26-09-2011, 22:42

It should stay the same the best Renault club on the net IMO ,the advice and info and tech on here is well worth £25

Great set of people on here and the advice is perfect

:goodpost:

TNT ANDY

27-09-2011, 06:48

In addition to most of the posts above, I think the club is good value if for nothing else other than to know that it's not just your car that's fooked.

Always help at hand, witty banter and somewhere to write guff at 6.30 AM? Where else.

Sign me up!
:smokin:

D4WNO

27-09-2011, 07:09

Awwww, feeling the RTOC love right now!! :yeah:

Alex

27-09-2011, 09:32

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Renault-Fuego-Turbo-LOW-RESERVE-/130580963466?pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item1e673b608a

Right around the corner from me! :cool:

Adam 005

27-09-2011, 10:58

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Renault-Fuego-Turbo-LOW-RESERVE-/130580963466?pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item1e673b608a

Right around the corner from me! :cool:
It used to live a little drive up the road from me :)

Trevhib

28-09-2011, 12:12

Hello there, I wonder if you can help me, I'm looking for a picture of a disappointed horse... :laugh:

RTOC is worth the money, although there isn't much in the way of Fuego action tbh. Then again, where IS there a lot of Fuego action in the UK?

TNT Tricky Nicky

28-09-2011, 22:02

[quote=Trevhib;235829]Hello there, I wonder if you can help me, I'm looking for a picture of a disappointed horse... :laugh:

quote]

http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTsFLlwbd3dr-d-6KDSgBZc6ps_yAbx1WUL5RHb-lR2gL6LiZykdg

there you go :laugh:

Trevhib

29-09-2011, 10:16

Marjorie, Marrrjorie.......:D

Matt@CodeRedMotorsports

29-09-2011, 10:48

Marjorie, Marrrjorie.......:D

Little Britain??
Margret.

Trevhib

29-09-2011, 12:15

Yep but I was using a bit of artistic licence. The name Marjorie derives from Margaret :)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marjorie

Of course, Matt Lucas also plays Marjorie Dawes on Little Britain :)

markey b

29-09-2011, 19:08

Yep but I was using a bit of artistic licence. The name Marjorie derives from Margaret :)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marjorie

Of course, Matt Lucas also plays Marjorie Dawes on Little Britain :)

awesome technical comeback there! failboat back in dry dock

Ian S

29-09-2011, 21:41

A lot of nice replies :)

It's nice to be reminded how much appreciation there is by the some of many for the efforts of the few. :)

I was just wondering if we could perhaps create Fuego board and have it free for the 6 remaining cars owners to use. :)

Are there less that that number in 25 Turbos?

People might start to argue the case for there own free niche board.

But would that matter really, if it only applied to about 12 people?

Perhaps we could have a rule that if your car drops to a number of less that 6 on the road the board becomes free :)

Eugein Offord

29-09-2011, 21:52

no pay ...... no play.............i cant wait for the 84 page topic if 1 person gets a free ride....the fella who is disappointed, seems easily upset.. he hasn't parted with any money .................and already we are a bunch of piss taking jokers................:agree::laugh::laugh:

he'd love it on here

Phil W

30-09-2011, 09:41

This is gonna be a great thread!!!!!!:agree::agree::laugh::laugh::wasntme:: wasntme::wasntme::cartman::cartman: