View Full Version : History of TorontoMazda3? *Answered!
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
04-07-2007, 04:40 PM
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
04-07-2007, 04:50 PM
FYI, "2 cents" means opinion ;)
bubba1983
04-07-2007, 04:51 PM
2 cents can be translated into any form of speech thank you very much FYI!!!
aznkid.com
04-07-2007, 04:57 PM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_two_cents_(idiom)
Jeff-TheBiz
04-07-2007, 05:00 PM
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
04-07-2007, 05:01 PM
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
04-07-2007, 05:05 PM
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
04-07-2007, 05:07 PM
BACK TO TOPIC PLEASE.
Waiting for some of the Grandfathers to chime in...
Where's WUD?
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
04-07-2007, 05:48 PM
- 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
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.
+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
04-07-2007, 05:59 PM
A (Hopefully Brief) History Lesson:
Meet 1 Summary
http://www.torontomazda3.ca/forum/showpost.php?p=8817&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/derek_derksen/album?.dir=/5fa3&.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/showpost.php?p=7501&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/showpost.php?p=7815&postcount=3
One of the reasons why it was founded was for discounts
http://www.torontomazda3.ca/forum/showpost.php?p=7960&postcount=11 (http://www.torontomazda3.ca/forum/showpost.php?p=7815&postcount=3http://www.torontomazda3.ca/forum/showpost.php?p=7960&postcount=11)
As seen here
http://www.torontomazda3.ca/forum/showthread.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.)
meh Grrrr you stole that from me and i stole it from Homer :chuckle
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
04-07-2007, 06:01 PM
My fav was this little gem...
They run under the name of Axcela.
majic
04-07-2007, 06:59 PM
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
04-07-2007, 07:23 PM
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
A (Hopefully Brief) History Lesson:
Meet 1 Summary
http://www.torontomazda3.ca/forum/showpost.php?p=8817&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/derek_derksen/album?.dir=/5fa3&.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/showpost.php?p=7501&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/showpost.php?p=7815&postcount=3
One of the reasons why it was founded was for discounts
http://www.torontomazda3.ca/forum/showpost.php?p=7960&postcount=11 (http://www.torontomazda3.ca/forum/showpost.php?p=7815&postcount=3http://www.torontomazda3.ca/forum/showpost.php?p=7960&postcount=11)
As seen here
http://www.torontomazda3.ca/forum/showthread.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
04-08-2007, 12:08 PM
awwww man the golden days, summer/fall 2004!!!
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 (http://www.imagestation.com/album/pictures.html?id=4286718413&mode=invite) photos
June 26, 2004 - TM3 Meet #2 photos (http://www.imagestation.com/album/pictures.html?id=4286413301&mode=invite)
August 7, 2004 - TM3 Meet #3 (http://www.imagestation.com/album/pictures.html?id=4285983341&mode=invite)
August 28, 2004 - TM3 Meet #4 (http://www.imagestation.com/album/pictures.html?id=4120400093&mode=invite)
September 12, 2004 - Second Annual Meet of the Mazdas (http://www.imagestation.com/album/pictures.html?id=3773950093&mode=invite)
September 25, 2004 - TM3 Meet #5 (http://www.imagestation.com/album/pictures.html?id=3489280093&mode=invite)
October 30, 2004 - TM3 Meet #6 (http://www.imagestation.com/album/pictures.html?id=2639910093&mode=invite)
November 27, 2004 - TM3 Meet #7 (http://www.imagestation.com/album/pictures.html?id=2134859884&mode=invite)
February 27, 2005 - TM3 Meet #8a (http://www.imagestation.com/album/pictures.html?id=2130125350&mode=invite)
March 19, 2005 - TM3 Meet #8b (http://www.imagestation.com/album/pictures.html?id=2129264154&mode=invite)
April 21, 2005 - TM3/TOP Joint Meet (http://www.imagestation.com/album/pictures.html?id=2127789835&mode=invite)
April 30, 2005 - TM3 Meet #9 (http://www.imagestation.com/album/pictures.html?id=2127407544&mode=invite)
May 19, 2005 - TM3/TOP Joint Meet (http://www.imagestation.com/album/pictures.html?id=2126478245&mode=invite)
May 28, 2005 - TM3 Meet #10 (http://www.imagestation.com/album/pictures.html?id=2125914689&mode=invite)
August 13, 2005 - Third Annual Meet of the Mazdas (http://www.imagestation.com/album/pictures.html?id=2122337458&mode=invite)
Yes I was quite free of time back in the days :chuckle
bubba1983
04-09-2007, 07:15 PM
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
04-09-2007, 07:32 PM
meet 4 was my first meet.. heh
http://www.imagestation.com/album/pictures.html?id=4120400093&idx=17
and meet #7 was my first meet with the 3.. literally 1 day after picking the car up..
mit-gee-mui
04-09-2007, 07:43 PM
meet 4 was my first meet.. heh
http://www.imagestation.com/album/pictures.html?id=4120400093&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...:chuckle
*feels old*:whoa
bubba1983
04-09-2007, 07:57 PM
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!
