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MG TD TF 1500 - MG TD competing in Car of the Year - please vote!

Hello Everyone,

It was suggested that I start a new thread.

This is a new competition. I won the Nov 2011 competition with your support. Now the cars that won the 2011 monthly competition are competing for the "Car of the Year."

I wasn't aware of this competition until I received an email informing me that the TD was automatically entered.

Please vote by clicking on this link:

http://coolridesonline.net/news-and-blog/2011ROY.aspx

The competition runs until Feb 19, 2012. It has already begun. You can vote once each day.

Thanks again for your support!

Raj

PS - Here is a link to the previous thread for the Nov 2011 competition:

http://www2.mgcars.org.uk/cgi-bin/or17?runprog=mgbbs&mode=thread&access=&subject=8&source=T&thread=2011110202515331767

R Thadani

14,65%
We are moving up! Let's go get him...!

Jasper

Jasper L Nederhoed

Voted for you now, 15.27% and Third place currently,

Regards,

Jan

Jan Kristoffersen

Mine took it from 15.33 to 15.57 and dropped the leader from 24.39 to 24.22 Bud

Bud Krueger

15.18 now

leader Camaro 25.08, second Trans Am 20.46

Willem vd Veer

15.22

Mort 1950 TD1851 Möbius

15.82

Richard Taylor TD3983

16.76% and now lying third

More push needed!

IanB

Ian Bowers

16.95%; still third.

Bobby L.

B. F. Loughridge

16.42 - let's keep pressing!

BobbyG

Bobby Galvez

17.36 but still in 3rd place. We can win this!

G Mantey

Still in third! Lets push Raj over the top, all it takes is a quick visit once a day and click on his car.

Brian Smith (1950 TD3376)

Back again - that´s great !! currently at ~.3% per vote, so good chances to move up
Mike

Mike Fritsch

Coming up on the TA at 17.03

Richard Taylor TD3983

16.92% @7:50 PM, Central Time, January 19, 2012.

Jerry Chandler

16,8%

Jasper L Nederhoed

16.96%

Willem vd Veer

I think we all need to vote 2 or 3 times a day!
Send the link to your e-mail list.
;)

Mort 1950 TD1851 Möbius

17.67% 9:13AM EST

J Ostergren

18.52% 8:50AM CST

Bobby L.

B. F. Loughridge

18.71% as of 11:10 AM, Central Time, 1/20/2012.

We need to vote like we did in November in order for Raj to pull off this coup!

Jerry Chandler

18.93% now. Looks like we can only vote once a day ....unless you have another computer ;>)

Brian Smith (1950 TD3376)

18,98

Jasper L Nederhoed

18,62%

Jasper L Nederhoed

19.23% ... and I hadn't thought about going to my other computer.

BRILLIANT!!!! ;-)

BobbyG

Bobby Galvez

Gaining ground at 19.43% (the link was down first thing this morning)

- Tom.

Tom Bennett - 53TD 24232

19.22% at 8:22AM CST.

Bobby L.

B. F. Loughridge

19.29 @ 9:34 est

J Ostergren

19.12% as of 12:30 PM, Central Time, January 21, 2012. SLOWLY creeping up the % scale!

Jerry

Jerry Chandler

2nd place.
Me, myself, & I vote every day!

David Sheward

19.76%,second place so I guess we have to try harder.

Brian Smith (1950 TD3376)

We are within 5 points!

Forward ho!!!

BobbyG

Bobby Galvez

from 18,64 to !8,71%

Keep voting every day!

Jasper

Jasper L Nederhoed

Today's brought TD up from 18.50 to 18.57 and dropped Camaro from 23.34 to 23.32. I'll do the math after coffee. Bud

Bud Krueger

Still below 19% on Sunday afternoon CET, but you guys did a good job overnight in bringing it to 2nd for some time!
But the others seem to have good backing from a crowd, too. Guess we need to push harder...

Tried another computer, but since they all go via the same Broadband connection, it would not let me vote again.

Mike

Mike Fritsch

18.02% 8:54am est

J Ostergren

17.47

Rob Welborne

17.53 and in 3rd.

Press on!

BobbyG

Bobby Galvez

The challenge for us is that each of these cars won their monthly competition and presumably had strong support to win.

We need all the votes we can get.

Perhaps another LBC community?

Thank you for your daily votes.

Raj

R Thadani

17.8%. The morning routine, coffee, watch the news, vote.

Mike Hart (52 TD 16378)

17.9%, 11:10 AM, Central, Sunday, January 22, 2012. Second place - barely! Let's get the top spot then, never look back! Jerry

Jerry Chandler

Lets push to get this one #1. I am tired of having great looking cars and being beat out by muscle cars.

Bruce Cunha

It's the others, not being #1 or #2, that gain extra votes this weekend. We, that is Raj's TD, are still 5 %points behind #1.

Jasper L Nederhoed

17.45% at 2:15PM CST, up from 17.39% before my vote.

Bobby Loughridge

B. F. Loughridge

17.44 at 2:23 CST - looks like the others have just as lively a following.

TD is getting two votes daily from this household.

BobbyG

Bobby Galvez

17.36% second place

Willem vd Veer

17,6% and that's only 3 %points after #1

Spread the news!!! Keep voting!!!

Jasper L Nederhoed

Okay. Before I voted, the TD had 17.74. After my vote it had 17.80. Cranking in a bit of math tells me that my vote gave the TD 243 votes out of a total of 1365. The Camaro has 280 votes.

Bud Krueger

17.39 at 8:17AM CST, up from 17.34 before my vote.

B. F. Loughridge

See ya TA! 17.44%

Richard Taylor TD3983

I've posted a message on the BBS of the MG Car Club Holland.

I hope this action generates extra votes and helps to reach the top of the list!

Jasper

Jasper L Nederhoed

17.52% 10:05 am est. Good luck with this Raj. Going on a road trip south for about a month so will not be able to vote anymore. Don't take the computer with me. I think you will take it with all the support from all the good folks on this site.

John

J Ostergren

17.78

Rob Welborne

17.96 at 10:35 a.m. CST - less than 2 points out of first place. I notice that first place has lost percentage points which means the cars below are mounting a charge.

BobbyG

Bobby Galvez

17.93% still #2 but gaining ground.

Brian Smith (1950 TD3376)

Mrs Marjolein van Gessel, head editor of MG TTO (MG T-Type & Prewar Owners Holland) was so kind to publish a 'request for daily votes' on their website.

Hope this helps also!

Jasper

Jasper L Nederhoed

17.8%

Jerry Chandler

We're gaining ground!!!

Mort 1950 TD1851 Möbius

17.4

Rob Welborne

17.41%

Kirk Trigg

17,38...

Willem vd Veer

17.56% at 2:37AM CST

Bobby L.

B. F. Loughridge

17,59%

Jasper L Nederhoed

17.63% (from the work address...)

Willem vd Veer

17.75

Rob Welborne

18.05 - leader is down to 19.95. 3rd place is at 16.28.

Reeling him in!

BobbyG

Bobby Galvez

17.85% :(

Mort 1950 TD1851 Möbius

17.57

Rob Welborne

17.57

Kirk Trigg

17.56% at 10:53 PM, Central Time, January 24, 2012. In second place and hoping "others" jump back on the band wagon!

Jerry

Jerry Chandler

17,66% versus 20,78 for #1

This is gonna be a tough race...

Jasper L Nederhoed

Raj,

Why not also publish this thread on the TD/TF-BBS of www.mgexperience.net ?

Every vote counts!

Jasper L Nederhoed

17.77%

Willem vd Veer

17.95

Rob Welborne

18.03

Mort 1950 TD1851 Möbius

17.96 1/25 at 10:00 a.m. CST.

BobbyG

Bobby Galvez

18.07% now

Daily routine...make coffee, fireup computer, vote!

Brian Smith (1950 TD3376)

18.08%, only went up .01% with this vote.

Bobby L.

B. F. Loughridge

18.04% from home computer

Willem vd Veer

18.07 as of 1:00 PM, Central, January 25, 2012. Slowly, but surely, gaining ground!

Jerry

Jerry Chandler

Allo Friends.

I wonder if the fine folks at the MG T-ABC
Group would like to join us in the Pursuit
of Victory....?

DrRx. TD 0823

drcrougeux

18.13% at 19:46Z

Tom Bennett - 53TD 24232

Before I voted this morning (0545 EST) the TD was at .1778. After it was at .1781. The rounding makes it tough to be precise, but that would indicate that the TD had 487 votes out of a total of 2,741 after my vote. The Camaro went from .2077 down to .2076. This would give it 569 votes. The TransAm had 444 votes. Bud

Bud Krueger

17.71

Kirk Trigg

17.89%

Willem vd Veer

17,89%, an increment of 0,03%

Jasper

Jasper L Nederhoed

18.01%, was 17.99% before my vote. First place was at 20.06%, was 20.07% before my vote.

Bobby L.

B. F. Loughridge

17.95% at 8:05 AM CST

david kirkpatrick

18.15

Rob Welborne

18.22%

Willem vd Veer

18.26 in 2nd place, and the Vega and the TransAm behind are charging.

BobbyG

Bobby Galvez

18.28% and closing!

Brian Smith (1950 TD3376)

18.39% as of 12:23 PM, Central, January 26, 2012. The gap is narrowing!

Jerry

Jerry Chandler

18.55
We are getting close

Mort 1950 TD1851 Möbius

Just crossed my mind...could we give 'our' TD a boost by using Facebook and Twitter?

Jasper

Jasper L Nederhoed

18.35

Kirk Trigg

18,5%

Jasper L Nederhoed

18.67%

Willem vd Veer

There's a lot of statistical 'noise' in this series, but here's what I see from before/after my vote this morning:
Total votes cast ~2713
TD votes=505
Camaro votes=544
Vega votes=480
TransAm votes=469
The Camaro is still getting about 1 out of every 5 votes, the TD is increasing, the Vega is suddenly growing at a rapid rate.

Bud

Bud Krueger

Thanks everyone for your support.

Jasper has a good point. I have been bringing attention to ths competition using my Facebook account - but that only reaches my own Facebook community. If anyone else would like to reach out to their Facebook friends, then please post the link.

This s a tough competition as you can see from Bud's expert analysis above.

I suppose domestic Marques are more popular than imports or LBCs.

Thanks,
Raj

R Thadani

18.76% after my vote, was 18.74% before. First place was 19.87%, down from 19.89% before my vote.

Bobby L.

B. F. Loughridge

18.8

Rob Welborne

Before - 18.89
After - 18.91

Were going the right way

George

George Raham [TD4224]

19.86 (Camero) 19.07 (MG)
We are closing in!

David Sheward

19.16% (ours) -v- 19.83 (theirs)

Tom Bennett - 53TD 24232

19.09 vs 19.85 on my lap top.

then:

19.21 vs 19.85 on my desk top.

I'm going to charge my iPad and try it there also.

Next is to get the link on all my wife's gadgets.

Mort 1950 TD1851 Möbius

We're at 19.24 closing in on 19.8.

Vega and TransAm are lurking at close to 17.5.

It's a race!!!

BobbyG

Bobby Galvez

That's the spirit!!! Let's go get him!!!

Tonight I gonna publish a bit of text and the link on my Facebook account.

Every vote counts!

Jasper

Jasper L Nederhoed

Raj,

The head editor of the "Square Front" magazine of MGTTO (MG T-Type & Prewar Owners Holland) wants your story to publish in the March issue. That is, if you (we) win this race...

