Shout-Out for Donations

Use the Nike approach: Just Do It.

How much does the SAS withdrawal cost Theron?

Bob: IM S6 posted:

How much does the SAS withdrawal cost Theron?

 

It's $600 per year.
-=theron

My $25 is in the pot. so we're at $525.  Let's hear it, folks.

Theron, did you cancel his ad or did he cancel it?

Part of the reason I didn't renew my supporting membership is I STRONGLY disagreed with you running his ads.

I pay the $49/yearly Hoopla "donation" - I did much prefer the older format of the prior SOC web site.  I miss the profile pictures that folks kept of their cars.  That was a real benefit to all.  I'm not a facebook fan at all so that's a little too social.  Seems server storage disk conservation would be helped by something like the old user profile photo area.  Or maybe we could all setup photo bucket sites and provide a link in our signatures?

Thanks for the kick in the pants! 

I'm in for $25

Response so far a little underwhelming.  Let's go people.

Could Theron set up a SOC iron on patch for donations? It could have the web site URL and we'd attract the last 25% of Speedster Owners out there that don't know about the site.

Or maybe a window sticker of some kind.  We could get Rich Drewek to design it.  Cost should be low and it would advertise the site at car shows and gatherings.

I'm a supporting member again.  

I would love to give out window stickers, but don't know how to go about getting them made.
-=theron

I guarantee there is a company in your town that makes them.  A friend of mine that runs Holy City Motorsports (through which I do my track days - check the facebook page) had some made here at a local sign company.

There are many companies in SJ who make window stickers. Any sign company can do it. It will be cheaper to go to one of the online shops vs a SJ based brick and mortar.

One example:

http://www.carstickers.com

Nice find, Ted. 

A while back someone made some 356 SOC Tub Club stickers that were actually pretty cool. Maybe carstickers.com made them. Sorry for the bad pic...

I think I have racked up at least 8 memberships with the "You can find that fix specifically on page 418 of the vintage speedster owners manual"... and now that I have posted this I'll have to come up with a new con.

Ron O posted:

Theron, did you cancel his ad or did he cancel it?

 

Theron, how about an answer.

Easy now, I agreed not to quibble about reasons; SAS is off the site, be happy w that.

As the Frazoo said, SAS is gone, and that's the important thing...

I love the sticker or some type of marketing idea for the "Madness".  Broadly speaking, a sticker should market this site.  So, when eyeballs are on our cars, those curious folks have a place for their thumbs to surf to.  @Rusty S, the sticker is missing the site's URL.  Everyday mostly, my car is flashing up and down the 405.  It'd be nice to expand this community and bring some folks to the site and, maybe, even jump into this passion.  I have a vested interest.  I want more people polluting the air with recycled dinosaur bones.  It's a passion of mine.  When I back out of my driveway and I see that cloud of smoke, I think my car just recycled a brontosaurus or maybe a stegosaurus. 

So, i'm volunteering my speedster as a sandwich board for this cause, so long as it is discreetly appointed on this aesthetic masterpiece.

How about door magnets?

Robert M posted:

How about door magnets?

Now, there's an idea with sticking power...

BTW, if some sort of sticker does get produced, my personal preference is to have no reference to the 'madness'.  I don't know why - and maybe I shouldn't say this - but every time I read 'welcome to the youknowwhat' it just grates on me.  It's overdone; it's trite; and it dumbs down the ownership of these cars. 

I am probably a minority of one, and that's fine by me...

I kinda agree, Bob.  We might have worn it out a bit.

How about:

All the fun for 90% less cost!

Replica Speedsters are cars too

Road king not a garage queen

Porcupine free zone

Like Cory Drake did; get a REVELL window sticker...

I think a window sticker should probably be pretty neutral as not to detract from the car.
What about something simple like the old country of origin oval stickers.

I like it, Theron.

I like that one too. Simple. It might be even better without the "find me at the."

Theron, since you didn't give me an answer I suspect that SAS stopped paying you and you stopped displaying his ad.  I also suspect that if he was still paying you'd still be displaying his ad.

If that's the case I won't be renewing my  membership.

It may not bother others on this forum, but it bothers me.

Ron, My opinions on the vast difference between endorsements and advertisements haven't changed.  I think it would be in bad taste for me to air business arrangements, what has been honored and what has not, about any of the sites advertisers.  

The fact of the matter is, that this site is the primary source of public information on the operations of SAS, which all prospective customer should know about.  If you don't want to support that, it's up to you.  

-=theron

Simple, small, clear back.

I'm with you, Theron.  The reason they are gone is not important to me.  SAS has always cultivated what I call an "anti-business" model.  Thus, it didn't surprise me that they advertised for years on a site that almost always called them out on their unique type of business practices.

One step at a time: this site is better off without them.  Hopefully, at some future date, the industry will be better off without them.

Could an outline of a Speedster be put behind the "SOC" lettering?

Roy Simpson, FF Plastic Porsche posted:

Simple, small, clear back.

Yes, we really are a bunch of fiends when it comes to these cars...but we are also mostly a friendly bunch 

"Could an outline of a Speedster be put behind the "SOC" lettering?"

Sure, but without a shadow background, it could apply to both Speedsters and Spyders, right?  Otherwise we would need both Speedster and Spyder backgrounds - maybe that's not a big deal, and it would be nice.

Sorry, you MG guys - Maybe a short run of MGOC stickers?

The only thing I would do is have a tab that clearly delineates "complaints" area or BBB

and have a permanent thread under it for SAS 

Fiendly. a. 1. Fiendlike; monstrous; devilish ?

So it would cling to the paint like the European country stickers?  Or be small enough for the corner of the windshield?

I was thinking for "no rust"  - Nein Fe²⁺ + O₂ 

* design by committee (why we don't have club stickers)