Originally posted by SAV:
Originally posted by duratex:
A newbie and a half, of course...



Sorry, I don't go by the stupid titles.



I love the sense of humor in here... sigh. See what makes me upset is the following. You purchase a car which you plan on spending an indefinite amount of time with, modding it, driving it, racing it, whatever... and you look forward to joining a forum where you can learn and exchange information with other owners of the same type of vehicle, but you are seldom welcomed if you show the slightest lack of knowledge on what you are driving.

The impression that me as well as everyone that is new in this forum is getting, is the fact that you need to go to a Countour University, learn everything in the book about the car, then come in and register to post, when it should really be the other way around. People come to forums to learn, not expect to get bashed for not knowing things that they should or are "expected to" for that matter. As far as making forum searches before posting I agree, but sometimes there are things that require exclusive attention that is not adressed in the search results.

Regarding procharger's situation, I approached him with an insightful post that showed a proportioned way to compare his tires to something that would work better, rather than bashing him for "not knowing his shyt" and straight up telling him that his wheels look like a "Civic setup". There are just ways to go about saying things, that's all. Sometimes newbies might have general mechanics knowledge, sometimes no knowledge about cars at all. Still makes no restriction for them or "us" to come into a forum and find out information. Making it sound as if the post count meant superiority & shyt... not cool.

If it was that sort of forum, just kick and ban everyone out whom you don't want posting. Period.

XL