i just love earlybay.com

[scott wilson]

thanks to everybody that has helped me achieve my goals. I have been sent parts for free, met up with friends over the border to collect free parts and generally been treated to a right royal helping hand from many earlybayers...you know who you are. A big thanks and long may this camaraderie continue :mrgreen: If ever you guys need my help just ask

 

[Doris]

here here! this is the best bunch of guys on any forum I've ever been on! WHS^ well done & Thank you

 

[faux]

It is a small world, and the world of the Early Bay is smaller.

The more Early bays saved and driving round in the UK the better 8)

Good luck with the venture Scott.

Jon

 

[scott wilson]

deluxe front grille coming at ya at dubs at the castle my friend F.O.C.

 

[windsurfer]

I'm quite into the whole EB scene myself. I've met some super cool people who are as kind as they are passionate
I like the fact its a small scene, I'm proud to own an early bay :mrgreen:

 

[analord]

Yup it is good here, none of those forum-bashing arguments too. Good people who have relly helped with my bus too...

 

[AxlFoley]

Greed, lots of helpful advice and a chilled out vibe

 

[K@rlos]

Alot of forums vw or not are filled so much ********, earlybay is the only expection i can think of, everyone's down to earth and honest 8)

 

[froggy]

Liar :lol: :lol: :lol:
Its a chilled place to inhabit, everyone (seems) friendly enough and none of the anal idiots complaining that your van is not how VW intended it to be.

 

[K@rlos]

Liar :lol: :lol: :lol:
Its a chilled place to inhabit, everyone (seems) friendly enough and none of the anal idiots complaining that your van is not how VW intended it to be.

:lol:

 

[strongy]

:roll: its ok



:mrgreen: no really,its spot on,only place i visit nowadays.met up with some good folk of hear

 

[analord]

are there other forums then??

I used to go on the JK one but have not touched it in over a year, mainly due to non-VW ranting and soapbox stuff which I am not really interested. it.

 

[andewilson]

i only come on here and vwkd.com as i like the fact that it is very active. every time i log on (which is a lot as i get very bored at work) there seems to be something new to look at. just as some restos roll of the conveyor belt more seem to be appearing filling their space. my bus would have been chopped at the first hurdle if it wasnt for guys on here encouraging me to carry on. and the more i have got into the early bay scene the more contacts i have made, midland earlybay being one of the life savers. i really want my van sprayed before the end of the year so i can enjoy the other side of van ownership and actually drive it :lol:

 

[easy]

I love ze place :mrgreen: been here for years and wouldnt go anywhere its all you guys that make it so cool. Keep it up!

Its a place where you will find so many excellent people, no **** bitchin and some of the best traders found anywhere on the scene right accross the globe.

Earlybay rules 8)

 

[mattd1984]

It's the most friendly forum i've been on. Was ok the JK one for a while until I found this....Haven't been back since and will not. Awesome

 

[Guest]

i like the fact that it is very active. every time i log on (which is a lot as i get very bored at work) there seems to be something new to look at. just as some restos roll of the conveyor belt more seem to be appearing filling their space.

i think you've hit the nail on the head regarding the success, its always busy but not too much, the forsale section is always buzzing which is a great thing too and the guys that keep it busy are top people with good attitudes. We are proof forums don't have to be about one-upmanship, bashing people, forcing your opinion and getting the last word.

I'll definitely be looking forward to meeting alot of you next year, as im planning 7 or 8 shows when the van is finished. A house move kept me from it this year which im still in the middle of.

 

[cotswoldiver]

To me part of the success is down to the genuine desire to share all that is good about the earlybay. Certainly there is a hardcore group of people that post regularly, but what I like is the help that is always given to those that not only are new to the scene but also those that only pop up on the forum from time to time. The amount of stuff that passes either free or at cost between forum members is amazing,or just the willingness to deliver an item to another part of the country for someone else in a fix and even those that have a business to run the likes of Scott and and countless others help source all sorts of 'hens teeth' items without ripping anyone off. The moderators have the balance of their role spot on,always with a warm welcome to newcomers and helpful contributions of their own in threads. I love the lightness and the humour that comes through, the mix of serious threads with the crazyness of the opinion polls and off at a tangent threads

If you want to see the difference between forums, just compare our thread on Camper Jam and the one on Vzi - I'm really looking forward to my first visit this weekend, but if I was on vzi I would really question going and as a new person to the VW scene it could be so off putting - if we ever get close to being like that will someone just pull the plug and turn the lights off please - but I just can't see that happening

In short, I really enjoy being part of this forum and take real pleasure in having an earlybay.com sticker in the back of my westy to help spread the news - long may it continue

 

[easy]

well put dooder ^^^ 8)

 

[STUMP]

I agree, this a cool forum and the only one i post on. i just look at for sales on the others. I'd like to thank cotswold for organising a roofrack to be picked up for me (twice) from the other end of the country only to be let down by the seller...... how many people would do that for someone they had never met or spoke to before ???? Only the dudes on here

 

[Clem]

I really like that unless youre 'into' Early Bays then there isnt much point being here .... and for those that are 'into' them .... theres plenty to stay around for. Its simple, and it works.