SO YOU'VE GOT A SECOND CHALLENGE!

Jasper

Jasper L Nederhoed

19.19 for Raj.....19.93 for first place. looks like with a small push we can knock him to second.

Brian

Brian Smith (1950 TD3376)

19.25 vs 19.97 for the first place

Willem vd Veer

Folks,

According to reliable sources (my nephew), the Camaro is gaining support from a muscle car forum. So it comes down to their might vs. our intellect :) .

Thanks again for your support. This will be an exciting race.

Raj

PS - Please let me know if you think we can get additional support from any other MG, MGT or LBC forums.

R Thadani

19.1% at 4:20 PM, Central Time, January 27, 2012.

What about a plea to the "other" marques that participate on this mgcars site, ala- MG A, MG B, etc?

Jerry

Jerry Chandler

19.07

Kirk Trigg

Raj,
I agree with Jerry. There are a half dozen other forums listed along with ours. A nice paragraph about what's going on and a link could be very helpful.
Mort

Mort 1950 TD1851 Möbius

My iPad is now voting as well as my iMac and my MacBookPro laptop.

Mort 1950 TD1851 Möbius

19,18%

Jasper L Nederhoed

19.23%

david kirkpatrick

19.23%, up from 19.21. First place remains at 20.6%.

Bobby L.

B. F. Loughridge

19.27

Rob Welborne

19.28

Willem vd Veer

19.33%, 12:25 PM, Central, January 28, 2012.

Jerry Chandler

19.31

Kirk Trigg

Raj

Just signed on as we are on the road beginning today. Looks like I will only be able to vote once a day, also noticed that your car has dropped to 3rd place......anyone with access to a second (or third) computer can vote more than once. Unfortunately I am now limited to one a day.

Brian Smith (1950 TD3376)

19.16% as of 12:50 AM, Central Time, January 29, 2012. Actually, tied for second and, first is at 20.16 %. Quite the heated race. Raj, are you making any headway with more exposure to your/our plight regarding the other models using this forum?

Jerry

Jerry Chandler

19.3%

Bobby L.

B. F. Loughridge

19,33 and second place again. I've published the link on my Facebook account and indeed, this generates extra votes. Please do the same because every votes counts. And persuade your family, friends, colleagues, etc. to vote every day...!

Jasper L Nederhoed

19.37% 2nd place.

Willem vd Veer

19.55

Kirk Trigg

I have posted the following on the MG TA TB TC list and the MGA list.

***************************************
Hello Everyone,

Let me start by apologizing for intruding on this forum. I am usually active in the TD-TF forum. It was suggested that I solicit your support for my TD and the MG marque.

My TD won a ride of the month competition in November and got selected to compete in the Ride of the Year competition.

This online competition requires your support in the way of a vote once a day until Feb 19th. The TD is competing in a challenging race against American Muscle. Having said that, the MG community has demonstrated tremendous support and has pushed the TD to second place (out of 12).

I hope I can count on your support. Please click on the link below once every day and vote for your favorite Marque.

http://coolridesonline.net/news-and-blog/2011ROY.aspx

Thanks,
Raj
****************************************

Please let me know where else I can post it and also feel free to post it if you think it is a relevant forum.

Thank you!
Raj

R Thadani

Still 19.55% after my vote at 16:45hrs

Tom Bennett - 53TD 24232

We're right behind #1 (19,69 versus 20,16) but #3 is a runner-up with 19,35%...

Raj, did you also post the link on the MGB site of www.mgexperience.net?
That's a well crowded forum...

Jasper L Nederhoed

Voting as of 12:45Hrs PST

Greg's 1967 Chevy Camaro RS 20.12%

Raj's 1952 mg td MKII 19.85%

Shawn's 1972 Chevy Vega Kammback 19.33%

Joe Johnston

19.91

Rob Welborne

back in #2 great effort from the group!

Now we try for #1, we did it before so lets go for it. Sorry Raj, have just pulled in for the night after 9 hours of towing through Washington and Oregon so I was a little late voting today.

Brian Smith (1950 TD3376)

19.76 and the camaro at 21.11

Willem vd Veer

19,85 vs 21,16 for #1

Jasper L Nederhoed

19.83%

Bobby L.

B. F. Loughridge

Well, here a nice initiative of Marjolein, head editor of MGTTO (MC T-Types & Pre War Owners Holland). She published the link on Twitter #MGTTO. Today I received from her the following email:

Dear Jasper,

Kelvin Fagan (“mgzs180”) is one of the followers of #MGTTO. He is a photographer, interested in MG’s and he lives in Cambridge, UK. Hence I asked him a couple of days ago if he already voted for the MG TD. He replied “I vote for the Trans Am”, and so I told him to be ashamed of himself. Yesterday he replied “I have actually voted for the MG”.

And CoolClassics (also a follower) who publishes the CoolClassicsDaily on the internet. See below under “stories” (scroll downwards) where they've mentioned the Coolridesonline link.

http://paper.li/CoolClassics/1306400782

Funny how Twitter can help!

Regards,
Marjolein MGTTO

Jasper L Nederhoed

#MGTTO should be read as @MGTTO of course...

Jasper L Nederhoed

20.01 to 21.13 for the Camaro in first. That pesky Vega is only half a point behind.

BobbyG

Bobby Galvez

20.17%, 12:23 PM, Central, Monday, January 30, 2012.
TIED FOR FIRST! One right behind, nipping at our heels! Keep on Keepin' on!

Kudos to Jasper for his extra efforts!

Jerry

Jerry Chandler

Gentlemen,
For the last couple of days, I can get to the website but there is no place to vote. For a while, the ballot popped up when I logged on but that has stopped. What do I need to do or where do I need to go to vote?

Patrick

Patrick Earles

Raj,
We definitely need an influx of new voters.
Mort

Mort 1950 TD1851 Möbius

Patrick, try hitting the link in the first post of this thread. Are you by any chance using the "history" link or in some way linking via a prior visit? That would make the page think that you have already voted.

Good luck,

BobbyG

Bobby Galvez

Jasper - many thanks for your support here and on the MGA thread on this BBS, where Bob seems to have lost the spirit of the LBC!

Mort - I am trying hard to enlist the support of others in a way that doesn't annoy them. I have posted this competition on several MG sites, Facebook, emailed friends etc..

Lets hope there are enough fans of MGs and LBCs - otherwise American Muscle will beat us... :(

Thanks again everyone.

R Thadani

I was able to vote 8 times today from work and home. What is it going to take to overtake 1st place?

Rob Welborne

19.97%

Willem vd Veer

20,01%

We should watch our back, the Vega is coming very close on 19,92%...

Oohhh...I hate those slow starters ;-)

Jasper L Nederhoed

Now 20.0% and third!

IanB

Ian Bowers

19.91%

Bobby L.

B. F. Loughridge

MG is slipping! vote early and often!

J K Barter

I just voted 6 times and still in 3rd at 20.07, come on guys lets vote, vote, vote!

Richard Taylor TD3983

Oops...Do we have a plan B?

@Richard, how do you do that...I mean voting 6 times? Must be on different computers not using the same router?

Jasper

Jasper L Nederhoed

It appears (and as Jasper has mentioned) we need the personal network of people who are voting for the TD. That would grow the voter base exponentially.

This is tough race. I am also concerned that #4 will creep up.

Thanks!

R Thadani

20.16%, 11:12 AM, Central, January 31, 2012. Now in third! For some reason(s), we are not getting the same results as we did for the month-of-November contest. Personally, I know it would be very satisfying to have one of our LBCs win this competition. Obviously, there are larger numbers of folks with ties to American "muscle" entrants. We should be able to mount more substantial votes than we have to date with dedicated effort. Keep plugging and spread the word!

Jerry

Jerry Chandler

LOL, Jasper, I used 6 different computers here in the office at work; all have different IP addresses. I also got others to join in so now have voted a total of 9 or 10 times today and will vote when I get home. Unfortunately, all this voting isn't making a surge forward as I would expect. There must be Camaro clubs and Vega clubs voting.

Richard Taylor TD3983

Richard,

Thanks for your reply. Are you sure that these votes were accepted? Have you checked that the message wasn't "we have already counted your vote" (or something like that)?

If all your votes were counted than I know how we still can win this contest...RICHARD, WE ALL COUNT ON YOU!!!

;-) Jasper

Jasper L Nederhoed

20.06

Kirk Trigg

Greg's 1967 Chevy Camaro RS 21.55%

Shawn's 1972 Chevy Vega Kammback 20.81%

Raj's 1952 MG TDMK II 20.07%

Joe Johnston

Greg's 1967 Chevy Camaro RS 21.51%

Shawn's 1972 Chevy Vega Kammback 20.81%

Raj's 1952 MG TDMK II 20.09%

Willem vd Veer

Greg's 1967 Chevy Camaro RS 21.49%

Shawn's 1972 Chevy Vega Kammback 20.82%

Raj's 1952 MG TDMK II 20.10%

Jasper L Nederhoed

You can not only vote every day, you can vote once a day on every computer in your house - that's 4 votes a day in our household. Cheers - Dave

David DuBois

Greg's 1967 Chevy Camaro RS 21.38%

Shawn's 1972 Chevy Vega Kammback 20.65%

Raj's 1952 MG TDMK II 20.36%

Willem vd Veer

20.54%, 10:02 AM, Central, February 1, 2012. Third place just behind second and first by a narrow margin! "I think I can - I think I can!"

Jerry

Jerry Chandler

I received this message from Marjolein of MGTTO:

Information Britain @inbritain retweeted to 26,224 followers:

mgtto MGTTO
@inbritain coolridesonline.net/news-and-blog/… MGTTO wants the 1952 MG TD Mark II to win and ..she's so British. Vote please + RT. Thanks for the support.
Feb 01, 11:04 AM via web

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For your information: this tweet from @MGTTO was forwarded by @inbritain (Information Britain) to 26.224 followers (!!!)

Hope this helps,

Regards,
Marjolein

Jasper L Nederhoed

Tweets might be having an effect. Just voted and found total now 20.68%

Tom Bennett - 53TD 24232

Marjolein - thank you! That's great. If they were to re-tweet, could they send this link?

http://coolridesonline.net/news-and-blog/2011ROY.aspx

The other link lands you on the home page and then you have to fish for the competition page.

The American Muscle community is so much bigger than the LBC world, that this will be a tough one.

Also, people can use iPhones and iPads for this competition.

Thank you once again!

Raj

R Thadani

Raj,

Don't worry. In the tweet itself the link is a real link. My action of copy and paste resulted in flat HTML in this thread.

Jasper

Jasper L Nederhoed

Jasper advised me to register and so I did. Will keep you posted on MGTTO's PR-activities on Twitter. First place for the 1952 MG TD Mark II would be great.

M. van Gessel-Bannink

Welcome Aboard...!

It's important you & others vote daily
thru the Feb 19 time frame....

One (1) vote is helpful, but in this race won't
be enough....We need hundreds of votes, daily,
to be remain competitive and be "The Ride Of The Year"...!

Tell your friends....

Again, Welcome and thank you...

DrRx. 1950 MG-TD # 0823.

drcrougeux

R Thadani

14,65%
We are moving up! Let's go get him...!

Jasper

Jasper L Nederhoed

Voted for you now, 15.27% and Third place currently,

Regards,

Jan

Jan Kristoffersen

Mine took it from 15.33 to 15.57 and dropped the leader from 24.39 to 24.22 Bud

Bud Krueger

15.18 now

leader Camaro 25.08, second Trans Am 20.46

Willem vd Veer

15.22

Mort 1950 TD1851 Möbius

15.82

Richard Taylor TD3983

16.76% and now lying third

More push needed!

