750 members strong ...

[Jason]

It has been a little longer than 6 months since we started the new forums. Already we have over 750 registered members in the family.

I wanted to take just a second to thank you all for being part of this community. It certainly would not be that with out EACH of you.

I appreciate all of your contributions to the site. This is a bad a$$ place to hang out! And our beloved H2 is one bad a$$ rig!

Regards,
Jason

To all of our "Guests" please take the time to register and help our community grow. Thanks again.

[Jason]

It has been a little longer than 6 months since we started the new forums. Already we have over 750 registered members in the family.

I wanted to take just a second to thank you all for being part of this community. It certainly would not be that with out EACH of you.

I appreciate all of your contributions to the site. This is a bad a$$ place to hang out! And our beloved H2 is one bad a$$ rig!

Regards,
Jason

To all of our "Guests" please take the time to register and help our community grow. Thanks again.

[Albie]

Jason, I had a question. Can you post the history of this site along with how the URL elcova.com came along.
Thanks
"IN HUMMER WE TRUST"

[bklynh2srock]

Jason, this site wouldn't be what it is now if it weren't for you! Let's give credit where credit is due.

Thanks for doing such a great job. http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gifhttp://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gifhttp://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gifhttp://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gifhttp://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

[Jason]

Thanks for the kind words, Bklyn! This post was by no means an attempt for a pat on the back for myself. It was meant for a sincere thanks to all of you guys and gals!

Albie, the history of the name elcova.com:

Briefly, I have been goofing around creating websites for quite some time, with hopes of cashing in big. Hearing all the stories "...of XYZ Co. and internet company was bought out for $100 million today ..." I thought, how hard could it be.

I had come up with an idea, something related to my day job that I thought would be a winner. 100%. The ELectronic COmponent Vendors Association (ELCOVA). It would be almost like a BBB for my industry. Spent days upon days creating the site, and then months and months tweaking it and marketing it. Long story short - it was not working, not one client bought into my idea!

Sometime during all of this, I happened upon a picture of the H2 in R&t or C&D or some other mag and knew I had to have it. (I had an H1 in 1995 that I absolutely loved, but had to get rid of it due to unforeseen events). Went to the local dealer to ask about the H2 and within five minutes they had my deposit. That day and many days thereafter I began my quest to find out more about the upcoming H2. There was very little out there and the stuff that was, was buried several pages deep. I found mself going back to those same pages all the time. After a while that got old and tiresome, looking at one picture on one page, going to another page for another single picture ...

I decided to make use of the Elcova.com site that I was already paying for (with several GB and space available) I copied and pasted all the info onto one page for my personal enjoyment. Whatever else I found from there on was placed in the same spot. In time, I felt others could benefit from what I had created so I submitted the site to the search engines. In time folks began to show up and offer more photos, more info and other ideas that I could use. One of those ideas was to place a forum on the site! In time, it turned into what it has become today.

I never changed the name, ELCOVA because of the high search engine rankings and did not want to risk those. Oh and by the way, I did not get one of the first H2's as I pulled my deposit back with second thoughts about it. Then I began to further watch the site grow as did my obsession for the H2, it just would not go away. I got mine in January as a 30th B-day present for myself.

Bottom line, no one offered me $100 Million for ELCOVA, but I think I got a lot out of it in the end.

Got a little wordy, sorry. But it is a fun story for me to tell and will do so at any chance I can.

- Jason

[Albie]

Thanks for the great info. and thanks for keeping this site. Great Job Jason!!!!!!!!

[TonkaH2]

Things work out the way they're supposed to. Here's to this site making you millions.

-Jack
Yellow H2 adv. pkg.
Alaska to ??? June '03
www.sunspotnatural.com (http://www.sunspotnatural.com)

[Patriot]

Sometimes "riches" are NOT measured in dollars.

"Millions" is a relative term when talking about touching lives with the gift of communication, friendship, knowledge, and plain-old-fun!!

Be careful what you wish for becasue you may already have it!!

[Zing]

Well we all owe you many thanks Jason for providing this place to have fun and chat about something we all love. What will be truly awesome is if this site continues to grow so that you do realize some nice financial gains. In exchange for giving us this cool place to hang out, we'll continue to do what we can to keep this the most interesting and dynamic H2 forum on the web.

[Hummer Man]

T H A N K Y O U J A S O N !

[RasterMaster]

Jason,

Thanks for the opportunity to learn more about the site and mingle with like-minded folks. One great way to assemble alot of resources into one place!

Check out the OkC Chapter Page!

[Acheron]

Jason - Your awesome! You should be proud of your accomplishments with this site. You are the owner of the BEST H2 site on the net.

Thanks for keeping things going for us all!

[SoCalHummer]

Thank you Jason and all of you long term members that have made this the site I visit first and foremost.

[Jason]

That is exactly what I meant by "getting a lot more out of it in the end"

- a heck of a lot of fun
- met some great people that I would not have met
- and a great place for me to hang out on the internet

You are all welcome, the "thank you's" are not necessary. This post was a way for me to thank all of you!

-Jason

[MaLLHPPR]

This is my favorite site!

