National Kit Car Show 2024 - will the Stratos Enthusiasts Club be there?

[ProtoTipo]

Who's car is this, and who made the stickers?

[hollytree]

Nope, another loose interpretation of fact, some furious backpedalling, aaaaaaaaand nope active does not mean paid up.

But you are correct in the fact that paid members are a small minority of the registered users on this board. It's also easy to see that the most active part of this board is the free access area. The members accessed area see's very few posts.

What improves membership is actually being a friendly accessible club that provides good value for money. Not telling people what you are "not doing" for your paying membership, just because people actually use a free access to ask what a club is doing on a particular day. But please go for it - dive in and change the settings to deny all access apart from SEC member - embrace your conviction that Free Users are unnecessary freeloaders.

And no, I will not be paying to join even if you are brave or stupid enough to make it members only - its just not particularly good value for money - may have been during another age under different management - but not now.

I am a subs paying member and really dont want to read this unedifying stuff. I can see that you don't like the forum, so can I ask you to please leave it at that .
Thanks
Steve

[Darkspeed]

I am a subs paying member and really dont want to read this unedifying stuff. I can see that you don't like the forum, so can I ask you to please leave it at that .
Thanks
Steve

I had no wish to continue with it either - but if someone makes a personal reference I will defend myself.


And you also appear to have the same affliction of attributing words or seeing things that do not exist - Please do not if you do not want a reply - practice what you preach and leave it at that.

[hollytree]

I had no wish to continue with it either - but if someone makes a personal reference I will defend myself.


And you also appear to have the same affliction of attributing words or seeing things that do not exist - Please do not if you do not want a reply - practice what you preach and leave it at that.

Signing off from this thread. Goodbye

[Normb666]

Jeez. Have you been on a different forum somewhere or something? You tell others not to attribute things that you haven't said (even though you have), and then proceed to do that very thing! Nobody has said anything about making the forum "members only". I've said twice that I don't mind free users, but it'd be good if they contributed if they start using the facilities so we can keep the club going. Is ?26 a year too much compared to the cost of running a Stratos, then? And where, pray tell, do you see us being anything other than friendly and welcoming?
Still, if you insist on twisting everything I say to bolster your argument, fine, but you're not making yourself look good. I don't see anyone posting anything supporting your views....

Here's an idea, though. If you think this club's so rubbish compared to what it was, reflect on the fact that the demographic of those who own, or aspire to own, a Stratos is totally different to what it was in the "Good Old Days". Then, it was impecunious enthusiasts who were up for a challenge and would give anything a go, including nailing their own car together from old oily bits, and loved actually getting together with others of a like outlook. Now, it's people with much more money, who're older, and don't necessarily want to come out and play - and the cars are also much more expensive. You might dislike that, but it's the way things are. Therefore, if you want this to be a "better" club, make some suggestions, and even better, volunteer to organise a club event of some sort. Complaining from your armchair that we're crap while being unwilling to support the club in even the slightest of ways is, frankly, reprehensible.

So, gonna get off your backside and do something worthwhile for the Stratos community rather than gripe and feel insulted??

By the way - because the "free access" area gets more use than the "paid for" section isn't because all the "freeloaders" are making whoopee on here compared to the members....it's because the "members" areas contain topics relating to building or running the cars. Which most people aren't doing.

[STR_Strat]

Who's car is this, and who made the stickers?

It's Pauls car (Postroom), it was delivered as a turnkey car by LB around August last year including the livery.not sure who provided the stickers.

BR

Dave

[Darkspeed]

Jeez. Have you been on a different forum somewhere or something? You tell others not to attribute things that you haven't said (even though you have), and then proceed to do that very thing! Nobody has said anything about making the forum "members only". I've said twice that I don't mind free users, but it'd be good if they contributed if they start using the facilities so we can keep the club going. Is ?26 a year too much compared to the cost of running a Stratos, then? And where, pray tell, do you see us being anything other than friendly and welcoming?
Still, if you insist on twisting everything I say to bolster your argument, fine, but you're not making yourself look good. I don't see anyone posting anything supporting your views....

Here's an idea, though. If you think this club's so rubbish compared to what it was, reflect on the fact that the demographic of those who own, or aspire to own, a Stratos is totally different to what it was in the "Good Old Days". Then, it was impecunious enthusiasts who were up for a challenge and would give anything a go, including nailing their own car together from old oily bits, and loved actually getting together with others of a like outlook. Now, it's people with much more money, who're older, and don't necessarily want to come out and play - and the cars are also much more expensive. You might dislike that, but it's the way things are. Therefore, if you want this to be a "better" club, make some suggestions, and even better, volunteer to organise a club event of some sort. Complaining from your armchair that we're crap while being unwilling to support the club in even the slightest of ways is, frankly, reprehensible.

So, gonna get off your backside and do something worthwhile for the Stratos community rather than gripe and feel insulted??

By the way - because the "free access" area gets more use than the "paid for" section isn't because all the "freeloaders" are making whoopee on here compared to the members....it's because the "members" areas contain topics relating to building or running the cars. Which most people aren't doing.

What an utterly pointless and ill informed diatribe - All the best.

[john]

Confused now. At post 4 Mr Post room says he's popping over to the show in his White LB.
Does he have 2? Or did he forget he has Alitalia livery?

[STR_Strat]

Confused now. At post 4 Mr Post room says he's popping over to the show in his White LB.
Does he have 2? Or did he forget he has Alitalia livery?

Yep I was looking out for a white one, I guess technically it is white with some green and red stripes

[PostRoom]

It's Pauls car (Postroom), it was delivered as a turnkey car by LB around August last year including the livery.not sure who provided the stickers.

BR

Dave

The stripes are painted on while LB added a small number of decals; at least I think that?s what Lydia called them.