rs owners club!!!

[cossiepaz]

I keep trying to sign up on line but it wont let me any ideas??

[Mark Barber]

Originally Posted by cossiepaz

i keep trying to sign up on line but it wont let me any ideas??

you mean join the club or renew membership ??

[cossiepaz]

Join mate

[Carsey]

Just been looking at the RSOC.

Could anyone tell me what you get for £35, i have been in a number of clubs over the years and never paid anything like that...

[Monster]

You need a proper email addy to join, afaik they won't let you use hotmail type accounts

[Ben Purnell]

As Dave said you won't be able to register with a hotmail account

[cossiepaz]

Ok thanks for that info

[Dave H]

Just ring em up with your card details it takes less than 5 minutes.

[cossiepaz]

Originally Posted by Dave H

Just ring em up with your card details it takes less than 5 minutes.

ok will do that cheers

[COZZFATHER]

Originally Posted by Carsey

Just been looking at the RSOC.

Could anyone tell me what you get for £35, i have been in a number of clubs over the years and never paid anything like that...

i used to get a mag plus discounts for things and the use of the club for insurance valuations and you can have a sig whereas non members can't on the forums hahah.
if like me your no longer a member you can't tag along to a show in yer and put money into the club by way of admission etc so thats a few things of the top of me head.

[robski]

Although i'm still a member(been for years),if you don't go to any shows, or wan't some so called benifits from insurers/traders or a chance to grab some NOS or cars for sale that the staff have had first dibbs at yonks before the members have etc,then i wouldn't bother mate.
Cue the"its not what the club gives you,its what you give/input into the club"brigade
Well i pay a monthly fee to my gym,not cheap,alot alike this membership compared to other car clubs...but my gym doesn't charge me to go to one of thier yearly social events...and its quite open to let non members in,for a small fee....nor does it ask me to"input" anything apart from the fee i pay,judging by some members in the RSOC,i'd be cleaning out the toilets at my gym and that would be deemed as totally satisfactory"input" for the club

Also non members not being allowed on club stands,little things like that which grate with me...plus motorsport shells etc etc....loads of "i'm up me arse" pompus crap...and the mags arn't that great,the recent one was delayed and wasn't worth the wait IMO but then you will get the old reply"the mag is only as good as the input they recieve"....i also pay a monthly subscription to EVO and yes,maybe its slightly dearer,but they don't often email me for "input"...

This club has been stuck in the dark ages with its attitude and forsight for donkeys years,especially staff side,they really think as a "business"(which they are) they don't need to do much or adapt and just let the"customers" take up the slack(and the costs) and blame them(the customers) for any short falls... I'm suprised some of these dinasours even know how to use email/texts..ooppps,i think some don't


And this from a genuine longtime RS loving member that has had pretty all marks of the RS brands from mk1 rs escort upwards...i love the brand,i just think the club is run by clueless c**ts and its been like that for along time

anyway,to answer your original question, yes mate,£35 is a steal,go for it

[Mark Barber]

Originally Posted by robski

although i'm still a member(been for years),if you don't go to any shows, or wan't some so called benifits from insurers/traders or a chance to grab some NOS or cars for sale that the staff have had first dibbs at yonks before the members have etc,then i wouldn't bother mate.
Cue the"its not what the club gives you,its what you give/input into the club"brigade
Well i pay a monthly fee to my gym,not cheap,alot alike this membership compared to other car clubs...but my gym doesn't charge me to go to one of thier yearly social events...and its quite open to let non members in,for a small fee....nor does it ask me to"input" anything apart from the fee i pay,judging by some members in the RSOC,i'd be cleaning out the toilets at my gym and that would be deemed as totally satisfactory"input" for the club

Also non members not being allowed on club stands,little things like that which grate with me...plus motorsport shells etc etc....loads of "i'm up me arse" pompus crap...and the mags arn't that great,the recent one was delayed and wasn't worth the wait IMO but then you will get the old reply"the mag is only as good as the input they recieve"....i also pay a monthly subscription to EVO and yes,maybe its slightly dearer,but they don't often email me for "input"...

