Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2005 06:10:04 +0000 (UTC) From: Craig's Saab C900 Site <c900nospam.apana.org.au> Subject: Re: [Saab_c900] Saab 99 forums - would you like to see some at Craig's C900 Workshop?
ShazWozza <shaz_wozzanospamentspring.com> writes: >Craig's Saab C900 Site wrote: >What exactly is an Australian focus? The majority of the postings on your >boards are from yourself so it is not like your boards are a beacon of >technical knowlege and excellence from Australia - no offence. It just >seems to be a collection of links to other peoples content with some lame >beginners stuff. 'Australian focus' means that the site is based in Australia and is aimed at supporting Australian Saab enthusiasts/owners first and foremost since there currently isn't anything catering for us to the same degree that Saabscene caters mainly for European Saab enthusiasts and other sites like SaabLink and Saabnet cater mainly for North America Saab enthusists. My site is much newer so of course much of the content is from me since something has to form the basis of the forum content and other people can come and build on it as they see fit. >People will come to your forums in numbers only if you publish high quality >original content. There are plenty of existing forums and of course there >is usenet. Yes you're quite right - which is why my personal Saab site contains lots of first-hand experience information which I've learnt through working on my own Saab's, and I like to help other people who are going through the same learning experience(s) as I have. >There is an outstanding Australian auto website/online magazine and it is >arguably one of the best in the world - have a look at www.autospeed.com. >It sets a benchmark for technical quality. I know and I'm not disputing Autospeed's quality - but it doesn't do much in the way of supporting enthusiasts of older Saab cars mainly because Australia's car culture is dominated by Ford, Holden (aka GM), and high-profile Japanese and European brands like Toyota, Nissan, Volvo, BMW, etc. and apart from SCCA (Saab Car Club of Australia which I'm a member of and actively support), there is nothing else based in Australia for Australian enthusiasts of pre-1990's Saab's. I'm going to approach the people at Autospeed in the near future to see potential there is, if any, for promoting Autospeed and for Autospeed to promote the Australian Saab enthusiast community - which is mostly just SCCA and what I'm doing via my websites, forums, etc. If nothing comes of it, that doesn't mean I will think less of Autospeed. My Saab sites have existed only for as long as I've been interested in Saab's. I support the other sites with links, etc. and (except for Saabnet) actively use and contribute to forums on the other sites as well as my own, so you can't say that I've set up my Saab sites (in particular the forums, etc.) for personal gain other than to help me and others learn more about their cars. Is anything wrong with that? Regards, Craig. -- Craig's Saab C900 Page --> http://nospam/~c900 Sydney, NSW Australia Craig's Saab C900 Workshop -- For all Saab C900 Enthusiasts world-wide! http://www.nospam.net http://www.nospam c900nospam.apana.org.au Come and explore our site, and check out our web-forums, mailing list, etc.
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