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FORUM PRIVACY: This is a private forum for registered and current owners of the specified Superformance model cars only. Any discussions and our transmitted materials are not to leave this forum without expressed permission of both the author, contributors and the forum moderator. Breach of privacy under the previous conditions can result in immediate and permanent termination of this forum without notice.
This mail list forum is a network programmed to deliver messages into the normal E-mail boxes of all registered members. With this tool, members can send out E-mail to all their fellow members with one click. Other members can reply to all their fellow members as well. Good communication is the key to success in any large organization, and this no exception. To make the best of this tool, there are a few guidelines to follow…
1.) To POST a message, You must post from a computer that has it's return address entered as the same as the E-mail address you signed up with.
2.) To REPLY to a message, simply press the REPLY button your message will be sent to entire group.
3.) Be sure to sign your message with your REAL NAME & CAR NUMBER so everyone knows who you are! We will try to list your return name at the top of the Email with that same information, so it will automatically appear… this way you won't have to type the info in every time manually. As an example, your signature should look like this, John Doe - 1001
4. ) If you plan on posting a message not really directly related to the Superformance cars (such as events coming up, miscellaneous questions, etc), then on the subject line before the subject text place this tag (non-spf) This is spelled in all lower case letters, with hyphen separating them and enclosed in arrow brackets with no spaces. This then requires only one filter definition to effectively capture any non Superformance related emails with this subject line in your pre-set email filter rules you set up on your own home email viewing program.
5.) Keep messages as short as possible. * Cut out and trim any and all unneeded text when replying!!! Please "trim your posts", which involves manually dragging your cursor across any unnecessary text after you hit the *reply* button to highlight it, then delete it leaving only the text, or a portion of it which you are replying to or referring to. Please also delete the footer (links, advertising, etc) at the bottom of each post as it is automatically generated each and every post. Doing this cleans up the messages, makes them easier to read, reduces mail size so more can fit in the archive space as well as reduce reading length for *digest* subscribers (who receive 25 messages in one mail where they can see the same repetitive content posted over and over and over again.) Following these few simple procedures will assist in greatly enhancing your everyone's posting pleasure!
6.) Since there are many members also on this list, there may be as many as 50 emails per day seen here. Keep your messages to only on-topic subjects. However, there is nothing wrong with occasional friendly greetings, posting parts for sale or wanted to buy, questions, etc!
7.) Please contribute often. We'd like to hear everyone on here at one time or another!
8.) If the email traffic is too much for you, request the DAILY DIGEST mode, where only one E-mail per day will be delivered, with all the day's content inside.
9.) If the traffic is STILL too much, you can opt to have your messages stored on the com site with the No E-Mail (Web View Only) mode. There you can only see and read your mail like a traditional message board format.
10.) It is highly suggested that you set up a "Mail Filter" to automatically separate your mail list mail from you regular daily deliveries. This will keep your mail box uncluttered, and separate. This option is accessed in your mail reading program.
11.) If mail can not be delivered to you either due to a server outage or your mail quota on your server is full, then messages will come back to SCOF as "Bounced." Your account is automatically deactivated, where it will have to be manually reactivated during site maintenance once a week. If your account repeats the bounce, then you will be placed on DIGEST mode. If the bouncing does not cease, then you will be place on web-view mode, or eliminated from the list. KEEP YOUR MAIL BOXES CLEANED OUT!
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Mailing List Delivery Options...
Our members are highly active on the mailing list, and you can sometimes see an average of 30-70 E-mails a day. It is highly recommended that you create a Mail Filter sin your mailing program on your computer to better manage the volume of mails. You can do this by clicking on the mail filter button at the top of this page.
1.) Individual E-Mail (Instant messaging) mode; This sends you the individual E-mails as they are sent. On the spot. This is great to get up to the minute information. This is your default setting.
2.) Digest mode; This packs all the day's Emails for you, into one single email sent to you at the end of each day, or when the bundle reaches 25 mails, whichever comes first. This is a good way to get all the information without overloading your mailbox if you already get a lot of mail.
3.) No Email (web view only) mode; This is the least desirable, however, it is better than unsubscribing completely. With this mode, you simply view your messages in a web browser as if it were a web page. The problem with this is if you forget to look at your messages, you'll never see them.