IanB

Ian Bowers

16.95%; still third.

Bobby L.

B. F. Loughridge

16.42 - let's keep pressing!

BobbyG

Bobby Galvez

17.36 but still in 3rd place. We can win this!

G Mantey

Still in third! Lets push Raj over the top, all it takes is a quick visit once a day and click on his car.

Brian Smith (1950 TD3376)

Back again - that´s great !! currently at ~.3% per vote, so good chances to move up
Mike

Mike Fritsch

Coming up on the TA at 17.03

Richard Taylor TD3983

16.92% @7:50 PM, Central Time, January 19, 2012.

Jerry Chandler

16,8%

Jasper L Nederhoed

16.96%

Willem vd Veer

I think we all need to vote 2 or 3 times a day!
Send the link to your e-mail list.
;)

Mort 1950 TD1851 Möbius

17.67% 9:13AM EST

J Ostergren

18.52% 8:50AM CST

Bobby L.

B. F. Loughridge

18.71% as of 11:10 AM, Central Time, 1/20/2012.

We need to vote like we did in November in order for Raj to pull off this coup!

Jerry Chandler

18.93% now. Looks like we can only vote once a day ....unless you have another computer ;>)

Brian Smith (1950 TD3376)

18,98

Jasper L Nederhoed

18,62%

Jasper L Nederhoed

19.23% ... and I hadn't thought about going to my other computer.

BRILLIANT!!!! ;-)

BobbyG

Bobby Galvez

Gaining ground at 19.43% (the link was down first thing this morning)

- Tom.

Tom Bennett - 53TD 24232

19.22% at 8:22AM CST.

Bobby L.

B. F. Loughridge

19.29 @ 9:34 est

J Ostergren

19.12% as of 12:30 PM, Central Time, January 21, 2012. SLOWLY creeping up the % scale!

Jerry

Jerry Chandler

2nd place.
Me, myself, & I vote every day!

David Sheward

19.76%,second place so I guess we have to try harder.

Brian Smith (1950 TD3376)

We are within 5 points!

Forward ho!!!

BobbyG

Bobby Galvez

from 18,64 to !8,71%

Keep voting every day!

Jasper

Jasper L Nederhoed

Today's brought TD up from 18.50 to 18.57 and dropped Camaro from 23.34 to 23.32. I'll do the math after coffee. Bud

Bud Krueger

Mike Fritsch

18.02% 8:54am est

J Ostergren

17.47

Rob Welborne

17.53 and in 3rd.

Press on!

BobbyG

Bobby Galvez

R Thadani

17.8%. The morning routine, coffee, watch the news, vote.

Mike Hart (52 TD 16378)

17.9%, 11:10 AM, Central, Sunday, January 22, 2012. Second place - barely! Let's get the top spot then, never look back! Jerry

Jerry Chandler

Lets push to get this one #1. I am tired of having great looking cars and being beat out by muscle cars.

Bruce Cunha

It's the others, not being #1 or #2, that gain extra votes this weekend. We, that is Raj's TD, are still 5 %points behind #1.

Jasper L Nederhoed

17.45% at 2:15PM CST, up from 17.39% before my vote.

Bobby Loughridge

B. F. Loughridge

17.44 at 2:23 CST - looks like the others have just as lively a following.

TD is getting two votes daily from this household.

BobbyG

Bobby Galvez

17.36% second place

Willem vd Veer

17,6% and that's only 3 %points after #1

Spread the news!!! Keep voting!!!

Jasper L Nederhoed

Okay. Before I voted, the TD had 17.74. After my vote it had 17.80. Cranking in a bit of math tells me that my vote gave the TD 243 votes out of a total of 1365. The Camaro has 280 votes.

Bud Krueger

17.39 at 8:17AM CST, up from 17.34 before my vote.

B. F. Loughridge

See ya TA! 17.44%

Richard Taylor TD3983

I've posted a message on the BBS of the MG Car Club Holland.

I hope this action generates extra votes and helps to reach the top of the list!

Jasper

Jasper L Nederhoed

J Ostergren

17.78

Rob Welborne

17.96 at 10:35 a.m. CST - less than 2 points out of first place. I notice that first place has lost percentage points which means the cars below are mounting a charge.

BobbyG

Bobby Galvez

17.93% still #2 but gaining ground.

Brian Smith (1950 TD3376)

Mrs Marjolein van Gessel, head editor of MG TTO (MG T-Type & Prewar Owners Holland) was so kind to publish a 'request for daily votes' on their website.

Hope this helps also!

Jasper

Jasper L Nederhoed

17.8%

Jerry Chandler

We're gaining ground!!!

Mort 1950 TD1851 Möbius

17.4

Rob Welborne

17.41%

Kirk Trigg

17,38...

Willem vd Veer

17.56% at 2:37AM CST

Bobby L.

B. F. Loughridge

17,59%

Jasper L Nederhoed

17.63% (from the work address...)

Willem vd Veer

17.75

Rob Welborne

18.05 - leader is down to 19.95. 3rd place is at 16.28.

Reeling him in!

BobbyG

Bobby Galvez

17.85% :(

Mort 1950 TD1851 Möbius

17.57

Rob Welborne

17.57

Kirk Trigg

17.56% at 10:53 PM, Central Time, January 24, 2012. In second place and hoping "others" jump back on the band wagon!

Jerry

Jerry Chandler

17,66% versus 20,78 for #1

This is gonna be a tough race...

Jasper L Nederhoed

Raj,

Why not also publish this thread on the TD/TF-BBS of www.mgexperience.net ?

Every vote counts!

Jasper L Nederhoed

17.77%

Willem vd Veer

17.95

Rob Welborne

18.03

Mort 1950 TD1851 Möbius

17.96 1/25 at 10:00 a.m. CST.

BobbyG

Bobby Galvez

18.07% now

Daily routine...make coffee, fireup computer, vote!

Brian Smith (1950 TD3376)

18.08%, only went up .01% with this vote.

Bobby L.

B. F. Loughridge

18.04% from home computer

Willem vd Veer

18.07 as of 1:00 PM, Central, January 25, 2012. Slowly, but surely, gaining ground!

Jerry

Jerry Chandler

Allo Friends.

I wonder if the fine folks at the MG T-ABC
Group would like to join us in the Pursuit
of Victory....?

DrRx. TD 0823

drcrougeux

18.13% at 19:46Z

Tom Bennett - 53TD 24232

Bud Krueger

17.71

Kirk Trigg

17.89%

Willem vd Veer

17,89%, an increment of 0,03%

Jasper

Jasper L Nederhoed

18.01%, was 17.99% before my vote. First place was at 20.06%, was 20.07% before my vote.

Bobby L.

B. F. Loughridge

17.95% at 8:05 AM CST

david kirkpatrick

18.15

Rob Welborne

18.22%

Willem vd Veer

18.26 in 2nd place, and the Vega and the TransAm behind are charging.

BobbyG

Bobby Galvez

18.28% and closing!

Brian Smith (1950 TD3376)

18.39% as of 12:23 PM, Central, January 26, 2012. The gap is narrowing!

Jerry

Jerry Chandler

18.55
We are getting close

Mort 1950 TD1851 Möbius

Just crossed my mind...could we give 'our' TD a boost by using Facebook and Twitter?

Jasper

Jasper L Nederhoed

18.35

Kirk Trigg

18,5%

Jasper L Nederhoed

18.67%

Willem vd Veer

Bud Krueger

R Thadani

18.76% after my vote, was 18.74% before. First place was 19.87%, down from 19.89% before my vote.

Bobby L.

B. F. Loughridge

18.8

Rob Welborne

Before - 18.89
After - 18.91

Were going the right way

George

George Raham [TD4224]

19.86 (Camero) 19.07 (MG)
We are closing in!

David Sheward

19.16% (ours) -v- 19.83 (theirs)

Tom Bennett - 53TD 24232

19.09 vs 19.85 on my lap top.

then:

19.21 vs 19.85 on my desk top.

I'm going to charge my iPad and try it there also.

Next is to get the link on all my wife's gadgets.

Mort 1950 TD1851 Möbius

We're at 19.24 closing in on 19.8.

Vega and TransAm are lurking at close to 17.5.

It's a race!!!

BobbyG

Bobby Galvez

That's the spirit!!! Let's go get him!!!

Tonight I gonna publish a bit of text and the link on my Facebook account.

Every vote counts!

Jasper

Jasper L Nederhoed

19.19 for Raj.....19.93 for first place. looks like with a small push we can knock him to second.

Brian

Brian Smith (1950 TD3376)

19.25 vs 19.97 for the first place

Willem vd Veer

R Thadani

19.1% at 4:20 PM, Central Time, January 27, 2012.

What about a plea to the "other" marques that participate on this mgcars site, ala- MG A, MG B, etc?

Jerry

Jerry Chandler

19.07

Kirk Trigg

Raj,
I agree with Jerry. There are a half dozen other forums listed along with ours. A nice paragraph about what's going on and a link could be very helpful.
Mort

Mort 1950 TD1851 Möbius

My iPad is now voting as well as my iMac and my MacBookPro laptop.

Mort 1950 TD1851 Möbius

19,18%

Jasper L Nederhoed

19.23%

david kirkpatrick

19.23%, up from 19.21. First place remains at 20.6%.

Bobby L.

B. F. Loughridge

19.27

Rob Welborne

19.28

Willem vd Veer

19.33%, 12:25 PM, Central, January 28, 2012.

Jerry Chandler

19.31

Kirk Trigg

Brian Smith (1950 TD3376)

Jerry Chandler

19.3%

Bobby L.

B. F. Loughridge

Jasper L Nederhoed

19.37% 2nd place.

Willem vd Veer

19.55

Kirk Trigg

R Thadani

Still 19.55% after my vote at 16:45hrs

Tom Bennett - 53TD 24232

We're right behind #1 (19,69 versus 20,16) but #3 is a runner-up with 19,35%...

Raj, did you also post the link on the MGB site of www.mgexperience.net?
That's a well crowded forum...

Jasper L Nederhoed

Voting as of 12:45Hrs PST

Greg's 1967 Chevy Camaro RS 20.12%

Raj's 1952 MG TD MKII 19.85%

Shawn's 1972 Chevy Vega Kammback 19.33%

Joe Johnston

19.91

Rob Welborne

Brian Smith (1950 TD3376)

19.76 and the camaro at 21.11

Willem vd Veer

19,85 vs 21,16 for #1

Jasper L Nederhoed

19.83%

Bobby L.

B. F. Loughridge

Jasper L Nederhoed

#MGTTO should be read as @MGTTO of course...

Jasper L Nederhoed

20.01 to 21.13 for the Camaro in first. That pesky Vega is only half a point behind.

BobbyG

Bobby Galvez

20.17%, 12:23 PM, Central, Monday, January 30, 2012.
TIED FOR FIRST! One right behind, nipping at our heels! Keep on Keepin' on!

Kudos to Jasper for his extra efforts!

Jerry

Jerry Chandler

Patrick Earles

Raj,
We definitely need an influx of new voters.
Mort

Mort 1950 TD1851 Möbius

Bobby Galvez

R Thadani

I was able to vote 8 times today from work and home. What is it going to take to overtake 1st place?