I wish I could help you make millions. You saved me about $10k! We bought our H2 from the classifieds here and saved a ton vs. from our local dealer. You have touched more lives than you'll ever know. http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

Thank you,

Kim-

Lovin' every minute of my H2! http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_cool.gif
Sunset Orange, Lux pkge, air suspension, sunroof.

[MAC]

If this were a club house this would be the hottest spot in town, reminds me of that original Star War bar. This is the first internet forum I visited and until today, the only internet forum I visit.

I ordered H2 8/28/02, then started searching for more data on H2. More data please, more data. Your site was No.1 on AOL search, up to that point, I have never seen an internet forum and frankly felt no need to waste my time on that sort of children stuff, but obviously we were all hooked.

When did the original site start? I knew you said you could not save the old site data.

Thanks a million. Great job. Is there a way for me to order a drink here?

[Peyton77]

Thank You Jason

If I would not of found your page and all this great info I may have never made my purchase.

I am very happy with my new truck and friends that I have made through the forum.

Thanks again Jason, I owe you some Baja.

Peyton

WWW.LANDMARKBANKONLINE.COM (http://WWW.LANDMARKBANKONLINE.COM)

WWW.GIANTBANK.COM (http://WWW.GIANTBANK.COM)

[Jason]

Mac,

I do not remember the exact date it was created, and I definitely could not save the info from the "old-school" forum. However, I rememer being at the dealer in July of 2002 with my initial deposit.

Then I visited a very cool site:
www.archive.org (http://www.archive.org)

It shows the past history of nearly all websites in existance. Pretty cool to look up Yahoo! or Ebay or some of the other big guys.

Their earliest records show the site being up on July 27, 2002. So sometime before then. Look it up by typing in: www.elcova.com/h2 (http://www.elcova.com/h2).
By all means order a drink, but I have not hired any bar tenders or waitresses, so it may take a while before you see it.

Jason

[buddy]

What can I say that hasn't been said?
Thanks Jason, great job!

Best to you,
buddy

[Drag]

Make that 751. I stumbled in here a few days ago, even though I don't have a Hummer. I just love the way they look, and I do suffer from "Hummer envy". I just want one with the machine gun mount and the land mine protection. http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif Anybody know where I can get one like that?

Corvette= "The ability to pass with class"

[SOFTTAILJC]

welcome aboard drag racer, lets see machine guns and land mine protection.. i sure someone here can hook you up....i'd love twin 60's.....thanks again jason for all your great work to the site......soft.... http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_cool.gif

[kelleymac2000]

Jason:

While you may disguise your efforts under the guise of "feeding your own obsession" you have offered all of us an opportunity we'd never have had otherwise.

I now know and count among my friends at least two dozen folks here on the forum. Some I've never met, some work right down the street from me, but we all have something in common: you give us a place to come together and find like-minded folks.

So while you may not have been looking for our thanks, you certainly have earned them.

Thanks again, http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif
Kelley

[JCJ]

Like we say in Aruba: MASHA DANKI, Jason!(Native language papiamento for: MANY THANKS!)
JCJ

[Albie]

Jason, whats the count now???

[DiscoDancingRover]

880

[OLE YLLR]

THERE ARE SOME GREAT PEOPLE ON THIS FORUM, SOME I'VE HAD THE PLEASURE OF MEETING IN PERSON, OTHERS I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SOON. THIS IS A GREAT SITE. THANKS AGAIN JASON! http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

[DennisAJC]

Thanks Jason,

For putting up with me. I love this Forum and it's members.

H2, like this Forum is so damn addictive.

Dennis

He ain't heavy.....
He's ma HUMMER baby!
03 NUDE Pewter Lux H2
03 Dressed Range Rover

[Ed G.]

Jason,

I've been a Jeep owner and lover for many years. I've owned 7 of them, everything from a 75 CJ5 to a 02 Overland. Getting an H2 was more like a dream than reality so I really didn't know anything about them except they looked "BAD ASS". Your site has been a "big" help with all of the info. and links.

Thanks,
Ed

[Albie]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by OLE YLLR:
THERE ARE SOME GREAT PEOPLE ON THIS FORUM, SOME I'VE HAD THE PLEASURE OF MEETING IN PERSON, OTHERS I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SOON. THIS IS A GREAT SITE. THANKS AGAIN JASON! http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Are you coming to Pismo????

[OrangeCrush]

How's this for restoring an old thread?

http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif


Still an excellent website...

Mark

[DDWH]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by OrangeCrush:
How's this for restoring an old thread?

http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif


Still an excellent website...

Mark </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

X2

[HummBebe]

Jason,
I loved your story http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

Bebe

[h2co-pilot]

3945 now. http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_eek.gifhttp://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

[Easy Ed]

I remember when we were at 1500, seems like it was just yesterday http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

http://elcova.com/groupee/forums/a/tpc/f/5106011751/m/1...866019975#9866019975 (http://elcova.com/groupee/forums/a/tpc/f/5106011751/m/1056003675/r/9866019975#9866019975)

[Fubar]

Jason, thanks for putting together such a great site. I know it's the members that make it what it is but all great things take a great captain at the helm.

[MotorsportsAuthority aka Dragon]

it's a great site. i continue to push it here in arkansas. it deserves to grow more. gl.