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stickers would be a must for gaydon .. but wot differences would there be ?? would the writting be in white ( so it stands out ) the lettering would be nice in a chrome / mirror finsh ut that would be costly ...

let me know what is decided ... a couple of stickers promoting the forum would be good ..

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Thank you all for your kind comments regarding the logo/banner design..

Killian, Would you need graphics for the website re-design if you were going to upgrade it? I would like to offer my assistance in this department if needed.

I just wish we didn't have that 'Pushing for perfection' strapline.

Sounds, ermmm, tacky.

No offence intended.

..and two more suggestions.

I'd like to see a Reviews section and a Spotted section.

Reviews in a distinct area make it a hell of a lot easier for people to find something of use to them as regards cars or car related products.  One forum I use has extensive Reviews and they're very well read indeed.

Used cars, new cars, GPS kit, tyres, dealers, you name it.  I find that forums without such a section lose much valuable information because Search facilities are limited in scope and users are limited in knowing what to actually use as search terms.  A reviews section makes the process a lot simpler.

The Spotted section is another I've seen used to hugely popular effect.

Be it Supercars, Chavmobile's, nice cars of any make and model AND fellow BMW-Board users - it's great little feature that gets lots of replies.

The only thing you have to be wary of is ensuring all users are told they MUST NOT POST REGISTRATION NUMBERS on either pictures of reported 'spots'.

Anyway, just my two-penneth.

Nick wrote: Mother used to say "if you have nothing good to say, don't say it" and that applies more to the forum than in real life.

Preeeeeeecisely.

The jealously aspect of such posts is an interesting one because it is, of course, something that a perpetrator of derogatory comments is always quick to deny.  I don't think I've seen masses of jealously on the BMW Board and its former existence, but derisory comments have certainly been much more evident than on any (and I don't say that lightly) other car forum I've ever visited.

As long as people remember the fact that a car might not be liked by them but may well be loved by someone else - then I think forums and their users can develop. 

I should stress something though - it's a minority, and hopefully they'll think twice or have disappeared now. 

Think of it this way - there are, quite literally, thousands of new BMW owners every day.  If 10 out of those thousands wanted to find a portal for information then wouldn't it be great if they were to choose this website?  If they did, and were then greeted with 'God you must have been desperate to own a new BMW eh?', then they're not going to hang about for long (oh, and I'd back them up anyway because I think the 1-series in 120d Sport and 130i M Sport is an absolutely cracker of a car). 

So we'd have lost potential contributions for years to come - ownership experience, the lot.

The latter being the most valuable - ownership experience and views on new cars from those that drive them can be fundamental in getting new users onto forums.  Not test drives, not looks-only opinions, not price driven question marks - but long term ownership comments.

I've seen a website thrive on just that.

FINALLY, FINALLY, FINALLY

Now can we have a Meets Section?  Outside of the regional sections?

Look at it this way.  If you're travelling, visiting or whatever - and you happen to be in another part of the country a week next Tuesday (or whenever)....rather than have to go to a regional section you go straight to the Meets section and see if there is one local to where you'll be going.

I've done just that - and because of it attended meets in various parts of the country.  Everyone posts Meet details there (time, venue, etc) and it results in expanded meets, greater attendance and people from different parts of the country getting to know each other.