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Registration Terms

Terms, Conditions & Rules

Please take a moment to review these rules detailed below. If you agree with them and wish to register to converse with our enthusiasts, simply click the "Join The Club" button in our menu.

Disclaimer

This owners' club is an independent community and has no association with any car manufacturer whatsoever. Please remember that we are not responsible for any messages posted. We do not vouch for or warrant the accuracy, completeness or usefulness of any message, and are not responsible for the contents of any message. The messages express the views of the author of the message, not necessarily the views of this bulletin board. Any user who feels that a posted message is objectionable is encouraged to contact us immediately by email. We have the ability to remove objectionable messages and we will make every effort to do so, within a reasonable time frame, if we determine that removal is necessary. We don't intend to censor messages based on the opinions expressed within them, but we will enforce the club’s rules, which could result in such censorship.

To report anything please contact us at: clubreport@ownersclub.com

What You Must Agree To

You agree, through your use of this service, that you will not use this forum community platform to post any material which you know to be false and/or defamatory, inaccurate, abusive, vulgar, hateful, harassing, obscene, profane, offensive, sexually oriented, threatening, invasive of a person's privacy, or otherwise in violation of any law, meaning also that you agree not to post any copyrighted material unless the copyright is owned by you or by this bulletin board. The basic rules for the club’s message-boards are simple:

  • Be polite. Treat your fellow members with respect. Personal attacks and/or name calling in any form will not be tolerated and will result in you being removed from the club on either a permanent or temporary basis.
  • Don’t break the law. Don't post about things that break the law, or that might encourage others to break the law.
  • Don’t post any message that even hints at advertising. This includes social media.
  • Ensure your post is useful and related to the subject of the original poster. Do not change the subject of a post, or post non-constructive replies (such as replies containing only smiley emoticons).
  • Do not upload copyrighted images, such as images from media outlets, image libraries or pictures sourced from 3rd parties without permission or licensing.
  • All communications with the community, images, videos and private messages MUST comply with the Online Safety Act 2023. Even if you are not based in the UK, all material posted on our communities are posted on UK servers, so will apply to everyone who agrees to our terms of service.

Communities based in the United Kingdom - Online Safety Act 2023
All (including non-uk) members of this forum community are required to adhere to the Online Safety Act 2023. This includes refraining from posting, sharing, or promoting any content that may be considered harmful, abusive, illegal, or otherwise in breach of the Act. Prohibited content includes, but is not limited to, hate speech, harassment, threats, misinformation, and material that could endanger children or vulnerable individuals. By participating in this forum, users agree to engage respectfully, report harmful content where appropriate, and recognise that any breach of these standards may result in content removal, account suspension, or referral to the relevant authorities. This also applies to non-UK citizens as our servers are based in the UK.

More information on the Online Safety Act 2023. https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/50

To report anything please contact us at: clubreport@ownersclub.com or use the report feature on the community.

Content Accuracy

In light of our policy of encouraging candid, open exchanges of views and the rapid distribution of information originating from many sources, the club cannot determine the accuracy of information that may be uploaded to the forum and accepts no responsibility whatsoever for the content, origin or use of any message. Opinions, advice and all other information expressed by participants in discussions are those of the author. Members who rely on such information do so at their own risk. Participants are urged to seek professional advice for specific, individual situations and not rely solely on advice or opinions given in the discussions.


To report anything please contact us at: clubreport@ownersclub.com or use the report feature on the community.

Responding to your post replies in the Forums

If you have posted a request for help please ensure that you return to the forum in a timely manner to acknowledge the assistance you have been given. ‘Post and Run’ tactics will not be tolerated and any future requests for assistance in the forums will then need to be authorised before being listed.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) to generate forum content

Members should avoid solely using AI content generation when creating posts and responses. Excess use of AI generated content may produce inaccurate 'hallucinated' responses or content that could infringe upon third-party Intellectual Property Rights.

We ask that all responses be factually accurate and taken from your personal experiences to ensure the quality and authenticity of the forums.
Posts may be removed if the Forum Moderators decide that a response is overly generic or appears to have been mostly generated with AI.

To report anything please contact us at: clubreport@ownersclub.com or use the report feature on the community.

Copyright

If any copyright through our website is breached, then please contact us at clubreport@ownersclub.com 

Advertising and Soliciting

We have very strict rules about advertising on our message-boards. Authorised Traders may advertise their products and / or services in their allocated section(s) of the forums. Authorised Traders must follow Trading terms and conditions (see below). All unauthorised advertising or soliciting will be removed without explanation and without notice. This includes, but is not limited to:

Advertising in signatures and profiles

  • Directing members to external websites.
  • Links to Social Media, YouTube, joining groups or pages.  This includes other clubs that are related (for instance, they may have posted a solution).
  • Using a thread to indirectly advertise or praise a product (unless the post is a personal recommendation based on personal use).
  • Don’t post any message that even hints at advertising. This includes social media
  • Placing commercial hyperlinks over pictures.
  • Posting of referral, affiliate or any commission-generating links.
  • Persistent unauthorised advertising or soliciting may result in the removal of your membership of the club, on either a permanent or temporary basis.

To report anything please contact us at: clubreport@ownersclub.com

Signatures

Signatures must be kept to a maximum of 6 (six) lines, and may contain no more than 3 (three) images. Images must not be larger than the following dimensions: 468 pixels in width x 60 pixels in height

Signatures may be edited or deleted without notice by a member of the moderation team. In addition, members must not post images or use avatars that may cause offence to others. Images that cause offence may be deleted without notice.


To report anything, please contact us at: clubreport@ownersclub.com or use the report feature in the forums.

Site Management

The club moderation team may at its absolute discretion, remove or edit any post, signature or profile with or without notice or explanation, this will be after consideration of the rules regarding, unauthorised advertising or soliciting, abusive, offensive material or antisocial behaviour or any other action which violates the club Terms and Conditions. If you are unsure about whether your post will be allowed under these rules, please seek guidance from a moderator before you post. Moderators within the club are appointed by the management to volunteer and moderate topics and posts within the club and have the right to remove, edit or alter any post they see fit that conflicts with these terms and conditions on this website without any warning. Any members opposing a moderator’s decision should do so with the moderator directly by using PM or email in a professional manner. Any member purposely creating posts or threads opposing a moderators’ decision will result in the member’s forum account being closed permanently. Members should also be reminded that we do not tolerate ANY rudeness to staff members whatsoever whether it is done through the website, PM system or email. ANY form of hostility or abuse to a member of the moderation team, as a result of their enforcing any of the club’s rules, will result in the permanent banning of the offending member from the club, without notice.


To report anything, please contact us at: clubreport@ownersclub.com

Abusive, Invasive, Offensive and Anti-Social Behaviour

The club takes the "be polite" rule VERY seriously. We will not tolerate ANY rudeness or swearing – this includes modifying words to escape our profanity filter. Any member who is intentionally unpleasant or disruptive will receive one warning, and will be permanently banned from the club after a second offence. Swearing, blasphemy or profanity – again either explicitly or by trying to deceive our profanity filter – will be edited or deleted without warning or notice and may lead to the member being banned from using the forum and / or banned from the club.
 

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