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Information for 101 Owners.

I have been a member of the 101 Club in the UK for a few years and found their forum quite good and like most people was happy to provide information and accept information given.

Being on the other side of the world, the main attraction of the club is access to its parts - however I never found the service to be particularly good and I prefer to pay a little more and get good service (they still owe me parts after 2 years and I have given up on them - but did pay 2 years ago). As a result, for 2011/2012 I decide not to renew my membership.

I just went to the 101 forum and there is announcement that the 101 club has decided to allow non Club Member registered users "read only" access for the main areas - no longer can non members post.

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While I appreciate it is their forum and they can do what they want - it is not the most forward looking decision and in the long run will possibly damage their membership and knowledge base. Non members can still search posts etc but not contribute to discussion.

Garry





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[Mick_Marsh]

Fair point.
Would you like this posted up on their forum?

[101RRS]

Fair point.
Would you like this posted up on their forum?

No thanks - I have sent an email to the Secretary expressing my concerns.

Cheers

Garry

[stuee]

I've read the various posts on there about difficulties obtaining parts, and have been very hesitant myself when it comes to ordering parts from them. Most are available from vendors like John Craddock so I will leave only specialised items that no one else has to the club, if I ever need them.

[Sleepy]

I am still waiting on parts, but gave Darren an email (well 3 in fact) and he says they are on the way. Sounds like they have a big demand and Darren does it all in his "spare" time.
I always wonder if they (we) would be better served by investing some money into the parts section (ie: pay someone part time to despatch the orders - 10 to 20 hours a week?), I am sure they'd (we'd) recover the costs. Set up a decent web order form and the thing would virtually run itself (like the LRSERIES web site)

Yes seems a good technical forum and seems unusual to allow only members to post. Not sure why they (we?) made that decision, it was apparently at the AGM.

[101 Ron]

I managed to put up a post and pointed out the possible draw backs of restricting it.
see what happens ?

[101 Ron]

They wiped the post and it last about 30 mins.

[101 Ron]

I am think they can stick there little club where it hurts.
I have given freely information about, lockers, LPG conversions, on board air, steering, overdrive fit up and parking brake mods.( I checked my old posts)
The poms suffer from a lack of real life off road useage of these vehicles and lack some of the lessons we have learnt
This weekend my 101 mixed it on and off road with modern 4wd vehicles doing 800 km and cruising at 100kph for hour after hour up hill and down dale
It cost me some light globes as the filaments broke with the rough road viberations and the front diff pinion oil seal due to the continous high tailshaft rpms.
I dont think they would strike those problems too often and get there 101s performing like ours in the distances we have in Aust or they have the real off road work for them.
I am currently PM a bloke from that site about links to this one on how to fit the ARB diff locker.
How fair is that.
It is the last time I help any one from that part of the 101 world.
I hope other aussie members here if they are a member pull the pin on it.
I would have considered membership in the future if I was in a real pickle for parts, but so far locally produced stuff or ex aust army parts have come though.
Ron
.PS I will not be letting any of my winch cable/wide wheel=tyre info out to them , they can sort it out themselves....if they so clever.

[Sleepy]

Ron,
They (ptsteer) moved your post to another thread where others (incl Mick) have been avidly posting their disagreement with the change.
http://www.101club.org/forums/viewto...=5301&start=40
I will write directly to the comittee, it seems posting is only upseting the forum mods.
It seems 101 club voted to change this at the 2010 AGM and it took them nearly 12 months to implement the change.
Bit hard to get to an AGM if you are O/S.....I wonder how many members are O/S?
Seems an arse about move IMHO, you should encourage forum member to join. Rather than penalise them for not.

Maybe we need a South Pacific Sub Unit (Chapter?) of the 101 Club....

[bobslandies]

Hi Ron,

Ask them to remove all your posts. See how that goes down with them.

Bob