What has happend to everyone?? saxperience, saxo sports club, 106owners, 106rallyefourm???

5th October 2016, 12:35

Hi all, (or i should say the very few who seem to still use this)

Haven't been on for years (around 2006) embarrassed to say im from the max power generation when big alloy, big sound systems and big bodykits where all the rage. Thankfully it appears everyone has moved on from that scene now.

Just wanted to say what has happened to everyone?? Been on all the other forums and there like abandoned ghost towns. No one is on and the latest posts are like from a year ago. This is the only forum that appears to be still going (just) with more then 2 people on and updates a day or so old. Back in the day you couldn't get a word in edge ways and all the 106/saxo forums where rammed full of updates and people.

I know people grow up and move on but i cant believe how dead all is now! I know the getting on abit now but saxo's and 106's are still popular. Im i missing somthing?

Cheers
H

5th October 2016, 13:35

They're still popular H, but the cars are dwindling in numbers.

The activity is purely down to the rise of Facebook primarily, any chat etc from here has migrated to there with at least 5-6 groups that I I've seen catering to the Saxo, Saxo&106, French car owners etc with groups aimed at both chat in general and the buy/sell.

This forum still has its use though, Facebook can never match Saxperience for the sheer amount of topics about the cars, how to guides etc etc.

5th October 2016, 19:07

Facebook will never be as good as a proper forum. I personally dont really use facebook much. In fact i normally avoid using it.

7th October 2016, 04:09

Seem to be more people on facebook with saxo"s now,than on here..
sign of the times..

7th October 2016, 11:35

106owners is even worse than this to be fair. There is still some activity on here and a lot a knowledge. From what I've found this is the best forum as I have a 106 gti. Used to be able to spend hours on forums. Now it's 10 mins at the most and you're back up to speed

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7th October 2016, 21:25

Yep 106owners appears to be completely abandoned now. I use to be a big fan of saxo sports club back in the day but i dont think it exists anymore..

7th October 2016, 21:30

a lot of ssc went to shed and then that died down also...

10th October 2016, 02:35

Forums are going dead unless can keep with the times of fb integration too. GOt a few ideas for a place like this too but setting up places to be really good is tricky now with places like fb twitter Instagram n others. If saxp goes am gonna be lost without it. Seen sax sport club and even got a backlight with the logo built into the light from saxo sports club guess I got em a saxo that is x sports club lol.

12th October 2016, 11:51

Not to mention your average 17-21 year old these days isn't likely to buy a Saxo or 106, they would probably classify it as an old heap compared to a new Corsa / Fiesta / Focus which seem to be what a large proportion of young lads are driving about in now.

12th October 2016, 13:51

Old cars now, not iconic, not rare, rot bad and not very reliable when there gone they will be gone and as said most young lads would rather get a financed fiesta/corsa, my first car was a saxo and it was shit but was £70 with a full mot.

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12th October 2016, 15:58

Know what your saying and as daft as it sounds a bet a brand new fiesta's/corsa's are cheaper to insure then saxo's for young drivers aswell. I was offered about a year ago a mk1 saxo vts bog standed, low mileage, 2 owners from new , mint condition etc for around £600 and always though i should of brought it to dry store for another 10 years.
Surly they will be come rare and collectable at some point. It appears that the 106 gti's are already going up in price.

12th October 2016, 17:15

It seems in the last year to have really suffered. I think people are moving away from these as normal road cars so we have a lull until people start seeing them as weekend fun cars. Most of our sales are now motorsport related rather than road cars which is a shame in a way.

Kev

12th October 2016, 21:52

I've owned my 106 since 2010 and was on 106owners before it fell off a cliff and I jumped ship to here. Back in the day, you'd have a 15-20 car meet for the South East alone - you'd be lucky if there were half that at a meet with a modified car, let alone a 106.

I'm a car salesman for Nissan but know a guy who works for Vauxhall. He came up in a 1.2 Corsa (insert joke here) BUT to be fair, it was basically a VXR rep with gloss black wheels, flat bottomed steering wheel, acceptable interior and for something ridiculous like £149 a month with £149 deposit. With deals like that, you've got to ask 'Why wouldn't you?' It's a shame, but I guess that's life!

