Re: RIP Paul Walker aka Brian O'Connor
I want to give my opinion on this topic too :
Shame on me, because I 'm just a casual poster. In the last 8 years of my membership I have achieved only 1325 contributions or around 165 on an average per year. But in all the years in which I am a member here, RT has become a great virtual home for me. There is hardly a day on which I don’t check the latest posts .
I don’t know any other community where a lot of members seem so familiar. Even that we don’t know us personally, somehow we can get the feeling „knowing“ each other. This is because we recognize the writing style , the opinions and attitudes of the frequent posting member. Beside this the internationality of the forum and the mutual respect among the member is almost unique .
Of course we will hope that the carmaker will give RT a far better support, but we can’t be sure about.
A serious solution might be that an annual fee of € 19.90 will be charged. There are currently over 20,000 members at RT. Assuming that the number of members will be drop to a half (after the introduction of a membership fee) the overall revenue will be at € 200,000/ a year. Perhaps 10,000 paying members are more valuable than 20,000 non-paying members?
This would RT turn to a very exclusive closed user group. Probably then the auto industry would have more interest in RT and make exclusive contributions or test cars available.
If this idea does not appear feasible, then this forum should remain as what it is: a great community that does not necessarily only discuss car issues, but in which the members can exchange their opinions friendly to all subjects. At this point I'm strong hope that RT will survive. But it will not if you, Christian, leave RT. Please stay and give your input as always to this great community.
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Kind regards, Conny
Porsche 997.2 Turbo S * BMW Grand Coupe 650i xDrive