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Old 27-02-2006, 06:50 AM   #1
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deleted two old "Favorites" out of my Favorites drop down in IE.

I hope u do too.....

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Old 27-02-2006, 07:13 AM   #2
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Someone just made me aware of what's going on over there Greg ... You guys are more than welcome here if you want.
Even with past history, it's sad to see it end up like that.
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Old 27-02-2006, 07:51 AM   #3
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So i'm guessing it not an update. Very sad to see.
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Old 27-02-2006, 08:05 AM   #4
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Jeez.... what a hard site to navigate and read

Looks like the sponsors have been shafted and a lot of the usual forums are missing or combined with a whole heap of other amercan stuff

New members always welcome here!
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Old 27-02-2006, 08:34 AM   #5
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Here cometh the member flood. If it wasn't for ff.com, we wouldn't be here, so any of the old members, welcome. We won't bite...Much.
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Old 27-02-2006, 09:51 AM   #6
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ummm... anyone care to explain as some of us may not understand whats going on.
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Old 27-02-2006, 09:54 AM   #7
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The old original ford forums site has been moved and combined into a US auto forum site.

Glad i made the move to ff.com.au ages ago _2:

Bit of a shame to see it like that, as it was a lot of our old stomping grounds
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Old 27-02-2006, 09:56 AM   #8
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oh ok, thanks. i never really liked that site anyway, this site was always much more of a community, to me anyway.

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Old 27-02-2006, 11:18 AM   #9
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oh ok, thanks. i never really liked that site anyway, this site was always much more of a community, to me anyway.
No, it was a really good site back in the day.

This site was/is much better, but hasn't been around nearly as long.

At least ff.com.au caters/supports more for australians than US.

eg. dyno days, raids, drag days, AFD, etc, etc

So I guess by saying RIP to the old ff.com, at the same time we can also praise ff.com.au :

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Old 27-02-2006, 10:23 AM   #10
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It now looks like this -> http://www.users.on.net/~brenx/images/wasted_forum.jpg

God knows what they were thinking but I'm sure the users weren't their 1st consideration. 800*600 screen res! Who uses that anymore?
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Old 27-02-2006, 10:30 AM   #11
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And they didnt even tell any of us admin/mod staff.
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And they didnt even tell any of us admin/mod staff.
Or sponsors? They wouldnt be happy if a years worth was paid up then it gets scrapped. I noticed some bits are there but no FPV or Falcon areas?
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Old 27-02-2006, 10:34 AM   #13
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That place looks really sh#t, what happened to the FPV forum and there sponsors?
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Old 27-02-2006, 10:52 AM   #14
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was the owner American?

i suspect he got the ИИИИs with the Aussies crawling all over his beloved forum... LOL

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Old 27-02-2006, 10:56 AM   #15
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was the owner American?

i suspect he got the ИИИИs with the Aussies crawling all over his beloved forum... LOL

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He was American, the only thing keeping that site going was us Aussie's.... then AFF was born they all came here, he was left with very few members who actually posted anything.
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Old 27-02-2006, 11:28 AM   #16
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sort of brings a tear to your eye. the passing of fun, information, heated arguments and for myself, learning how the forums worked. i must admit though the admin here are a little looser, might have something to do with "the Aussie sense of humour".
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Old 27-02-2006, 11:50 AM   #17
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It's kinda sad :P But I guess it's been a long time coming.
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Old 27-02-2006, 12:13 PM   #18
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Maybe so but FF should have been Australian.....
Which it now is...
onwards and upwards i recon...
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Old 27-02-2006, 12:19 PM   #19
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Oh well, I was very fond of the old site. Saying that, it was still the "old site"

I wonder if John sold it :ymca:

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Oh well, I was very fond of the old site. Saying that, it was still the "old site"

I wonder if John sold it :ymca:

John did sell it and one of the terms of the sale was to not tell anyone.
which I find ИИИИty.

I bet he made a ton of money off it. and I guess for him he is a smart businessman but he ИИИИИed a lot of people and burned a ИИИИload of bridges to make that money. I hope he feels better after making all that money.

Plus he is such a pussy he even changed all of his usernames on all of his forums to hide from the aftermath. what a CHUMP : : :
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John did sell it and one of the terms of the sale was to not tell anyone.
which I find ИИИИty.

I bet he made a ton of money off it. and I guess for him he is a smart businessman but he ИИИИИed a lot of people and burned a ИИИИload of bridges to make that money. I hope he feels better after making all that money.
I don't really know anything about why he sold or what happened. I'm not definding him either but maybe he had enough and sold it for a good amount?. Everyone left and bagged the ИИИИ out of it, so why not sell at a good offer? That was the original FF and it was good in it's day...

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Everyone left and bagged the ИИИИ out of it, so why not sell at a good offer? That was the original FF and it was good in it's day...

Laurzy.
Can you remember exactly why people bagged him more than the forums.........I can.

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Can you remember exactly why people bagged him more than the forums.........I can.

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Well regardless of the reasons why, I don't understand why alot of members all of a sudden kick up a stink about him selling it/being scum when they deserted that board for here. The "reasons" only affected a selected few, everyone else weren't told to leave.

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oh and for everyone else::

CLIFFS:
Ford Forums goes down on Friday
Ford Forums is down on Saturday
Ford Forums is now http://www2.autoforums.com/forums/fo...ref=FordForums

More Cliffs:
John sold Ford Forums as did several other message boards they are now part of autoforums which sucks balls.
End of Cliffs:
I will no longer affiliate myself with Fordforums / or that ****er John.
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oh and for everyone else::

CLIFFS:
Ford Forums goes down on Friday
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Ford Forums is now http://www2.autoforums.com/forums/fo...ref=FordForums

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John sold Ford Forums as did several other message boards they are now part of autoforums which sucks balls.
End of Cliffs:
I will no longer affiliate myself with Fordforums / or that ****er John.
and hes back there today
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Doesnt sound too good fellas. I was once a ff.com member but havent been back for a couple of years since the oz site was made. This site is much better, and we have a lot more in common.
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Doesnt sound too good fellas. I was once a ff.com member but havent been back for a couple of years since the oz site was made. This site is much better, and we have a lot more in common.
its only been alive for a little over 12 months ....
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its only been alive for a little over 12 months ....
couple of years?
and some people have allready managed 5000+ posts :P
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and some people have allready managed 5000+ posts :P
yeah...whoops...

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its only been alive for a little over 12 months ....
couple of years?
picky picky!! :P
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