Dan - It may be registered as a 'club' but actually it is registered as a limited company.

The PSOOC are a traditional club which includes many different things one of which is a forum. The GTi-6 forum is literally just that, a forum. The forum is not part of any club. It is it's own separate entity.

That being the case, there is no 'club' responsibility like there is with the PSOOC. The point I was trying to make is maybe when running a club the people who run it (a committee) should maybe listen to the members more.

That doesn't apply here as we are just a discussion forum, nothing more.

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"Supercharged - 454.1bhp/317.5lb/ft"
Peugeot 306 GTi-6
2000 (X), Moonstone

Well, you're the first person that I know of that wished to withdraw from the magazine. That's fair enough if it's not for you, as i mentioned before though, more people will benefit from membership than others and you've made my point exactly true since you didn't wish to receive it. Whereas others do like the mag and retain some form of value from it with their membership.

I must say though...the quality of Torque has improved since i've taken the reigns (if I do say so myself ) but if you've made your decision not to re-new that's cool!

I am not trying to pick an argument or draw comparisons between PSCUK and gti 6 & rallye owners as I am a member of both at the end of the day because they are different places. Nor is the following comment going to be directly aimed at you Stan, but.....the same can be said of gti-6 owners: What exactly do you get for your £10 membership here? But I suppose everyone and their dog wants a lot for very little these days!

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'13 208 Gti Bianca White, '99 Bianca 306 Rallye, '92 309 Goodwood GTi 5dr, '92 Miami Blue 309 GTi 3dr.

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suck my plums!

That's a valid question Brian, and I am glad you asked it.

The 'membership' of this forum can be as little as £5....for this you still get access to all the sections, read and write just the same as you would do if you were a member who paid £10. The only difference is the size of your inbox. If you hardly use your inbox at all, there really isn't a point of paying up £10 instead of £5.

However, why is the cost there at all?

The forum obviously has to be hosted somewhere. Since it's birth in 2002, Ash himself has been financing the site out of his own pocket. As the years went on and the site got bigger and bigger, more time, effort and most importantly server space was needed. This is the part which costs the money.

Naturally Ash wanted to keep this place free of charge to members. However, as costs grew he felt it was fair to ask people for a small donation. Like most voluntary donations go, it wasn't very popular and therefore the membership levels were introduced, just so that the club had some finances to be able to keep running in the long term for the benefit of all.

Like I said yesterday though, it's ONLY a forum. With the PSOOC it is club run with a magazine, events, tours abroad and a forum. And for the time I've been a member it's been a good club. I've tended to only use this forum as it was dedicated to the car that I own rather than a generic Peugeot one, but nevertheless I've thoroughly enjoyed being a member. However, I think the time has come to say the clubs been great, it isn't changing or evolving and seems stuck in the same rut, therefore I'll pass based on those reasons.

As I have said in previous posts, if the club made some changes, evolved perhaps or had some new additions then I would consider renewing the membership.

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"Supercharged - 454.1bhp/317.5lb/ft"
Peugeot 306 GTi-6
2000 (X), Moonstone

Has there not? I am sure some of the Kent members did a tour with the PSOOC in early 2009? I may be wrong though.

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"Supercharged - 454.1bhp/317.5lb/ft"
Peugeot 306 GTi-6
2000 (X), Moonstone

I hope so

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'98 Nile Blue 306 GTi 6