Will our little forum family ever become an official fox t-bird/cougar organization or club?
"Badges, we don't need no stinkin' badges"
What would be the difference?We'd still be a group as we are,talking as we do.......................O.K.,we're a club...........................Feels the same to me.
I think that things would be better off if we stay the way we are.
I've seen a lot of clubs that become very pen 15y because they think they are special. esp to non-members.
our situation is a lot more open. esp. to new members and stupid questions like this one. other boards tend to get pen 15y if you ask something they don't like.
Thats the reason I ended up here.
Remember that official clubs always always always involve a copious amount of politics. We have remained free of that garbage for about a decade now...there's no need to introduce it anytime soon.
The national Cougar club (CCOA) is currently going through major problems and really it boils down to politics. Unfortunately it's been that way for way too long. When I joined the CCOA in the early 1990s there was never a mention of any Cougar made past 1973. Still, I stuck it out. Then in the early 2000s a younger president made the steps to officially welcome ALL Cougars, regardless of model year, even including the New Edge cars. Needless to say, that didn't sit well with those that still think the only "real" Cats were the originals. So you have these two factions in a g match...in the meantime the club has now gone to hell with very little hope of ever coming back in one piece, there are allegations flying left and right, there is literally nothing that the club is giving its members for their yearly dues...
Yeah. We really need that here. :rolleyes:
People always ask me about how "I want to join the COOL CATS club, how do I do that?" Well first, take your right hand and hold your right ear. Then do the same with your left. Then firmly pull your head out of your backside.
There is no "club". Why the hell would I want an "exclusive" club? That word means that some people are in, some aren't. Is that what you really want to do here? Listen, I was the guy that's always been on the outside with these cars. Even when they were new, there was no support. Zero. I learned to support myself. That's how the site was born, that's how people met each other, that's how this board came about. You're telling me you want to purposely begin to exclude people that love these cars? What kind of "club" is that? What exactly are you looking to get out of this "club" thing, anyway? Friendship? Someplace to hang out? A car show?
We already have those now.
If you want, we can call this a "club", charge you $30 a year, and maybe that will make you feel a little better.
"Woohoo! I'm in a club! But my wallet's a little lighter..."
Save your money, save your mentality about a "club" thing, and just sit back and enjoy this for what it is. We've got a great ride going on here, probably the best it will ever be. No need to ruin it.
BTW, I don't think that was a stupid question. Whether or not anyone agrees with me, there doesn't seem to be much of a demand for it here anyhow.
I've seen too many other communities tear themselves apart because of cliques, politics, people talking smack simply because they're in the "in" club, etc. One of the things that keeps me here is how open and friendly everyone here is.
I couldn't agree more. I post on another forum (although not so much lately) that a certain portion of hangs out together on a regular basis as the forum was meant for Mustang enthusiasts in the Long Island area of New York. I see this particular group of them at certain car meets in the area. I've yet to introduce myself. I can safely say that I probably never will. They have that "Premier Member" going on there as well. Apparently it's not enough as the founder is looking for sponsors and after 2+ years of little to no supervision of the content of his creation (numerous picture and word related adult/NSFW -- some of it offensive) he is now trying to get thing cleaner. The most blatant people are taking offense to this now and citing free speech and whatnot.
There is one thread in particular that I would love to link to to show you just how bad it has become, but you have to be a member to view it and it's just to long to quote here. Just under 80 posts of pure nonsense.
just saying you have to be a member to read something is what i was getting at. Before i became a regular here, I had a chance to look around and read posts for information about my car. I also notice that on any givin day there are just as many guests as registered users. It also seems that we cover a wide spread area of problems and solutions and that were not just focused on just talking about our own personal cars.
If you ask me, this is the place to be. Never any pressure.
that reminds me. I was at a forum last week. the last post was about a month old.
it said "where did everyone go" and it went un-replied --lol
Cant remember where it was, but i was thinking there probably with us.
I think it was a t-bird forum
Now, if only we could get all the 3.8L guys to leave.
;)
Lol--Your stuck with us now.
K, I'm going...last one out please turn off the lights. :D
Where there is money, there is power. Where there is power, there is a power struggle.
Sorry bud but I'm not a club guy any way. You guys are so CRAZY! If all your 5.0's and such are so nice WHY is it that I can SMOKE YOU! in my Turbo coupe and it has the 2.3turbo not one of these looky likey but have a V8 in it bullshiznit!
[SIZE="7"]Fixed![/SIZE]
:hick:
BTW, if you want a piece, come get it :burnout:
Awww...can I stay?...I yanked my Three point Ate (a rod)
:D
Finally fixed right. :hick: :burnout:
I think we got the best deal going here - let's not change anything soon - k?
Is your 2.3 faster than a speeding ticket? :shakeass:
There is a local mustang club in cincy, it has politics.
There is a group called stang bangers as well. Only real politics involves the mustang club. Stang Bangerz also has HUGE turnouts for their events as well.
I think we have the best of both worlds. besides, nothing is perfect, so why organize something that will never be perfect anyway. This is much cheaper as well. I wish we had some of the older cars in our meets. We can only hope.
We have a huge diversity it seems as well, which I like, especially since allot of the MN12 guys come to CatJam, which I think helps our diversity as well.
See you all @ CatJam.:cougarsmily: :burnout: :birdsmily:
Hey, I have three 3.8L's.
But truth be told, I agree with Eric.
And just to my own point; I started with no knowledge of these cars.
My frist car was
Cougar A and if I knew then what I know now, she might still be going down the road; and poor
Cougar B, I sacrificed her as my parts car to keep
A going down the road.
Cougar B will rise again. I had learned oh so much because of those two cars, but not enough to get
Pepper going down the road for my sister...
Then (through a long story, I'd love to tell you all about someday), I bought
Cougar X. My knowledge of these cars shot up expontentially... thanks in part to money (to buy the fancy tools & service manuals) and "online-communities" (not "clubs" ) such as this.
I have learned so much, and feel I have something to contribute, but also realize (after meeting a site like this) that I still can learn much from people who have done what I aspire to do with my Fox Cats & Birds.
So cheers to everyone, every single member and guest, but especially the ones who made the FoxTbirdCougarForums.com a beautiful reality.
Live on Cougar, Live on!
:birdsmily: :cougarsmily:
me too. i bought my 93 just cuz i needed a car. any car. i didn't care as long as it was american and rear wheel drive. but i grew to love it so much that when it died, i bought the 95 the day i saw it.