Subject: Re: Stop stop stop!!!!!!
Thanks for Peter’s useful reply. Let me clarify my views. IMHO a person who is not a trader who has their PRIVATE details publicised by someone else without their permission on this web site is entitled to be VERY upset about this happening. Therefore IMHO the moderator must do his job here and check all postings for this breach of netiquette.
On the other hand, as Peter has rightly pointed out, where people are traders, they will positively welcome publicity, so I am delighted to hear that John Woodward sells used parts for DB Lagondas and I agree the viral marketing is a powerful tool which can be supported by this forum to everybody’s advantage!
Furthermore I sympathise with the DB spares situation. The Lagonda club is trying to address this matter. Remember these were brand new expensive cars when the Club started making spares for the ‘old’ ones! The Lagonda Club would appreciate any help here. It has a DB representative and if anyone is not a member and wants to contact him, ask Colin Bugler for the details - this guy is very keen on helping DB owners keep their cars on the road!
I have to defend my ICT consultant’s hat. I feel that a little ‘netiquette’ and light touch moderation will make all members of the general public enjoy the site, particularly those who are not registered - these are sometimes call ‘lurkers’! Actually, for Lagonda Club members we have a very powerful ‘pseudo identity’ which has been used for more than 50 years. This is the membership code, and I am M34 in the members’ book, page 68. I am also pleased that Peter is a fellow computer consultant. The more the merrier, and anyone interested in industry views on this kind of forum might care to look at
http://www.it-analysis.com/technology/security/content.php?cid=10162
to see why I am concerned with the need for some moderation.
Remember dear readers, you are not sending an email; you are putting details on the web for all to see! Long may this continue! My message to ‘lurkers’ is go buy a Lagonda (any model) and have fun! We do!
By the way, with my ICT consultant’s hat firmly off, IMHO, putting an overdrive in a DB Lagonda completely transforms the car and if anyone cares to contact me privately I will give you details of the cars that I know have been done …..with the owners’ permission!
Regards to all Colin Mallett