Rob Welborne

19.97%

Willem vd Veer

20,01%

We should watch our back, the Vega is coming very close on 19,92%...

Oohhh...I hate those slow starters ;-)

Jasper L Nederhoed

Now 20.0% and third!

IanB

Ian Bowers

19.91%

Bobby L.

B. F. Loughridge

MG is slipping! vote early and often!

J K Barter

I just voted 6 times and still in 3rd at 20.07, come on guys lets vote, vote, vote!

Richard Taylor TD3983

Oops...Do we have a plan B?

@Richard, how do you do that...I mean voting 6 times? Must be on different computers not using the same router?

Jasper

Jasper L Nederhoed

R Thadani

Jerry Chandler

Richard Taylor TD3983

Jasper L Nederhoed

20.06

Kirk Trigg

Greg's 1967 Chevy Camaro RS 21.55%

Shawn's 1972 Chevy Vega Kammback 20.81%

Raj's 1952 MG TDMK II 20.07%

Joe Johnston

Greg's 1967 Chevy Camaro RS 21.51%

Shawn's 1972 Chevy Vega Kammback 20.81%

Raj's 1952 MG TDMK II 20.09%

Willem vd Veer

Greg's 1967 Chevy Camaro RS 21.49%

Shawn's 1972 Chevy Vega Kammback 20.82%

Raj's 1952 MG TDMK II 20.10%

Jasper L Nederhoed

You can not only vote every day, you can vote once a day on every computer in your house - that's 4 votes a day in our household. Cheers - Dave

David DuBois

Greg's 1967 Chevy Camaro RS 21.38%

Shawn's 1972 Chevy Vega Kammback 20.65%

Raj's 1952 MG TDMK II 20.36%

Willem vd Veer

20.54%, 10:02 AM, Central, February 1, 2012. Third place just behind second and first by a narrow margin! "I think I can - I think I can!"

Jerry

Jerry Chandler

03:10:42

Jasper L Nederhoed

14,65%
We are moving up! Let's go get him...!

Jasper

Jasper L Nederhoed

Voted for you now, 15.27% and Third place currently,

Regards,

Jan

Jan Kristoffersen

Mine took it from 15.33 to 15.57 and dropped the leader from 24.39 to 24.22 Bud

Bud Krueger

15.18 now

leader Camaro 25.08, second Trans Am 20.46

Willem vd Veer

15.22

Mort 1950 TD1851 Möbius

15.82

Richard Taylor TD3983

16.76% and now lying third

More push needed!

IanB

Ian Bowers

16.95%; still third.

Bobby L.

B. F. Loughridge

16.42 - let's keep pressing!

BobbyG

Bobby Galvez

17.36 but still in 3rd place. We can win this!

G Mantey

Still in third! Lets push Raj over the top, all it takes is a quick visit once a day and click on his car.

Brian Smith (1950 TD3376)

Back again - that´s great !! currently at ~.3% per vote, so good chances to move up
Mike

Mike Fritsch

Coming up on the TA at 17.03

Richard Taylor TD3983

16.92% @7:50 PM, Central Time, January 19, 2012.

Jerry Chandler

16,8%

Jasper L Nederhoed

16.96%

Willem vd Veer

I think we all need to vote 2 or 3 times a day!
Send the link to your e-mail list.
;)

Mort 1950 TD1851 Möbius

17.67% 9:13AM EST

J Ostergren

18.52% 8:50AM CST

Bobby L.

B. F. Loughridge

18.71% as of 11:10 AM, Central Time, 1/20/2012.

We need to vote like we did in November in order for Raj to pull off this coup!

Jerry Chandler

18.93% now. Looks like we can only vote once a day ....unless you have another computer ;>)

Brian Smith (1950 TD3376)

18,98

Jasper L Nederhoed

18,62%

Jasper L Nederhoed

19.23% ... and I hadn't thought about going to my other computer.

BRILLIANT!!!! ;-)

BobbyG

Bobby Galvez

Gaining ground at 19.43% (the link was down first thing this morning)

- Tom.

Tom Bennett - 53TD 24232

19.22% at 8:22AM CST.

Bobby L.

B. F. Loughridge

19.29 @ 9:34 est

J Ostergren

19.12% as of 12:30 PM, Central Time, January 21, 2012. SLOWLY creeping up the % scale!

Jerry

Jerry Chandler

2nd place.
Me, myself, & I vote every day!

David Sheward

19.76%,second place so I guess we have to try harder.

Brian Smith (1950 TD3376)

We are within 5 points!

Forward ho!!!

BobbyG

Bobby Galvez

from 18,64 to !8,71%

Keep voting every day!

Jasper

Jasper L Nederhoed

Today's brought TD up from 18.50 to 18.57 and dropped Camaro from 23.34 to 23.32. I'll do the math after coffee. Bud

Bud Krueger

Mike Fritsch

18.02% 8:54am est

J Ostergren

17.47

Rob Welborne

17.53 and in 3rd.

Press on!

BobbyG

Bobby Galvez

R Thadani

17.8%. The morning routine, coffee, watch the news, vote.

Mike Hart (52 TD 16378)

17.9%, 11:10 AM, Central, Sunday, January 22, 2012. Second place - barely! Let's get the top spot then, never look back! Jerry

Jerry Chandler

Lets push to get this one #1. I am tired of having great looking cars and being beat out by muscle cars.

Bruce Cunha

It's the others, not being #1 or #2, that gain extra votes this weekend. We, that is Raj's TD, are still 5 %points behind #1.

Jasper L Nederhoed

17.45% at 2:15PM CST, up from 17.39% before my vote.

Bobby Loughridge

B. F. Loughridge

17.44 at 2:23 CST - looks like the others have just as lively a following.

TD is getting two votes daily from this household.

BobbyG

Bobby Galvez

17.36% second place

Willem vd Veer

17,6% and that's only 3 %points after #1

Spread the news!!! Keep voting!!!

Jasper L Nederhoed

Okay. Before I voted, the TD had 17.74. After my vote it had 17.80. Cranking in a bit of math tells me that my vote gave the TD 243 votes out of a total of 1365. The Camaro has 280 votes.

Bud Krueger

17.39 at 8:17AM CST, up from 17.34 before my vote.

B. F. Loughridge

See ya TA! 17.44%

Richard Taylor TD3983

I've posted a message on the BBS of the MG Car Club Holland.

I hope this action generates extra votes and helps to reach the top of the list!

Jasper

Jasper L Nederhoed

J Ostergren

17.78

Rob Welborne

17.96 at 10:35 a.m. CST - less than 2 points out of first place. I notice that first place has lost percentage points which means the cars below are mounting a charge.

BobbyG

Bobby Galvez

17.93% still #2 but gaining ground.

Brian Smith (1950 TD3376)

Mrs Marjolein van Gessel, head editor of MG TTO (MG T-Type & Prewar Owners Holland) was so kind to publish a 'request for daily votes' on their website.

Hope this helps also!

Jasper

Jasper L Nederhoed

17.8%

Jerry Chandler

We're gaining ground!!!

Mort 1950 TD1851 Möbius

17.4

Rob Welborne

17.41%

Kirk Trigg

17,38...

Willem vd Veer

17.56% at 2:37AM CST

Bobby L.

B. F. Loughridge

17,59%

Jasper L Nederhoed

17.63% (from the work address...)

Willem vd Veer

17.75

Rob Welborne

18.05 - leader is down to 19.95. 3rd place is at 16.28.

Reeling him in!

BobbyG

Bobby Galvez

17.85% :(

Mort 1950 TD1851 Möbius

17.57

Rob Welborne

17.57

Kirk Trigg

17.56% at 10:53 PM, Central Time, January 24, 2012. In second place and hoping "others" jump back on the band wagon!

Jerry

Jerry Chandler

17,66% versus 20,78 for #1

This is gonna be a tough race...

Jasper L Nederhoed

Raj,

Why not also publish this thread on the TD/TF-BBS of www.mgexperience.net ?

Every vote counts!

Jasper L Nederhoed

17.77%

Willem vd Veer

17.95

Rob Welborne

18.03

Mort 1950 TD1851 Möbius

17.96 1/25 at 10:00 a.m. CST.

BobbyG

Bobby Galvez

18.07% now

Daily routine...make coffee, fireup computer, vote!

Brian Smith (1950 TD3376)

18.08%, only went up .01% with this vote.

Bobby L.

B. F. Loughridge

18.04% from home computer

Willem vd Veer

18.07 as of 1:00 PM, Central, January 25, 2012. Slowly, but surely, gaining ground!

Jerry

Jerry Chandler

Allo Friends.

I wonder if the fine folks at the MG T-ABC
Group would like to join us in the Pursuit
of Victory....?

DrRx. TD 0823

drcrougeux

18.13% at 19:46Z

Tom Bennett - 53TD 24232

Bud Krueger

17.71

Kirk Trigg

17.89%

Willem vd Veer

17,89%, an increment of 0,03%

Jasper

Jasper L Nederhoed

18.01%, was 17.99% before my vote. First place was at 20.06%, was 20.07% before my vote.

Bobby L.

B. F. Loughridge

17.95% at 8:05 AM CST

david kirkpatrick

18.15

Rob Welborne

18.22%

Willem vd Veer

18.26 in 2nd place, and the Vega and the TransAm behind are charging.

BobbyG

Bobby Galvez

18.28% and closing!

Brian Smith (1950 TD3376)

18.39% as of 12:23 PM, Central, January 26, 2012. The gap is narrowing!

Jerry

Jerry Chandler

18.55
We are getting close

Mort 1950 TD1851 Möbius

Just crossed my mind...could we give 'our' TD a boost by using Facebook and Twitter?

Jasper

Jasper L Nederhoed

18.35

Kirk Trigg

18,5%

Jasper L Nederhoed

18.67%

Willem vd Veer

Bud Krueger

R Thadani

18.76% after my vote, was 18.74% before. First place was 19.87%, down from 19.89% before my vote.

Bobby L.

B. F. Loughridge

18.8

Rob Welborne

Before - 18.89
After - 18.91

Were going the right way

George

George Raham [TD4224]

19.86 (Camero) 19.07 (MG)
We are closing in!

David Sheward

19.16% (ours) -v- 19.83 (theirs)

Tom Bennett - 53TD 24232

19.09 vs 19.85 on my lap top.

then:

19.21 vs 19.85 on my desk top.

I'm going to charge my iPad and try it there also.

Next is to get the link on all my wife's gadgets.

Mort 1950 TD1851 Möbius

We're at 19.24 closing in on 19.8.

Vega and TransAm are lurking at close to 17.5.

It's a race!!!

BobbyG

Bobby Galvez

That's the spirit!!! Let's go get him!!!

Tonight I gonna publish a bit of text and the link on my Facebook account.

Every vote counts!

Jasper

Jasper L Nederhoed

19.19 for Raj.....19.93 for first place. looks like with a small push we can knock him to second.

Brian

Brian Smith (1950 TD3376)

19.25 vs 19.97 for the first place

Willem vd Veer

R Thadani

19.1% at 4:20 PM, Central Time, January 27, 2012.

What about a plea to the "other" marques that participate on this mgcars site, ala- MG A, MG B, etc?

Jerry

Jerry Chandler

19.07

Kirk Trigg

Raj,
I agree with Jerry. There are a half dozen other forums listed along with ours. A nice paragraph about what's going on and a link could be very helpful.
Mort

Mort 1950 TD1851 Möbius

My iPad is now voting as well as my iMac and my MacBookPro laptop.

