it is me or

[voucht]

I think it mostly depends on the number of cars being built now. When I started mine 4 years ago, I think there were more than 10 cars being built at the same time, so it gave a lot of activity on the forum, both with build threads, and problems/questions/answers. How many car are being build now? Perhaps not even the half of what it was at that time, so this should explain the lack of activity on the forum.

Even if my car is finished now, I read the new posts every day, and try to help whenever I can (when I don't raise a problem I'm having myself.. still ). But more and more built are MX5 based now, and I wish I could help more, but I can't because I have a Sierra based Roadster experience (and perhaps many members from the "completed-car club" feel the same?). So we are in a transition period between these 2 concepts, and this might be another factor.

Just my humble opinion

[flyerncle]

No offence to anybody reading this so don't take any.

In the days of Saturn and the very start of this forum there were people involved and making a living from the roadster and there was a hardcore of builders always present on here ready to go the extra mile and as Neil said Saturday was open house and good banter and lots of help from them too,through no fault of his own and circumstances changing Spud sold the business and the sad loss of a lovely lady that I was privileged to meet saw Handy Andy selling his car and no longer doing chassis kits.

Things happen and the new Saturn owner was no more,people don't tend to come on here who's car is finished,its a crying shame that the things that go happen through the common cause (building a car) could not be taken into daily life,who goes to someones house they don't know and have never met other than on here and helps/lends tools etc,no one.

It is what it is and lets hope the marque continues.

Was not meant to be a sermon .

Just re-reading the post and I have been here since 2008 !!!!

The single seater did not go down well either.

[johnl63]

i Come in here almost everyday, I stopped building the Haynes when I found a local build chevron in NZ. I used an MX5 donor so this is great resource for coming back to builds and seeing how problems were solved. I use the search a lot. Not posting but Im here.......well on the other side of the world

[vmax1974]

There seems to be an awful lot of guests lately I am wondering if we are due another spam bot frienzy

[NeilW]

Originally Posted by vmax1974

There seems to be an awful lot of guests lately I am wondering if we are due another spam bot frienzy

Sometimes when I browse via my mobile it doesn't log me in automatically and shows me as a guest.

[CTWV50]

The forum was setup to give support to people building a Haynes Roadster. It fulfils that roll well I think but yes it is technically an awful forum. When I joined there was a lot more happening but there was also a lot of trash talk with bickering suppliers and so on. It's quieter now but you can still get the answers you need. If you want a social forum then I'd look elsewhere. I actually like the fact that it's quiet on here, there is more substance to the posts that are made than on a lot of other forums.

I'd like to see plans created for another donor car, the MX5 is almost perfect for the job of donor but how about an S2000 and BMW donor (that docent have a stupidly tight fitting engine). That may bring more life back to the forum.

There is a lot guests also and people who read but don't post, I'm sure the forum is helping more people than we are aware of. People who disappear after build completion do so mainly because they get bored and move on to the next challenge, I guess that is just an inherent factor in people that decide to build a car from scratch.

[flyerncle]

Westfield do an S2000 kit £13999.

[beardydave]

Originally Posted by CTWV50

I'd like to see plans created for another donor car, the MX5 is almost perfect for the job of donor but how about an S2000 and BMW donor

What about a Jag S-type?

Solid Ford engines in a variety of configurations, and dirt cheap. The electronics add an extra element of "challange", but then they do that on all modern cars.

[alga]

Originally Posted by CTWV50

I'd like to see plans created for another donor car, the MX5 is almost perfect for the job of donor but how about an S2000 and BMW donor (that docent have a stupidly tight fitting engine). That may bring more life back to the forum.

I doubt S2000 would be very popular. It's a ~£2500 up-front cost just for the donor drivetrain. My impression is that the 'on a budget' aspect is very popular on this forum, not many builders here are building without tight monetary constraints. Probably those who can afford it just go for a kit from Westfield or others.

BMW 3-series, E36-E46, on the other hand, would be great. Globally available and not expensive.