ShaunW
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I think I've been pursued to join but I see it as a way to ensure the back office stuff gets done (ie archives and knowledge base) rather than something I'll directly benefit from. The forum is great but to be honest all specialist forums are free with registration, they're a carrot for full membership.
We all hate spam mail but a mailshot every couple of months to all those signed up but not members would be acceptable.
Thanks for not taking my comments as harsh critisism, they were made with the best possible intentions. When the hardcore fans start to decline (a sad reality) then I'm concerned that unless fresh (young) blood can attracted then the future of the club will be uncertain.
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Thanks for that write up on the benefits Richard. I'll peruse that later.
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14 hours ago, Anglefire said:
I’ve just looked at the website on my iPhone and it is reasonably responsive- a lot better than many to be fair
event information is upto date so not sure where you are coming from there?
but I do agree that the member benefits are not obvious.
It's responsive but not mobile friendly. It's just the desktop version, not one optimised for mobile so you have to keep zooming in and out
Area news was the part I though was lacking. It didn't seem like my area (n lincs) had any updates.
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This thread inspired me to go and look at the membership rates again (I'm not currently a member)
Have I missed something, does the membership page just quote a price or does it list what you get for it? I'm just viewing it on my phone not a big screen so not 100% about that.
If not then a list of benefits would be nice. Do you get listed on a register? How much cheaper is the shop? Discount insurance deal with a broker? A sample old Courier pdf to download to tempt me. Do you get a nice club badge or sticker for the car? Valuation certificate? A free 100 point score rating from a senior member at a meeting to add a little bit of value to my car? (yanks are always awarding themselves certificates to give their cars kudos)
It did look a bit like 44 quid for, I'm not sure what really. I think in this day and age you need to sell the dream a bit more. I'll be frank, the whole web site doesn't scream this is a club I simply must join. Event info is out of date, pictures are a bit amateur and the site looks like it was written in 2000 and never updated. It doesn't even work well on mobile devices, not everyone has a desktop pc these days. PayPal would have been good too for an impulse purchase, sending for a DD form is too much hassle.
I'm GENUINELY not having a dig, you do your best. But to get to the point of the thread, if it had impressed me I'd have paid 75quid, as it was I browsed and moved on because I couldn't get excited about it.
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With a trailer you get to sit in your own nice comfy car, a transporter will have a sparse cab and probably smell of someone else's sweat given the summer we've had. That might be important to you on a long round trip esp if you're planning to do it in one day. How do the fuel mpgs compare car vs truck?
£145 quid difference would be enough to persuade me though, plus comfort and economy.... Trailer every time for me.
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So of the two things you say this 'specialist' did, it's a 100% failure record, and one is a safety issue? Your 'interesting' experience might have been your last experience if it had happened on a busy motorway. If I was you I'd be having a good look at anything else they've touched!
And given that sort of record, it might be a good idea if you named them so they don't get the chance to rip off anyone else from here, or worse!
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I thought that was just MOTs Doug. Isn't it just 40yrs and you're clear on the tax?
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Nothing affects the road tax as far as I know. It's the mot exemption which is affected by substantial change. But in the case you describe it's a replacement engine rather than a 'substantial change' imo as the number of cylinders hasn't changed and it's an engine that would have been considered 'normal' within 10yrs of production.
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Just to close this thread... He's only gone and bl**dy done it !! ?
Starts in 2 weeks at a place called John Newman Bodyworks nr Sandy. It took 3 seperate interviews and beating about 40 other applicants for 1 position apparently.
So happy, such a relief, it's a long time since we had much good news. It's a modest thing to be excited about really when years ago it would have been fairly normal but for him (and me) it's a huge deal and he can start to think about the future now rather than just going from one dead-end job to another.
thanks to all for you leads and advice.
ok, i'm off to have a little dance around in the kitchen
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21 hours ago, Chris A said:
When Brexit is over and done with willit mean your nasty weather won't be allowed in? ☔⛄
You'll still get the weather but just not via us. We just do the distribution not the manufacturing.
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On 2/24/2018 at 1:57 PM, dougbgt6 said:
Wantage to Bradfield is about 20 miles. Not the car you would steal for speeding, joyriding or to get you home. Most odd.
https://www.inyourarea.co.uk/news/classic-car-stolen-and-dumped-in-bradfield/
db
If it doesn't make sense then it could also be ...
Stolen to order and then caught fire itself on the way to a lowloader in a lay-by?
Insurance job? (presumably the owners credit history has been investigated)
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3 hours ago, Pete Lewis said:
and when was centigrade changed to >>>>>>>>>>> celsius
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How old are you Pete !? It was changed in 1948 !
When Anders Celsius created his original scale in 1742 he chose 0° for the boiling point and 100° for the freezing point. One year later Frenchman Jean Pierre Cristin proposed an inverted version of the scale (freezing point 0°, boiling point 100°). He named it Centigrade. In 1948, by international agreement, Cristin's adapted scale became known as Celsius to honour the Swedish Scientist.
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John, did I mention child car seats anywhere? I was talking about boosters and delibrleratly didn't say seats which quite obviously have different considerations. I won't be putting my child in either, he's 26.
I also didn't say they weren't crash tested, I was just pointing out how standards have improved. That sanitised frontal crash test video looked adequate but what speed was it? 50? Two cars head on in town at 25? How broken were the dummy's legs? It's a shame accidents don't happen that way. The most common is an overlap or a side impact, take the door cards off mine and all there is is thin bare metal, no bracing or air bag in sight.