Mort 1950 TD1851 Möbius

19,18%

Jasper L Nederhoed

19.23%

david kirkpatrick

19.23%, up from 19.21. First place remains at 20.6%.

Bobby L.

B. F. Loughridge

19.27

Rob Welborne

19.28

Willem vd Veer

19.33%, 12:25 PM, Central, January 28, 2012.

Jerry Chandler

19.31

Kirk Trigg

Brian Smith (1950 TD3376)

Jerry Chandler

19.3%

Bobby L.

B. F. Loughridge

Jasper L Nederhoed

19.37% 2nd place.

Willem vd Veer

19.55

Kirk Trigg

R Thadani

Still 19.55% after my vote at 16:45hrs

Tom Bennett - 53TD 24232

We're right behind #1 (19,69 versus 20,16) but #3 is a runner-up with 19,35%...

Raj, did you also post the link on the MGB site of www.mgexperience.net?
That's a well crowded forum...

Jasper L Nederhoed

Voting as of 12:45Hrs PST

Greg's 1967 Chevy Camaro RS 20.12%

Raj's 1952 MG TD MKII 19.85%

Shawn's 1972 Chevy Vega Kammback 19.33%

Joe Johnston

19.91

Rob Welborne

Brian Smith (1950 TD3376)

19.76 and the camaro at 21.11

Willem vd Veer

19,85 vs 21,16 for #1

Jasper L Nederhoed

19.83%

Bobby L.

B. F. Loughridge

Jasper L Nederhoed

#MGTTO should be read as @MGTTO of course...

Jasper L Nederhoed

20.01 to 21.13 for the Camaro in first. That pesky Vega is only half a point behind.

BobbyG

Bobby Galvez

20.17%, 12:23 PM, Central, Monday, January 30, 2012.
TIED FOR FIRST! One right behind, nipping at our heels! Keep on Keepin' on!

Kudos to Jasper for his extra efforts!

Jerry

Jerry Chandler

Patrick Earles

Raj,
We definitely need an influx of new voters.
Mort

Mort 1950 TD1851 Möbius

Bobby Galvez

R Thadani

I was able to vote 8 times today from work and home. What is it going to take to overtake 1st place?

Rob Welborne

19.97%

Willem vd Veer

20,01%

We should watch our back, the Vega is coming very close on 19,92%...

Oohhh...I hate those slow starters ;-)

Jasper L Nederhoed

Now 20.0% and third!

IanB

Ian Bowers

19.91%

Bobby L.

B. F. Loughridge

MG is slipping! vote early and often!

J K Barter

I just voted 6 times and still in 3rd at 20.07, come on guys lets vote, vote, vote!

Richard Taylor TD3983

Oops...Do we have a plan B?

@Richard, how do you do that...I mean voting 6 times? Must be on different computers not using the same router?

Jasper

Jasper L Nederhoed

R Thadani

Jerry Chandler

Richard Taylor TD3983

Jasper L Nederhoed

20.06

Kirk Trigg

Greg's 1967 Chevy Camaro RS 21.55%

Shawn's 1972 Chevy Vega Kammback 20.81%

Raj's 1952 MG TDMK II 20.07%

Joe Johnston

Greg's 1967 Chevy Camaro RS 21.51%

Shawn's 1972 Chevy Vega Kammback 20.81%

Raj's 1952 MG TDMK II 20.09%

Willem vd Veer

Greg's 1967 Chevy Camaro RS 21.49%

Shawn's 1972 Chevy Vega Kammback 20.82%

Raj's 1952 MG TDMK II 20.10%

Jasper L Nederhoed

You can not only vote every day, you can vote once a day on every computer in your house - that's 4 votes a day in our household. Cheers - Dave

David DuBois

Greg's 1967 Chevy Camaro RS 21.38%

Shawn's 1972 Chevy Vega Kammback 20.65%

Raj's 1952 MG TDMK II 20.36%

Willem vd Veer

20.54%, 10:02 AM, Central, February 1, 2012. Third place just behind second and first by a narrow margin! "I think I can - I think I can!"

Jerry

Jerry Chandler

Jasper L Nederhoed

Tweets might be having an effect. Just voted and found total now 20.68%

Tom Bennett - 53TD 24232

R Thadani

Raj,

Don't worry. In the tweet itself the link is a real link. My action of copy and paste resulted in flat HTML in this thread.

Jasper

Jasper L Nederhoed

Jasper advised me to register and so I did. Will keep you posted on MGTTO's PR-activities on Twitter. First place for the 1952 MG TD Mark II would be great.

M. van Gessel-Bannink

drcrougeux

21.21%, .5% from 1st.
Mike

Mike Hart ( TD/TA)

9:40 p.m. CST -

Camaro - 21.79
Vega - 21.27
TD - 21.18

It's a fight!

BobbyG

Bobby Galvez

21.13% but percentages of 1 & 2 falling-back too.

Tom Bennett - 53TD 24232

Greg's 1967 Chevy Camaro RS 21.56%

Shawn's 1972 Chevy Vega Kammback 21.18%

Raj's 1952 MG TDMK II 21.15%

Willem vd Veer

Pretty close now! Something really changed. Greetings, huib
Greg's 1967 Chevy Camaro RS 21.55%
Raj's 1952 MG TDMK II 21.24%
Shawn's 1972 Chevy Vega Kammback 21.17%

Huib Bruijstens

Hurrah!!

Second place now. VOTE VOTE VOTE for 1st place!

(and that includes all English speaking MG enthusiasts 'over the pond', you're not going to let this get a DUTCH PARTY???)

Greg's 1967 Chevy Camaro RS 21.59%

Raj's 1952 MG TDMK II 21.25%

Shawn's 1972 Chevy Vega Kammback 21.11%

Willem vd Veer

21.2%

Bobby L.

B. F. Loughridge

Willem

I am sure my fellow Englishmen have, like me, been voting every day. Voting has been carried out with typical English reserve!

Mike

PS I can't speak for my Scots or Welsh neighbours

Mike Sutton

21.3%, 12:09 PM, Central, Thursday, February 2, 2011. Still in third place. Hopeful that new voters jump on and that "veteran" voters stay enthused for two and one half more weeks! A lot of people are going the extra mile it will take for us all in order to make Raj's LBC the winner!

Jerry

Jerry Chandler

The editor of the Belgian MG Car Club Limburg has asked all clubmembers to vote on Raj's TD. Waiting for the results!

M. van Gessel-Bannink

this must be the longest thread ever! keep voting.

J K Barter

Raj,

21.79% at 45: PM, Central, February 3, 2012. I am attempting to recruit new voters and encouraging the "usual suspects!"

Jerry

Jerry Chandler

Catching up nicely.
Good luck!
Gene

Gene Gillam

OOPS! That was 12:45 PM!

Jerry Chandler

21.82%

Bobby L.

B. F. Loughridge

21.93

Kirk Trigg

We hit 22% and the #2 spot!

Thanks everyone. We have to find a way to stay here for now.

4:25 PM EST

Raj

R Thadani

Ok everyone. I work at the hospital and thought I might be able to utilize lots of computers to vote but I suppose since they run off the same server it didn't work. So instead I called in a lot of markers and had people vote on their phone and got 22 votes......Ok i lied, there were no markers i just begged a bunch. It's ok to beg if they are your friends. My wife and daughter are teachers and each voted four times at their respective schools. The three of use can vote one more time each from home. That's 33 votes. I actually saw us take second place after a work friend voted. I am here over the weekend and hope to get at least 15 votes a day. This is a tough race and I think this is the type of strategy that will help us win. We only have a couple weeks to go so everyone just keep pushig. This is actually a lot of fun.

Good luck everyone,

Rob

We are at 22.02%

Rob Welborne

5 more votes. 22.15

Rob Welborne

Back in second and only a couple tenths out of first.

Bruce Cunha

22,17% Kelvin Fagan (mgzs180) retweeted one of MGTTO's messages to 171 followers. Keep voting!

Marjolein

M. van Gessel-Bannink

22.2%

Bobby L.

B. F. Loughridge

2nd place with 22.26 vs. 22.47

Getting close

Mort 1950 TD1851 Möbius

Moving on up...dropped a little since Mort's post: 22.23%

Keep voting guys (and gals)

Gene Gillam

Greg's 1967 Chevy Camaro RS 22.5%

Raj's 1952 MG TDMK II 22.24%

Shawn's 1972 Chevy Vega Kammback 21.45%

Willem vd Veer

Just to try if I'm back on this thread...

Jasper L Nederhoed

Well, it seems I'm back.

Top-3 at this moment:

Greg 22,53%
Raj 22,37%
Shawn 21,38%

Close enough to conclude that we can become #1 for the 2nd time during this race!

Jasper

Jasper L Nederhoed

Thank you for voting!

Greg's 1967 Chevy Camaro RS 22.48%

Raj's 1952 MG TDMK II 22.43%

Shawn's 1972 Chevy Vega Kammback 21.37%

Joe Johnston

So close ...when the "garage" voted.
22.5 / 22.46

David Sheward

Ok, I got 23 more votes today with a promise of 8 more when people get home. My son-in-law is in AIT in Alabama, for the non military guys that is his job skill school after basics, and I am getting him to get all his buddies to vote hopefully starting tomorrow. Even after all that we are 22.45% and that dang camaro is 22.59%. We were in .04% of catching him earlier. That car is getting on my nerves.

Rob

Rob Welborne

22.44% after my vote...second place.

Come on guys lets push this to #1. If you have more than one computer then vote from each one. I am currently travelling in California with my laptop and vote everytime I can get a signal!

I am really impressed with the weather in this part of the world. Visited an Aunt and Uncle in San Diego and it was fantastic, now staying with a cousin in Julian and weather still fantastic. Got to meet a gentleman with a 1949 MG TC along with many other cars, drool, the highlight was the 1929 Pierce Arrow rumble seat roadster. Sorry it was incredible and next time through I have been told that I will be driving it.

This place is awsome. Family, new friends, sun and a bonus...other car nuts.

Brian

Brian Smith (1950 TD3376)

.31% To get to first place.
Mike

Mike Hart ( TD/TA)

22.39

Kirk Trigg

Still voting at least twice per day.

Brian, you picked the right week to visit. We're having unseasonably warm weather right now. It's been beautiful ! Rain is coming in a few days but then back to warm again.

Steve S

Another cold morning in Holland, the sun isn't shining yet. I just voted and checked the percentage: 22.37 (22.45 yesterday). Hope all "car nuts" will vote today. First place today?

M. van Gessel-Bannink

Greg's 1967 Chevy Camaro RS 22.76%

Raj's 1952 MG TDMK II 22.41%

Shawn's 1972 Chevy Vega Kammback 21.31%

Willem vd Veer

Greg's 1967 Chevy Camaro RS 22.76%

Raj's 1952 MG TDMK II 22.50%

Shawn's 1972 Chevy Vega Kammback 21.28%

Here in the north of The Netherlands the sun is shining already. It's a perfect day to reach the pole position!

Over there, I hope you all enjoy the Super Bowl, but don't forget to vote!

Jasper

Jasper L Nederhoed

22.41%

Bobby L.

B. F. Loughridge

Here are a few comments about us. You gonna let these guys win car of the year? ;) (I post this in jest, of course)

=====
- Why are they voting for that 1952 MG?
- COME ON YELLOW BULLET DONT LET A PHUCKIN MG BEAT A BULLET MEMBER!!!!
- So this Raj Douche is claiming superior intelligence
=====

To be fair there are also one or two guys who have complimented cars other than what they are voting for, so props to them for being the kind of car enthusiasts that are good for the hobby. It's just an online voting contest for cryin' out loud!

