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so barely three months i wish to contribute more to other people posts but i know very minimun about rover but as i half own a 220 coupe i have been woring with it for over a year now i am very slowly but surely learning the ropes and its down to everyone on her for being so helpfull and friendly ( well sometimes ) 
this is a great forum hope for it to be around in many years to come 
What started this thread off is I looked at the members section which got me thinking of the RR's I went to, car shows, trackday, racing and TRAX.dommiboi wrote:everyone saying they have been on here for years, i feel like an odd one out, been on here since november 2012 i think it was
) through RT. I think you are reading a little too much into it.Semproxion wrote: ........."I have been on here since it started"
smacks of willy waving, as though being here from the start means you have a big e-chipolata and should be respected.........
Bit of a pointless post I think. And cant understand why you had to mention the gentleman sausage for. You clearly have some sort of chip on your shoulder people cant help at what time they joined you may feel as though you missed out on the early days but for us members who was around then there was some good times. If you can't participate as the rest of us has and post relevant replies then maybe best not to post in this thread.Semproxion wrote:I have no issue with celebrating the anniversary of the site and I'm impressed that it's gone on this far but the opening line of the opening post:noonan mckane wrote:Semproxion wrote:I'm sorry, but I saw the title of this thread and instantly thought "willy waving contest"
It's not everybody that's got a webcam, though. Probably something a bit more low-key for the 10th anniversary celebration, I think. We'll stick a pin in the willy waving contest idea, though. Maybe consider it for the 15th.....
"I have been on here since it started"
smacks of willy waving, as though being here from the start means you have a big e-chipolata and should be respected.
It's like your other half's first lover walking in the room as declaring you should respect him as he stuck his díck in her first.
Don't want to hijack the thread, but was the action day organised by Car & Car Conversion magazine? If so, I attended and participated in the triple C action days in a variety of cars, for 5 years running. Great days out.ZSx wrote:Got video's of members cars from early 2000's at a castle coombe action day lol)
I'll ask him if he has also seen a reduction of site activity as the years pass by and reduce the number of these fine little cars.
......Arrrrrggghhhhh.........Sadly you are in a minority when viewing these cars that way. I am also in that same minority. The average clueless Brit over many years had and to a certain extent still has the brainwashed condition that where cars are concerned, Foreign is good, British is crap brainwashing ... always. They are very wrong of course but, that media negativity brainwashing of anything UK Industry related, even pre-Clarkson, was incessantly harmful. That media negativity be it the young clueless Clarkson kneeling down alongside an Allegro with a grimace ~ oh how cool is that ~ to the usual numerous media reporters outside the gates at Longbridge reporting in hushed tones that almost certainly the bruvvers will vote to down tools. Only to give a 'moving swiftly on' update when the ballot showed the vote to work. The negativity pre-dates even Clarkson's best efforts to big up Fords and Mercedes.noonan mckane wrote:The Montego was a fantastic car. Streets ahead of the Sierra and Cavalier. Quieter, more comfortable, better built, just generally better. Woefully underrated. I drove a lot of them in my days 'on the spanners', and was always impressed by how refined and reliable they were, and easy to service. I never got to drive the turbo, but I'd imagine it was a belter.
The Maestro, possibly not quite as great. You'd think performance, ride, build quality would be the same as the Montego, but somehow it generally wasn't. Again, I only had experience of the 'cooking' Maestros, and never drove the MG turbo.
The Metro turbo I did get a drive of, and that was a ferocious wee motor! Hell, I remember the first time I drove a 1.3 HLS Metro, and how amazed I was at how quick it was!
When I think back, Rover (and Austin Rover) cars were never bad cars. They were more often than not 'unfashionable cars'. It's not fair that history will remember the Citroen Saxo as a 'great car' and the Subaru Impreza as an 'iconic car', but the likes of the Montego or the MG Metro as 'Rovers'......
......Arrrrrggghhhhh.........BMW were in the 1970s along with Volkswagen. It is no coincidence that both those near failed 1970s German Manufacturers are much stronger now. The Germans cannot be accused of getting things wrong like some Nations I could mention.peteT16 wrote:That's too close to the truth, imagine had MGR tried to buy BMW or Mercedes had the positions been reversed, not a chance in hell of the German government allowing that to happen, or another scenario, BMW deep in the financial mire, would their government abandoned them to be cherry picked by a Chinese company, again not a chance in hell.
......Arrrrrggghhhhh.........Roversportsclub slotted in between them dates somewhere. It was run by a guy with a bronze R200 bubble with T16 conversion and a motobuild bodykit username GoldRover. It was quite a popular well designed forum.SubCat001 wrote:I joined Roverload in 2002. I had been a member of 220gti.com and visited Rover200.com but had never been particularly active on either.
