I wasn't sure whether or not to post this as I expect there may be differing views and opinions as to whether or not it's a good thing... Let me explain.
This website is a fantastic resource for information pertaining to these awesome little cars. One of the best sections, I feel, is the Trophy Owners Register. Many people have used it to maintain car histories and - I'm sure - many have used it to find out more information about potential purchases. The biggest problem I see with it is that the information isn't necessarily up-to-date and, being simple forum post-based, it doesn't necessarily provide the information you need 'at-a-glance'. Of course, the 'freshness' of the data will always be an issue as this is very much driven by the owners and community; the more owners update their respective section the better (or, indeed, community members post up details about for-sale threads, etc. they have seen for a specific Trophy).
Some time ago a post was made asking where Trophys were currently located. Nothing too precise, just the county (or principle area). I put this information together as a fun project and a few people replied. I shared this information as it was kinda cool (well, I thought so!)
Over time I have gathered certain bits of information and used it for a small home-brew project. The information used was purely gathered from this site or from other freely available sources. As a result, the data is sparse and does not provide anything that could be used to directly identify individuals. This was important because of the whole issue of privacy and identity protection. That was why only publicly available information was used. The data collected included (where known):
In a nutshell... I put this into a small website project and was wondering whether or not it would be something worth sharing? Would it be useful? As said before, the freshness of the data cannot be guaranteed (and this is stated on the site) but I would be happy to keep it as up-to-date as possible through community contributions or continuing to pull the data from the site (which is a manual and time-consuming process!) At a glance you can bring up information for a specific Trophy, find out if it has been scrapped, find out if it has dampers, link directly to the history thread on here, etc.
It is not designed to replace the existing Trophy Owners Register at all as that is still, in my opinion, the best place to go for deeper histories, etc. To finish, I am in no way affiliated with ClioTrophy.co.uk and this is a non-commercial project! I did it purely for fun and it went from there! The site and associated database is hosted on my personal webspace and does NOT contain sensitive information - only what I listed above. I am the only user with access to the data and source, too.
Thoughts? I would be happy to post the link.
EDIT: Here's an example using my own Trophy #165.
This website is a fantastic resource for information pertaining to these awesome little cars. One of the best sections, I feel, is the Trophy Owners Register. Many people have used it to maintain car histories and - I'm sure - many have used it to find out more information about potential purchases. The biggest problem I see with it is that the information isn't necessarily up-to-date and, being simple forum post-based, it doesn't necessarily provide the information you need 'at-a-glance'. Of course, the 'freshness' of the data will always be an issue as this is very much driven by the owners and community; the more owners update their respective section the better (or, indeed, community members post up details about for-sale threads, etc. they have seen for a specific Trophy).
Some time ago a post was made asking where Trophys were currently located. Nothing too precise, just the county (or principle area). I put this information together as a fun project and a few people replied. I shared this information as it was kinda cool (well, I thought so!)
Over time I have gathered certain bits of information and used it for a small home-brew project. The information used was purely gathered from this site or from other freely available sources. As a result, the data is sparse and does not provide anything that could be used to directly identify individuals. This was important because of the whole issue of privacy and identity protection. That was why only publicly available information was used. The data collected included (where known):
- Trophy Number
- Date of Registration
- County (or Principal Area)
- Country
- Original Vehicle Registration Mark (VRM)
- Last Known VRM
- Last Known Mileage
- Date of Last Known Mileage
- Additional Notes
- Has it been scrapped?
- Sachs Dampers present?
- Recaro Trendlines present?
- V6 Spoiler present?
- Trophy Turinis present?
- Link to Owner Register here on ClioTrophy.co.uk
In a nutshell... I put this into a small website project and was wondering whether or not it would be something worth sharing? Would it be useful? As said before, the freshness of the data cannot be guaranteed (and this is stated on the site) but I would be happy to keep it as up-to-date as possible through community contributions or continuing to pull the data from the site (which is a manual and time-consuming process!) At a glance you can bring up information for a specific Trophy, find out if it has been scrapped, find out if it has dampers, link directly to the history thread on here, etc.
It is not designed to replace the existing Trophy Owners Register at all as that is still, in my opinion, the best place to go for deeper histories, etc. To finish, I am in no way affiliated with ClioTrophy.co.uk and this is a non-commercial project! I did it purely for fun and it went from there! The site and associated database is hosted on my personal webspace and does NOT contain sensitive information - only what I listed above. I am the only user with access to the data and source, too.
Thoughts? I would be happy to post the link.
EDIT: Here's an example using my own Trophy #165.