This club has been stuck in the dark ages with its attitude and forsight for donkeys years,especially staff side,they really think as a "business"(which they are) they don't need to do much or adapt and just let the"customers" take up the slack(and the costs) and blame them(the customers) for any short falls... I'm suprised some of these dinasours even know how to use email/texts..ooppps,i think some don't


And this from a genuine longtime RS loving member that has had pretty all marks of the RS brands from mk1 rs escort upwards...i love the brand,i just think the club is run by clueless c**ts and its been like that for along time

anyway,to answer your original question, yes mate,£35 is a steal,go for it

coonts is abit harse mate but your opinion

[Ben Purnell]

Many a true word spoken Rob.

Originally Posted by robski

This club has been stuck in the dark ages with its attitude and forsight for donkeys years,especially staff side,they really think as a "business"(which they are) they don't need to do much or adapt and just let the"customers" take up the slack(and the costs) and blame them(the customers) for any short falls... I'm suprised some of these dinasours even know how to use email/texts..ooppps,i think some don't

totally agree with the above, it still amazes me after all this time they can not see the benefit of the internet

[F12NCO]

Originally Posted by robski

although i'm still a member(been for years),if you don't go to any shows, or wan't some so called benifits from insurers/traders or a chance to grab some NOS or cars for sale that the staff have had first dibbs at yonks before the members have etc,then i wouldn't bother mate.
Cue the"its not what the club gives you,its what you give/input into the club"brigade
Well i pay a monthly fee to my gym,not cheap,alot alike this membership compared to other car clubs...but my gym doesn't charge me to go to one of thier yearly social events...and its quite open to let non members in,for a small fee....nor does it ask me to"input" anything apart from the fee i pay,judging by some members in the RSOC,i'd be cleaning out the toilets at my gym and that would be deemed as totally satisfactory"input" for the club

Also non members not being allowed on club stands,little things like that which grate with me...plus motorsport shells etc etc....loads of "i'm up me arse" pompus crap...and the mags arn't that great,the recent one was delayed and wasn't worth the wait IMO but then you will get the old reply"the mag is only as good as the input they recieve"....i also pay a monthly subscription to EVO and yes,maybe its slightly dearer,but they don't often email me for "input"...

This club has been stuck in the dark ages with its attitude and forsight for donkeys years,especially staff side,they really think as a "business"(which they are) they don't need to do much or adapt and just let the"customers" take up the slack(and the costs) and blame them(the customers) for any short falls... I'm suprised some of these dinasours even know how to use email/texts..ooppps,i think some don't


And this from a genuine longtime RS loving member that has had pretty all marks of the RS brands from mk1 rs escort upwards...i love the brand,i just think the club is run by clueless c**ts and its been like that for along time

anyway,to answer your original question, yes mate,£35 is a steal,go for it

Bang on the money Rob.

[Carsey]

Mmmmm so not that great ehh...

[sortedcossie]

I think that if you join for 3 years then you get a discounted rate.

One thing I don't want to see happening again in non-RS cars on local group stands.

[Brynmor]

Mixed feelings for me really, dad and laterally msyelf have been members for 20 years now...
The mag is not what it was but I suppose the net has stolen a lot of thunder, funnily enough I was just reading a 97 mag on my lunch and it was a very different beast.

My only gripe and it's one that dad had aswell was there was a certain clique about the way it's run, although we were members etc because we didn't show the various cars we had it always made us feel slightly second best at NAT day(intentional on the RSOC part definitely not but it felt that way)
I'm somewhat pleased though they seem recently to have recalled that the R in RS stands for Rallye...

Probably worth the £35 for the year as that's what half a tank of fuel now, so not a great cost..

[COZZFATHER]

Originally Posted by sortedcossie

I think that if you join for 3 years then you get a discounted rate.

One thing I don't want to see happening again in non-RS cars on local group stands.