IIRC I think it ran something like this
220gti.com (yahoo group) - I am not sure when it started but I seem to remember joining the newsgroup in 2000.
rover200.com - Started by Si and Phil circa 2001 IIRC, never joined the site but used to visit it.
Roverload.com - Sprung from the ashes of Rover200.com after it was hacked. Ran from 2002-04 overlapping with RT.
Rovertech.net - Started in 2003 by Bjorn as technical resource. Ran alongside Roverload for nearly a year before both forums merged.
RT's longevity is a testament to it's community. Without their contribution we wouldn't have the archive we have now, and without that there would be nothing unique. I've had some great times and met some fantastic people (some of which are no longer with us
I think you are reading a little too much into it.Semproxion wrote: ........."I have been on here since it started"
smacks of willy waving, as though being here from the start means you have a big e-chipolata and should be respected.........
Yes, the Gurney twinsJason36 wrote:Was johny5 and si the twins ? Had a lot of fun with them.
Even i remember jonny5s avatarvinny19791 wrote:What happened to jonny5
Vard66 wrote: our feelings about saloons shall never be the wedge between us
If its the Si i think it is he sold up, he was a guru around my way but ever since he got rid he doesnt relly wabt to share or use his knowledge on rovers anymore....Marty wrote:What happened to the other si with the purple bubble turbo. The one who opened a paint shop and use to make all the fancy dash moulds for guages and that ?
We use to chat all the time was a nice chap then he just vanishedrovermadman4825 wrote:If its the Si i think it is he sold up, he was a guru around my way but ever since he got rid he doesnt relly wabt to share or use his knowledge on rovers anymore....Marty wrote:What happened to the other si with the purple bubble turbo. The one who opened a paint shop and use to make all the fancy dash moulds for guages and that ?
He was a good bloke but when he lost love for rovers he just stopped being as helpful as he use to.... but i think thats part and parcel of moving on....Marty wrote:We use to chat all the time was a nice chap then he just vanishedrovermadman4825 wrote:If its the Si i think it is he sold up, he was a guru around my way but ever since he got rid he doesnt relly wabt to share or use his knowledge on rovers anymore....Marty wrote:What happened to the other si with the purple bubble turbo. The one who opened a paint shop and use to make all the fancy dash moulds for guages and that ?
he cried abit about some things on here with mach1rob then set up another forum which like roversports was a flop.Tritium wrote:Anyone knows what happend to "raistlin295" aka Paul?
Jonny is now married with 2 kids living tamworth way still I think. He works for jaguar now as a contractor and gets to play with some nice toys. He doesn't have the Teg anymore as it got crashed into. I think his big crash in his coupe changed his focus on stuff really.vinny19791 wrote:What happened to jonny5
That timeline relates more to Rovertech's lineage. I remember Roversportsclub and although I was a member I wasn't particularly active there. It Wayne GoldRover and IIRC he was postman from Shrewsbury. There was also Rover Power which popped up around 2003-04 iirc.southside wrote: Roversportsclub slotted in between them dates somewhere. It was run by a guy with a bronze R200 bubble with T16 conversion and a motobuild bodykit username GoldRover. It was quite a popular well designed forum.
I know quite a few members from that site came here when it closed down. I was a member of Roversportsclub around 2002-2003 and i believe it closed down around 2004.
He's not posted since 2007 but he last visited in January 2012. I suspect that the 420 is no more.Jason36 wrote:Who knows what happened to Iain Pennykid, he was building the fastest 420 turbo, spent a fir tune on it them disappeared.
I am pretty sure Si is living reading way. IIRC he's still got his S2000. Not sure about TUF I seem to remember something about a garage crashing it. Not sure what happened after that.Neill wrote:Si, his bro, is still working for BP but not sure where he is located at the moment. Im pretty sure TUF is around though???
You might recognise these cars from a mids meet.Neill wrote:The early days of the forum were the best. We used to have regular events and track days. We would do the castle combe spring action day every year with me an Si ragging round taking no prisoners
Was also regular rolling road days and general meet ups. Not so much now but I know it is more difficult and there are less Rovers around now.
Neill wrote:Jonny is now married with 2 kids living tamworth way still I think. He works for jaguar now as a contractor and gets to play with some nice toys. He doesn't have the Teg anymore as it got crashed into. I think his big crash in his coupe changed his focus on stuff really.vinny19791 wrote:What happened to jonny5
Si, his bro, is still working for BP but not sure where he is located at the moment. Im pretty sure TUF is around though???
The early days of the forum were the best. We used to have regular events and track days. We would do the castle combe spring action day every year with me an Si ragging round taking no prisoners
Was also regular rolling road days and general meet ups. Not so much now but I know it is more difficult and there are less Rovers around now.
The early days gave more experimenting with modifications, yes I know people still have projects now but I remember installing one of the first pulsar coolers by getting the end tanks rotated etc. A T28 was a big mod 10 years ago compared to now.
Things change of course but it is a shame.
