Help Improve 306oc

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We are currently in the product's dull drum section of its life cycle. All motors will go through this "cheap as chips" period before becoming collectable / classic / retro. 205s are enjoying their Renaissance, but the best examples of this happening are the Fords, the price of all Fords bottoms out before leaping back up and that's not just the performance ones it's all modes.


That said how do we get through this period?

It's been said before, but we really shouldn't just sit around and wait for the big shows. We should have regular club only meets, special club track days, rolling roads, etc. These may be regional or national... I'm Midlands so happy to travel north or south!

This, right here, is the crux of the issue. As others have said, the 306 is dwindling rapidly from our roads, bot not yet worth anything or considered interesting by more than a few.

This isn't going to be a popular opinion, but i think it needs to be said. The biggest problem here is the members' level of participation in club activities, Orta and those like him have become a rare breed. FCS last year was a classic example from what i've heard - everybody was happy to talk about great plans to win the best in show award, but from the pictures it is clear only a few core members actually made any effort at all.

The same goes for meets, people are moaning there aren't enough, but then i don't see many organising them or turning up to them when they are organised. For the last few years i've organised a big (or used to be) meet in the New Forest every April, it used to be 20 odd cars, but for the last 2 or 3 years it's been a few mates who i could have arranged it with much easier through text or whatsapp. This is despite the threads being up and active months in advance and me plugging it at every opportunity...

If you want meets to happen then take on responsibility and arrange it yourself, it's not hard. If you want things to be organised then make the effort to attend when they are. If you want the club to be popular and fun, do your part to make it so.

only thing poodle some places are very, very hard to get a meet going. My end is a prime example, as there just isn't the members, it was like that on .net too. Its even worse on here sadly, As I think I might be the only one that's the most active one from my area, I was offered the north east rep post on .net but I stepped down as there just wasn't the members or the interest. I even tried to see if we could have got a go kart session going just for the crack, like what you lads have done in the past. How can you compete with that sort of thing?
Mind when there was the members, we did meet at a three different places, to make things easier for people, due to how vast the north east is, One lad used to come all the way to from ashington, and a few from teeside area.
i don't think we have anyone from darlington area at all now, as most of the members sold up years ago. 
Biggest meet i think we had was a 8 car one, and that's when a couple of lads from the 6 forum joined us, that's clocking on 10 years ago practically now. Then after that we were lucky to get a 3 or 4 cars, That's a car from each different area, sunderland, peterlee, and ashington.  We do have a racing circuit, that we could go to, and even push for the Scotland one, ( knockhill) but its down to people, if they are willing to make the trips.
I would be more than happy to come to event, down south, if i was invited to do so, but it would have to be well in advanced, as it would be a weekend away for me or others that wished to turn up.
When i see your lads photos of meets and the stories you lot tell, i really wish that we could either have that kind of thing, and even join you lot. Like i say i don't mind the traveling, as i have done it with metro owners club last year, for the 35th and 25th birthday. Which was held at a central location to everyone practically, and that was a huge turn out!