Man, I wish I got my car earlier, looks like I missed out on the humble beginnings!!!!
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 thought TorontoMazda3.com did start in '03? Whoops on my part too then!
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!
I'll never hear the end of it... hahaha but yeah I can imagine how freakin excited you guys were to see such a "huge" line-up of Mazda3's cruising around the corner in your rearview ... *cue Olympics theme
Broli
04-10-2007, 01:55 AM
this is a cool thread,
perhaps one or a few of the originals would be interested in writing a brief history and we could post it in a sticky in the new users lounge, maybe we could have a few people write different sections that they are most familiar with.
as with anything, time moves on and people change,
it seems that a reasonable percentage of people have remained from the first 200 posters, it would be interesting to do some other stats and see what percentages stay 3 years from the next 200 people to post thier first post, my guess is it will be somewhat comparable (can we do stats like that easily majic?)
Now that's a history of TM3.
Xenon
04-10-2007, 12:41 PM
You guys have a very good memory. I don't think there was much that was missed if you combine all the posts in this thread.
The good ol' days were nice. In a way i miss them :( but one thing I don't really regret with the new TM3.ca is the larger meet attendence. It was pretty crappy when we had only 6 people at meets haha.
I'd be happy to fill in any blanks people have.
Cardinal Fang
04-10-2007, 01:43 PM
You guys should have banned Fang when you had the chance.
*Runs*
JPAV8S4U
04-11-2007, 02:16 AM
That was awsome guys and gals (mgm)... WOW! look at us now! ;) lol.
justin
04-12-2007, 09:46 PM
You guys should have banned Fang when you had the chance.
*Runs*
* Wields the ban hammer, getting heavy, arm getting tired... it's gonna drop... oh crap! *
-RJ3-
04-12-2007, 11:40 PM
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 (http://www.imagestation.com/album/pictures.html?id=4286718413&mode=invite) photos
June 26, 2004 - TM3 Meet #2 photos (http://www.imagestation.com/album/pictures.html?id=4286413301&mode=invite)
August 7, 2004 - TM3 Meet #3 (http://www.imagestation.com/album/pictures.html?id=4285983341&mode=invite)
August 28, 2004 - TM3 Meet #4 (http://www.imagestation.com/album/pictures.html?id=4120400093&mode=invite)
September 12, 2004 - Second Annual Meet of the Mazdas (http://www.imagestation.com/album/pictures.html?id=3773950093&mode=invite)
September 25, 2004 - TM3 Meet #5 (http://www.imagestation.com/album/pictures.html?id=3489280093&mode=invite)
October 30, 2004 - TM3 Meet #6 (http://www.imagestation.com/album/pictures.html?id=2639910093&mode=invite)
November 27, 2004 - TM3 Meet #7 (http://www.imagestation.com/album/pictures.html?id=2134859884&mode=invite)
February 27, 2005 - TM3 Meet #8a (http://www.imagestation.com/album/pictures.html?id=2130125350&mode=invite)
March 19, 2005 - TM3 Meet #8b (http://www.imagestation.com/album/pictures.html?id=2129264154&mode=invite)
April 21, 2005 - TM3/TOP Joint Meet (http://www.imagestation.com/album/pictures.html?id=2127789835&mode=invite)
April 30, 2005 - TM3 Meet #9 (http://www.imagestation.com/album/pictures.html?id=2127407544&mode=invite)
May 19, 2005 - TM3/TOP Joint Meet (http://www.imagestation.com/album/pictures.html?id=2126478245&mode=invite)
May 28, 2005 - TM3 Meet #10 (http://www.imagestation.com/album/pictures.html?id=2125914689&mode=invite)
August 13, 2005 - Third Annual Meet of the Mazdas (http://www.imagestation.com/album/pictures.html?id=2122337458&mode=invite)
Yes I was quite free of time back in the days :chuckle
For the guys who stayed in this forum so long, see the evolution of our cars changing form, from stock to the beauties we have today LOL "The MOD bug"
FLIPDADY
04-13-2007, 04:28 PM
LOL
I remember guys coming to Subaru when I worked there to get the Suzuki Aerio stubbies.:)
bubba1983
04-13-2007, 04:32 PM
lol i remember that toooo
MazdaTree
04-13-2007, 08:43 PM
+1 that was a while back!
KenYork
04-13-2007, 08:50 PM
I started being active just before meet 8a
firstmazda
05-02-2007, 12:23 AM
For the guys who stayed in this forum so long, see the evolution of our cars changing form, from stock to the beauties we have today LOL "The MOD bug"
LOL
The only mod I have are dents and scratches! haha
Oh yeah, and a stubby!
I think the got the "accident" bug by mistake.
Shoulda got the MOD bug....
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