quiet forum?

[MartinRS2K]

I'm not on as much as I used to be, but having sold my Turbo S and Turbo Cup car I only pop in to see what's been happening.

Facebook gives an instant fix for a lot of people and it is easy to upload photos. I now use Flickr to upload photos on Forums but no doubt they will start charging in the future []

As others have said 944 cars and second hand parts have now gone up in value massively and you can buy a good low mileage Boxster 986 for about £5,500 - £6,000, a 987 Boxster for £7-9k and a 996 for £11-12k which puts decent 944's into this bracket.

Porsche Club Regional shows are still the best place to see people and the cars so hopefully with a decent Summer I will get to meet up with friends old and new.

 

[geoff Ives]

I agree with Paul.
If you look at the people posting on this thread you will notice that many of them are not the ones paying the bill. They are listed as 'Guest of the Club'.

That old chestnut, again.

What's wrong with Chestnuts?

 

[jasonp]

I agree with Paul.
If you look at the people posting on this thread you will notice that many of them are not the ones paying the bill. They are listed as 'Guest of the Club'.

That old chestnut, again.

What's wrong with Chestnuts?

For me,,,,paying yearly subs is not worth it,,,,
i dont go to local meets as they are in Chelmsford and i am Essex borders but more NE London [ Woodford..Loughton..Chigwell,,]
Porsche post usually goes into the bin and as a transaxle owner ,lol,lol offers nothing to me,,,,,
Have never used my membership to get a few quid off at a PC but i will pay subs every few years for using this forum,,,,,
unless people think its justified to pay £70 every year for using the forum?

 

[Waylander]

Jason I can’t believe your suggesting that because you have the engine and gearbox at opposite ends you tend to get overlooked

harsh observation, but all the sections of this forum are quiet

90% of the meets and region meets are done by select emails to paid group members

so the option to find out about and join in to any of these things requires membership, If you would accept an opinion from outside, it does not work well to increase the membership and maintains the impression if your not a member your not welcome

which is why the other forums do so well and the reason this one is quiet in all areas

 

[TTM]

I support the option to close the forum to non-members. We non-members who have contributed over the years, providing technical input and assistance for free have never got anything in return from PCGB apart from the naïve and somewhat altruistic satisfaction of helping out disinterested fellow 944 drivers trying to keep their cars on the road. Since Porsche themselves boast about having 70% of their total car production still on the road, one can guess which contributions are closer to the brand's core values.

 

[944Turbo]

I support the option to close the forum to non-members. We non-members who have contributed over the years, providing technical input and assistance for free have never got anything in return from PCGB apart from the naïve and somewhat altruistic satisfaction of helping out disinterested fellow 944 drivers trying to keep their cars on the road. Since Porsche themselves boast about having 70% of their total car production still on the road, one can guess which contributions are closer to the brand's core values.

Make a forum more popular by making it available to fewer people! I have always backed it being open to non members as we have had valuable contributions from overseas members who would gain nothing by being a club member. I would hope that some uk members have joined after being forum users, if the magazine content and member benefits are not good enough to keep those members, its not the forums fault!
Tony

 

[geoff Ives]

I am not suggesting that the Forum should be closed to guests.
What I am suggestion is that the 'Guests' should behave like guests and stop complaining about the way the Club gives them a free facility.
Anyone who wants to have his say how this Club is run should attend an AGM and make their complaint there.

 

[blade7]

Anyone who wants to have his say how this Club is run should attend an AGM and make their complaint there.

You seem to complaining here, about guests not paying the bill. Perhaps you should take that to the AGM.

 

[Waylander]

If the forum and the club wish to attract more members, they should publish the meets, gatherings, drive outs, etc, where non members are welcome on the forum,

that way its not just paid members that get to hear about these events, you might find that a few more folk will turn up and possibly join PCGB,

this is not the Free Masons, even they are more open and accommodating than PCGB,

I frequent this forum I the hope that at some point I can provide someone with a resolution to a problem, I was a Jaguar Tech for many years up to the mid 1990's.

