End of OGTdotcom

1st Official Post

    So if anyone is looking for me or what not, and for all my future Opel GT posting needs, I will be HERE. I am not going to deal with that screwed up sight anymore. I called what is going to happen, they violate privacy, and all around the site has been flushed down the toilet due to poor management and a few bad mods and users. So you will find me helping to build up this site from now. It was time for change anyway. :)

    "Be Water, My Friend" Bruce Lee, December 9, 1971

    • Official Post
    Quote from Martel71GT

    never heard of the site, kind of new to the opel scene myself, so anymore wisdom and tips would be awesome!

    It is opelgt"dot" com. There is a wealth of info on it.
    I started it back in '98 and transferred ownership in 2011 when it got too big and expensive to handle. It has not been updated since then and there are a couple of bugs and a lot of ads on it now.
    I started this site last year with a focus on Opel clubs and gatherings. We are now the North American section of the 3,000 member German Alt-Opel I.G. club.

    This wasn't a poke at you Gary. I know the site was great while you were in control, but with everything that has happened over the last year or so, and the way it is being run and privacy issues, etc. I am fed up. I have saved every single thing I have ever found, on that site, that would be useful to me, so I really do not need ANYTHING from that site and I SURE AS HELL do not need an 16 to 32 place password with 10 different fonts and numbers and capitol and small letters, etc etc etc AND have to change it every couple weeks or months because VerticalScope does not know how to run a secure web site. Like I said over there, there is NOTHING on my user account on that site that is worth that kind of hassle. If it were my bank account (of which I do NOT bank on lline) then maybe, but not for a stupid user account so I can get on and talk about a 40 plus year old car. And also as I said, they WILL kill it with the bullcrap their pulling now. Changing peoples passwords and causing them to lose their long time user accounts all because THEY have no idea how to protect their "many" web sites, or the known fact they read others private messages, or the abusive threatening behavior towards some. I know that as more and more have problems and realize the same things I have, they will migrate over here KNOWING you were involved here, and then the only thing that really made that site useful nowadays (the INDIVIDUALS, the community) , will be here. I understand running a business and I know that you do NOT make your customers unhappy or they will not be your customers anymore. Works the same with web sites.

    Matter of fact, most of the behavior by the "management" over there is much the same as the current govt administration in the US, "Gee, we have a radical icklamic (miss spelled INTENTIONALLY) terrorist problem, lets take away EVERYONE else's rights and treat them all poorly and threaten them, stomp all over their constitution, and that will fix the problem."
    No common sense at all.

    You created a top notch site there and I know that this one will be as good or better, so long as it doesn't get turned over to another company that doesn't care about the community, only about profits and blaming others for their ignorance. So please, if you need help, do let us know. Because as others stated in the past over there, "If you need a fund drive to help and to keep corporate crap out of the picture, we are here for you Gary :)

    "Be Water, My Friend" Bruce Lee, December 9, 1971

    I use to briefly run a car club called new england tunerz back in the day, we had forums, websites, our own annual car show, and even a tv show on the rhode island channel for a bit. we started to get big, but the problem was we brought in to many people that were focused more on club drama then actually enjoying and focusing on their time on having fun. Alot of arguements happened over the forum.

    Arguments are to be expected occasionally, it's to be expected when you have large numbers of individuals that come from different backgrounds and parts of the world. But drama caused by bad moderators and a web company who's ONLY interests are profit, thats a whole different thing and it's not needed nor should they ever be tolerated. That is why Gary starting up this site is such a great thing, it provides an ability to get away from that which was bringing down the community and get back to what it's really all about. Hopefully some of the others will agree and start posting around here instead of putting up with that garbage. The more time I spend here, the more I like the layout of this site so much better too, and NO LAME ADVERTISING poking in EVERYWHERE. Ahhhh, peace..........

    "Be Water, My Friend" Bruce Lee, December 9, 1971

    Im at the point where I just want to enjoy the Opel site and not worry about people's petty feelings getting hurt or weird people lurking around. I am going to start using this site more and more and use OpelGTdotcom for research only. I've been pondering about moving over here but now it's official! :D

    Roy Bell
    73 Opel GT

    Yes, it is actually much more user friendly than the other site, IMHO. And what do you know, they don't require a govt quality encryption system for a simple login, nor do they try to imply that without it your whole entire online presence will be stolen and your life destroyed because THEY do not know how to keep there web site safe. No adds popping up everywhere trying to sell me crap I don't want or need, and so far I have not been accosted by any so called moderators who want to try to assert/force THEIR beliefs or opinions on me. Yes, I am MUCH MUCH happier with this site than the "other".

    "Be Water, My Friend" Bruce Lee, December 9, 1971