Originally Posted by
Jackstrath
Well, there is some truth to it. I feel this forum is mature, (i know forums as a whole are these days with Facebook taking over) One thing i notice is in the restoration rebuild & project section is that unless you have a YB in it then no ones really interested.... On the back of that you don't see much builds for mk1/mk2/mk3 they all seem to have there own forums.
I think that's always been a bit of a problem here, and probably in the Ford scene more widely. I remember going to RSOC meets in the early 2000s and the cliques were unbelievable. Cosworth people didn't want to talk to RST people, RST people didn't want to talk to RS2000 people and none of them had much time for anyone that didn't own an RS. I don't think this forum has really moved with the times though. It's always been Cosworth-focused, and that turns a lot of people off, as most people don't own them.
Originally Posted by
Turbo Zetec
the ford scene is what we make it. I was pretty unimpressed over recent years when attending shows and just seeing endless focii and fiestas, but last year i dragged my crappy old car out, found a classic ford club with a sense of humour and took the car to a couple of shows. I had a great time, there were plenty of older cars and interesting things at ford fair, but you just have to go looking for them
My car was the dirtiest and most faded crappy looking thing on our stand, but people found it interesting enough to come and take a look and have a chat about it which made it worthwhile for me taking it out.
I suppose the flip side is that the people with modern Fiestas and Focus' probably don't care much about old Sierras and Escorts either. Car groups can be weird. With Fords, the old skool people with RWD Escorts aren't that friendly over modern stuff, the Cosworth/RST era people aren't that friendly over the modern stuff and, when the Focus and Fiesta ST become obsolete, they'll probably moan about whatever replaces it. It's the same in the VW scene. The air-cooled lot are very different to the GTI-type lot. Generalising a bit I admit, but people like their era and, when their era goes out of fashion, they often feel hard done by.