4.) Unsubscribe; This completely takes you off the mailing list, where no one will be able to get any information to you. Once taking on this fatal position, your only option is to resign on to your account, and ask permission from the administrator. We highly discourage this option unless deciding to quit the group entirely, permanently, or unless your car has been sold. There will be a minimum 6 month restriction on resubscribing if choosing this option.
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Membership Requirements…
Article I. CAR OWNERSHIP AT TIME OF APPLICATION...
a.) Only the current registered owner with a Superformance Mark-III Cobra / Mark-II Cobra / Coupe / GT40 / Grand Sport / S1 in their physical possession are allowed to join this private forum. The vehicle must be owned by the subscriber, and must have been delivered to the owner at his final destination before application can be made to this forum.
b.) This is a privately owned, operated and self-funded organization supported solely from annual membership dues and donations.
Article II. CAR OWNERSHIP DURING MEMBERSHIP...
a.) Members with more than one year membership in good standing may sell their car and still be allowed membership for as long as they like.
b.) Members must inform the administrator of their car sale so records can be updated.
c.) Failure to adhere to any of the above rules may result in an immediate and permanent termination of their current and future membership rights.
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Mailing List Conduct…
TOPICS: While discussing important issues regarding our Superformance cars is the main purposes of this forum, it would get very boring if that's all that transpired. Therefore you will find a bountiful exchange of ideas, technical questions and answers, as well as recreational information and personal reports on the "latest happenings." This forum is about the "owners" of these cars, not merely the cars by themselves, so a broad range of non-Superformance topics will surely be covered, especially during the "off-season" months of October through March. If it were just all tech talk, it would become very boring, very quickly. If you feel the "personal" messages sent are not of interest, simply use the "delete" key. Expect a ratio of about 70% car related posts to 30% non-car related posts as an average, with winter seeing higher traffic of non-car posts than average of course. If you wish to comment or remind the forum of these rules or the ratio of car versus non-car related content you see, please do it courteously.
Article III. FORUM PRIVACY...
a.) This is a private forum for registered and current owners of the specified Superformance model cars only. Any discussions and/or transmitted materials are not to leave the forum without expressed permission of both the author, contributors and the forum moderator. Breach of privacy under the previous conditions can result in immediate and permanent termination of this forum without notice.
b.) You may not in any way, shape or form forward, copy, refer to, communicate or otherwise distribute private discussions and or materials and passwords pertaining to anything posted on the this forum to anyone else other than a currently registered member without the expressed permission of both the author, contributors and the forum moderator.
Article IV. APPROPRIATE TOPICS TO CONSIDER...
a.) Upcoming Dates & Events b.) Review and discussion about previous events and results c.) Important issues directly affecting members d.) Parts For Sale or Wanted to Buy. Post with "FOR SALE" or "WANTED" in the subject line. No more than 1/week e.) Questions on vehicle modifications, maintenance, set up and operation f.) General information regarding the sport of automobiles g.) Latest hints, tips, suggestions, upgrades and notices about vehicles and techniques h.) Occasional personal views, opinions, questions and summaries of current events around the world i.) Reminders to the forum for trimming their posts, message content and rules compliancy where necessary j.) Provide as much detailed information in a first post about your situation, and be upfront and forthcoming if it about something other than your SPF, or someone other than yourself
Article V. ACTIONS *NOT* APPROPRIATE FOR THE LIST...
a.) Commercial advertising or "mass selling" by businesses or members without prior administrator authorization b.) Forwarded jokes, and other off topic questionable material including repetitive birthday announcements c.) Unsolicited political statements, although sensible and respectful references related to the automotive world is allowed. Even though it can be a sensitive subject, light heartened is tolerated d.) Questions on behalf of non-members about their cars e.) Personal arguments and public bashing of other members, businesses or organizations r.) Foul language, derogatory statements and intentionally demeaning and sarcastic remarks either generally or specifically directed at any individual, group or business either a member, or not g.) Unsubstantiated "urban legends", hearsay, or other unverifiable statements, comments or content h.) Knowingly pass untrue and intentionally misleading statements, remarks, rumors or comments i.) Malicious name calling, unnecessary vendor criticism and disrespect towards other members j.) Emotional or uninformed complaints only for the sake of complaining with no offer of solution or compensation k.) If there are any personal disagreements or issues to be resolved, this must be done privately and directly l.) If there are any public disagreements or issues to be resolved, this must be PROPERLY, COURTEOUSLY and RESPECTABLY!!!!!!! m.) The posting, discussion, inference, solicitation or organization of regarding any future, pending, potential legal action or situation, involving or regarding any related business, this forum or it's members. n.) If you are unsure if your post could possibly violate the above agreement, please forward the message privately to the administrator for consideration and approval. This will guarantee your post's validity. o.) Be aware... decorum of this list will PROTECT DEALERS & MANUFACTURER FROM ANY UNWARRANTED BASHING... but it will not keep them from TRUTH and FACTS... the way it should be.