13th October 2016, 16:43

there have been some very good deals available for quite a while now, especially regarding small engined turbo-charged hatch backs that new/young drivers can finance and insure for next to nothing, those 3 pot fiestas and whatever GM do with the corsa etc.
Also stuff I still see a "new" car is old hat to kids nowadays too

13th October 2016, 23:37

I was at the Promedade Stages Rally just gone in September, and in years gone by you might get 1 or 2 Saxo's enter. This year however there were a good 5 or 6 properly kitted out S1600 and VTS Saxo's entered, that were all very quick / competitive.

I also noticed a lower amount of 205 GTIs, historically the 1600 class used to be dominated by them. Where as now I think the Saxo is starting to take over. So while they may not become "collectable" I think they will be used more and more in Motorsport, as Kev said above ^

14th October 2016, 15:00

Is the ways am thinking to go @JamesR love me Saxo and on look out for another low milage UB naglated one like I have now and then turn one into a ralley off road or track car. Think once I get house sorted and own space to store and repair n do what needed gonna forsure get into some events as done a fair few track days and been very aggressive on time attskcs and races. Just need get back into the sport I once loved at weekends.

14th November 2016, 23:40

Don't realy see many saxo"s out n about on the roads now!!
only one or two by me aswell as my two..

15th November 2016, 09:23

not suprised the 106 owners club died --was full of know it all --know bugger types that did most of posting.
you want sensible info this has always been the place to come andh ope it will be for a long time yet .
i feel the saxo is now geting into the "classic car era"
as it was really the last easily tunable car before the advent of fly -by wire and can bus etc .
which to modify rockets the costs

so look after those saxo,s the tin worn is thinning them out quickly
i see it as the next classic like the original mini is
still not much out there that will out handle a well sorted saxo / 106
long live the saxo

15th November 2016, 11:44

Not really a Saxo fan as many of you will know, I bought one because I needed a cheap run about and hated every minute of it. However, if I could find a low mileage 106 Gti in decent condition I'd love to do a full nut and bolt restoration and garage it for 10 years. I'm sure an OEM tidy Gti would fetch some decent money in 2026.

15th November 2016, 11:51

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Originally Posted by holdawayt

Not really a Saxo fan as many of you will know, I bought one because I needed a cheap run about and hated every minute of it. However, if I could find a low mileage 106 Gti in decent condition I'd love to do a full nut and bolt restoration and garage it for 10 years. I'm sure an OEM tidy Gti would fetch some decent money in 2026.

shut up tom. you loved your saxo infact I've got a quote from the brummie times from you

"Quite possibly the ride of your life, comfort on par to the armchairs in the odeon,fantastic heaters that warm you to the core, a driving position suitable for the delivery drivers out there!"

Tom Holdaway

15th November 2016, 12:15

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Originally Posted by operation-saxo

Hi all, (or i should say the very few who seem to still use this)

Haven't been on for years (around 2006) embarrassed to say im from the max power generation when big alloy, big sound systems and big bodykits where all the rage. Thankfully it appears everyone has moved on from that scene now.

Just wanted to say what has happened to everyone?? Been on all the other forums and there like abandoned ghost towns. No one is on and the latest posts are like from a year ago. This is the only forum that appears to be still going (just) with more then 2 people on and updates a day or so old. Back in the day you couldn't get a word in edge ways and all the 106/saxo forums where rammed full of updates and people.

I know people grow up and move on but i cant believe how dead all is now! I know the getting on abit now but saxo's and 106's are still popular. Im i missing somthing?

Cheers
H

I liked the Max Power generation, that was back when people spent real effort and money on cars and a lot of the modifying was done at home with people coming up with their own ideas. For the past 3-4 years the majority of the car scene has consisted of ‘anything low on BBS/Rotiform/3SDMs’. Which got boring quickly.

Nowadays, as willsy rightly said, the traffic has moved to facebook with it being a lot easier and quicker to post, especially when posting pictures, asking for help or buying/selling. It’s clear the cars are still popular, the Saxo/106/French car facebook pages are constantly filled with new posts and the majority of them receive a lot of replies.

Although you don’t see them as much on the roads, they’re still very popular, I believe it’s partly because the cars are at a low, a decent VTS can be had for 1k with a GTi costing a little more. It’s an absolute bargain for 19-20 year olds who have a couple of years no claims and want something quick and easy to modify without spending any real cash. I can’t think of any other car where you get so much for your money.

It is a shame that Saxp is dwindling. I’ve always found the forum to be extremely useful and friendly, even after selling my VTR in 2010 I stuck around to read threads and help others (where I could…), until I bought another Saxo as a project in 2015. Facebook can never compete with the amount of how to guides and problem finding threads available on this forum. It’ll be a shame if/when the forum closes. A lot of valuable information and excellent progress threads will be lost.

