I know this has been asked before,but...............

[Mystic ZR-1]

Originally Posted by ..
[COLOR="Red"

The Dealer often knows less about fixing the C4 ZR-1 than most of us on this forum[/COLOR]

NO no no!
The dealer ALWAYS knows less about fixing the C4 ZR-1 than most of us
on the Forum!!!

[Z51JEFF]

Originally Posted by Reichert

. More to the point, the "Registry" aspect of this site is hidden behind a members login and is for all intents and purposes unusable.

What exactly do you mean by a this?

[zr1assassin]

Looks like we need to set up a voting pole....??

[Reichert]

Originally Posted by Z51JEFF

What exactly do you mean by a this?

Because it's a 275 megabyte, 1866 row HTML table that takes over 30 seconds to load on a modern PC with a fast internet connection - and you have to do that over and over again to look at the details of each car. The data is not indexed at all, meaning you can't do any kind of searches against the database. There is no indicators of how accurate or up-to-date the information is. etc.

[Z51JEFF]

My point in all of this is get with the times or get left behind.

[XfireZ51]

Originally Posted by Z51JEFF

My point in all of this is get with the times or get left behind.

In other words, the only constant is change. Still waters become stagnant.

[Z51JEFF]

Originally Posted by XfireZ51

In other words, the only constant is change. Still waters become stagnant.

Yup,and when people start dividing their time between this site and a different Z site revenue,membership participation will drop. But for now,we’ll just sit back and watch it happen.

[efnfast]

Why would I go to a different Z site?

[DRM500RUBYZR-1]

While it may be hard to believe, but what if it were better.
We have no proprietary information that could not be easily replicated.
If the C-6 ZR1 crowd desires to create a more in depth "registry" in order to help maintain the cars value, and then simply began a forum it would have a potential base of about 5000 cars. Those owners, likely first or second owners might be even more active than us.
If they then expanded to accept the "forerunner" of their ZR1's, they would likely get some folks.
We only have 600 or so, not like it would be impossible.
I would not want to see it happen, nor do I even wish to know that such a threat is out there.
Simply much smarter to defend what we have before a genuine threat emerges.
Having three sections of this registry would not present a herculean challenge.
Maybe you are right, that no one would leave.
But, what if they did?
Why risk it?
Again, dilution is easier to accept than extinction, especially when the dilution may actually result in a more robust and active membership.
Not saying we are doing a poor job or doing anything wrong.
I simply am uncomfortable knowing such a threat could rather easily materialize, and we did nothing to pre-emptively mitigate the threat that we know could exist.
That is risk.
Marty


p.s.


Back in 1991-1996 we NEVER thought that the original ZR-1 Registry would ever wither and die, but it did.
It happens.

[Z51JEFF]

Originally Posted by Reichert

Because it's a 275 megabyte, 1866 row HTML table that takes over 30 seconds to load on a modern PC with a fast internet connection - and you have to do that over and over again to look at the details of each car. The data is not indexed at all, meaning you can't do any kind of searches against the database. There is no indicators of how accurate or up-to-date the information is. etc.

I got it,I thought your point was not being able to log onto the paid site.