AVO Club

[Muzzman]

I don't get it..... two months after they took my money and I've received nothing.

 

Joined the forum and have access to 5 public posts.

 

Am I missing something here, you give them 30 odd quid and you get nothing in return.

 

I emailed the site admin heard nothing, emailed someone else and they said they'd look into it but again weeks and nothing,.

 

I is confused

[dalmarshall]

You have to wait for Darrell to activate it. I had the same thing when I joined. Took 5 or 6 weeks till he did it but I got there in the end. Lots of knowledge on there but it's not a busy forum

[Vista]

Just as much knowledge on here and you get it without paying £30 for a forum that nobody uses. It was quite a busy forum way back before they got all insular and kicked all of the non members off.

[mk2xflow]

yep your better off here its a gr8 forum

[bigbadsquare]

All growing old and dying off in their ivory towers , not keeping up with the times , like dinosaurs soon to be extinct .

[morcheen]

Just as much knowledge on here and you get it without paying £30 for a forum that nobody uses. It was quite a busy forum way back before they got all insular and kicked all of the non members off.

kicked non-members off without warning.i wouldn't waste my time with them.

[lurch914]

I was a member for a year but got more help from here so didn't bother again

[kerry]

You have pm

[Herr Doktor]

You have pm

 

..... sounds ominous     

[Muzzman]

HHHHHHMMMMMMMMMMMMMPPPPPPPPPPPHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH !!!!!

[luckyjim]

Eh? ohhhh....hhhmmm...aahhhh

[Mk2Jo]

I hope you get it sorted ... in the meantime, enjoy our lovely forum for free and note that we don't give a stuff if you car is AVO or CRAP .... you'll be welcome here

[escortmad79]

Better off here, we accept all regardless of whether you have an RS/AVO or not & won't kick you off if you don't!

 

#notclique 

[styut]

Just to add a bit of balance to the thread:

 

Firstly, there have been issues of late with regards to membership, which is the unfortunate result sometimes of unpaid volunteers having to put work and life commitments first, but which has now been addressed.  Apologies to anyone affected by this.

 

For anyone thinking of joining, the membership fee does cover a bit more than access to a ‘forum that nobody uses’., i.e.

 

- A 52 page quarterly colour magazine (which I spend a lot of time putting together).

- Club spares and regalia, where we try to offer the best possible value for members. Some examples include:

    Petrol filler hose, £26 Ebay v £14 AVO club – saving £12

    RS2000 clutch cable, £35 Ebay v £24 AVO club – saving £11

- A free valuation service, plus help and advice on the phone or by e-mail from the various registrars.

- Free entrance to our annual national day held at Hatton, for members who bring their AVO cars (a saving of £5).

- Events, which in the last few years have included the last ever trip to the now demolished AVO factory, where 50 AVO cars drove through the gates for  the final time, an invitation to the Ford 100 years celebration and the chance to drive round the test track at Dunton, and a near 30 car turn out for a drive on the historic Brooklands race track.

- And there’s also a forum, which our new chairman has recently spent a lot of time upgrading and improving, and which will soon be much easier to access by members.

 

That’s what £30 covers if you decide to join the AVO club, and not just access to a forum. As stated in the previous posts though, you can get some great advice and help on this site as well, and I’ve attended some excellent OSF events myself over the years and always found everyone to be very friendly.

[Mk2Jo]

Thanks for taking the time to clarify your position

[john_3.0s]

Just to add a bit of balance to the thread:

 

Firstly, there have been issues of late with regards to membership, which is the unfortunate result sometimes of unpaid volunteers having to put work and life commitments first, but which has now been addressed.  Apologies to anyone affected by this.

 

For anyone thinking of joining, the membership fee does cover a bit more than access to a ‘forum that nobody uses’., i.e.

 

- A 52 page quarterly colour magazine (which I spend a lot of time putting together).

- Club spares and regalia, where we try to offer the best possible value for members. Some examples include:

    Petrol filler hose, £26 Ebay v £14 AVO club – saving £12

    RS2000 clutch cable, £35 Ebay v £24 AVO club – saving £11

- A free valuation service, plus help and advice on the phone or by e-mail from the various registrars.

- Free entrance to our annual national day held at Hatton, for members who bring their AVO cars (a saving of £5).