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Originally Posted by operation-saxo

Surly they will be come rare and collectable at some point. It appears that the 106 gti's are already going up in price.

I think the 106 GTi, Ph1/2 Rallye and Mk1 VTS will be worth something in years to come. Nothing major though, they’re not in the same league as the Clio Williams or 205 GTi etc.

16th November 2016, 10:16

Surely running costs can't be much on this forum now? No reason for it to ever close.

16th November 2016, 10:24

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Originally Posted by 0rang3peel

shut up tom. you loved your saxo infact I've got a quote from the brummie times from you

"Quite possibly the ride of your life, comfort on par to the armchairs in the odeon,fantastic heaters that warm you to the core, a driving position suitable for the delivery drivers out there!"

Tom Holdaway

The Brummie Times misquoted me (as per usual). I was discussing the sublime ride and handling characteristics of my 1955 Morris Minor.

17th November 2016, 10:46

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Originally Posted by holdawayt

The Brummie Times misquoted me (as per usual). I was discussing the sublime ride and handling characteristics of my 1955 Morris Minor.

Those wooden frames make all the difference.

23rd November 2016, 21:57

Don't let Sax-P die! Good to see its still going, unlike most of my old Saxos!
Best forum by a mile. Some very fond memories from the early days (Oh, how young I was!) Nice to see a lot of the old school still using the site too.

24th November 2016, 14:37

The thing that put me off as well as quite a few of the lads I use to talk to on here was the influx of spammers with something like 50 new members every day with maybe 1 or 2 of them being actual people. It just gets annoying with the new post alerts on tapa talk and the likes. It's still going on in the form of kitchens and furniture but nothing like as bad as it was just seems the mods don't come as often to clean up.

I like sax p not many car snobs and the ones that come on snobbish get put in their place so it's a level ground to talk on.

26th November 2016, 15:03

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Originally Posted by Bedford126

The thing that put me off as well as quite a few of the lads I use to talk to on here was the influx of spammers with something like 50 new members every day with maybe 1 or 2 of them being actual people. It just gets annoying with the new post alerts on tapa talk and the likes. It's still going on in the form of kitchens and furniture but nothing like as bad as it was just seems the mods don't come as often to clean up.

I like sax p not many car snobs and the ones that come on snobbish get put in their place so it's a level ground to talk on.

I must delete about 5 - 10 of the kitchen spam threads every day, as quick as I delete them more are made though

26th November 2016, 17:05

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Originally Posted by JamesR

I must delete about 5 - 10 of the kitchen spam threads every day, as quick as I delete them more are made though

Yeah it's a pain in the arse then you look st the new members today or this week thread and it's like 50 something and it's just laughable.

1st December 2016, 20:50

I must admit i loved the car scene back in the day but now for me track cars and toys etc is much more fun

12th December 2016, 14:48

This is now the best place to come to for saxo and kitchen advice

15th December 2016, 17:22

This forum has changed so much over the years I've not posted that much but been a lurker for a while I can't believe how quiet it is now days but I guess like everything people move on gone are the days of max power and revs magazine the new era is boring imo used to love going to the car cruises etc on a Sunday night good times haha

1st January 2017, 21:54

Everyone's grown up got mortgages kids etc mate.

3rd January 2017, 22:18

We have a mk1 VTS group on Facebook that Willsy, Jiggins and myself run. The interest these particular cars get is certainly starting to push the collectable/classic boundaries now.

I do miss the car scene as it was, but then I owned a MK2 Escort back in 2001 not a Saxo!

4th January 2017, 00:14

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Originally Posted by lincolndanny

We have a mk1 VTS group on Facebook that Willsy, Jiggins and myself run. The interest these particular cars get is certainly starting to push the collectable/classic boundaries now.

I do miss the car scene as it was, but then I owned a MK2 Escort back in 2001 not a Saxo!

So you killed saxp with willsy and jiggins..... you bastards

5th January 2017, 18:16

I was thinking the same i was on sax-p for 3 years in about 2006 to 2009 and back then this site was booming i used to go to meets every weekend and there was atleast 15 saxos there now i go to meets and there is non and i used to love this forum just on its social atmospher

5th January 2017, 22:06

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Originally Posted by Bedford126

So you killed saxp with willsy and jiggins..... you bastards

Well you never could trust a copper.

8th January 2022, 14:59

everyone forgot to PM Prickle so he cursed them all with a K11 Nissan micra