johned

Anyone know what has happened to the P1woc as it seems to have closed?.

Ciaran

iTrader: (16)

Nope not a clue. Everybody had fallen out but was not aware it was closing

p1junkie

iTrader: (5)

there had been several issues that had festered away under the surface and there has been a parting of the ways
there is a new forum p1oc.co.uk been set up
its in its infancy so get over onto there...its was unlikely the 2 forums could continue

snake1906

iTrader: (4)

Just went on as well and it said it was closed? No warning! Strange

RFC

I suppose owners/admin decided to call it a day.

I'd like to thank those that thought they were bigger than the forum. Hope you are happy for the rest of us losing our community.

p1junkie

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well the new forum is up and running so take a visit the p1 club is not dead just reinvented as the case may be

P1_Bagz

iTrader: (22)

seriously!!! just like that the entire forum is just shut down! no warnings or anything. there was so much information on there thats all lost now

carlito

iTrader: (5)

I am totally gobsmacked!..how can they let this happen??..

Been a long term member over there since 2009 and the wealth of knowledge and wisdom regarding P1's and all Subaru's in general was has proved invaluable to me over my years of ownership.

The archived info from previous threads has always proved helpful with any queries I've had and I've also always tryed to make a useful contribution to helping other members out with any knowledge I have.

It's sad that after such a long time the community the spirit that has been built with all members has gone.

Worst thing is it 's a happened so suddenly and no notice was given at all on the shutdown?..

What a shame this is as and I feel pretty gutted to be honest as it really has been a great place to be and has been a big part of owning the car.

carlito

iTrader: (5)

Agree mate..it's gutting

snake1906

iTrader: (4)

agree with you lads it is indeed a sad day,they could of gave us warning so we could of said our good byes i dont know about you lads but i only spoke through the woc wouldnt know where to start trying to find the members RIP p1woc and wish all members the best with there cars and lives

simpsons !

I was refunded my sponsorship money yesterday without explanation.

Michael

snake1906

iTrader: (4)

^^^ who were you fella? different user names?

LSherratt

iTrader: (1)

What a stupid cowardly thing to do. Someone's obviously had a hissy fit and acted like a 12 year old boy. All that information which that website held was priceless and helped a lot of people. Surely Subaru owners want to be showcasing their cars, keeping the spirit alive, etc etc, not shutting it down. I can't quite understand it. Hopefully the new forum will be OK and that they will do the decent thing and transfer all the useful threads over to the owner of the new forum.

Edit: 10 pager on the way...

TypeR99

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triffic, no warning, nothing. 2 door forums are beneficial to me so i'll have to join the new one. Was p1woc run by Jason Catton by any chance? with any luck he'll have a spaz attack and close sioc

wrx_driver

I logged on to P1WOC this morning to see the closed sign Theres plenty of JDM 2 door stuff on type-ra.com though bud

scoobyp1

iTrader: (4)

Think it's disgusting that they haven't emailed the members to explain this course of action... I've been a member of the P1WOC since it started so to get no notification at all just goes to show how much the forum owner thought about the members.

Oh well, the P1OC has been born now and it will have all the knowledge and banter that made the WOC so good...

snake1906

iTrader: (4)

are you a member on there bud? ^^

bigtel

I'm not sure how a few members leaving a forum, that they were not happy with the running of, being to blame for it shutting?

simpsons !

The Polishing Booth the largest walk in detailing shop in the North West. Fact

Michael

p1_cjv

Agreed,whoever hit the off button needs to take a long hard look at themselves,totally understand if the owner wanted to pull the plug but not to give members some warning is unprofessional,not only have we lost a decade of info,i had a lot of contacts,names,addresses etc,and history of my car info saved on my pm system!
Not a happy bunny!

Fat Boy

Shame

Ste RB5138

Its a sad day if the site has closed, there are so many good threads on there. It was the first car owners forum I joined back in Aug 2006 after seeing a P1 for sale on a forecourt, I spent many a hour on that forum even though I never got a P1 and went for a RB5 in the end.

scoobyp1

iTrader: (4)

Yeah i've joined up Steve....

P1_Bagz

iTrader: (22)

maybe whoever turned it off will see this thread and the love for the p1woc and turn it back on. anyone know who to contact about getting it turned back on again?

Scrappy9

Such a shame, was a really good site.

allsop83

iTrader: (9)

I can't believe they have just closed it like that....I went on to respond to a lad about some speakers I found for him......and it is gone! No idea how to get in touch!

Stu- they are the right ones, yours for postage if you see this...just drop me a PM.

Hopefully they re-open the forum, so much great information held on there! Had been a member since 2004 and can't believe they didn't give us any warning.

AS Performance

iTrader: (4)

very strange situation, was just about to re-new our long standing sponsorship of the forum...............

not totally aware of the issues apart from certain members had left, not sure what else has gone on??

Crowman

Hi all
Thought I should put a little bit of info on here .
It's a very long story and many things have gone on over a year or so which resulted in a number of people parting company with the WOC .
Please trust me when I say some very long standing well respected members of the WOC tried very hard to give the advice to the WOC owners to get the site back on track , it unfortunately fell on deaf ears .

The closing of the WOC is crazy and very unprofessional in how it's been done , we all honestly hope someone can resurrect the site and maybe take over , although the offer to buy the site has been turned down in the recent past.

Without going into details a group of us decided to set up a new forum , this has been set up purely to keep a group of friends and P1 owners together and give us all somewhere to chat about our cars etc .
The new site was never set up in competition ! Our new site is not a replacement for the WOC !

I personally posted on WOC to let them know that our new site is just another P1 owners club and not in completion what's so ever , and we are sure both sites can run in harmony with each other . Unfortunately my post got removed very quickly :-(

Although many people are posting how shocked they area, those long term members of the WOC that have left over the last year are not shocked .

If those that own the WOC read this , then I urge you to reconsider , even if it's only to have the site as a read only and the valued members can then retrieve there information .



P.s
Although I look new to scoobynet , I joined when I brought my first scoob a WRX VLTD back in around 2001 , was Waggydoo then but lost password and couldn't retrieve it , so signed up again .

Jazz

iTrader: (1)

Shame to see it go and out of the blue. Been there since the beginning and there was a wealth of information on the site.

ScoobP1

iTrader: (1)

Logged on yesterday to find it had closed down and can echo the shock of everyone. Not good and smells of toy out of prams to me!

I've just joined the P1OC after seeing the address at the top of the page on this thread. Didn't realise it was up and running yet.