I love speed :-P
|
| posted on 23/7/05 at 08:26 AM |
|
|
quote:
Originally posted by 907
Hi All,
I share the sentiments of Jon and the reservations of David on this one.
me to, it takes me ages to tell poeple that a locost isnt a kit etc, and then the website is going to be called kit car builders people will think it
even more, i personaly think CAR BUILDERS would some up the website much better?
Don't Steal
The Government doesn’t like the competition
|
|
|
|
|
bob
|
| posted on 23/7/05 at 08:44 AM |
|
|
I dont see why this site cant stay as it is and kitcarbuilders become a totally seperate place,i understand the financial reasons for advertising
would be much better to loose the locost name though.
I agree with the quotes from jon,david and 907 paul among others,maybe a poll is needed
|
|
|
PaulBuz
|
| posted on 23/7/05 at 10:17 AM |
|
|
Have to agree with Jon etc.
If it ain't broke.........
ATB
Paul
|
|
|
rusty nuts
|
| posted on 23/7/05 at 06:15 PM |
|
|
Have to agree with Bob . A poll would be good
|
|
|
wilkingj
|
| posted on 23/7/05 at 08:37 PM |
|
|
quote:
Originally posted by David Jenkins
quote:
Originally posted by Jon Ison
would/will be a sad day for me when locostbuilders is no more
I must admit that I have concerns - there are plenty of kit-car websites out there, but only one LocostBuilders...
...Still, we'll see how it goes.
rgds,
David
I agree.. No problem in changing the site, but Locostbuilders is a very good description and keeps it very separate and specific..
I would like to keep the Site name, or we just become like the other kit car sites...
Remember our lineage, its where the site started, and who we are.. Its a bit like changing your name from Smith to jones.. loss of identity!!
Geoff
1. The point of a journey is not to arrive.
2. Never take life seriously. Nobody gets out alive anyway.
Best Regards
Geoff
http://www.v8viento.co.uk
|
|
|
Fozzie
|
| posted on 23/7/05 at 09:42 PM |
|
|
I also have to agree with Jon, Bob,Geoff etc. I think the identity will be lost.
I have thought long and hard about the issues that Chris is faced with, and I have to agree with him, but not with the name change.
I am also a believer of 'if it aint broke don't fix it'....
My own personal opinion of the new name, is..sorry Chris,.....awful.
If I was starting now, and 'googled' for 'our' types of cars, with view to building one for the first time, and I was given
'Kit Car' site, I wouldn't bother looking, If I wanted to build a kit car I would go to the manufacturers sites.
Fozzie
'Racing is Life!...anything before or after is just waiting'....Steve McQueen
|
|
|
Peteff
|
| posted on 23/7/05 at 10:50 PM |
|
|
Dax comes up first.
Then it sounds like the NFAutos site to me  and to google
[Edited on 23/7/05 by Peteff]
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
|
|
|
Syd Bridge
|
| posted on 24/7/05 at 10:46 AM |
|
|
I agree with the 'if it aint broke, don't fix it' school. Kitcarbuilders could and should be a different entity.
On another note, Darren of GTS tuning posted a thing a few days ago, that his abscence had been due to his time in acquiring businesses, or business
identities, one of which was,
KIT CAR BUILDS.
The names are remarkably similar, but different.
Is there a tie up between this new site, and GTS Tuning aka Dozracing aka Darren George??
Regards,
Syd.
[Edited on 24/7/05 by Syd Bridge]
|
|
|
ChrisW
|
| posted on 24/7/05 at 11:27 PM |
|
|
quote:
Originally posted by Syd Bridge
Is there a tie up between this new site, and GTS Tuning aka Dozracing aka Darren George??
There is no connection at all - I'd not even spotted Darren's post until I searched for it just now. I registered the domains on 8th May
- long before his announcement.
Chris
|
|
|
chriscook
|
| posted on 24/7/05 at 11:49 PM |
|
|
http://www.locostbuilders.co.uk/viewthread.php?tid=22382&page=2
Seems only 35% here are building/driving book locosts, 47% are building kit cars from the likes of MK,Luego etc
(says someone who isn't building a locost or even a 7alike)
|
|
|
Syd Bridge
|
| posted on 25/7/05 at 08:24 AM |
|
|
There is no connection at all - I'd not even spotted Darren's post until I searched for it just now. I registered the domains on 8th May
- long before his announcement.
Chris
Thanks for that Chris, I couldn't help but ponder. I s'pose there's not many names or titles that you can call a person who builds a
kit car.(Not publicly, anyway!)
Regards,
Syd.
|
|
|
Rorty
|
| posted on 28/7/05 at 06:24 AM |
|
|
Personally, I don't favour the proposed changes to broaden the site’s audience. In particular I don't like the idea of "our"
community being opened up to a wider and probably more international audience.
I consider myself British (I only live in Aus at the moment) and I find the current Locostbuilders a retreat and a haven of all that's mad and
ingenious about Brits building cars in their garages (that's GARages - not garAGES!).
