Old Apr 13, 2005 | 09:22 PM
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Default FAO Everyone.. your input required please, new product.

Evening Folks,
We've been approached by a company which is producing a very clever and unusual device and offering it to PassionFord, and a number of other car clubs.

The device sits on your dash board, and is programmed with your "club" ID and your username / id. EG: "PassionFord: ImaRacing 700" (Unlikely to be spotted roadside i know )

When you get in range of another car with a device like this fitted, their club and username pops up on the LCD screen on the device to tell you who they are and what club they're from.

The idea is that you can see whom is whom when you go to shows etc, and also meet folks with similar interests in your area whom you didnt already know. (How many times have you been to a show and still never got to meet anyone from PF, yet there were 1000+ of them there?) You can also then plug it into your PC via a usb socket and upload your history to the server. There is then a leaderboard by club, etc to show who has been seen the most, who has seen the most other people, etc.

I think this sounds like a great bit of fun, so we're really interested in it but do acccept that its initial problem will be userbase. If it hits off, it could get to teh point where everyone wants one, but until it has a solid userbase, most will be sceptical. Interesting for sure, so i thought id get your opinions to gauge possible interest in it. They are suggesting the cost of the unit will be around £90.

I have no idea whether this would be of enormous interest here or not but im sure your all about to let me know. Please feel free to be honest.
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