Steve S

We've got 22,38% of the votes against 23,01% for the Chevy.

This very morning I thought it's a good day to become #1 today, but at the moment I'm not so sure any more...

So keep on voting!

Jasper

Jasper L Nederhoed

22.4% as of 11:30 AM, Central, February 5, 2012. Still hanging in at number two but, close! Great going everybody - keep up the good fun/work!

Jerry

Jerry Chandler

22.39% right now (11:40 central) compared to 22.97%...so very close.

Gene Gillam

No idea what causes the dropping percentage, difference in time maybe?

M. van Gessel-Bannink

Every vote for one car drops the percentage of the rest.

Steve S

22.42%

Tom Bennett - 53TD 24232

Greg's 1967 Chevy Camaro RS 23.17%

Raj's 1952 MG TDMK II 22.43%

Shawn's 1972 Chevy Vega Kammback 21.18%

Willem vd Veer

Greg's 1967 Chevy Camaro RS 23.18%

Raj's 1952 MG TDMK II 22.48%

Shawn's 1972 Chevy Vega Kammback 21.19%

Bob, we need you and your hospital computers!

Jasper

Jasper L Nederhoed

I meant Rob of course...!

@Bud - could you once again crack the numbers? Our current "installed-base" of voters keeps the TD on #2. I think it's good to know how many extra votes are needed to reach #1 (and stay there). And then, of course, we need a plan to extend our installed base...

Thanks in advance!

Jasper

Jasper L Nederhoed

22.46%

Bobby L.

B. F. Loughridge

22.5% this morning. Still in number 2

Brian Smith (1950 TD3376)

22.58% now...10:40 central (retirement is so nice)!

Gene Gillam

22.73%, less than 1/2% behind first! 1:50 PM, Central, Febreary 6, 2012.

Jerry

Jerry Chandler

Improvement overnight - now 22.99% -v- 23.36%

Tom Bennett - 53TD 24232

And 23% with my 2nd vote

Tom Bennett - 53TD 24232

With some optimism I can see this coming to a photo finish. It would therefore be good to know when exactly the voting ends (time and time zone) to take advantage of time zones. I can't see the muscle cars getting that broad global support...
Mike

Mike Fritsch

Surprise this morning: 23.01% Agree with Mike (Germany). How can we take advantage of the time zones? Still using the MGTTO Twitter-account, trying "to raise votes".

Marjolein

M. van Gessel-Bannink

Camaro 23,36%
MG TD 23,06%
Vega 20,92%

Slowly closing the gap...?

Jasper

Jasper L Nederhoed

Greg's 1967 Chevy Camaro RS 23.55%

Raj's 1952 MG TDMK II 23%

Shawn's 1972 Chevy Vega Kammback 20.87%

Willem vd Veer

23.02

Bobby L.

B. F. Loughridge

Still in second place. Don't forget to vote!

Mort 1950 TD1851 Möbius

I'm getting uncomfortable with the statistics. Part of my morning routine (6am'ish EST) is to note the votes, cast my vote and then note the resulting vote. This takes less than a minute. This morning the vote, before I cast mine, was Camaro 23.37%, TD 23.08%. After my vote was cast it became Camaro 23.38%, TD 23.08%. Doesn't make sense unless 2 Camaro votes came in during the time it took me to cast my TD vote. Cold be. Bud

Bud Krueger

still in 2nd. Looks like the end date is February 19th.

Brian Smith (1950 TD3376)

Looks like the Camaro has as big a group as we do. We're slowly pulling way from the Vega that's in 3rd but we stay about .5 to .6 of a point behind the Camaro.

Let's keep making the vote and hope the Camaro crowd falters.

BobbyG

Bobby Galvez

23.33% as of 12:49 PM, Central Time, February 7, 2012. First place is currently 23.63%. So, we are .3 away from tying for first. I think that is the closest we have been! We'll have to extend our chests at the finish line tape it appears.

Jerry

Jerry Chandler

23.41 to 23.98. I am not back to work until Friday but with my family alone I have 10 votes every day. His group must be huge. Whenever we get close he pulls about a half point ahead. We were actually within .04% of first on Saturdey but he again pulled ahead. Very frustrating.

Rob

Rob Welborne

23.32

Kirk Trigg

Greg's 1967 Chevy Camaro RS 24.34%

Raj's 1952 MG TDMK II 23.37%

Shawn's 1972 Chevy Vega Kammback 20.36%

Willem vd Veer

Greg's 1967 Chevy Camaro RS 24.35%

Raj's 1952 MG TDMK II 23.37%

Shawn's 1972 Chevy Vega Kammback 20.36%

Jasper L Nederhoed

I experimented this morning. Although the site is listed with a Chicago address, it would not let me re- vote until 1am chicago time, which means it is probably located further west. For Europe that means last votes need to go in before 8 am CET on the 20th (unless you have voted the day before). So if someone is offline on the 19th, there's a last chance to make a difference
Mike

Mike Fritsch

Marjolein has asked the board of MGTTO (MG T-Types & Pre War Owners Holland) to permit her to send an email to all members of the club. In this email (see pic) members are persuaded to vote every day for Raj's TD. The email was sent this morning.

Marjolein, thanks for this encouraging initiative!

An idea to be followed by the US and Canadian MG-clubs?

Jasper

Jasper L Nederhoed

Even one of my Old English (!) Sheepdogs is voting for the TD (picture). Keep voting.
Marjolein

M. van Gessel-Bannink

23.82%

Bobby L.

B. F. Loughridge

Greg's 1967 Chevy Camaro RS 24.39%

Raj's 1952 MG TDMK II 23.85%

Willem vd Veer

23.96 right now (10:15 Central)

Gene Gillam

Raj is not the only one seeking internet support ;-)

http://www.elcaminocentral.com/archive/index.php/t-47374.html

http://www.yellowbullet.com/forum/showthread.php?p=8028049

http://www.yellowbullet.com/forum/showthread.php?p=8025095

http://www.yellowbullet.com/forum/showthread.php?p=8023247

http://www.camaro5.com/forums/showthread.php?p=4442109

http://www.turbotransam.com/forums/showthread.php?t=5793

Willem vd Veer

Gaining ground: 24.09% -v- 24.37%

Tom Bennett - 53TD 24232

Raj's TD at 24.14% as of 1:25 PM, Central Time, Wednesday, February 8, 2012. Camaro is currently 24.39%, just .25 ahead! We need a lot of commitment and more new voters over the final eleven days! Great going in narrowing this gap!

Jerry

Jerry Chandler

24,21% versus 24,43%, that's only 0,22% to go...!

Hope the Chevy voters don't look...

Jasper

Jasper L Nederhoed

Only 0,12...let's go get him!!!

Jasper L Nederhoed

Okay, there's a big list of MG folks that hasn't been tapped. It's the autox.team.net series. Anybody recall how to get Raj hooked up with them? The webmaster is pretty strict about what's allowed and what's not, but I think a link to the vote would be allowed. Between the mgs list and the mg-t list it's worth trying. Bud

Bud Krueger

Raj, send an email to:
mailman-request@autox.team.net containing just
the word 'subscribe' in the message body, and hopefully an email response will follow. Bud

Bud Krueger

He is .4 ahead of us at this time. When I am at work getting votes we seem to get close but his people must vote in the evening because that is when he takes off. You would think our friends overseas would keep this gap closer. With all the MG people I am so surprised we are not way ahead.

Rob

Rob Welborne

24.36% -v- 24.84%

Tom Bennett - 53TD 24232

24.35

Kirk Trigg

Greg's 1967 Chevy Camaro RS 24.88%

Raj's 1952 MG TDMK II 24.36%

Willem vd Veer

I was able to put in an extra vote with my iphone!!
24.91% vs 24.45%(MG)

PJ Nel

After my vote: Camaro stays 24,91%, TD goes up from 24,50% to 24,51%.

Jasper

Jasper L Nederhoed

We MUST have more voters for the MG, otherwise we cannot win this contest. And only 10 more days to go...

Maybe it's an idea to expand this battle between a Chevy and an MG towards a battle between US muscle cars and the British heritage of magnificent sportcars and saloons. In doing so we could approach sister clubs and affiliated clubs in the way Marjolein did for MGTTO, and persuade them to vote every day for Raj's TD.

I can imagine that owners of Alvis, Armstrong Siddeley, TVR, Rover, Singer, Mini, Austin, Morris, Morgan, RangeRover, Austin Healey, Riley, Jaguar, Rolls Roys, Lotus, Triumph, Vauxhall, etc. are willing to help us. But at the moment they don't know that there is a battle going on, and so we have to make them aware of that battle!

But how to reach these clubs? Via board members? Via our link posted on their respective bulletin boards? And who's going to take action?

Well, maybe this is a cry of a 'desperate' voter. If that's the case please forgive me...

Jasper

Jasper L Nederhoed

@Bud - I've informed Raj via a PM about your request.

Jasper L Nederhoed

... "Beating the system"
(Not for the straight & Narrow)

In my earlier post I said that you could vote via you iphone as well.
..Well, the plot thickens: :)
You can submit "multiple" votes with different Browsers from the same PC/smart phone.
From My PC: 2 votes, (IE, Chrome)
From my Iphone: 3 votes, (Safari, Opera, UC Browser)

PJ Nel

Nice one PJ! I do hope the C a m a r o crowd aren't reading this..... (the spacing in the lettering is to confuse a Google search by the 'others')

Willem vd Veer

Must try IE, Chrome, Safari. Bud

Bud Krueger

Tried Safari, Chrome and IE. Made no difference in vote, (24.91 to 24.61). Bud

Bud Krueger

ok, maybe I was just over excited. I'll try tomorrow again.

PJ Nel

I'm with Bud. I've tried Safari, Firefox and Chrome but got the message "Thank you we have already counted your vote" or something like that.

Nevertheless it was a brilliant idea that just had to be tried.

Jasper

Jasper L Nederhoed

The system is probably checking your IP number so if you know how to change that you may be able to re-vote.

Also how about putting this out on Facebook and Twitter.

James Neel

24.72 to 24.90

Bobby L.

B. F. Loughridge

Up early for a change this morning....Raj is only .19% behind. I can vote on my iPad and computer...haven't tried the android yet.

Gene Gillam

Raj's TD in second, still, at 24.78%, 8:30 AM, Central, February 9, 2012. Camaro is currently at 24.91%.

Jerry

Jerry Chandler

0,17% behind #1...

Jasper L Nederhoed

I don't like being nr. 2; what can we do to knock out this ugly Camaro.

M. van Gessel-Bannink

Oh come on, the Camaro isn't ugly. We just want to let the TD win totally inappropiatly in this 'cool car' competition!

I sent a message to the Linkedin MG Enthusiast group (some 700 members), maybe it helped to reduce the gap?

Willem vd Veer

Raj is on board with the autox.team.net site. Bud

Bud Krueger

still 0,17% behind #1

Jasper L Nederhoed

0,10% ...

Jasper L Nederhoed

I got 12 votes and we just took first place but it won't hold yet. Everyone keep voting.

Rob

Rob Welborne

0,12 % above #2.

Time for a cold beer!

Jasper L Nederhoed

Just voted and 0.12% ahead. My 2 pcs are out of synch. I can vote on this one in the evening but my other one is told to wait until the morning !!!

At least we've seen off the third contender in the past day or two.