And before you get all over excited and start chucking your toys about, I not telling you how to run your club or forum, that your choice how you break it, I was trying to make constructive suggestion about how to get more involvement from the 1000's of Porsche owners and drivers that have no idea about the club and what they do, and the existence of the forum

 

[jasonp]

Jason I can’t believe your suggesting that because you have the engine and gearbox at opposite ends you tend to get overlooked

harsh observation, but all the sections of this forum are quiet

90% of the meets and region meets are done by select emails to paid group members

so the option to find out about and join in to any of these things requires membership, If you would accept an opinion from outside, it does not work well to increase the membership and maintains the impression if your not a member your not welcome

which is why the other forums do so well and the reason this one is quiet in all areas

No Martin,,,,
i was refering to the " paying the bill" comment,,,,,,,
could not give a monkeys about what people feel about our cars,,good or bad,,,,

 

[PSH]

I am not suggesting that the Forum should be closed to guests.
What I am suggestion is that the 'Guests' should behave like guests and stop complaining about the way the Club gives them a free facility.
Anyone who wants to have his say how this Club is run should attend an AGM and make their complaint there.

With all due respect Geoff, perhaps a member, especially honorary members who I assume no longer pay the bills shouldn't make silly comments. I am well aware of your contribution to the club over the years, as an ex member myself I thank you for that but this thread which I started was an innocent question as to the current state of the 944 forum today and has now turned into an argument thank's to your comment. So I ask myself, who exactly is misbehaving here?

Guy's let's not get into a members vs non members fight, I would bet that most non-members are ex-members anyway... on a light heart'd note, when i logged in today there was 5 forum members viewing this thread so at least that's a good thing although perhaps not for the right reasons...

regards

Pete

 

[pauljmcnulty]

If the forum and the club wish to attract more members, they should publish the meets, gatherings, drive outs, etc, where non members are welcome on the forum,

that way its not just paid members that get to hear about these events, you might find that a few more folk will turn up and possibly join PCGB,

this is not the Free Masons, even they are more open and accommodating than PCGB,

I frequent this forum I the hope that at some point I can provide someone with a resolution to a problem, I was a Jaguar Tech for many years up to the mid 1990's.

And before you get all over excited and start chucking your toys about, I not telling you how to run your club or forum, that your choice how you break it, I was trying to make constructive suggestion about how to get more involvement from the 1000's of Porsche owners and drivers that have no idea about the club and what they do, and the existence of the forum

What's the issue with events not being publicised? The calendar is on the website for all to see, and everyone I've ever met from the Club would welcome prospective new members to their region or register event to meet them.

Obviously some events are members-only: ticketed, limited numbers, or rallies organised under strict rules, for instance. Why you'd suggest it's more secretive than the freemasons, though, I have no idea!

https://www.porscheclubgb...tional-events-calendar

 

[pauljmcnulty]

Can I just add that there is no suggestion or discussion, and I don't imagine there ever will be, about the closure of this forum to non-members. It's one of the founding principles of the forum, and core to it's existence.

There you go: that never needs to be mentioned again.

 

[944Turbo]

Good, now someone start a thread about oil

 

[blade7]

Good, now someone start a thread about oil

Then a thread about the superior Turbo v the lowly S2.....[]

 

[PSH]

Good, now someone start a thread about oil

Then a thread about the superior Turbo v the lowly S2.....[]

tut, tut.....whatever you do don't start Oli off.....

 

[924Srr27l]

Good, now someone start a thread about oil

Then a thread about the superior Turbo v the lowly S2.....[]

Yes, Keep the conversation / debates / insults etc.. going........(Quiet forum?) No chance! []


Oil, Wiper Blades, Big Wheels, 6x9 speakers, Stiff Suspension, 99 Octane Fuel etc..etc...

Long live the PCGB Forum...

R

 

[vitesse]

Perhaps the club needs a new Forum Users Register for all comers with a Cornbury House Sat morning users technical focus group to teach us all to post cynical/sarcastic/insulting posts without invoking the wrath of moderators but also conforming to the forum rules????

 

[blade7]

^^^ I'm putting myself forward for an honorary membership .

 

[sweetcorne]

Its not ust this Forum. Im on many old school ford forums and they are the same. As these cars go up in value folk dont want to use them as much, so they sit in the garage just looking good. Sad really