History of TorontoMazda3? *Answered!

[Garu]

I've looking for some background information of the club but I couldn't find any threads. Is there such information available somewhere?
I'm interested to know some history such as how it is founded, who are founders and when, the first meet, how the community got bigger...
I thin there are other members who are interested in know some of history of this club.

[bubba1983]

ill put my 2 cents in here
the member "TM3" is the orig founder of the website who put up the money for the site.
Xenon comes to mind as an origional founder 2nd to TM3
other members who were around since the beginnign of time since the board was founded (late 2003 i believe)
were the professor
bluntman
flippy

thats my 2 cents....from what i rememebr

[aznkid.com]

FYI, "2 cents" means opinion

[bubba1983]

2 cents can be translated into any form of speech thank you very much FYI!!!

[aznkid.com]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_two_cents_(idiom)

[Jeff-TheBiz]

ill put my 2 cents in here

If that's your 2 cents... I want my money back.

As for the history of the site.. that sounds about right.

as for more recently, last summer IIRC the site got massively hacked and was down for about a month or so... and what you see today was the new & improved version.

[bubba1983]

do you really have to go out of your way to make a post like this off topic to point out something silly linked to wikipedia?
do u believe everything that you read on teh internet?
did it ever occur to you that not everybody uses the same type of slang for everything, leaving room for different interpertations?
if you wish to continue this discussion (as childish as it is), please feel free to pm me, otherwize keep this thread on topic please.
Mods, clean this up, i feel that this topic should have great info in it, and possibly be made a sticky if we could get a lil sumary on how the site was founded.

[aznkid.com]

if you wish to continue this discussion (as childish as it is), please feel free to pm me, otherwize keep this thread on topic please.

Well I just wanted to correct you on your improper use of "two cents", but if we're going to talk about childish, useless posts, how about we refer to your "meh" written not once, but twice in my photoshoot post?

[Jeff-TheBiz]

BACK TO TOPIC PLEASE.

Waiting for some of the Grandfathers to chime in...

Where's WUD?

[3GFX]

Hmmmmm well I sure ain't a Grandfather more like a grandson.

But from what I've learned in the past (almost a year)...

- TORONTOMAZDA3.COM was founded in 2004 by TM3 (Robin).
- There was a small admin team, with little/no moderators
- There was discussion of a new admin team (old timers? when was this?)
- In the summer of 2006 the site was hacked (twice) and was shut down for a little more than a month.
- During this time, the TM3 Den formed offering a temporary forum.
- During this time the new commitee/admin was voted on and the new site was under construction.
- Fall 2006 - current, TORONTOMAZDA3.CA (notice its now .ca) was opened, and here we are today.

[majic]

- TORONTOMAZDA3.COM was founded in 2004 by Xenon.

ROFL!!!

umm no..

http://torontomazda3.ca/forum/showthread.php?t=7284

TM3 was the original owner/creator.. xenon may have been the original west end rep and stuff finally ended up funnelling through him when robin (tm3) did not have time to 'be the admin' and xenon took over.. he did initiate the decals, licence plate covers and touques.. tshirts never happened but were discussed.. he was the only other site admin next to TM3..

tm3.com was waaaaay better than current tm3.ca... too much politics here.. the crowd on the old board or even the den was way more civilized and mature.. less show offs and the meets were actually fun to attend and meet the peeps.. i remmeber joining in august of 2004.. it's been a while.. heh

[3GFX]

lol, my mistake...I knew TM3 (Robin was the originator). Edited my post.

Its funny, in the thread you posted majic, only a few posts down Flippy didn't even have a 3!!! Wow, old post.

[MPS]

+1 ROLF

If that's your 2 cents... I want my money back.

As for the history of the site.. that sounds about right.

as for more recently, last summer IIRC the site got massively hacked and was down for about 3 months or so... and what you see today was the new & improved version.

[mit-gee-mui]

A (Hopefully Brief) History Lesson:

Meet 1 Summary
http://www.torontomazda3.ca/forum/sh...7&postcount=91
I still remember meeting everyone for the first time. It was very exciting. Weather was great too!

Pics from Meet 1
http://ca.f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/...a3&.src=ph
Link didn't work for me. Might not be available anymore.

Correction from 3GFX's post:
Club was founded Feb 2004 by TM3
http://www.torontomazda3.ca/forum/sh...01&postcount=1

Xenon quickly became VP and took over administrator responsibilities, as TM3 had other activities to manage.
Xenon is the one that got the ball rolling when it comes to merchandise such as decals, license plate covers, polo shirts, club banner, etc.

I don't know if this answers your question regarding HOW it was founded
http://www.torontomazda3.ca/forum/sh...15&postcount=3

One of the reasons why it was founded was for discounts
http://www.torontomazda3.ca/forum/showpost.php?p=7960&postcount=11

As seen here
http://www.torontomazda3.ca/forum/sh...ad.php?t=15601
and here
http://www.torontomazda3.ca/forum/showthread.php?t=8835
the community got bigger through google search, mazda3forums and word of mouth. (Even though I still can't believe a CAT found it too! Which by the way, am I going to get to see it?)

