One year has passed - who misses the ff1600.co.uk service ?

darcym · 2 Sep 2007, 21:15 (Ref:2002078)

a year has now passed, and I'm curious, who has missed the service (not the actual site) that the ff1600.co.uk site used to provide.

I know I've certainly missed knowing whats going on in all the championship and the little gopssip snippets.

Motorhead · 2 Sep 2007, 23:03 (Ref:2002144)

Me

diz · 2 Sep 2007, 23:23 (Ref:2002158)

Quote:

Originally Posted by darcym

a year has now passed, and I'm curious, who has missed the service (not the actual site) that the ff1600.co.uk site used to provide.

I know I've certainly missed knowing whats going on in all the championship and the little gopssip snippets.

Just about everybody with an interest in FF1600 I would think.
But - and it has been very noticeable - I think the traffic here on tenths has dropped off as a result of there being no reason to log on to T'Internet for the ff1600.co.uk news, so they don't nip over here to talk about it.
Sad, very sad.

Come on Snowman, you should have recharged your batteries by now. Couldn't you just restart it on a smaller - less time consuming - scale. You know you want to.

rookie2006 · 3 Sep 2007, 08:50 (Ref:2002344)

Me too. A terrible loss. It was the best. Ian could you not get it to work if we had to pay £20 per year to get onto it ? I'd be happy to pay that knowing how good it is and that all the info/news is so relevant to what were all interested in.

Eddy V · 3 Sep 2007, 08:50 (Ref:2002345)

I miss it a lot and as Diz writes, where have all the drivers gone on here?

So losing the site not only means less info from there, but hardly any more info here.

Sad, very sad.

Maybe we should all go

Triple J Motorsport · 3 Sep 2007, 08:58 (Ref:2002354)

Me too....wonder if you'd get say 1,000 subscribers paying minimium of £30 with a suggested donation of £50 per year whether it could be done....

Only guessing the numbers might be only 250 users or might be 5,000...just an idea

DALY · 3 Sep 2007, 12:14 (Ref:2002538)

Very interesting...

Do people feel that a small fee to keep a web site up to date, have some influence with race content at meetings and try and keep entry costs down is worth investing in?

Peter

A Quartermaine · 3 Sep 2007, 13:33 (Ref:2002602)

Quote:

Originally Posted by DALY

Very interesting...

Do people feel that a small fee to keep a web site up to date, have some influence with race content at meetings and try and keep entry costs down is worth investing in?

Peter

Yep, communication is king

Alan Hamilton · 3 Sep 2007, 17:22 (Ref:2002831)

Come on Ian, you and your passion for FF1600 are the reason that FF1600 has had a revival. If you neglect us all of regional information we will again pass into history....

I vote yes..

FranksWilde · 3 Sep 2007, 17:30 (Ref:2002841)

I've missed it. Not being able to attend races and no website just means that I am totally out of it. It doesn't feel right.

DWA · 3 Sep 2007, 17:46 (Ref:2002852)

As someone who was involved with the FF1600 website providing many pictures and who has had many discussions with Ian regarding the website, I do know that he was thinking of reporting on the 3 end of year trophy events ar Castle Combe, Brands Hatch & Silverstone, albeit at maybe a slightly lower level.( eg not all online within minutes of an event ending). If Ian does decide to do this I am not sure about Matt's involvement due to his change in circumstances, but I certainly wish to be involved.
On a personal level after snapping FF1600 cars for around 30 years I certainly miss a central point for news & info.

chris1600 · 3 Sep 2007, 20:41 (Ref:2003011)

I certainly miss the site. Autosport etc don't provide any kind of coverage save basic results.

It was a great site that , as has been said, allowed the whole of the FF1600 community across the country to interact and know whats going on in other championships. Now we are partly limited to our respective regional groups.

***MagnetON*** · 4 Sep 2007, 07:54 (Ref:2003288)

Quote:

Originally Posted by diz

I think the traffic here on tenths has dropped off as a result of there being no reason to log on to T'Internet for the ff1600.co.uk news, so they don't nip over here to talk about it.

Our traffic is roughly 20% up on last year despite the fact that we no longer track certain types of traffic that don't correspond directly to page views.

darcym · 4 Sep 2007, 20:34 (Ref:2003838)

I think he means within the formula ford forum, not the whole of the site.

FranksWilde · 5 Sep 2007, 19:06 (Ref:2004560)

Could Ian not get ford to subsidise him. I think that the site he and Matt put together is better than the one currently running with the national series. Perhaps they could pay him and Matt, instead of some overpriced webmaster, and they could include the club level ff's as well.

quest · 9 Sep 2007, 01:28 (Ref:2007225)

I cry myself to sleep each and every Sunday night from not knowing the weekends FF results.

**Peter Mallett** · 9 Sep 2007, 08:44 (Ref:2007348)

Quote:

Originally Posted by darcym

I think he means within the formula ford forum, not the whole of the site.

So perhaps FFord isn't really that interesting?

This site is for motorsport, not just FFord, take a look around, there might be more to read/talk about than you think.

Hubble · 9 Sep 2007, 11:09 (Ref:2007432)

As I recall the reason Ian and Matt decided to stop updating the site was the amount of time it was taking up. I don't believe money came into the equation

gixxer · 9 Sep 2007, 22:12 (Ref:2008005)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alan Hamilton

Come on Ian, you and your passion for FF1600 are the reason that FF1600 has had a revival. If you neglect us all of regional information we will again pass into history....

I vote yes..

Have too agree Alan,i said at the time it was a sad loss even though the combe reorts on the website have been good its still not the same.
perhaps we should start a poll 'bring back FFord.co.uk who agree's' i wonder if the vote would be a resounding YES

i think so

It was good to chat to you at the last combe meeting Alan hopefully you'll be at the sharp end again saturday

jimmer · 10 Sep 2007, 13:07 (Ref:2008503)

I miss it

i still drive around with the web site stickers all over my car

gixxer · 11 Sep 2007, 21:41 (Ref:2009744)

Quote:

Originally Posted by jimmer

I miss it

i still drive around with the web site stickers all over my car

That's called respect mate

long live Fford i say

MikeHoyer · 11 Sep 2007, 23:16 (Ref:2009817)

I would've loved to have kept it up, which was the original plan at the end of last year/start of this year. Whether it would've been up to the previous standard we'll never know as I got a full time photography job and couldn't commit to it.

That said, the one FF1600 race I've seen this year (Classics at Brands a few weeks ago) was absolutely mega!

Ian Sowman · 12 Sep 2007, 14:24 (Ref:2010196)

Unfortunately I don't see that there is any chance that FF1600.co.uk will be revived, even temporarily, by Matt and myself. We both have plenty to keep us occupied.

That said, it is a mark of the success of the site that it is missed.

NeilR · 6 Oct 2007, 08:09 (Ref:2032680)

yes I agree, keeping up to date with the "kent" club racing was of much interest, given our very strong kent state series racing here in Australia

diz · 7 Oct 2007, 09:33 (Ref:2033689)

Nothing on MST - yet - and no dedicted FF1600 website nowadays, so who did what?
Anybody out there care to share the happenings down at Combe.

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