I sensed a tinge of a dig about being libertarian in some regards which is your prerogative. But my point was simply that I just don't feel I have to put a modern EU regulation over what was deemed perfectly adequate and common sense by us and the UK authorities for decades. Besides, if all new standards are sacrosanct, and a spit wouldn't come close to passing modern crash testing, then by that logic we should we scrap them? Safety is more important than simply having a legal get out on age of car isn't it? Or are we old enough and smart enough to moderate our own risk, be it a car or a booster seat. I think you and I know what's safe enough without Fritz or a man in Whitehall telling us what to do.
However, I will concede that having now noticed that the child in the OP is only 7, it would be appropriate to take additional safety measures and either wait until it's tall enough or get a proper safety seat.
You might not believe it but I'm not suggesting being wreckless, I'm just habitually pragmatic. Until someone can tell me how a piece of foam is different to a piece of foam with an EC tested sticker on it, I'll remain my disagreeable self. ?
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On 8/6/2018 at 8:37 PM, JohnD said:
I'm not happy about safety items made up of 'styrofoam' and gaffer tape, but it's your (child's) funeral.
What's different about an 'official' one? Take the cover off and it's just a piece of foam. And gaffer tape would be a dream compared to a tiny smudge of badly applied glue.
I won't be planning any funerals thank you very much. I just don't happen to believe an EC mark bestows magic powers on a cushion.
Let's not forget the cars either, no special seat will protect anyone from the effect of smashing a 1960s tin can into a lamp post. Just have a look around, they're lethal. One decent whack and it folds up or punts the gearbox into the cabin. I know, I've done it and still have the scars....from a slow motion 25mph encounter with a ditch after being forced off the road and onto a slippery verge by a tractor on a country road.
The only safe place is standing on the curb looking at it.
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No other place for them on an E-Type?
I think it's more the case a) if you were a toff you could do whatever you want. Or b) It looked more racy.
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More nanny state, I had my lad on the back of my motorbike from the day he could hang on hard enough, and there's still no legal age for pillions.
By that logic he'd be legal sat on the boot but not in the car! Yes there's a danger of him hitting the dashboard, but flying off a bike and under an oncoming lorry is probably worse.
What's a car booster seat anyway apart from a bit of sponge in a cloth bag? You could always get one and hack it up with a carving knife to fit in your buckets? Personally I'd put him on a cushion and argue the case, I have a much more continental approach to laws I disagree with.
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5 hours ago, rlubikey said:
But 1000's of Spits & GT6's didn't have a problem back in the day when they were nearly new, did they?
I'm not so sure about that, I had 2 Spits and a GT6 in the early 80s and they all had a stick on number plate on the bonnet. I think they all had aux fans too in addition to the std one but the memory is getting distant. It's still the best place for the plate as far as I can tell. If it's good enough for an E-Type it's good enough for me.
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1 hour ago, Anglefire said:
Because it’s held at HQ, which Pete sort of alluded to in the first post.
I thought he meant a clash with something else not something else at the same venue.
OK... Looks like I need to go and try to find out where 'hq' is then.
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I'm suprised this thread has gone this far without anyone saying/asking where it's being held?
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1 hour ago, dougbgt6 said:
I once saw an economic analysis which very accurately tracked world recession and expansion by the changing price and size of Mars bars. I guess these days you'd need a mortgage and a magnifying glass.
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I can see why in that case... but you might like this ?... http://www.tylervigen.com/spurious-correlations
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What car is that Pete? I've not seen an expansion tank and filler there before, if that's what it is. Where's your carbs! ?
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10 hours ago, Pete Lewis said:
Were we renowned for sticking to the rules , they just ignore whats not popular.
Yes, we were always weak, you don't get to call the shots anywhere by saying yes sir, no sir and tugging your forelock. It's geopolitics, not a game of cricket. One generation after WW2 and we'd blown it.
'Great' Britain acted like 'Soft as ****' Britain and got mugged. I expect these new deals with the rest of the world and esp the US will go the same way unless we toughen up a bit again.
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5 hours ago, AidanT said:
He came already stuffed (with money) ?
so why should he care!
Aidan
I was watching the currency markets on the night of the results. That famous early 'we've lost' when he already knew the exit poll results caused a hell of a spike. It was outrageous manipulation / insider dealing and he no doubt made a mint that night.
He'd buy low at 10pm, announce he'd lost, sell those and sell short on the 10:15pm 'good news' high. Then the result comes in, market goes down, and he'd buy low to settle those short contracts. Double bubble. btw Shorting is selling what you don't have... yet. It's how people make money when prices are falling and they don't already own whatever it is.
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btw I'm sorry my posts are so long. I plan to write one sentence and I just keep going. It scrolls off the phone screen and I'm shocked when I see it in full.
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When I say young.... I'm meaning in their 50s
I think the thing with classics is that the cars which appeal tend to be the ones that were perhaps out of reach when we in our teens/early 20s, or certainly new at that time.
For that reason I can see 30s and 40s cars becoming less popular but the 60s and 70s cars definitely have a good few decades of peak interest left in them. The next generation will probably collect 80s and 90s cars but we then start getting into the era where even a competent amateur mechanic struggles with the maintainace.