Cocker if i can't get me rarer than rare into national day and pay my hard earned brass to support the club.... Fookers without rs's should be barred from turning up at a show hoping to get in with it unless theres special parking inside the event yet not with the rs's if yer catch me drift

ps i know Robski makes some valid points but theres some top banannas in the rsoc,i tell people to contact the registrar when they are after a certain car they are desperate for as he knows loads of people with them and if one of them mentions about selling up it makes sense imo

it is a twats trick cherry picking the treasure from under members noses if certain people on the staff do do that though but i think them days are long gone because of the internet as people load up ads themselves and its first come first served .


i could tell the story of the widow selling her old mans lotus cortina mk1 that some get in the lc owners club never put in the mag until he got the reddies first to capture the very very very rare crayford convertible lotus cortina mk1 from under the noses of everyone else but i won't

[sortedcossie]

Agree totally. I pay my membership etc and show ticket money to be on a local group stand with other RS cars, not a stand with vectras and skodas an vws on, which has happened in the past. As you say, if its a non rs car it should be on a visiting car club stand.

[robski]

Originally Posted by COZZFATHER

ps i know Robski makes(LOTS OF) some valid points but theres some top banannas in the rsoc,i tell people to contact the registrar when they are after a certain car they are desperate for as he knows loads of people with them and if one of them mentions about selling up it makes sense imo

i've never had any issues with any of the registars,some maybe be a tad like a Prefect at school that no one liked...and yes they do have thier worth for sure....
I'm suprised there has been NO mention of memberships numbers from you in this thread!

[robski]

Originally Posted by Ben Purnell

Many a true word spoken Rob.



totally agree with the above, it still amazes me after all this time they can not see the benefit of the internet

exactly Ben,how LONG did it take for online membership?....finally it arrived and they have had vastly improved new members subscribing....well if you believe what was printed in Rallye news....but i wouldn't be suprised if it was true!

[robski]

Originally Posted by Franco

Bang on the money Rob.

cheers Lord Franco .... I guess we sing from the same hym sheet!.....if the RSOC was as simple as this site,thier would be rarely any ripples in the lake,let alone the ocean....but put all those ego's in one enviroment,an its hey "yahtzeee"...the willy waving/ego is rife!

[F12NCO]

Originally Posted by robski

cheers Lord Franco .... I guess we sing from the same hym sheet!.....if the RSOC was as simple as this site,thier would be rarely any ripples in the lake,let alone the ocean....but put all those ego's in one enviroment,an its hey "yahtzeee"...the willy waving/ego is rife!

Cheeky

Why hasn't Rainbird piped up with his 2 cents yet?!

[robski]

Originally Posted by Franco

Cheeky

Why hasn't Rainbird piped up with his 2 cents yet?!

LOL i was thinking the same....maybe i stole his thunder(or line) with the "ooohh its not what the club gives you,its what you give it" shite.....or he's still in his hair inplant sessions....or maybe he's cottaging...either option is not unthinkable

[F12NCO]

Originally Posted by robski

LOL i was thinking the same....maybe i stole his thunder(or line) with the "ooohh its not what the club gives you,its what you give it" shite.....or he's still in his hair inplant sessions....or maybe he's cottaging...either option is not unthinkable

Not unthinkable, I'd just rather not think about it!

[robski]

Originally Posted by Franco

Not unthinkable, I'd just rather not think about it!

but you have sooooo pictured it in your mind even if your intelect tells you NOOOOO and then hurled repeatedly i bet

[COZZFATHER]

Originally Posted by robski

i've never had any issues with any of the registars,some maybe be a tad like a Prefect at school that no one liked...and yes they do have thier worth for sure....
I'm suprised there has been NO mention of memberships numbers from you in this thread!

Well now you mention it<<<<<<<<< the fookin membership number saga needs a kick up the gorbals if yer ask me... I mean you join a club and get a number and leave for what ever reason and decide to join again>>> how and why is it a good idea to give the old member whose details the club still posess a new number thus confusing people

i don't care what people say....i have respect for members who joined before me and have a interest in the ford rs brand and i couldn't give 2 hoots what some newby git thinks about rs's and the rs owners club its the cars and punters that matter and i say this !!!!!!!!

BACK TO BASICS........... Ford RS's only no ifs or buts. Old Members welcomed back like a long lost cat,and tbh get rid of so many rooms and bunch loads up like cosworths stick them all together. Focus rs's stick them all together get me drift


oh and regards our escort cozzeh registrar he's a belter,theres people who have been well and truly stuck got help off him and advice. I have had advice myself and always appreciate stuff like that as this is what its all about