TVR help forums

[bobfather]

I'm getting a little worried about the potential loss of these forum pages and the history therein once CarGurus take ownership of PistonHeads. I suspect they will be using this platform as direct competition with AutoTrader and our interests will be of little concern to them. Do you guys use other online resources to support TVR specific maintenance and problem solving issues

[bobfather]

phazed said:

I must live in the sticks, I haven't heard about this!

Looks like PH will no longer be a car enthusiasts forum, its focus will be to compete directly with AutoTrader in a bid to grab the UK second hand car market. That doesn't sound like they are worried about our user interests

See here
https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

[bobfather]

If Dave (Ted) had kept Blatters going he may well have seen a sudden hike in user activity. I definitely believe there is an opportunity here now. Perhaps TVR Parts or one of the other parts suppliers could add a help forum to their site

[bobfather]

It's an American company, they are sure to be concerned about liability regarding uncensored content. Open content forums are not popular when piggybacking onto major American companies. I think at a minimum it'll be heavily moderated possibly with delayed content checks so nothing is posted until it is approved

[bobfather]

Good points COG, we need someone with a 'friendly' relationship with one of these TVR parts suppliers to make the necessary suggestion. I for one would willingly pay an annual subscription to a new host if that helps to encourage this. No reason for CG to loose the historic data that they are planning to purchase, we simply need a copy, that would allow CG to play the forums game in what ever model they intend

[bobfather]

Penelope Stopit said:

No automotive business is going to pay a cent for what's contained in any PH Forum,

I'm confused, aren't CarGurus an automotive business? IMHO CG are doing this to gain access to a UKcentric automotive community. Likewise a TVR parts supplier would see significant benefit in bringing the TVR owning community to its doorstep

[bobfather]

Penelope Stopit said:

I'll rephrase that....No automotive parts supplier is going to pay a cent for what's contained in any PH Forum

In your opinion, you post this as a fact

I hope from the bottom of my heart that you are wrong but I think you may be right. Not for the reason you suggest but because CG are unlikely to entertain such a proposal.

[bobfather]

Penelope Stopit said:

• **Do you use a desktop PC****?

I use desktop PC and an android phone to access PH. Why do you ask?