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General => Site news and bright ideas => Topic started by: vixteris on 24 March 2004, 17:16

Title: car of the month
Post by: vixteris on 24 March 2004, 17:16
just wondered what peeps thought about having a golfgti car of the month. maybe a nice pic on the front page with a write up by the owner. maybe jv could start us off (cos he obviously has loads of spare time  ;)) and we could build up a data base of members rides. what do ya think??? :D
Title: Re:car of the month
Post by: danhock on 24 March 2004, 17:20
Good idea!!

How about making a user managed Content section on the main site?

Title: Re:car of the month
Post by: Overseer on 24 March 2004, 17:24
great idea..   8)
Title: Re:car of the month
Post by: Dizzie on 24 March 2004, 17:29
ditto  ;D
Title: Re:car of the month
Post by: jv on 24 March 2004, 17:40
good idea about the car of the month, shall look at doing that. :)

user managed content? that's not a 5 minute job!
Title: Re:car of the month
Post by: Dizzie on 24 March 2004, 18:20
well if you need some help  :)
Title: Re:car of the month
Post by: vixteris on 24 March 2004, 20:04
i never ment it to be anything hard work, just for the mods to maybe pick their fave car on the forum (or even their own) and ask the owner to send them the background, future ideas and some pictures.  :)
I think owners would be really chuffed about having their car rewarded with a front page showing and maybe encourage people to give ideas and knowledge throughout the forum so that the mods know what each owner is upto and also encourage the friendly forum we know and love  ;D
Title: Re:car of the month
Post by: kniterider on 24 March 2004, 20:36
yeah good idea, i vote tvr golf for car of the month when its done, as its different to what every one else semms to be doing(yawn,yawn,yawn!!!) and will be a seriously featured car when its done, lets get in there and get it first!!!!


Gaz

i dont think it should be open to a public vote as it seems to me there is some serious rigging going on on the site when it wants, i think you should check isp adresses and see how many peeps have registered a few times and ask the question why!!!!!!!!!!

 ;D
Title: Re:car of the month
Post by: Cupra Turbo on 24 March 2004, 22:40
good idea ... but does it "have" to be a Golf? cos i think some people on here dont own a golf yet ... some have Polo's and corrado's etc
Title: Re:car of the month
Post by: Overseer on 24 March 2004, 23:01
IMO think it should be just "golf gti's".

tvr would be an awesome feature, might help launch him into a mag too..


would be nice if we could vote for the features, but i can see why it might not be a good idea too
Title: Re:car of the month
Post by: Dizzie on 25 March 2004, 16:33
*cough* www.golfgti.co.uk  ::)
Title: Re:car of the month
Post by: Cupra Turbo on 25 March 2004, 16:41
Does that include VR6, V6 4Motion and R32?
Title: Re:car of the month
Post by: Overseer on 25 March 2004, 16:45
^ yes

*cough* www.golfgti.co.uk  ::)

yeah but we let people without GTIs post here too... and i got a roasting for suggesting they shouldnt be here lol
Title: Re:car of the month
Post by: kniterider on 25 March 2004, 16:50
not nice that, thats one of the reasons im ditching moderator status soon, im fed up with all this stuff, so any member reading this who hasnt got a 'golfgti' may read this and take offence once again, so i take it the mk vs mk war is now spreading into 'gti' vs 'any thing else' ..............

i am so fed up of this, people who are up there own @rse.
Title: Re:car of the month
Post by: Cupra Turbo on 25 March 2004, 19:24
here here.

I agree with knite.
Title: Re:car of the month
Post by: Overseer on 25 March 2004, 20:07
ohh man.. dont take it so seriously.

i made a post a while back because i was curious about other peoples opinions on the matter, and understand the points made there.. so its done and dusted.

but on having non-gti's as feature cars, unless its something super special like tvr golf's project then i think most people will agree they dont belong there..  we gonna have an sri, or type-r project car up there? cmon! theres gotta be a line somewhere.
Title: Re:car of the month
Post by: Cupra Turbo on 25 March 2004, 20:16
Ok, how about only VW's? or only Golf's?

