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Feb 16, 2024 11:26:16 GMT
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At 3:39pm today Retro Rides will officially be 20 years old, our very first thread is here : forum.retro-rides.org/thread/1It has been an interesting journey to get here, I could talk for days about it, but I shall be (unusually) brief and say this: Twenty years is a long time to be doing anything, but for online communities, it is doubly so. We're still here, talking cars, finding new things, experiencing all this together. There are names in threads that appear regularly that were here twenty years ago and names that only joined this week, that is the beauty of community. We've persisted through some odd combination of stubbornness, momentum, and a little magic despite the headwinds and occasional explosions. I look forward to seeing where we are twenty years hence. Now for some pictures, because all threads need pictures This is the homepage you would have received in 2004  And the first copy of the forum in the internet archive is from 2006  You can check out who was nominated and who won awards in the RR Awards 2004 here: web.archive.org/web/20060428033525/http://www.retro-rides.com/articles/rrawards2004.htmlGoing through these internet archive version of the site has given me some renewed thoughts on what I can do with Retro Rides in 2024 and I'm really excited for the possibilities still. There will be an RR20 celebration this summer and I'll be sharing info with Club RR and the Forum in due course. So half looking back today and half looking forward Much love to all the members, current, and former, and those we've lost along the way. -David |
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Feb 16, 2024 11:32:35 GMT
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Ahhh the memories!
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Feb 16, 2024 11:41:46 GMT
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Yours start less than an hour after it opened! |
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Feb 16, 2024 12:07:38 GMT
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Yours start less than an hour after it opened! Haha.. All the Nostalgia! Terrifying that it's 20 years ago....  I've just looked at the Awards night thread on the wayback machine and that brought back some memories too (although not for Darren courtesy of Jagermeister and not driving) used to enjoy going down to the Ace... it's been ages. |
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jimi
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Feb 16, 2024 12:11:36 GMT
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Congratulations 👏 I'm somewhat familiar with how you are feeling, coincidentally the 13th of May will be 20 years since I bought the MR2 and May last year was the 20th anniversary of the formation of the MR2 Owners Club UK and our original website.  |
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Black is not a colour ! .... Its the absence of colour
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Feb 16, 2024 12:21:48 GMT
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Congratulations 👏 I'm somewhat familiar with how you are feeling, coincidentally the 13th of May will be 20 years since I bought the MR2 and May last year was the 20th anniversary of the formation of the MR2 Owners Club UK and our original website. Clearly 2004 was a good year  |
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Feb 16, 2024 12:22:08 GMT
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used to enjoy going down to the Ace... it's been ages. Giving some thought to doing it again  |
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stealthstylz
Club Retro Rides Member
Posts: 14,834
Club RR Member Number: 174
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Feb 16, 2024 12:46:06 GMT
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It's awesome that it's survived the social media onslaught. Huge amounts of information has been lost as niche forums have disappeared due to lack of visitors, and social media is useless for searching out old posts unless you know exact keywords that might be picked up.
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Feb 16, 2024 12:57:05 GMT
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It's awesome that it's survived the social media onslaught. Huge amounts of information has been lost as niche forums have disappeared due to lack of visitors, and social media is useless for searching out old posts unless you know exact keywords that might be picked up. We were discussing this, ironically(?) in a Facebook group, which is now spawning an in-real-life club and looking for ways to preserve knowledge which is otherwise just lost in the noise. |
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1937 Austin Street Rod - 1941 Wolseley Not Rod - 1956 Humber Hawk - 1957 Daimler Conquest - 1966 Buick LeSabre - 1968 Plymouth Sport Fury - 1968 Ford Galaxie - 1969 Ford Country Squire - 1969 Mercury Marquis - 1970 Morris Minor - 1970 Buick Skylark - 1970 Ford Galaxie - 1971 Ford Galaxie - 1976 Continental Mark IV - 1976 Ford Capri - 1976 Rover V8 - 1994 Ford Fiesta
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Feb 16, 2024 12:57:28 GMT
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Happy birthday to us.
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1937 Austin Street Rod - 1941 Wolseley Not Rod - 1956 Humber Hawk - 1957 Daimler Conquest - 1966 Buick LeSabre - 1968 Plymouth Sport Fury - 1968 Ford Galaxie - 1969 Ford Country Squire - 1969 Mercury Marquis - 1970 Morris Minor - 1970 Buick Skylark - 1970 Ford Galaxie - 1971 Ford Galaxie - 1976 Continental Mark IV - 1976 Ford Capri - 1976 Rover V8 - 1994 Ford Fiesta
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Feb 16, 2024 13:18:21 GMT
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Congratulations 👏 I'm somewhat familiar with how you are feeling, coincidentally the 13th of May will be 20 years since I bought the MR2 and May last year was the 20th anniversary of the formation of the MR2 Owners Club UK and our original website. Clearly 2004 was a good year I'd say so... it's 20 years in July since we bought the Samba too...  |
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Last Edit: Feb 16, 2024 13:20:41 GMT by rainking
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Feb 16, 2024 14:35:39 GMT
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Yours start less than an hour after it opened! Yep! Member number six...! I remember where I was when I got the PM from you on VZi |
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Feb 16, 2024 14:44:35 GMT
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Yours start less than an hour after it opened! Haha.. All the Nostalgia! Terrifying that it's 20 years ago.... I've just looked at the Awards night thread on the wayback machine and that brought back some memories too (although not for Darren courtesy of Jagermeister and not driving) used to enjoy going down to the Ace... it's been ages. I may or may not have had a litre of Jaegermeister before I left the hotel to come out to the cafe..! Maybe I should try that again, look how sharp this image came out, handheld with a little digital compact camera  One of your many blue Wedges hiding on the display at Santa Pod:  |
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Last Edit: Feb 16, 2024 14:52:30 GMT by DarrenW
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Feb 16, 2024 14:46:59 GMT
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used to enjoy going down to the Ace... it's been ages. Giving some thought to doing it again Excellent idea! |
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slater
Club Retro Rides Member
Posts: 6,390
Club RR Member Number: 78
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Feb 16, 2024 14:49:16 GMT
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Went quite well didnt it?
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Feb 16, 2024 14:56:19 GMT
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Feb 16, 2024 15:12:21 GMT
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Crikey, it's made me realise I've been on here 17 years. Seems like no time...
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Ich habe kein Geld!
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Feb 16, 2024 15:51:56 GMT
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I joined in 2010.
My first post was in 2016
This is my second post (special occasion).
Happy birthday RR.
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The PINK PIG!
1988 Delica L300 StarWagon 2.5TD 5sp Manual 4x4
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Feb 16, 2024 15:59:54 GMT
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I joined in 2010. My first post was in 2016 This is my second post (special occasion). Happy birthday RR. Outstanding lurking  |
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Feb 16, 2024 16:03:04 GMT
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I joined in 2010. My first post was in 2016 This is my second post (special occasion). Happy birthday RR. Outstanding lurking That is some award-winning lurking skills. I heard a thing the other day that said we shouldn't refer to people as lurkers, but as 'learners' and I thought it was a nice sentiment... but lurking is an art that should not be downplayed |
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