5 years of OV9 forum.

[Barry]

5yrs, pish.. some of us have been here since 2000 pal.

I meant 5 years since the changeover, not sure when I joined the original forum

It wasn't a dig, just adding to the numbers game is all.

[Beany]

Christ, being on a forum for over twenty years.

That rather puts things in perspective...

[Gavster]

After my school friends, you guys are my second oldest group of friends who I'm in contact with . I joined the forum at uni around 2001.

[dinny_g]

2005 here - I had a Merc C350 Sports Coupe at the time. Loved that car

I had been a member of the Global Underground form for years before then but it has closed suddenly and was looking for somewhere to talk shit on t'Internet. I had been reading the mag for a while (and lived in the next village over from Evo Towers so often used to see the Journo's coming and going in exotica)

[Sundayjumper]

After my school friends, you guys are my second oldest group of friends who I'm in contact with . I joined the forum at uni around 2001.

You introduced me to the forum, but you were on here long before me. I can't even remember exactly when I joined. 2004, 2005 ish maybe.

[Rich B]

Around 2002 ish for me - I had an e30 320i (which then got changed to Gavster's 325i sport) .

[240PP]

Cheers Matty

2001 for me. I can’t remember my username, I didn’t post all that much anyway.

[Swervin_Mervin]

I have no idea when I joined - some time between 2001-2004 I'd guess, based on where I was working (hah!) at the time. It was on the flashing red envelopes platform I know that.

[Mito Man]

2009 for me.

[ZedLeg]

2010 I think, before they stopped promoting the forum in the magazine.

[Rich B]

I never won a watch.

[JonMad]

Probably around 2000. I did a track day at Brands in my 306 in the pissing rain with @tim and others (Jason, Amanda, Jon H, Tom O?), so joined the forum before that. I think we got a bit too drunk wherever it was we were staying the night before (Tunbridge Wells perhaps)

[dinny_g]

Cheers Matty

2001 for me. I can’t remember my username, I didn’t post all that much anyway.

Good shout - I've always been dinny_g and same avatar

Stick up any old user names for the laugh for a real memory lane trip...

[duncs500]

I'm a newbie, I only joined in around 2007. Username unchanged since then, and avatar unchanged for as long as I can remember!

Consistency is key.

[McSwede]

Early noughties for me IIRC under a different name. Mad to think it's been so long!

Thanks to Matty for keeping it going.

[Marv]

Christ, being on a forum for over twenty years.

That rather puts things in perspective...

I was still a teenager when I joined the original pre-snitz evo forum...now I'm in my early 40s

[Simon]

I never won a watch.

I won the speed camera detector just after they stopped doing the watch for the best thread.

I won it for my 'old cars are shit' thread which would've no doubt garnered some comments in the next month's mag.

I put it straight onto ebay without even taking it out the box.

Oh, and 1999 maybe for me? One of the first when it was wwwthreads, then snitz. I lived closed to 'Dave' who ran B&Q Reading (Dave lived in Epsom) (can't remember his username) and I spent a couple of evenings with him in the pub way back then.

[Rich B]

I never won a watch.

I won the speed camera detector just after they stopped doing the watch for the best thread.

I won it for my 'old cars are shit' thread which would've no doubt garnered some comments in the next month's mag.

I put it straight onto ebay without even taking it out the box.

Oh, and 1999 maybe for me? One of the first when it was wwwthreads, then snitz. I lived closed to 'Dave' who ran B&Q Reading (Dave lived in Epsom) (can't remember his username) and I spent a couple of evenings with him in the pub way back then.

oh yeah, I think I won one of them!

[Beany]

I won a mug.

Still have it.

[Sundayjumper]

I lived closed to 'Dave' who ran B&Q Reading (Dave lived in Epsom)

You used to live in Epsom ? My wife grew up there, just down from the racecourse.