So you could have:

Polo GTI's
Lupo GTI's
Bora PD150's


Or if its only Golf's:

Mk3 2.0 Avantgarde
Mk2 1.8 Driver
Mk4 1.6 Match

etc
Title: Re:car of the month
Post by: Overseer on 25 March 2004, 20:21
*cough* www.golfgti.co.uk  ::)

TDI's get a pass though...
Title: Re:car of the month
Post by: vixteris on 25 March 2004, 20:47
 ::) blimey sorry for suggesting such a thing - why dont we wait and see what jv comes up with rather then turn it into another world war 3 thread.

it seems  pretty obvious to me that we want a popular friendly forum where anyone with an interest in the golf gti is welcome no matter what species there car is  :)
Title: Re:car of the month
Post by: Cupra Turbo on 25 March 2004, 22:24
Quote
popular friendly forum where anyone with an interest in the golf gti is welcome no matter what species there car is  

yey at last!
Title: Re:car of the month
Post by: Overseer on 26 March 2004, 08:11
yeah theres no problem with that!!!?

good idea ... but does it "have" to be a Golf? cos i think some people on here dont own a golf yet ... some have Polo's and corrado's etc

you're missing the point. here's _ your _ original post that started this dicussion.

yes they're welcome to post. but that doesn't mean they should be feature cars.
Title: Re:car of the month
Post by: dan on 26 March 2004, 08:47
Having Car of the month in my eyes is a very good idea.

For me this forum is a Golf GTi forum..  :) However maybe JV could also link to Non-Golf Gti Car of the month too? Just a diplomatic thought?



Title: Re:car of the month
Post by: S11EPS on 26 March 2004, 09:25
I think the car of the month is a great idea. In terms of who it should be open too, like others, I have my own view!

I think it should be open to anyone who uses the site on a regular basis, regardless of the car they drive. We have many non-GTi members, drivers of VR6, R32, modified CL's, TVR Golf etc) and it would be unfair to exclude these models.

In terms of future models. the GTi brand is undergoing an evolution at present, and the MK5 is likely to stretch it further - we are going to be seeing 'R' and 'S' spec perfomance models, as well as the traditional GTi models. By making the car of the month GTi only, you'll be excluding a big portion of future performance models, which I don't think is right.

I perosnally have a big interest in all cars, not just the golf GTi, so if one of our fellow members is running a Polo GTi with a supercharged VR6 lump under the bonnet, I would like to see it featured so I can read about it and drool over the photos!

I know what everyone's fears of non-GTi cars being potentially featured are - Badly modified base models, or cars that are going to stimulate no interest in 90% of the forum members due to a total lack of application to our site. BUT! give the people will potentially be picking the cars the benefit of the doubt - They simply won't feature a car that wouldn't interest the majority or 'cut the mustard' so to speak.

Just my views  ;)
Title: Re:car of the month
Post by: Overseer on 26 March 2004, 09:33
^ i agree with that :)

just worried if it went any further it'd almost be 'performance vw' or worse then.. lol
Title: Re:car of the month
Post by: danhock on 26 March 2004, 10:34
good idea about the car of the month, shall look at doing that. :)

user managed content? that's not a 5 minute job!

I've heard the www.Xoops.com (http://www.Xoops.com) is quite handy for this...
Title: Re:car of the month
Post by: jedi16v on 26 March 2004, 13:05
very good idea ;)
Title: Re:car of the month
Post by: Dizzie on 26 March 2004, 13:56
S11eps says:
I think it should be open to anyone who uses the site on a regular basis, regardless of the car they drive. We have many non-GTi members, drivers of VR6, R32, modified CL's, TVR Golf etc) and it would be unfair to exclude these models.


you're ok now then Black ;D
Title: Re:car of the month
Post by: Overseer on 26 March 2004, 14:17
 8)
Title: Re:car of the month
Post by: Cupra Turbo on 26 March 2004, 17:47
Nah, I say only cars worth ?3000 or more... according to Glass's

Soz Dizzie ... they dont cater for engine transplants.. not that it'd make u much more expensive  :D ;) ;D
Title: Re:car of the month
Post by: Dizzie on 26 March 2004, 18:57
Glass's modifed Car price guide - covering huge ICE installs, engine swaps, and many more mods.