If for some reason the above rules are violated, the list owner has the option of warning the specific individuals no more than once, then either suspend the user for a disclosed amount of time, or remove the user from the list indefinitely. THERE IS NO NEGOTIATION in these rules!!! The list owner retains all rights to this list and it's operation. This is in place for the benefit of list members and the integrity of the list itself.
*** LIST ETIQUETTE IN ONE SENTENCE… "Honesty, Courtesy and Respect"'
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Article VI. DRIVING EVENT QUALIFICATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS...
1. SSR or FSR Cruise: In order to attend any non-"SuperCruz" driving event, you must meet all of the following requirements... a.) Be a member in good standing for over 30 days b.) Must have owned the car you are participating with for at least 30 days c.) Have yourself driven at least 500 miles on your car that you are participating with d.) Driver and passenger can enter and exit their car by themselves many times a day and be physically able to drive 100-200 miles a day e.) Driver must have reasonable skills and knowledge to work on and repair their own car out on the road by themselves if required f.) Must complete and meet all requirements on the SCOF pre-trip preparation list, and must have an operational GMRS 2-way radio
2. Standard SuperCruz: In order to attend any "SuperCruz" event based out of a single location, you must meet all of the following requirements... a.) Be a member in good standing for over 6 months b.) Must have owned the car you are participating with for at least 3 months c.) Have yourself driven at least 2,000 miles on your car that you are participating with d.) Driver and passenger can enter and exit their car by themselves many times a day and be physically able to drive 250-350 miles a day e.) Driver must have reasonable skills and knowledge to work on and repair their own car out on the road by themselves if required f.) Must complete and meet all requirements on the SCOF pre-trip preparation list, and must have an operational GMRS 2-way radio
3. Road Trip SuperCruz: In order to attend a "SuperCruz" event based out of a multiple locations, also referred to as a "road trip" which covers a long distance, you must meet all of the following requirements in addition to the above requirements... a.) Have at least 6,000 miles on your car's odometer (if pre-owned) b.) Have yourself driven at least 2,500 miles on your car that you are participating (if new) c.) Have attended a previous SCOF driving event with YOUR CAR either an SSR, FSR or single location SuperCruz d.) Must complete and meet all requirements on the SCOF pre-trip preparation list, and must have an operational GMRS 2-way radio e.) Vehicle must be capable of 175 mile fuel range with 2 gallons to spare under normal driving conditions - If not, you must carry 2-3 gallons of extra fuel with your car to be eligible f.) You must have driven your car at least 500 miles within the 4 months prior to the event or after any major change or modification to the car, to test and prove it's funcionality g.) Driver and passenger can enter and exit their car by themselves many times a day and be physically able to drive 350-550 miles a day h.) If your car has non-standard specialty equipment (such as Fuel injection, Weber carbs, Power Steering, etc), the occupants must be fully capable of servicing every aspect of those systems i.) Driver must have reasonable skills and knowledge to work on and repair their own car out on the road by themselves if required j.) You must have any critical parts needed to repair non-standard specialty systems along with you, such as high pressure fuel pumps, fuel injectors, programmers, weber jets, etc for those systems
4. Provisional qualifications to the SuperCruz: In any failure to meet the above requirements, you may be allowed to attend if you meet all of the below qualifications... a.) Must have attended a prior SCOF driving event either driving with someone else's car, OR as a passenger b.) The car you are participating with must pass a pre-event inspection. The criteria will be provided by SCOF and must be inspected by another selected SCOF member as well as self inspected, signed and returned no less than 10 days prior to the event c.) Must drive a "proving run" no less than 2 weeks prior to the event consisting of either 500 miles in one day, or 700 miles in two days with the car you are participating with d.) Must complete and meet all requirements on the SCOF pre-trip preparation list, and must have an operational GMRS 2-way radio e.) This provisional qualification must be approved by all of the listed qualified participants who are already scheduled to attend that particular event
5. Any failure to meet the above requirements disqualifies anyone from participating in those particular driving events.
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