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I know that this is not an easy thing to get right but I do feel that if we did get a solution then we could stop some people going to places that have a bad reputation. Here in Scotland there is a very limited number of subaru related vendors and they know that their reputation is vital. I know that both AWD and Eden Subaru have people that post on here regularly and I am sure that other dealerships monitor what is being posted here. (Which is why we have to be careful what is written) Perhaps p1ggm could write down his experiences and email it to a mod to get the necessary "modification" to allow the rest of us to read the reason that he is so upset. Perhaps the moderator could then contact the dealership so they could post their side of the story. I know this is a lot of work for a mod but then a future in Watchdog could open up to them. We do hear a lot of good stuff about some of the vendors. Perhaps we should do more feedback for garage work. Listing the work done, price paid and customer satisfaction. That is purely factual and we could even get receipts scanned for backup. I know this is a lot of work as everything will have to be approved before posting to avoid legal problems but it does seem that there are people out there that are ripping people off and I think we should be doing something about it. Actually I will rephrase that. I know a company that has ripped a friend off and I want to make sure people avoid them. so come on guys let's get a way sorted.

NO. Now go to bed.

Thinking about some of the recent posts and the fine line that a club walks in the eyes of the law. Please note that I have no particular axe to grind I just want some guidance on what to do if I did. So in my hypothetical example I get bad service from a specialist Subaru related vendor. It would a very unusual person that wouldn't want to get some payback but even if I was able to put it down to experience I would most definately want to share my experiences with my fellow club members. So how would I best go about this? It seems I can't just post my experiences because of the danger of opening the club up to legal costs and I have had some experience of that. It hurts! So I wouldn't want to do that. To add to the first point what if the aforementioned vendor gives a SIDC discount? Surely that implies some kind of SIDC approval and doesn't that open the club up to some redress from club members that have been "ripped off" for example? My suggestion is to have a SIDC approved vendor scheme. I realise there are difficulties with this and there will always be unhappy customers but lets face it there are one or two dealers that really take the p***. Surely we should have a moral duty to our members to warn them away from these pirates? Isn't a club about mutual support and the sharing of experiences good and bad? Also if a dodgy vendor knows that their bad service is going to hurt their pocket they will have to try that bit harder to get the custom back. I think that we should remove the discount from vendors we know don't behave in the SIDC members best interests and if member asks why such and such doesn't offer a discount we can just say they are not "approved" by the club. Surely there are no legal implications with that? I realise that we could have two parties wanting to argue the toss over the forum and frankly why not? They will have to obey the rules like everyone else and if both sides put their points then people can make up their own minds. I have no doubts that there are idiots and pirates at both ends of the argument. It does raise an issue about advertisers and the loss of revenue to the club if one gets into a dispute but I see no problem about getting things into the open. I want to repeat that I have nothing to air other than a general principle and I would ask that we keep this post clear of any names so that we can debate this properly.

Dougster went to school?!!!!! Well I never. Happy birthday m8

Chazzz....bloody painter hasn't finished so cancel that 6 o clock meet Will get along to Stirling when i can

Chazzz.....OK. I will be outside Halfords for 6. Blue wagon

chazz....I am going from Leven. Whereabouts in fife are you?

I won't even give you one guess as to where I am. Scoobylav...Why weren't you at the Kingdom stages m8?

2300 website

When you have no luck no amount of skill is going to do any good. Well done Niall

It is amazing how many go for this McRash myth. McRae's crash record is no worse than other top drivers and in fact Solberg has had a fair few big ones in his time. It is am occupational hazard when you drive at 100%

Steven. What are you on mannie? Let it go FFS

Not warranty problems I hope.

Barry. It won't let me pm you. Need to register on the British rall forum to access those links. british rally forum Can see the pics atPics

Looks like I will be back so I will come along. 1)HI SOOB (jamie) Fri 19th or 26th 2) STI o4 (stephen) EVO driver 3) PaulC555 19th BUT PREFERABLY 26TH 4) Spooks 26th 5) WRXMANIA 26th 6) Hybridturbo (Charles) 26th 7) thesquirrel555 (Grant) 26th 8) DEVLIN (Barry) 9)Sti-zlv Matt 10) zeolite (Ian)

Discussions and pics here null and crew reports here Text and Text

it was worth the 5am start then Barry?

Some pics at http://www.britishrally.com/forum2/forum_p...0127&PN=1&TPN=2

I am afraid I had to do it. Yes had to wash the car as I covered it in mud sliding about in the stubble at Crail yesterday. Washed yours yet Barry?

Had an excellent day. Weather was OK and the rallying was frenetic. Very greasy in the morning eh corsa? lots of incident and some very fast stages too. Devlin had a ball. Pity he was the only other person from the forum to turn up.

Hey Pete What happened to you yesterday? Missed a good day and how to remodel a blobeye using only straw bales!

Devlin. Won't let me pm you so pm me or i will see you on the road. I will be wearing a marshals tabard. good job it will be dark.

Devlin don't you have a map? It is the mini roundabout just before Leven. I will pm you my mobile number.

Unlucky Doug. There will be some other folks coming from other car forums. I thought the Subarus would outnumber the others but it ain't looking that way now.

Need to get in touch and my mobile has just crapped out. Can anyone pm me his mobile number?