Ok, pity there is not a SBO, we could clean up there too


any other events on the calendar, if not we could do the santa pod thing as relatively center of country

 

sounds good, any suggestions from any other wagon owners?

 

Hi all

The Year of the Wagon is finally upon us and the wagons are at last being recognised as a group to be acknowledged

we can get our own little 'ScoobyWagons' Active Supporter badge like my ESC one over there on the left <<<------, the WYIOC, ESC etc all have these, would be great to get our own littel wagons badge

So, please read the below and post up with your support with a Yay or nay

 

hello all

just want to say what a cracking weekend i had with all the wagon crew


also would be pleased to hear comments on my wagon what was the thoughts of people

and count me in who do i pay the £5 to for the wagon crew
also who do i pay for the badge that would be super

thanks all
scooby-jay

 

It was cracking wasn't it

Nice to meet you too mate

Another pic of your wagon




As for the wagon forum and badges, we need strong numbers for the SNet admins to give us our own forum and that on here, so just taking numbers at the moment to gauage interest. I will start a post on here so we can collect support

 

Superb Wagon Jay - really striking. As I've mentioned before most of the attention on the stand was generated by your Wagon. Unfortunately the Classic modified category was (along with maybe the 'Special Editions') the most competitive category to be in.

I like the idea of our own forum - but don't do it!!!!

Seriously - no Saloon owner will ever go in it. By having a popular thread in general we are bringing the obvious benefits of having a Wagon to a wide audience. If we hide away then the best car here will fade away.

Please - think it over.

 

Hi Jay

I think you and I have discussed your Wagon to death at the Services on the Saturday. From a Wagon owner point of view, seeing how we had both started at a similar point and "gone modifying down a similar route" was most gratifying. Particularly all the colour co-ordination. Your Wagon is a credit to your enthusiasm, and stands out a mile.

Keith

 

Oh and Jay, I hope the 555 Squadron stickers are now in a suitable place............your rank/promotion depends on it.

 

Hi Rob,

some good valid points there and you have a point, I think it only by spamming the events and general section with my 'calling all wagons' post that some people actually took notice of us and actually had the desired effect or doing just that and creating a bit of wagon hype. We certainly got them to bite on the WYIOC events thread


My angle though was that by having our section in the forum we can still post everywhere in the forum but we get the 'Wagon - Active Supporter' badge next to our names on all our posts to raise our profile, so wagon posts are in yer face an all the sections and we have our own section to post questions ... how many times have I asked a wagon question that is not really wagon related but not got an answer from a salooner because its a wagon queation, you end pretending you have a saloon to get an answer because if you mention wagon in the posts you get ignored. I am tired of this and we can post our own questions in our own wagon section, I was thinking if more waginers know there is a place for them and they wont get shunned, pushed to the back at shows or ignored at meets then they may get more actively involved, I've always felt wagoners think, there nothing for us so why bother, so we have to change the balance there

So summary there are good and bad points but at the end of the day I am ever concious of the traps that have fated many car clubs and that is to avoid like the plague the 'Us and Them' syndrome, we do not want to create a wagons only scenario, you can imagine then this could trigger a 'Saloons only' retaliation scenario. I think we are something a little different and have a community like RB5 owners or P1/ WR1 owners or even foresters do, but we mustnt loose site that we are all Subarus and all we all are 'Scoobies' whether it is a saloon, wagon, coupe, forester, legacy.

Food for thought, will jump off my soap box now

 

valid points made so far, i'll just stick my tuppence worth in too if i may; i have to be honest and sat i rather like being attached to such a cool minority and love the fact that we (wagons in general), are a little more underground than the salons...i don't believe it will be a step forward to announce our presence too loudly else we run the risk of losing the element of stealth and i think that’s one of the main attractions of a wagon.

i hope you don't think i'm taking this too seriously, but I like the idea of appearing out of the blue (or should that be diving out of the sun 555 squadron), and cleaning up like you were able to at NBO

ian

 

Great thanks Ian.... sounds like the voice of reason

yes I do personally like the hint of secrecy and being in the cool minority as Ian puts it

I think it should remain stealth then if everyone agrees

I think this is one of the reason that the wagon stand worked at NBO, it wasnt just 30 wagons all lined up looking boring and all the same, they were more cool by there minority

I think that the decision to make this a 'Closed' stand to only those committed people that put therir name down on the list was what contributed to the stands sucess and also the enthusiam of each wagoner. It was definitely a case of quality not quantity ...after all we nearly got beat to first by the 2nd place 'Terzo' stand that had only one car on it

...Being in the minority is definitely a cool thing and after all I think we all bought wagons for different reasons but wagonism is all about individuality otherwise we would all buy a WR Blue Saloon with group buy gold wheels, spoliers and stickers and look like clones :Yawn:

 

I think we certainly did the classic Ninja Stealth move on the NBO trophies.. i think we should now disappear back into the background ready for the next stealth mission

 

I am amazed at what you guys put together for the NBO Wagon stand.

Well done to all of you. I'm just sorry I was not part of it Maybe next year? or maybe at a future SBO?

Wagon RR sounds interesting

J. Aka Sqn Ldr.

Sqn Ldr to Sqn... Sqn Ldr to Sqn... keep your heading NSEW 'van like'... decimal Fiver Fiver Fiver formation Hotel Alpha Tango Charlie Hotel - Bravo Alpha Charlie Kilo... spiffing "Best Stand"... tally ho suits you rather what?... the wagon has landed... over

 

Smiler to Sqn Ldr... Smiler to Sqn Ldr... permission to transfer... from WRX Wing... to STi Section... over.

 

Any of you lot going to the Japshow at Santa Pod this Sunday i'll be there

 

No sorry cant make it, unless i can run the car on water

 

Just like to say it was nice meeting you all on Sunday

And there was some fantastic wagons on your stand

Hopefully see you guys again at future events...

And yes i'd defo be up for buying a badge to support SCOOBYWAGONS

 

We may have shelved the badge idea, because on looking into it, it doesnt go into our coffers but SNets, maybe we should start our own 'Wagon Fund' as started by the generous donations towards the banner

 

Forgot to congratulate you on your Win

 

is scooby jay from boston by any chance

 

not sure but could be, we met him at Markham Moor services / Retford on A1, so must be in that neck of the woods somewhere

 

Attention Pilot Officer Miles

WRX Wing to STI Section???????????????

These things don't exist. Just because your exploits are now famous, don't go assuming you have earned the elusive "gold wing" badge !!

You have to reverse park a lot first!!!

By the way, can I have your autograph?

Krud out.....................

 

he will have to go on a intensive training course
to get them gold wings for reversing as i know for a fact
my dog at the moment can do a better job



scooby-jay out

 

With all the excitement I was trying to take off before I had learned to taxi

I was forgetting my humble 'Pilot officer' Status

as for autographs, you'll have to see my agent

 

 

 

So can my two

 

its a yay from me

 

I'm bored of this now dad

 

I will be there (on the SIDC stand) as long as its not pouring with rain.