Newsletter February 2010Welcome to the very first of our new periodical newsletters, which aim to update you on the latest club news and let you know what is happening in our turbo-charged world. Below is an update of some events going on in the next month or so on RTOC, along with news of the clubs big event of the year, what we’re doing and who is who:

Events 2010Exclusive hire of Santa Pod – 21st MayRTOC is in the very fortunate position to have full and exclusive hire of Santa pod Raceway, Northants for the 3rd year running. How does £30 all day for unlimited runs up the ¼-mile strip and free fun and antics at the campsite sound to you? Check out the full details HERE

If you haven't noticed yet, (and if you haven't, what have you been doing!?) the RTOC National Day is booked for 14th August @ Mallory Park. Our very own exclusive use of the hairpin-endowed Leicestershire-based track.http://LINK TO THREAD ABOUT NATIONAL DAY.com

Last year gave us amazing sunshine and a full days worth of track-time. Make sure you get your name down ASAP as tickets are selling out fast! BUY TICKETS HERE??

Club stand at La Vie en Bleu (French day at Prescott hill climb) - Sunday 30th MayLink to event thread

Club stand at Renault World Series- 18th-19th SeptemberLink to event thread

We have so much going on; Track days, ¼-mile runs, rolling road events, curries and weekend meet-ups. Check out the Events section on the forum for more info on local meets.

Some photos from our 2009 events:

Who is your daddy and what does he do?Miller – Club Chairman - DaveSBS – Membership Secretary - Dawn – Contacts and Discounts - contacts.admin@rtoc.org or profile linkSparkie – blaaaaa - IanS – Treasurer - StuTHC – Events Organiser - Clee – Shop Manager - Ashy – Senior Area Rep - Colin – ????????????? - GordonB – Assistant Webmaster -

For more details on what we do, please check out this link: http://www.rtoc.org/club/?show=committee

What the RTOC committee have been up to in Jan/Feb 2010:

We’ve got quite a few things going on at the moment, keeping us all busy; here is a brief overview on some of the Committee goings-on. Understandably, some members have expressed an interest in knowing what happens behind the scenes, so from now on our aim is to update regularly and keep all members in the frame.

Area Reps - Ashy has been working on co-ordinating the newly elected Regional Area Reps and within the next couple of weeks, it’ll be advertised who they are and what is required of them. Alongside this, Scoff is working hard at creating an interactive map, which when each area is clicked on will display members within that area. This might take a while to do as the efficiency of this depends upon every member having a correct address and postcode setup within their account - we need to run an exercise to update these first; it’s a big job!

Contacts and Discounts – Dawn (D4WNO) is in contact with many companies arranging new discounts for the full members to benefit from. If you have any ideas or suggestions on companies for her to approach, please do drop Dawn a PM or post on the forum with a request. Every month any new contacts will be advertised on the newsletter.

Events – StuTHC has his hands full with arranging RTOC’s 2010 events, keep an eye on the Events and Calendar sections of the forum for updates.

Club Shop – Lee has been running the club shop from his own home and keeping a tight ship on our stock. Remember, the club also offers a discount to full members so grab a bargain while you can. http://www.LINKTOSHOP.comCheck out the discount code available to full members here http://LINKTOCODE.com

Site Downtime – You have probably all spotted the site go down quite a few times recently. Scoff has been the man taking control of getting it up and running again. With Scoff’s personal life being so busy currently there is not time to investigate further into why our provider is periodically unreliable. But credit goes to Chris for reuniting us with RTOC and its contents so rapidly whenever an issue occurs.

Parts – StuTHC and IanS have both been concentrating on looking into new sought-after Renault parts to be designed, made and sold in the club shop. This is a long and expensive process so does take time. This is great for those members who have been previously unable to source OE parts for their Renault, with the added bonus that the club has invested in the design and manufacture costs on behalf of the members.

Wizard – The Wizard feature is still being used and our Wizards have been dishing out technical advice in their droves. We’d really love if more use was made of this great feature, whether you just wish to ask a question about your engine management, need turbo suggestions or you need advice on how to fix a simple oil leak. Remember, it’s a fantastic knowledge base for previous questions so any historical questions can still be searched on.

Latest Discounts – See the forum for details on how to obtain your discount

Sky Insurance - 20% off for members BLURBS ON WHAT THEY EACH DOwww.skyinsurance.co.uk

Regal Auto Bulbs - 10% discountwww.regalautobulbs.co.uk

GT Turbo Spares - 8% discount or free p&p depending on the size of the orderh ttp://www.gt-turbo-spares.co.uk

Europa Spares - 10 - 25% discount https://www.europaspares.com

New members within the past month (make sure you say hello): MH Vehicle Solutions, JohnAldridge 101, Roger Heasman, kindz_R5, djb80, J P, stevies_5_tubs, Ianr5gt, MR_PM, cpt_chunk, renee, adgtt2010, fuegoturbo, ROTAX46, mattk, Webbyrs, Patrick, JONNY5GT, ALS_GARAGE, TnT, matt, Brummie Ash, Dunlop, craigy5gt, jackw04_123, andyrg, jose, Superfly-64, 1.7r5gtturbo, and Susanna and Ian. Welcome to the club and enjoy your stay!

As always, if you have any comments or suggestions, just get in touch with the appropriate Committee member and we’ll see what we can do to help.