andyescos

Hi all, Well, is it, I don't mean that we all drive RS's (I don't) but back in the early 90's we were all in the RSOC, now, with the internet getting bigger it seams www.passionford.com is getting bigger and RSOC is getting smaller, I get the impression this site is deffo the biggest Ford site and I can't see it getting any smaller.
So, where will it all end, it won't, it'll get bigger and bigger, and before we know it there'll be a Pf national day and all that goes with it etc,
Which brings me onto the original question,

"Is Pf gonna be the new RS owners club(but for all enthusiasts)?"
well?

Cheers,
Andy

adam dunn

hello dude love ya! Thanks 4 your help.

DOO

Passion ford will never be the new RSOC. maybe on the net but not in real life as i know loads of peeps that have RS and don`t even have a PC never heard of passion ford.

passion ford is so big because it accepts all fords not just RS models

andyescos

Adam ya biatch! what ya doing on here? Hey all, this is Adam, , he's my friend, and a top rally navigator!But he does have a thing for silly cossie transits! Introduce yaself Adam!

EscortWRC

Aside from what DOO wrote, I think that the admin/mods of the site (the most visible 'face' of the community) are much more responsive to the wants/needs of the members.

On the odd occasion where I'd send something to Gizmo or some other 'organizer' I found that it was pretty much a black hole....nothing ever came back. Not exactly 'customer service'

Quite the opposite here though

andyescos

Gizmo, now there's a name from the past, what happened to him?

frog

He's still chairman as far as I know.

I hope PF doesn't turn into a club personally

andyescos

why dude? I think the rsoc used to sometimes get a bit funny ref modding cars though,
by the way, if I've got any bits left from the saph cossy I'm breaking, is there any little bits you may need before I scrap what's left?

andyescos

free of course fellow berks meet member

Ginge !

why ??????

it is a club at the moment but all done via the net, there meets about it and its very welcoming with the whole range of people in it, not just old, or young people ect

its very opening and welcoming and none of this wouldnt have been possable if it wasnt for our leader

hail hitler , all hail !

i love ya really stu, just that piccy of you dressed in womens clothes on the army picture was shown to me today and made me cry yet again

User 32922

Passionford won't be the new RSOC as it's already better imho



Paul

SS1

iTrader: (3)

its busy 24 ,7 getting there to stu & pet for
hard work and time involved
awesome site its a ford mag online
ponder though how you "work this WORK KIDS WIVES hassle"
INTO YOUR LIVES "ie have the time "
not blowing your but it works for me cool site
TAKE MY HAT OFF

andyescos

focus boy

[quote="andyescos"]Yes Passionford is great but it is a web based reference site not a club as such maybe not for long though but as far as comparing the RSOC to passionford etc How many passioford regional days are you attending this year?? and when is Passionford National day??

Both RSOC & Passionford are GREAT for all us Ford fans let`s just STOP comparing them. We all need them both to continue to carry on the fight against BLOODY RICE ROCKETS.

Sean

User 32922

I just said it won't be

as it's better ...all imho of course

As a web forum it's light years ahead

DOO

[quote="focus boy"]agree 100%

Zetec Andy

Theres nothing to compare imho.

When i joined RSOC.co.uk i thought it was out of date and the modding of the site was poor and it still is.

Lets face it, passionford is the new RSOC but with a twist, its for all Ford lovers whether you have a rusty old 1.0 fiesta or a 550bhp cossie, your always welcome.

If you were to join RSOC and post pics of your old banger then you wouldnt last 2 minutes before your shot down in flames, it was too "clicky" for new members to join and be part of the community and that was its downfall.

andyescos

Pf can be clicky sometimes imo

Zetec Andy

Agreed, but nothing like RSOC was.

vroooom ptssssh

it aint such a bad idea, jus hope if it did happen it wldnt get like the RSOC was

DOO

Maybe because it is an RS site

Ginge !

ya never said that before when ya owned the xr3i

wonder if they made a rouse club

i remmeber a guy posting on here saying the 200+ club was for cars that do over 200mph , can ya imagine the pub meets, karl, rod and simon norris chatting about gearing ratios

councours contest and there garanteed a trophy as theres a 1st 2nd and 3rd place

ima trying to get in on a tecnicality

James Raby

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I got an XR

Nobody hated me when I got it, well exception of few who thought I was mad buying a car that didn;t run right LOL

I have passionford set as home page - it's that good

Can be clicky, but only from a few that think they're above the rest - twits IMO, bollox to status symbols and all that crap

frog

Why don't I think it should become a club ? Because with a club (an official one I mean), comes rules, AGM's, committes, etc... and I guess some freedom gets taken away by club rules, etc...

Also, if there's a financial side to it, it inevitably leads to disagreements, etc... just look at the amount of posts that are related to membership here, where does the money go, it doesn't cost that much to host a site like this one, etc... (and no, I don't want to start a discussion on PF's finances)...

Passionford is free to operate as it sees fit without constraints because it's a free enterprise, those that run it ultimately decide how it works without boundaries other than their own

That's why in a nutshell.

In addition to that, there are soooo many clubs for ford fans already, XROC, RSOC, FFOC, etc...

frog

You have PM

gearboxman

APMSL

Ginge, you are so right

That's my job

Phil

iTrader: (1)

The whole reason PassionFord is so great is that it is very flexible and 'amateur' in a way that a full blown club like the RSOC cannot be for obvious reasons.

All the meets and work done for PF is very casual and not done for business purposes but as a hobby for the benefit of everybody who reads the site! Let it grow free of its own accord and see what happens!

frog

I don't think that any fords are status symbols do you ? Except maybe for the GT40's

James Raby

iTrader: (1)

LOL

gearboxman

Nail on head!!!

Well said that man

frog

Amen to that too

DOO

They never new it was a 3i was and it was at a few RS shows and even NAT day

Maybe if they knew i prob got the boot

PS. ging anit no buffy and never will be

RichardPON

If it became a club, it would go downhill so fast, and I would be off like a shot.

PassionFord National Day - like we need any MORE shows?

pee vee

become the RSOC site for me! AS they keep saying my e mail address
is banned from their bloody site! and dont seem to wanna un-ban it!

never even been on the site!!

andyescos

is the rsoc site still running then? Is Pf the bggest car site in UK? What is if not? Scoobynet,MLR,Roy Bacer ,?

Big G

Not enough tossers on here with their heads up their own (and other peoples) arses to compare it to the RSOC

This is solely my view on the matter so if you take offence phone the samaritans, they may give a shit

Matt

scoobynet is far bigger for a start

Shell

Obviously i have never been in the RSOC but have only heard bad things about it and TBH i think the XROC is pretty rubbish too...

Prefer to be on PF, club or not!!

And also they have enough events i think and am always meeting new members so i like it as it is now...

morto

i used to be on the rsoc but only use pf now what used to bug me about the rsoc is the arguin going on about anything you wrot on here thay is massive respect for people like.. knorris stu and kenny

andzz

morto

matt, i think the scoobynet has 45,000 people

andy