AVO owners club

[mk1gaz]

Gotta agree with morcheen really , having the forum open to the general public would surley attract extra members in the long run . Plus if it's members only it wil only have 10 people on it !!!!!!

[Frosticles]

Gotta agree with morcheen really , having the forum open to the general public would surley attract extra members in the long run . Plus if it's members only it wil only have 10 people on it !!!!!!

The forum is one of the benefits of being a member of AVO. I agree with it being members only. Too many freeloaders around these days. Why should joe public have the same access to all their cars/parts for sale, Technical information/expertise etc???
Surely being a member of the club should entitle you to these benefits and not everybody.

[RUDDY]

Saved myself £35 recently ..

[Dave1800BDA]

The forum is one of the benefits of being a member of AVO. I agree with it being members only. Too many freeloaders around these days. Why should joe public have the same access to all their cars/parts for sale, Technical information/expertise etc???
Surely being a member of the club should entitle you to these benefits and not everybody.

so should the RSOC adopt the same thing with their BB

Tbh everything you need to find out is usually on this site for the both marques

[Frosticles]

so should the RSOC adopt the same thing with their BB

Has been discussed. The RSOC board has far too much info on display for non members to see at their will. Non-Members should only be allowed to view the main message board with all the technical info etc only available to members. The Full BB should be a perk of being a Full member of the club.

[RUDDY]

Lets be honest, with what this BB offers, you don't really need the other two boards.

I occasionally check the RSOC BB but got to say it is a very imature site, I think the latest mod with the scribble at the top only increases the drivel. I would lock it to members only full stop.

Used to be in the AVO club, found its mag's interesting reads if somewhat thin. BB was decent I would say .

Afraid my membership of RSOC lapsed at the start of this month, first time I haven't had a club mag through the door in over 20 years and I'm struggling

TR7 BB is shite

cheers, Paul

[grum]

Tbh everything you need to find out is usually on this site for the both marques

here here - and with none of the petty gripe'ing (sp) that goes on on both the other sites

[oldskooljoe]

TR7 BB is shite

cheers, Paul

[topaz]

here here - and with none of the petty gripe'ing (sp) that goes on on both the other sites

stop gripe'ing

[Mexicomark]

I wasn't going to bother replying, but here goes.

To answer the original question of joining the AVO club to see what cars are for sale.
My advice would be to either ring or email the model registrar of the particular car you would be interested in owning.
Their contact info is available to non members on the website.
Member or not you will get friendly advice & pointed in the direction of any cars for sale.
If there isn't anything that is of interest at that moment in time, the registrars will keep a note of your number & ring you back should a car come up for sale.

Then after you have purhased your car there is still no obligation for you to become a member.
That is entirley up to you as an Idividual.

I'll be totally honest & say that I thought the AVO club didn't have anything to offer me at times & didn't necessarily agree with descisions of the committee.

As for non members expecting something from the club, you will get all the help & advice you need from the committee, but you will not get a free message board, I wasn't a member at the time the board went members only.
The reason I renewed was I felt I had something to offer other members & felt a position on the committee would also give me a chance to put some of my knowledge & experience of Mk1 Escorts to good use.
As part of my role with in the club I'm also a moderator on the AVO message board, which I'd say is as busy now as it has ever been.
As a Moderator I'd have to say the most that usually needs doing is moving posts to the correct section on the board.
All the posts that used to cause hassle usually came from the non members who seemed to give the members & committee a hard time.

I'd say 80% of the AVO committee are visitors to this forum & I guess 50% are regular posters on here.
So yes there is a lot of info available here, but the AVO message board is obviously Mk1 specific.

[jxe54]

I joined the AVO Club recently since I'm wanting to return to Mk1 ownership and wanted to be able to benefit from an organisation that even Ford of Britain acknowledges to be a leading authority on these cars.

Since I joined, its members and registrars have been friendly and immensely supportive in answering the barrage of questions I've had and providing information on cars I've been interested in where possible, especially when it comes to that thorny question of originality.

[Rallyman72]

I've been a member for about 14 years now, club is very different now compared to a few years ago. I find it a lot more friendly now and the wealth of knowledge and skills is immense.

they are a great bunch of guys these days prepared to muck in and help each other even to the point of helping with the physical work in a rebuild - my belief is that the membership fee of £25 is good value especially compared to other single marque clubs.

[P.T]

Thanks for the replies guys. Very helpful

[ModenaRS2]

Thanks for the replies guys. Very helpful

The membership forms are available here:


www.avoclub.com

[YOD4]

Currently a member of RSOC (but for how long i'm not sure) there very bias on newer cars (focus etc.)
AVO club seem very pick'y (snobbery some might say) MK1's only!! although this not the case!
This site seems to be the best, good mix of cars inc rally cars(which it's all about).
At the end of the day i own my MK2 because there great cars, which make you smile........ who needs a club? enjoy