will_ainsworth
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Registered: 8th Jun 07
Location: London, UK
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cant find it//// one i started last night.
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ShEp
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Registered: 9th Aug 05
Location: Dingwall, Highland
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Gone
Deleted I think, served its purpose,
I got banned from the 106 site 
But ive since joined again 
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will_ainsworth
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Registered: 8th Jun 07
Location: London, UK
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ffs why did it get deleted wasnt anything wrong reli?
what happened in the end did i miss some!
still against it tho...
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will_ainsworth
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Registered: 8th Jun 07
Location: London, UK
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shep are you ace
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ShEp
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Registered: 9th Aug 05
Location: Dingwall, Highland
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Well they locked the thread
me and beardy started numerous threads till we got bored
I started randomly pm'ing the arseholes that just kept name calling
got up this morning, to someone offering me a bumper for my smashed 106 and a banned e-mail
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nova_gteuk
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Registered: 15th May 02
Location: South Wales Drives: The Bandwagon
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DannyB
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Registered: 6th Feb 08
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Ian asked phil106 guy if he wants him to remove it, he said he will post more info on his 106 when he knows more about it. 
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sam-smith
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Registered: 8th Jan 07
Location: plymouth, UK
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what alod of shit it was anyway
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Ian
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Registered: 28th Aug 99
Location: Liverpool
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Yeah didn't think it was good for either site. He is coming back to update us when he knows more about the car. Contrary to how it might have appeared, there were a few of us actually concerned about getting the car fixed and I think he's altered his plans with regards buying a new car anyway if his old one will fix.
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Limecat
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Registered: 25th Jun 05
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It is being discussed on www.bttos.com
http://bttos.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=23786&start=0
Fuzzy Orange has signed up on there posting more inacuracte false shit, we have an insurance expert saying the guy is talking shit, a guy that works for the tax office that will be looking into it and the rest of us who think the guy is a cheeky immoral twat!
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DannyB
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He could be in some serious shit if the tax office get a grip of it.
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Limecat
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They already have. I tried ringing the tax office this afternoon after getting his details but got pissed off after being on hold for 35 minutes!
22 pages on BTTOS including Fuzzy Orange saying he will sue us for 'slander' (poor sod doesn't know what libel is obviously!)
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Ste L
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Registered: 3rd Jul 06
Location: Manchester Drives: 106 16v Rallye
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nice one wayne, quality read that thread on bttos 
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DannyB
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Registered: 6th Feb 08
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seems this has flew round the net faster than the ORLY? owl
[Edited on 13-02-2008 by red_top]
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marcus cliogtt
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Location: Telford
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quote:
Originally posted by LETGSI16V
It is being discussed on www.bttos.com
http://bttos.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=23786&start=0
Fuzzy Orange has signed up on there posting more inacuracte false shit, we have an insurance expert saying the guy is talking shit, a guy that works for the tax office that will be looking into it and the rest of us who think the guy is a cheeky immoral twat!
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Paul_J
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Registered: 6th Jun 02
Location: London
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Lol this reminds me of something I read on another forum recently about 106 owners club.
Castle Combe action day give free entry to clubs, but yet they were charging like £15 to their members...
Like all the club discounts they got, they just charged their members the normal rate and were obviously pocketting the difference
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Paul_J
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Registered: 6th Jun 02
Location: London
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oh my god reading Fuzzy Orange's replies on BTTOS!! JESUS
what a prick.
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WU-TANG- DAN
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Registered: 30th Nov 07
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this is getting beyond a joke now, investigating him for tax?! karma people KARMA!
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Paul_J
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Registered: 6th Jun 02
Location: London
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Thing is I didn't have anything against him till I read that BTTOS post and his agressive insults at members of that forum.
But the main thing was his constant lies and inconsistancies...
1 sec he says he could take insurance but it wouldn't pay out enough... therefore he'd prefere donations from people, the next second he claims he has no insurance - so relies on the payouts (which he canceled himself for no real reason)...
At one point he says he was earning over 40k a year from freelance web design, which he gave up to run the site... but then states how he is so poor, in debt, drives a 106, etc. Use your common sense if you can earn over 40k and you're in debt, then don't quit your job to run a forum. I think the reality is, he wasn't earning near on 40k before he ran 106 owners...  a large exageration on his part.
Just like, where he says his site is a gold mine for advertisers, getting 1 million unqie visits a day!! ... then people point out he's wrong and he finally gives in he read it wrong and it's infact 5,000 visits and like 800 unique visitors a day.  slight difference there.
It's like it the whole way through that BTTOS thread.
End of the day, I don't mind what Ian or Tim do with our membership money and I realise for the amount of cost and effort this site requires it's such a small amount to pay to support it.
But they don't literally beg for the money and openly say they deserve to be paid a wage by the members.
Just made me laugh when it was like 'After stuffing envelopes with member ship cards for a whole day, I feel that it's my right to go and buy a xbox game or part for my car out of the money I've been given to run this site ... Imagine if Willay or jr just pocketted a load of cash for some of the events they spend A lot of time and effort organising! Yes they may deserve it, but it's not their right to just put the money in their pockets.
Sums it up at the end where he says if he had earnt a load from it, he'd of bought a house. Once again not reinvesting the money people have put in to support the site and instead using it for personal gain.
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Ian
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Registered: 28th Aug 99
Location: Liverpool
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I actually don't disagree that people should be paid to work. I just think if you're going commercial with it you need to be big enough to pay wages AND have enough money for the club. Most places don't. CS certainly doesn't. Also, if its running like a business it should be properly run.
I've nothing against it in principle, but you need transparency and most importantly from a membership point of view, it shouldn't make the user experience worse.
I've said for years I want to quit my job and work for CS but it isn't viable. I could count the number of forums in this position on a couple of hands, world wide. You can't just start somewhere up and fritter money off, it'll kill the place.
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Paul_J
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Registered: 6th Jun 02
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To be honest Ian, I hold great hopes for your weekend racer project.
The potential target audience, I think will also be more likely to support the club... plus once you get big enough / good reputation, the club can essentially organise it's own events, possibly hiring track or whatever, and thus offering reasonable prices to the members (better than a normal track day) but still getting the site some profit.
I also think there is a need for a weekend racer, as everyone's currently split off onto their own clubs in their track sections, but because of this, it's fragmented small groups of people everywhere, not enough to say singley hire a track.
but hopefully Weekend Racer will have the user base to be the market leader in this type of event organisation for the 'weekend racer'.
[Edited on 14-02-2008 by Paul_J]
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Limecat
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Registered: 25th Jun 05
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39 pages of epic ownage and I think there are a few more trumps to be played yet! Christ, he is fucking knots!
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Andrew
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Read something about this quickly the other day. Personally i'd have a bit of pride before asking people to donate money to purchase a car. IMO, if you can not afford to buy a car, then you have no chance in running the thing.
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K2 GTi
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whats the link to the post?
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marcus cliogtt
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Location: Telford
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quote:
Originally posted by K2 GTi
whats the link to the post?
I think the original post on the 106owners site got deleted/edited, but some screen shots are on the BTTOS thread
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