Snowing quite heavily again here, BTW. I know that's not big bananas for some of you, but to have snow on the ground for over a week in this part of the UK is quite something - until the past year or two, at least. I quite like this runaway global warming .....

- Tom.

Tom Bennett - 53TD 24232

#1 for a few seconds. Hope Jasper will need more cold beer.

Marjolein

M. van Gessel-Bannink

...well, I tried voting with my Playstation, but that doesn't work :(
Anyone who's kids has an XBox at home?

PJ Nel

They must have a large group voting or someone figured out how to vote a lot from a few systems. We went from leading do down by nearly 1.4

Bruce Cunha

Looks like a bloc of about 60 votes. There's still time to catch them. Bud

Bud Krueger

Cheating isn't as hard as it sounds. There are ways to sit and click as many votes as you want, but it's dishonest and I'm not helping anyone win a competition by cheating. The large jump tonight by the Camaro could be due to the type of cheating I'm eluding to but there is no way to prove that without examining the server logs. More likely they found a new group to join in. Maybe the Vega guys gave up and joined to help a fellow Chevy win. If that's the case then forget about catching up.

Steve S

24.99

Kirk Trigg

Greg's 1967 Chevy Camaro RS 27.46%

Raj's 1952 MG TDMK II 24.93%

Willem vd Veer

Another cold morning in Holland and down again, mission impossible, I guess. No idea where all the "overnight" votes come from.

M. van Gessel-Bannink

25,06% versus 27,49%. My daily vote did not change this.

It's almost humiliating...what kind of game are they playing with us?

Jasper

Jasper L Nederhoed

Obviously a difference can be made as, in the past 14 mins, it's gone to 25.09% -v- 27.48%.

The Europeans waking-up whilst the States are still asleep is obviously the cause. Not sure what we can do if we keep getting Stateside surges, though.

- Tom.

Tom Bennett - 53TD 24232

I don't know what is going on myself. Usually in the evening he would pick up votes and increase his lead by .5 to 1%. But after we take the lead he surged to around 2.5%. I do not think that is due to the Vega people changing their loyalties. I have been getting my votes by asking work friends and family to vote. I think our Camaro friend may have some computer skills.

Oh well.

Rob

Rob Welborne

Not much change this morning, Camero is about the same and so is Raj's TD

Brian Smith (1950 TD3376)

My daily vote did not change anything either; 25.08 to 27.82.

Bobby L.

B. F. Loughridge

Hey Raj . . .

Your car has been getting my vote whenever I can but I guess now is the time to make sure it is every day . . .

Go get him in SAFETY FAST
Jc

John Crawley

We need a lot of muscles to get him and 10 days to do so. Let's do it!!

M. van Gessel-Bannink

Yesterday #1 and now #2 with a minus of 3%.

I don't get it...

Jasper L Nederhoed

25.33% and almost 3% behind! I'm sniffing something a bit unpleasant in the air! It is 2:30 PM, Central Time, Friday, February 10, 2012. I think we can persevere and still get IT done!

Jerry

Jerry Chandler

I don't have a clue how they amassed so many votes in a day. I've tried everything I know of to put extra votes in...even clearing cookies, history, cache and every bloody thing else you can clear it only let's me vote one flipping time.

Gene Gillam

Greetings.

Another forum mentioned the high votes
may have something to do with Phone In
votes or votes coming from those type of
devices....?

Any elec wizards out there in MG Land...?

Go TD Go...........!

DrRx

drcrougeux

As I mentioned, there are ways to sit and click in as many votes as you like. I'm not saying that's what someone has done (not publicly anyway), but it isn't difficult to do.

Steve Simmons

I tried voting from a second computer that I have. Wouldn't accept it, I'd already voted. Bud

Bud Krueger

Steve...I'd love to know the secret...

Gene Gillam

Yeah Steve e-mail me the method. Just for academic reasons. I would never actually do it!!!!!

Mort 1950 TD1851 Möbius

Aside from possibly people finding ways to vote more than once from a single device, it looks like the Vega has lost votes to the Camaro.

We're being leap-frogged.

Press on regardless!

BobbyG

Bobby Galvez

25.22 to 29.02

Bobby L.

B. F. Loughridge

10 February 2011 (10.30 PM): 25,22%
11 February 2011:(08.45 AM): 25,22%
Not even one vote durng these hours ... ?

M. van Gessel-Bannink

Greg's 1967 Chevy Camaro RS 29.03%

Raj's 1952 MG TDMK II 25.23%

I don't think there's faul play involved, but the many unsavory types on the forum below have joint forces. Just read their rude comments on a thread called "HOW CAN A 'MG' WEBSITE TAKE ON THE BULLET". We really got under their bonnet; it's very enjoyable. :-)

http://www.yellowbullet.com/forum/showthread.php?t=448591&page=9

Willem vd Veer

25,29% versus 29,04%

Jasper L Nederhoed

And once again Marjolein emailed a message (see pic) to all members of MGTTO (MG T-Type & Pre War Owners Holland). Of course it's in Dutch but no doubt you'll understand what it says...

I don't know if this is of any help anymore, but it's also posted here to become part of the provenance of this wonderful TD when Raj is going to make a print-out of this thread.

Meanwhile...keep voting!

Jasper

Jasper L Nederhoed

I´ve asked members of the British Car Connection in Germany (which holds members of the MG Car Club and MG drivers club) to support us - lets see if this helps to recover

An I keep voting of course....

Mike

Mike Fritsch

Here's how they stay ahead:

"I voted 8 times on different proxied IP addresses, should be good enough for tonite."

"go to the apple store they have 32 puters on display and 15 iphones to use..
then over to the sony store 25 more puters,
then over to best buy [mother load}
then over to verizon, over to att store then to sprint store... "

Both from the Yellowbullet.com forum mentioned above.

James Neel TD28423

Before I cast my vote, I would like a few more details about this particular car. Does it have a radio? Because I love listening to the radio while eating icecream yelling WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! out the window while I'm driving.

PR Revere

This is getting personal...Go to your email, and your facebooks and get more votes!

Richard Taylor TD3983

Camaro Club must be dueling with us!

Bob Dougherty

25.54% vs 29.45% at12:34 PM, Central, Saturday, February 11, 2012. Keep up the good voting work and we may be joined by others.

Jerry

Jerry Chandler

I just do NOT want to believe that this race is being sabotaged. Such behaviour wouldn't be fair.

I rather believe that the developments of the last couple of days are the result of "If you cannot beat an MG, join the Camaro", so voters who used to vote for #3 to # 12 now vote for the Camaro. Just because they do not want the TD to win the race. That's a pity, but fair.

Jasper L Nederhoed

James has touched on one of the ways these things can be cheated. Votes are tracked based primarily on IP address. Using a proxy server changes your email address. If you're good enough, then you can vote 100 times in a row and gain a couple percent over everyone else in only a few moments. It appears at least one person on the Chevy forum has admitted to doing this. We could do the same, but I'd rather come in second honestly than win by cheating. Seriously, if they want to win that badly then just let them win.

Steve S

Received from a fellow Ttyper who's a voter:
I am participating in the Car of the Year voting and offer the following observation:
It seems that a 1977 Camero has received a large number of votes for which no sensible explanation exists.
There were only 29,664 TDs manufactured.
Of those, approximately half have survived and are lovingly restored.
Since 1967, over five million Cameros have been built.
The total number of survivors is determined as follows:
2,300,000 rusted on the showroom floor and were scrapped,
1,600,000 were destroyed when they hit stop signs,
565,000 were abandoned by the side of the road once the ashtray was full,
325,000 were deliberately set on fire,
88,000 were donated to charities selling tickets to smash them.
79,000 were declared to have no value when they ran out of gas,
23,000 were destroyed in demolition derbies (if they could get them started),
15,000 failed attempts to jump a 1/43-scale school bus.
5,000 are still registered, but their fate is uncertain.
None is insured.
Of these fugitives, none has ever been restored.
All received new engines, transmissions, carriers, and latex paint jobs.
Consequently, they are forbidden within 200 miles of Pebble Beach and Amelia Island.
All this leads to only one conclusion:
Past Camero owners are voting with their smart phones while walking to work.
Bud

Bud Krueger

Isnt Chevy still making camaros?

Adam Defibaugh

Just voted. Is anyone familiar with the term YBTTFMF?

JL Pettimore

YBTTFMF? I say chap, that is quite clever! Say, is it true that at Pebble Beach and Amelia Island, MG's get parked in the weeds? WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

PR Revere

There will be no parking in the bloody weeds for me mate. I did however run head on into a duck there once.

JL Pettimore

Did MG engineers help design this site?

MBS Brightside

Blimey! A duck! Well I once spun out when some fellow in a "Camero" exploded his gearbox in front of me. Got transmission fluid all over my bonnet! Ever heard of a bloke named CAPSLOCK?

PR Revere

CAPSLOCK? Sounds vaguely familiar. Believe he is in the drysweep business.

JL Pettimore

Yes he is! Ran into him while eating some icecream and listening to my $30 radio!

PR Revere

Same bloke then, small bloody world. I've experience my share of troublesome Camaro owners over the years. One knob I know has one that has been on jackstands for years.

JL Pettimore

A radio you say? That is absurd!

Adam Defibaugh

Have you ever noticed that the only thing a Camaro owner can get to rise up is the front of their car? Compensation issues?

Gene Gillam

I heard that same chap gave up jackstand racing for riding camels??????

PR Revere

Do camels respond to ice cream like a MG though?

Adam Defibaugh

Yes mate, that's him. I hear he feeds the camel a diet of icecream and cannabis.

JL Pettimore

Pretty sketchy prospect of getting a radio wired up on the camel though.

JL Pettimore

"Have you ever noticed that the only thing a Camaro owner can get to rise up is the front of their car? Compensation issues?"

Funny, I here the only drag racing that goes on around here involves a wardrobe change.

PR Revere

Oh Paul, I see what you've gone and done there. The implications.

JL Pettimore

Evening Gentlemen.

YBTTFMF

Now how could yall let a slow camaro beat the MG?

LM Bullet

I say....how do we get you kind chaps to convert and vote for a REAL automobile?
Remember the war and who bailed your poor souls out of all that mess and all. Pip Pip !!!

YBTTFMF

Evening, I trust that you aren't a comrade of the notorious JP out of Arkansas.

JL Pettimore

what does YBTTFMF mean?

LM Bullet

I have read through this thread, and it seems to me that everyone is teaching everyone to cheat. Why is that?

LM Bullet

Sounds like a load of codswallop to me mate.

JL Pettimore

Why surely you jest Sir !!!!
Are you living on the wrong side of the pond or just on the dark side of the planet?
Every true car enthusiast knows what YBTTFMF stands for.
For the shame ...for the shame

YBTTFMF

Why I believe they are JP's compadres!

PR Revere

"I have read through this thread, and it seems to me that everyone is teaching everyone to cheat. Why is that?"

Because they don't understand that SHEER MANPOWER can win. If these blokes think foul play is involved, they are sorely mistaken!!!

PR Revere

Well...you do know that JP is quite the MG aficionado.
The car suits his needs and taste well.
All MG owners have JP bumper stickers on the Auto's don't they?

YBTTFMF

Well...you do know that JP is quite the MG aficionado.
The car suits his needs and taste well.
All MG owners have JP bumper stickers on the Auto's don't they?

