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Blimey...glad we didn't go now. :)

That's what we're trying to do, Dave. Currently we only have a few (percentage-wise) subscribed members. We need to work out figures for new suscribees, as well as work out how many renewals we'd get each year. From that figure, we can then work out what we can provide. It's all well and good saying that each subscribed member gets a free re-spray at PPS,(;)) but if we only have 2 new members and no old members renewing, that gives us £40. So where will the rest of the money come from? We don't have all the answers to your questions. Some are simply a "time will tell" answer.

OK....Apologies for the delay, but I've had a bit of a hectic day today! :) Forming a club would not lose the forum aspect, merely enhance it. The funds that we have coming in are utilised only for the benefit of the forum. A rough breakdown will follow in a minute. If it ever gets to the stage where we have surplus that can be used for "whatever" then perhaps as has been suggested a tent for Billing and other major events and even beer and food to put in it for us all! More organisation of scheduled events, rather than the "Who fancies a meet at XXXX on Saturday?" As it stands, should anyone have an accident at the aforementioned meet, 300ZX.CO.UK *could* be held liable. A club would enable us to have public insurance liability, to cover any such eventualities. We need to look at membership packs and what would be good to receive within them. Non-internet users / low-internet users might appreciate a hard copy of upcoming meetings. Perhaps this could be an option on the application form... Have to admit, as it stands currently, the forum is stagnant and many traders have simply refused to be associated with the forum for various reasons, but regardless of those, it reflects badly upon us all. The forum needs a kick to get it going again (not in terms of activity, but to breathe life and change into it). To that purpose, we propose to introduce guidelines for Users and Moderators, built on discussion with the subscribed members and looking at how other forums / clubs have addressed this issue. Also, more traders and insurance companies (for just 2 examples) are being approached and asked if they would like to organise group buys or discounts on products that would benefit the club. Anyway, as I type this from my newly purchased holiday home in the Bahamas, I'd like to point out that I've only just been made Treasurer, so the following figures are inherited. :) *********** Currently, we have approx 120 paid members, and about 10 more undeposited cheques since July. There is £1488 in the account at present, as previously stated. A rough breakdown of costs so far incurred is as follows : Domain - £45/year for 4 years Server Hardware (memory, hdd) - £120 Motherboard + processor - kindly donated Case - £250 Billing - £65 VBB £70 approx Total £685 There is a currently outstanding issue regarding approx £180 that is undergoing investigation and I don't think needs to be aired on the forum. It was not a decision made by the current moderators but we are trying to recoup the money and / or goods. *********** This is a just a rough outline of where the money has gone based on the information that we have been given. As of now, our accounts will be audited by an independant firm of accounts and will be published at the AGM and or in any newsletters that are produced. Hope that this answers some questions...

Sure he didn't say "filch"?

Never use a car wash. Any slightly loose paint and it'll be ripped off, swirl marks in the paintwork... Bad idea...really...bad. Handwash is the way to go. :)

Just doing a search on turbos on Google and this was one of the pages found : supraparts ... Turbo Upgrades, Greddy TD04 turbo conversion £2250.78. Greddy TD05 turbo conversion £4451.41. HKS GT Sport turbine kit £3450. Turbo Timers, ... http://www.whifbitz.co.uk/300zxpower.htm - 39k - Cached - Similar pages :D :D

No it's true. "Gullable" has never and will never be in a dictionary. Gullible on the other hand..... :D :p

Uh huuuuh....okay then. :D

...and a car umbrella to keep off the rain. :)

Have done 3000 miles in approx 6 weekends. That count? :) May be there, may not be, definitely without the Zed if I am.

ouch... How not to do an oil change...

Wolves don't worry me, it's the owls I have to watch. :D ;) Have a good night.

Clubbing in Newbury? oooh the temptation.... It would depend on how nicely you asked. :p

Good - go clubbing - have fun - enjoy. Come back in a calmer mood. :)

Uhm...no..that was abusive. The above is not abusive....what was posted was and we don't need hundred of threads on this forum, aka Scoobynet, with you and your ego, thanks. :p

:rolleyes: Well, thanks, Mycroft.... You *have* a thread to play in. If you want to get as abusive as that particular post was, pay your £20 and play in Fight Club. (Edited as Mycroft has posted since I started replying. :) )

Quote from Mycroft on this thread. I am on my third one so I neither care nor am I bothered if you believe me or not... if you want to see this process happen then if you join the TIF a fourth has been ordered and will be filmed and photo'd during its build up, the fourth should happen around the end of August by the looks of things and will be ready for the new owner at the end of October... It will include a test of its top-speed... Each Soarer so far has broken 190mph... all have bettered 5sec 0-100km/h and all pull mid 12s... they have all been delivered for less than £10,500... including buying the Soarer...

From here Not quite the same figures utilised though... Aston Martin DB7..........My Soarer 355 bhp@5750 rpm......397bhp @7170 Max. Speed 171 mph......................190mph 0-60 mph 5.4 sec......................4.9sec Weight 1650 kg......................1515kg

Wonder if they're the same figures he used on Scoobynet....

We don't have a prostate gland that requires "exercising". :p

Fair enough. It does indeed usually start off as a bit of fun. Trouble with you, though, is that you don't know when to stop. Having us potentially ban you sounds to me like a handy excuse to stop as the reaction that you have on here is nowhere near as vitriolic as on ScoobyNet.

Mycroft, having seen your works before I know what you're capable of. As far as I'm concerned, if you want to rip 7 bells out of people then pay your £20 and we can move it to Fight Club. Don't use the threat of being banned as your excuse for leaving the thread. However I personally don't think that General Chat needs a 40+page thread of You V 300ZX.co.uk. It would be never ending as it's in human nature to fight back and yours to wind people up. Carry on, by all means but if it does get out of hand then, like everything else, it will get deleted / moved. You have no special privileges...

...as if men *need* an excuse... :rolleyes: :D :D

Well Jiz, put it this way - are you telling us that you're not psychic? Could you seriously not forsee every single problem that your Zed was ever going to have and written them down in a nice spreadsheet format? It's not good what's happened, agreed. But we all have unexpected payouts on this cars. That's why a warranty can come in very handy. I feel for Sunbeds but I can't see how he can blame you, personally.

And the navigator was......???? :D:D I should be at Billing... :D Zedless, though....