Some may know that Captain Ash has handed over the rains to me and Lee,..
we want to bring this place back from the brink and make it somewhere what it was before!
obviously the days of pages and pages or batarus threads will most likely live on Facebook but we'd like to keep the wealth of information alive and continue growing!

so the main question is what do we do?

between me and Lee we are splitting the forum costs between us but would like it if the forum could be self sustained ie bring in it's own income

Idea's i've had are,.

a Youtube Channel we could upload Video versions of our FAQ's and create new ones
take on advertising after XXX amount of subscribers get that to generate income
(possibly put links to your own youtube channels)

Merchandise
i've made keyrings and mugs in the past id be happy to create a generic design and have various things made,.
Glass etched Pint glasses etc the more expensive things like the dogtag keyrings would have to wait till we had biger numbers again due to production costs

Haynes PDF's
i've put up pdf versions of helpful manuals (Haynes/306 Maxi/Xu10j4rs Engine) at £2 each here

Tamiya Decals
i've also thought about making a set of Tamia Maxi Decals i've nearly finished the artwork just look at a production cost
someone is already making the bodies again but the Decals suck!

anyone have any other ideas or things they'd like to see implemented?

We'd really appreciate some positive input from you guys to help take this place forward!

Dave

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Proud Member of the ASTOR Owners Club

That's not a bad idea,..

We might need a few more active members otherwise we'll be raffling for an old wheel bolt

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Proud Member of the ASTOR Owners Club

I had lost enthusiasm for my 6 for a while, but glad this place is still going as these cars are getting rarer now and revisited the site for parts. My 6 is getting a respray and gonna deffo put more effort in retoring her. Maybe promote the forum more on Facebook with regular pics of the cars to keep people interest in them and mentions of the forum using links.

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stevenage black gti 6, 198bhp

Slightly seasonal but I used to like the calendars. Might be one way for some income once a year?
Like old times, members submit pictures of their cars and people vote. Should encourage people to be more active too.

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Goldie the track car.

I'm up for the youtube channel and also the return of the calendar sounds wicked. Also, is it possible to make a donations linky thing really obvious and easy? Maybe using PayPal as everyone has that and its quick whereas before it was world pay or something and that's just a ball ache.

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See the sheer power and might of the lesser known burrowing owl.

Valid point there actually, UK copyright law I'm sure would prohibit the reproduction of the Haynes manual (or any other publication for that matter) on a public forum, whether for money or not. It should probablt never have been PDF'd in the first place and put on the download section.....even though I have a copy!!

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1999 GTi-6 (china blue)
1999 Rallye (black)

What about Arab drift fails ?

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Old pugs don't die they just get faster

I’ll start stripping and selling parts again 😂

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Dimma + Gt35 turbo =
Solid rear beam mounts £130
07889376885
Dan

Mate your too serious!
The banter was the best!,..
And I'd welcome it but sadly most of that now resides on fb
I'm just hoping to keep this place alive and try get it to pay for its self,..

And don't worry we won't be charging for posting items for sale

Chill thugpuddin

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Proud Member of the ASTOR Owners Club

Agreed, I'd bung over a few quid from time to time!

Sadly, there just aren’t as many on the road now as there was 12-15 years ago when the forum was thriving. I pop my head in every now and then but I have no intention of getting another one.

I think facebook has really hurt a lot of forums, people find facebook groups easier to use. I know there is a gti6 group, it maybe worth getting the forum branding all over that to guide people back here?

For funding, have free membership with ads, small fee for removal of ads.

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ex white Phase 1 Gti6, killed at cadwell park in November 07

Top work. Thanks!