I have met this JP subject, and I was not impressed with him. I think he was driving a brown ice cream van

LM Bullet

Well voting is easy peasy and costs bugger all. Duffers are getting all cheesed off about it, they shouldn't get gutted over a bit of internet cheekyness.

JL Pettimore

I understand he passes out free candy to all the little tykes and is quite the chap with the children.

YBTTFMF

I will be in Arkansas on March 24th, maybe I will see the brown van with the free candy on it.

LM Bullet

I see another MG is up for ride of the month, I hope it can stay ahead of that lawn tractor.

JL Pettimore

It looks like the lawn tractor is catching up on it!

LM Bullet

I do so love an excellent yard machine.

YBTTFMF

You know, you are right, I may have initially under estimated the value of a quality garden tractor. Thanks for helping sway my vote to that magnificent John Deere.

JL Pettimore

Looks as if the MG is getting waxed by the cheeky Camaro.
Would be a shame if another MG was ran over by a Deere.

YBTTFMF

yall are making me spill my tea all over my crumpets

Adam Defibaugh

YBTTFMF!!!! More power then 8 countries combined!!!

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

PR Revere

And to set the record straight, the camaro has not "cheated". One of the vega guys tryed the proxy thing and it doesn't work. None of the other voters have swayed to our side. We don't need any outside help. We watch after our own. AND WE ARE NOT A "CAMARO CLUB"!!!!!

PR Revere

Looks like hes getting awfully scared that the Deere might overtake the slower MG...YBTTFMF!!!!

Tank

Thought I had picked out the wrong thread while reading the conversation. Will keep voting for Raj's MG anyway: #2 is #1.

M. van Gessel-Bannink

Hey, you Camaro invaders...do you think this is funny? Well, I don't.

Jasper L Nederhoed

Your sense of humor must be broke then

Adam Defibaugh

Don't feed the trolls - it just encourages them, and they have terrible table manners.

Tom Bennett - 53TD 24232

I thought our table manners where spot on old mate

Adam Defibaugh

"Thought I had picked out the wrong thread while reading the conversation. Will keep voting for Raj's MG anyway: #2 is #1."

The last time I checked, the only ones that feel this way is the looser. The problem is, your competing against one of the largest message boards in the world!

We are not cheating, it is muscle power of the Bullet!

LM Bullet

Still in second place as of this morning 2-12-2012.

Jim Merz

Hi guys, welcome to the site. Gotta say though, as a vintage Chevy enthusiast I'm dismayed at all the hatred and malice for fellow classic car nuts that I've read over there. Our classic car group here in California has a lot of Chevy owners in it and we all feel the same way about what we've seen in the past few days.

An appreciation for all things automotive is what keeps our hobby alive and thriving (as well as fun), and keeps future generations interested.

By the way, most of the people on this site are Americans.

Steve S

Yall accused us of cheating. YBTTFMF

Adam Defibaugh

steve, the hatred was started by one of your guys.

"Have you ever noticed that the only thing a Camaro owner can get to rise up is the front of their car? Compensation issues?"

If you have been to the site, you have seen it has a large variety of different cars. Like mine for an example, it is a 1967 Shelby mustang with a carbon body and a blown 521" Hemi that makes about 3800 hp.

Here is YB's info Threads: 407,793, Posts: 7,871,084, Members: 59,345

So when you have 59K members there will always be hatred. But as you can tell, when something needs to be done, we all join forces. Hence the term YBTTFMF's

LM Bullet

Come on, what's it all about? You like your car, I like mine, let's keep it that way.

M. van Gessel-Bannink

Camaro on Dutch TV (Wereld op Wielen), not convinced (yet?). Too many muscles for me, I guess.

M. van Gessel-Bannink

Seems the muscle car crowd is substantially bigger indeed if these numbers are true. So it will be an uphill battle, but let´s keep voting anyway...

Mike

Mike Fritsch

You all made it personal. Im thinking we need to really show the power of the Bullet an drop this car to 3rd.. Hmmm YBTTFMF!!!

Tank

these numbers are correct. here is what i copied

Yellow Bullet Forums Statistics
Threads: 407,798, Posts: 7,871,221, Members: 59,347
Welcome to our newest member, lkni3010

here is the link

http://www.yellowbullet.com/forum/index.php

Then scroll to the very bottom of the page and look at the lower left

LM Bullet

Wait a minute...you join OUR forum, make fun of OUR cars and then say WE made it personal by posting something on OUR forum?

Something sounds backwards there.

Gene Gillam

Actually LM, no one here accused anyone of cheating. It was one of your own who admitted to it.

Quote: "I voted 8 times on different proxied IP addresses, should be good enough for tonite"

Yeah, we saw it before the post was deleted.

Before anyone here knew the Bullett forum even existed, trash was being talked over there, so for those on the Chevy forum who are claiming some M.G. forum made it personal, that isn't the case. Of course once the sewage leaks from one forum to another, everyone gets dirty. Just an unfortunate reality of life in the internet age.

You're spot on about such a huge membership being impossible to keep tame at times. I've been online since long before there was an internet and believe me, one or two rotten apples can ruin the fun for thousands.

Steve S

YB isnt a chevy forum.....

Adam Defibaugh

YBTTFMF.....WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Nothing gets deleted from The Bullet

YBTTFMF

The bullet isnt a Chevy forum. Lots of different kind of cars, bikes etc. We are all car fans in general. The most of us have a racing background. Our forum bands together when someone is in need, power in numbers folks... YBTTFMF!!!

Tank

My apologies, I hadn't wandered around your forum to see what it was all about. Please re-read my previous post and substitute "Chevy forum" with "car forum". ;)

Steve S

Greg's 1967 Chevy Camaro RS 30.52%

Raj's 1952 MG TDMK II 25.96%

Shawn's 1972 Chevy Vega Kammback 16.5%

The Yellow Bullet guys got it covered I think.

We did scare them though. They have a thread titled: 'Yellowbullet is f*cking losing!!!! Thats right, WE are sucking wind!!!' http://www.yellowbullet.com/forum/showthread.php?t=448676&page=52

The comments on their forum remind me of the Top Gear episode in which they visit the southern states of the US of A. This voting thing now feels as if we are chased by a flatbed truck filled with mean looking 'Mericans waving their guns. And we are laughing all the way!

Keep up the voting to keep them on their toes!

Willem vd Veer

Willem, I'm not going to lose any sleep over it, if they want to cheat the socks off the contest (see comments from "Monkey Grip" this morning):

"I JUST PUT ANOTHER 2 VOTES IN! DONT LET UP ON THESE F***ERS!!!"

My other three-quarters - also a petrol-head and runs her own pc - will add our 2 votes each day and we'll see what happens.

If someone else wants to turn it all into Fred Karno's, that's up to them

- Tom.

Tom Bennett - 53TD 24232

For Tom Bennett:

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Care for a spot of tear now?

MBS Brightside

Typo: Should have been .... and I will add our vote etc . ....

But, irrespective. Q.E.D.

Tom Bennett - 53TD 24232

I've been wondering what YBTTFMF means.

I guess it isn't: Yellow Bullet, The Totally Fantastic MG Friends. ;-)

Willem vd Veer

Yikes ...now I know what happened to all those Camaro owners I used to blow the doors off of with my Firebird!
(Most of them were not very nice, and had "an excuse" back then as well.) ;-)! LOL

David Sheward

Just few minutes on the yellow bullet forums reminds me why I quit participating in most on-line venues years ago. Too many folks posting from behind a pseudonym whose only contribution is to bad mouth someone elses ride, abilities, or point of view. Really helps promote the hobby as a whole...not.
Really makes me thankful to have found such a decent and truly helpful group as frequents this BBS. Many thanks to Raj and Gene for keeping our old cars in the public eye. Dan

Dan Craig

Dan,

I'll drink one on that! Cheers!

And remember, keep voting!

Jasper

JL Nederhoed

I'll drink one on Raj, Jasper and Dan. Sounds more like it. And I will keep voting!!

M. van Gessel-Bannink

I'll just keep on drinking!
Even though I can't hold it like I used too.

Heck I got drunk on 2 beers the other day.....

#'s 24 & 25 ...that's the "2" that did it.

David Sheward

Willem:

"I've been wondering what YBTTFMF means.

I guess it isn't: Yellow Bullet, The Totally Fantastic MG Friends. ;-) "

Here you go:

"TTF" means "To The Front."

You've got "YB" figured out and I guess you'll have no trouble with the "MF."

;-)

Cheers!!!

BobbyG - still voting for the benefit of a larger audience.

Bobby Galvez

And here I thought it was Yellow Bellied Twinkle Tushed Fat Miserable Failures...but I may be wrong.

Gene Gillam

Where did all the fun go?

M. van Gessel-Bannink

You're right...no matter what the outcome will be: it's still our party!

Happy Valentine!

JL Nederhoed

Greg's 1967 Chevy Camaro RS 30.99%

Raj's 1952 MG TDMK II 26.12%

Thanks Bobby,
I'll say the MF is My Friend(s), but fear the worst.

Gene,
Is it a Southern State thing to go ugly on this?

David,
I always thought that a Firebird was a Camaro in a fancy suit, but correct me if I'm wrong...?

Willem vd Veer

Well, we're staying about 5 points behind the Camaro and 10 ahead of the Vega.

Let's just keep voting. Can't let the "MFer's" pee in our punch.

And no, Willem, "MF" in their parlance is not "My Friend." ;-)

BobbyG

Bobby Galvez

"Where did all the fun go?"

A question Detroit has been trying to figure out for a number of years now!

Willem,
The main differance (other than suttle "trim & styling") would be one of engine choices.
Something more than a few Camaro owners learned in my somewhat miss-spent youth.

David Sheward

Willem,
Not a southern state thing at all. I'm just expressing in the nicest manner possible (you should have seen some of the other ideas I came up with) my disdain for a group of car(?) enthusiasts(?) with absolutely no regard for our little cars.

And you think they're not ugly? How about these samples:

"Only a Cock Jockey would vote for that MG.... I can't believe it's that close."
"I just voted on 3 computers and a phone. When I get to work tomorrow I will vote on every computer in the damn courthouse. Phuck a mg!!"
"The comments on that site are phuckin funny... They think pretty highly of themselves..."

and that's just through post 64 of 882.

Gene Gillam

Those guys are like school in summer....................... No class!

LaVerne

Hi Gene,

I agree that you were extremely civil compared with our YB friends. You DO NOT want to read the comment #870 by 'Coops' (from Australia?).

Dear Mr. Coops,

We respect your condition and won't hold it against you. We will all pray that the man(/men?) who caused this in your youth will be punished.

With such a maniac in their midst I do understand that other YB members are afraid to speak up against such an outpour.

If, however you think Aussie Coops has gone too far, what's stopping you to vote for the MG instead of the Camaro?

Nobody will know (until it's too late, that is). :-)

Willem vd Veer

26.18% at 1;16 pm, February 14, 2012. HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY! (We can ALL use it)!

Jerry

Jerry Chandler

Still voting

r lee

Camaro 31.51

MG 26.48

Richard Taylor TD3983

The thread is back and we'll have a few more days to get Raj's MG to #1
@mgtto submitted a lot of tweets, hoping that all 250 "car freak" followers will vote for the TD.

M. van Gessel-Bannink

So far a good solid 2nd. Would love to push to #1 but look at the other competition, Raj and the TD are doing very well.

Brian Smith (1950 TD3376)

We are all proud of a solid 2nd. place for Raj and his TD. His car will be featured in our clubmagazine Square Front.

M. van Gessel-Bannink

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