- Events, which in the last few years have included the last ever trip to the now demolished AVO factory, where 50 AVO cars drove through the gates for  the final time, an invitation to the Ford 100 years celebration and the chance to drive round the test track at Dunton, and a near 30 car turn out for a drive on the historic Brooklands race track.

- And there’s also a forum, which our new chairman has recently spent a lot of time upgrading and improving, and which will soon be much easier to access by members.

 

That’s what £30 covers if you decide to join the AVO club, and not just access to a forum. As stated in the previous posts though, you can get some great advice and help on this site as well, and I’ve attended some excellent OSF events myself over the years and always found everyone to be very friendly.

To be honest, and I hate to say it, I think the days of paid members clubs like these are nearing the end now. I see exactly the same thing in the motorcycle world too as well as other vintage car clubs (the morris register for example) which is a shame as there is a massive wealth of knowledge available but as the internet generation grows older more and more of this advice and access to parts is freely available on the web.

 

I certainly dont mean to knock the AVO club or any other of the well established similar clubs which rely (as does OSF) on 1000s of hours work by a few volunteers - its just my opinion

[styut]

Personally I think the success (or otherwise) of paid clubs, or indeed internet forums, is pretty reliant on the enthusiasm (or otherwise) of those people who give up their time to run them. The AVO club is fortunate to have an enthusiastic committee, and I think this is reflected in the healthy membership numbers. If we didn't organise anything, didn't invest in new spares lines, didn't spend flippin ages researching material for our magazine, and weren' prepared to spend hours on the phone helping people with information about prospective purchases or restoration projects, then obviously the members would say 'no thanks, I'll spend my £30 down the pub instead'.

 

It's the same with OSF. If those in charge didn't invest all of the time that they do to make the site what it is, then there would be no advertisers, no contributors, and as these sites don't run themselves for free, eventually no OSF. There's been plenty of internet forums that have disappeared due to lack of interest, as well as paid clubs. It all comes down to effort and enthusiasm in my humble opinion.

[Vista]

Personally I think the success (or otherwise) of paid clubs, or indeed internet forums, is pretty reliant on the enthusiasm (or otherwise) of those people who give up their time to run them. The AVO club is fortunate to have an enthusiastic committee, and I think this is reflected in the healthy membership numbers. If we didn't organise anything, didn't invest in new spares lines, didn't spend flippin ages researching material for our magazine, and weren' prepared to spend hours on the phone helping people with information about prospective purchases or restoration projects, then obviously the members would say 'no thanks, I'll spend my £30 down the pub instead'.

 

It's the same with OSF. If those in charge didn't invest all of the time that they do to make the site what it is, then there would be no advertisers, no contributors, and as these sites don't run themselves for free, eventually no OSF. There's been plenty of internet forums that have disappeared due to lack of interest, as well as paid clubs. It all comes down to effort and enthusiasm in my humble opinion.

On the above I agree completely..............................but as an AVO car owner I tried the AVO club for a few years, I even defended it on this forum a number of times, but ultimately the politics of the people running it at the time were not for me.

[john_3.0s]

To correct my previous post ifs isn't 'free' there is a lot of cost associated with running the forum etc paid for by sponsorship and vol donations etc but totally agree with the point the membership enthusiasm is key too.

[mk2xflow]

so to sum up either pay 30 pounds to join the avo club if that's your thing ,or come on here for free and or if you want subscribe that's up to you  personally id rather be on here lol

[Vista]

The AVO club is right for some enthusiasts and not for others but at the end of the day whether people are members of there, here, or both is immaterial as both exist to further the interests of their members and promote Classic Ford ownership in general.

 

Whichever side of the discussion you are on, that can't be a bad thing can it?

[Muzzman]

I received my membership pack in the week. Looks like things are moving.

[thrashermax]

I checked out my RS on AVO club before buying. I attended AVO day, some friendly people, lots of good info on the site but a little quiet. Still, any club supporting old fords is great!

[herb capri]

i would say i was a member of mk1 capri register,the mk1 capri owners club and though the clubs were very well run i just didnt find " i fitted in"

its almost a old persons view of "their people" ,a bit elitist in their thinking

Yet a young persons enjoyable ,fun,kind of thing is more, well this.

 

im old but not at all elitist, and my mind set is more tail happy than tale happy.

mike