No offence to any Yanks present; they're all a delightful bunch and have added a necessary but sufficient New World flavour to the site, but I
for one, may lose interest if the site is broadened to include other car genres and all the fast-talking, all-lower-case,
I’ll-leave-the-spelling-and-interpretation-up-to-you rabble that I'm sure it will attract.
It’s difficult to retain a unique national flavour on an internet forum, but this site has been a small close-knit bunch of like-minded people with
whom I associate and empathise. I enjoy a laugh and a wind up every so often and there’s no better at it than the Brits. I fear the forum will lose a
large degree of comfort and familiarity when it broadens its net.
I don't give a stuff what the site’s called. For my purposes it would suit quite well to have a change of name if for no other reason than to
make it more obscure and exclusive again for a brief time.
If the forum does become too bland I may have to resort to buying some of the exorbitantly expensive British magazines instead!
Rant over. 
Cheers, Rorty.
"Faster than a speeding Pullet".
PLEASE DON'T U2U ME IF YOU WANT A QUICK RESPONSE. TRY EMAILING ME INSTEAD!
|
|
|
britishtrident
|
| posted on 28/7/05 at 06:55 AM |
|
|
I suspect won't be hanging around anything like as much after the changes the whole raison d’être of the forum will be lost.
|
|
|
britishtrident
|
| posted on 28/7/05 at 05:50 PM |
|
|
Thinking it over we only have ourselves to blame --- I stopped helping way off topic posters a couple of months. We are about to be swamped.
|
|
|
phelpsa
|
| posted on 28/7/05 at 06:00 PM |
|
|
I'll be looking forward to the change
|
|
|
JoelP
|
| posted on 28/7/05 at 06:01 PM |
|
|
quote:
Originally posted by Rorty
If the forum does become too bland I may have to resort to buying some of the exorbitantly expensive British magazines instead!
now now rorty, pornography wont help you for long
|
|
|
chrisg
|
| posted on 28/7/05 at 06:37 PM |
|
|
quote:
Originally posted by Rorty
Personally, I don't favour the proposed changes to broaden the site’s audience. In particular I don't like the idea of "our"
community being opened up to a wider and probably more international audience.
I consider myself British (I only live in Aus at the moment) and I find the current Locostbuilders a retreat and a haven of all that's mad and
ingenious about Brits building cars in their garages (that's GARages - not garAGES!).
No offence to any Yanks present; they're all a delightful bunch and have added a necessary but sufficient New World flavour to the site, but I
for one, may lose interest if the site is broadened to include other car genres and all the fast-talking, all-lower-case,
I’ll-leave-the-spelling-and-interpretation-up-to-you rabble that I'm sure it will attract.
It’s difficult to retain a unique national flavour on an internet forum, but this site has been a small close-knit bunch of like-minded people with
whom I associate and empathise. I enjoy a laugh and a wind up every so often and there’s no better at it than the Brits. I fear the forum will lose a
large degree of comfort and familiarity when it broadens its net.
I don't give a stuff what the site’s called. For my purposes it would suit quite well to have a change of name if for no other reason than to
make it more obscure and exclusive again for a brief time.
If the forum does become too bland I may have to resort to buying some of the exorbitantly expensive British magazines instead!
Rant over.
I think Bob's put his finger on it here - I'm afraid to say It was a sense of humour failure on behalf of the more
"international"posters that killed TOL - they just don't get our sense of humour.
This is not meant as a slight to the foreign posters - I'm just pointing out differences.
Cheers
Chris
|
|
|
phelpsa
|
| posted on 31/7/05 at 02:32 PM |
|
|
Oooh im getting all excited
|
|
|
Peteff
|
| posted on 31/7/05 at 04:15 PM |
|
|
Oooh im getting all excited
Probably puberty setting in
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
|
|
|
steve_gus
|
| posted on 31/7/05 at 11:04 PM |
|
|
try google
enter
locost
and then hit 'im feeling lucky'.
the new name of the site wont have that effect (unless you scrunch it up into one word - and who would do that?.)
atb
steve
[Edited on 31/7/05 by steve_gus]
http://www.locostbuilder.co.uk
Just knock off the 's'!
|
|
|
phelpsa
|
| posted on 31/7/05 at 11:22 PM |
|
|
quote:
Originally posted by Peteff
Probably puberty setting in
Too late, i'm an early grower
Its August 1st!! Happy New Webname!
|
|
|
Rorty
|
| posted on 31/7/05 at 11:31 PM |
|
|
Locust Builders is dead. Long live Locust Builders.
Cheers, Rorty.
"Faster than a speeding Pullet".
PLEASE DON'T U2U ME IF YOU WANT A QUICK RESPONSE. TRY EMAILING ME INSTEAD!
|
|
|
bob
|
| posted on 1/8/05 at 04:13 AM |
|
|
|
|
|
bob
|
| posted on 1/8/05 at 04:16 AM |
|
|
Hold up
05.16 and nout yet
[Edited on 1/8/05 by bob]
|
|
|
Mix
|
| posted on 1/8/05 at 06:46 AM |
|
|
At this moment in time I think the changes are great
Mick
|
|
|
.jpg)