Pick up your copy at all good local newsagents  8)
Title: Re:car of the month
Post by: Cupra Turbo on 26 March 2004, 21:52
To the right now
To the left
take it back now ya'al
one hop this time
one hop this time
right foot two stomps
left foot two stomps
slide to the left
slide to the right
criss-cross
criss-cross
cha cha real smooth


 :D ;D
Title: Re:car of the month
Post by: jv on 27 March 2004, 20:33
reet then. have cleaned up the features section of the main website and started including 'feature cars'. the first 2 have been on the site a while but i have just added a couple more. yeah feature car 4 is a jetta/vento but that's basically a golf  :P and the quality of his pics were too good not to use!

want your car on there? send some really good pictures and a proper spec list to me :) then people can b!tch about what appears  :P
Title: Re:car of the month
Post by: Overseer on 27 March 2004, 21:26
just had a look through em v. nice :)

Title: Re:car of the month
Post by: Fielder5757 on 28 March 2004, 10:18
reet then. have cleaned up the features section of the main website and started including 'feature cars'. the first 2 have been on the site a while but i have just added a couple more. yeah feature car 4 is a jetta/vento but that's basically a golf  :P and the quality of his pics were too good not to use!

want your car on there? send some really good pictures and a proper spec list to me :) then people can b!tch about what appears  :P


Time to get the camera out  ;D
Title: Re:car of the month
Post by: Cupra Turbo on 28 March 2004, 14:40
/me wonders if he needs more pictures in his gallery...  ::)
Title: Re:car of the month
Post by: golfvr6 on 29 March 2004, 15:14
Sheriff John Bunnell says "No mk3 8v's allowed in the competition"
 ;) :D
Title: Re:car of the month
Post by: Cupra Turbo on 29 March 2004, 15:30
Sheriff John Bunnell says "No VR6's in the competition cos they aint even GTI's"  ;) :D
Title: Re:car of the month
Post by: dubslug on 29 March 2004, 22:07
no chance of my 1.6 carb ever featuring then lol, and no not the one in my sig  :-[
Title: Re:car of the month
Post by: kniterider on 29 March 2004, 22:36
yas never knows, pesonally i think all active members should be put in a random picker, then a month in advance a winne ris picked out then there chance for decent pics etc to be done and emailed to jv, just my thoughts gotta keep it 'real' as in real road going members cars WHAT EVER THE MODEL of volkswagen as long as they are mighty fine pics!!!


Gaz

Just my bit

Title: Re:car of the month
Post by: Overseer on 29 March 2004, 22:38
^ cool idea! :)

no one can complain then

its like feature lottery!! lol


  ( btw think that bright idea was your 2000th post 8) )

ps gaz for president, and dont jack the mod job in :P
Title: Re:car of the month
Post by: richy on 29 March 2004, 22:44
^^excellent idea!!!  ;D
Title: Re:car of the month
Post by: Fielder5757 on 30 March 2004, 01:09
no chance of my 1.6 carb ever featuring then lol, and no not the one in my sig  :-[

why not?
Title: Re:car of the month
Post by: Overseer on 30 March 2004, 14:19
one more thought bout kniteriders idea is that i guess it should be possible to opt-in to the selection..

Title: Re:car of the month
Post by: Golfgal on 30 March 2004, 16:02
Sheriff John Bunnell says "No VR6's in the competition cos they aint even GTI's"  ;) :D

pot kettle black??


Feature my mk1 in the bangers r us section  :'(

poor baby!!!
Title: Re:car of the month
Post by: Cupra Turbo on 30 March 2004, 16:24
Mk1's are the original ... they should be the first feature car of the month!
Title: Re:car of the month
Post by: Golfgal on 30 March 2004, 16:35
 :-*

even keyed ones? :'(
Title: Re:car of the month
Post by: Cupra Turbo on 30 March 2004, 16:55
We'll just use a pic from the other side of the car...
Title: Re:car of the month
Post by: Golfgal on 30 March 2004, 17:00
Drilled lock and smashed window that side  :'(

will be fixed soon though
Title: Re:car of the month
Post by: Cupra Turbo on 30 March 2004, 17:03
... erm front bumper and lights??? ...  ???


Do people just pick on ur car??
Title: Re:car of the month
Post by: Golfgal on 30 March 2004, 17:08
go read the scum section in chat  :'(

she looks good from behind  ???
Title: Re:car of the month
Post by: Cupra Turbo on 30 March 2004, 17:12
All "She's" look good from behind  8)

lol

.. except Shemales  :-X