Not that I don't have anything to say, but I'll let others continue from here as in my opinion, things eventually started going downhill. (I agree with majic when it comes to the dot com. Reason being - fewer members, things were simpler back then.)

[MPS]

meh Grrrr you stole that from me and i stole it from Homer

Well I just wanted to correct you on your improper use of "two cents", but if we're going to talk about childish, useless posts, how about we refer to your "meh" written not once, but twice in my photoshoot post?

[Jeff-TheBiz]

My fav was this little gem...

They run under the name of Axcela.

[majic]

interetsing to see that VERY few of the original folks are still here.. i'd say about 15% ~30 or the first 200 users are still around today..

here's the list

peeps from the first 200 members that logged in / posted in 2007

tm3
thr33scompany
bluntman
billyfo
xenon
swales
miggidy
flippy
hypothrml
rbart4506
wtom
majesticblueNTO
platMS6
Electre-Fire
RJ3
Dr Butcher
midnightfxgt
RedRaptor
super_vicen
autoexe
methodyst
majic
teambedlam
MAZDA Kitten
firstmazda
bubba1983
MGM - wow didnt think she was her ethis long
chaser
MazdaTree

[PlatMS6]

Yeah I remember when I first signed up...the forum was new and the car was pretty much the new kid on the block... for the first 2-4weeks of ownership, got a lot of stares and so on...now it seems that there are more Mz3's than Civics... which is a good thing and a bad thing sort of thing :p

[Garu]

A (Hopefully Brief) History Lesson:

Meet 1 Summary
http://www.torontomazda3.ca/forum/sh...7&postcount=91
I still remember meeting everyone for the first time. It was very exciting. Weather was great too!

Pics from Meet 1
http://ca.f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/...a3&.src=ph
Link didn't work for me. Might not be available anymore.

Correction from 3GFX's post:
Club was founded Feb 2004 by TM3
http://www.torontomazda3.ca/forum/sh...01&postcount=1

Xenon quickly became VP and took over administrator responsibilities, as TM3 had other activities to manage.
Xenon is the one that got the ball rolling when it comes to merchandise such as decals, license plate covers, polo shirts, club banner, etc.

I don't know if this answers your question regarding HOW it was founded
http://www.torontomazda3.ca/forum/sh...15&postcount=3

One of the reasons why it was founded was for discounts
http://www.torontomazda3.ca/forum/showpost.php?p=7960&postcount=11

As seen here
http://www.torontomazda3.ca/forum/sh...ad.php?t=15601
and here
http://www.torontomazda3.ca/forum/showthread.php?t=8835
the community got bigger through google search, mazda3forums and word of mouth. (Even though I still can't believe a CAT found it too! Which by the way, am I going to get to see it?)

Not that I don't have anything to say, but I'll let others continue from here as in my opinion, things eventually started going downhill. (I agree with majic when it comes to the dot com. Reason being - fewer members, things were simpler back then.)

Very good information. Thank you.

[bubba1983]

awwww man the golden days, summer/fall 2004!!!

[wtom]

Sorry, my scooter was in the shop so I had to use my cane to get here...

May 29, 2004 - Toronto Mazda3 official first meet photos

June 26, 2004 - TM3 Meet #2 photos

August 7, 2004 - TM3 Meet #3

August 28, 2004 - TM3 Meet #4

September 12, 2004 - Second Annual Meet of the Mazdas

September 25, 2004 - TM3 Meet #5

October 30, 2004 - TM3 Meet #6

November 27, 2004 - TM3 Meet #7

February 27, 2005 - TM3 Meet #8a

March 19, 2005 - TM3 Meet #8b

April 21, 2005 - TM3/TOP Joint Meet

April 30, 2005 - TM3 Meet #9

May 19, 2005 - TM3/TOP Joint Meet

May 28, 2005 - TM3 Meet #10

August 13, 2005 - Third Annual Meet of the Mazdas


Yes I was quite free of time back in the days

[bubba1983]

i thought for some reason the club started in 2003, haha i never knew it started up only 3 months before i joined!
awww, the good o'l days!!

i remember going back to Xenon's house, haah that night was awsome!!!

and meet #8a when i brought out my nitro truck to kick all the xmod's asses! hahaha

[majic]

meet 4 was my first meet.. heh
http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...0400093&idx=17

and meet #7 was my first meet with the 3.. literally 1 day after picking the car up..

[mit-gee-mui]

meet 4 was my first meet.. heh
http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...0400093&idx=17

and meet #7 was my first meet with the 3.. literally 1 day after picking the car up..

I remember that.... and you were kinda intimidated to show up too...


*feels old*

[bubba1983]

the 2nd annual MOM was my first meet.
I remember the convoy turning the corner from highway 6 onto 97, to let me, fat mike, mazda_3_mike join in the line as we were parked on the side of the road waiting, i was glued to that FRS lissenin for you guys comin down highway 6....i sure was a neat feeling!