I am staying here in Classic Mustangs.
10-24-2008, 12:15 PM
#11
I must have missed the thread on your 09 73 Sportroof. Congrats on the new car and if you have a link I'd like to see more pics of your DD.
I agree I've gone to some of the other areas and most see to be okay. OT Gave me a headache from all the nagging and complaining.
I haven't been in here much myself with the way the market has been going lately.
Waffles I guess I have not noticed the change in the Classics Section. I have noticed you haven't been in here as much. Miss you man and hope everything is going well for you and your wife.
I agree I've gone to some of the other areas and most see to be okay. OT Gave me a headache from all the nagging and complaining.
I haven't been in here much myself with the way the market has been going lately.
Waffles I guess I have not noticed the change in the Classics Section. I have noticed you haven't been in here as much. Miss you man and hope everything is going well for you and your wife.
10-24-2008, 12:51 PM
#14
3rd Gear Member
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Santa Monica, Calif.
Posts: 958
The admins are apparrently really busy, and I guess they don't own old cars or they would show up here more often, lol.
I have been a WM and have worked for years with large MBs, so I know the ton of work it takes to keep a site going. Guys (and gals?) I for one appreciate this place. I've already saved money from the advice here and had some good reads.
The prob (IMHO) here is that all classic posts are bunched together in one forum. Without catagories like Classic DIY or Classic Tech Questions or Classic Cruising Stories, or Calssic Buy-Sell-Trade etc. Classic Pics is a sticky, and that's about it.
When you have only one forum for all these busy topics, New posts slide off page one in a day. With the volume of posters here, there should be more than an average of 10-20 replies. The other prob is that you can't really use ViewNewPosts unless you want to see a little of every single forum sitewide.
If Classics had dif sub forums and their own ViewNewPosts page (can't do with vB software), discussion would be more involved as threads wouldn't fall into the page 2 black hole.
CP
I have been a WM and have worked for years with large MBs, so I know the ton of work it takes to keep a site going. Guys (and gals?) I for one appreciate this place. I've already saved money from the advice here and had some good reads.
The prob (IMHO) here is that all classic posts are bunched together in one forum. Without catagories like Classic DIY or Classic Tech Questions or Classic Cruising Stories, or Calssic Buy-Sell-Trade etc. Classic Pics is a sticky, and that's about it.
When you have only one forum for all these busy topics, New posts slide off page one in a day. With the volume of posters here, there should be more than an average of 10-20 replies. The other prob is that you can't really use ViewNewPosts unless you want to see a little of every single forum sitewide.
If Classics had dif sub forums and their own ViewNewPosts page (can't do with vB software), discussion would be more involved as threads wouldn't fall into the page 2 black hole.
CP
10-24-2008, 01:06 PM
#15
4th Gear Member
Join Date: May 2008
Location: Houston, Texas
Posts: 1,019
I notice the same thing even in the local "car club".
There are guys with classics that are salt of the earth types and generally "good ol' boy" types that would give you the shirt off their backs.
Then there are some doctor / lawyer types that don't know the first thing about a car other than where to sign the checks to pay for them and they seem a bit stuck up and sort of rude at times.
They are just very different people and the kind of people they are seems to somewhat determine what car they drive.
There are guys with classics that are salt of the earth types and generally "good ol' boy" types that would give you the shirt off their backs.
Then there are some doctor / lawyer types that don't know the first thing about a car other than where to sign the checks to pay for them and they seem a bit stuck up and sort of rude at times.
They are just very different people and the kind of people they are seems to somewhat determine what car they drive.
10-24-2008, 01:20 PM
#16
3rd Gear Member
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Santa Monica, Calif.
Posts: 958
To be fair, there are hundreds of members in the new var forums. The rude people, as usual, stick out.
Overall, there are more grease monkeys and hobbiests in Classics, and more I-just bought-a-car-note dudes in the new car forums.
I used to have a '90 5.0 vert so I can see both sides. Classics have some rude folk too.
Most of the Mustang II people are very nice. The car had like 8 different models and the v8 guys there have to deal with an engine bay tighter than you-know-what, so God bless them. Changing the oil pump in a King Cobra is like docking the freakin' space shuttle no look. In the end, after working their tails off, nobody walks up and says "COOL CAR, DUDE!" when they see a M II. Most of those guys are real enthusiasts. There's no overinflated egos when you drive a Ghia, lol. It's all about your love for the car.
CP
Overall, there are more grease monkeys and hobbiests in Classics, and more I-just bought-a-car-note dudes in the new car forums.
I used to have a '90 5.0 vert so I can see both sides. Classics have some rude folk too.
Most of the Mustang II people are very nice. The car had like 8 different models and the v8 guys there have to deal with an engine bay tighter than you-know-what, so God bless them. Changing the oil pump in a King Cobra is like docking the freakin' space shuttle no look. In the end, after working their tails off, nobody walks up and says "COOL CAR, DUDE!" when they see a M II. Most of those guys are real enthusiasts. There's no overinflated egos when you drive a Ghia, lol. It's all about your love for the car.
CP
Last edited by Carlos Pineiro; 10-24-2008 at 02:19 PM.
10-24-2008, 04:04 PM
#17
5th Gear Member
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: San Diego, CA
Posts: 2,990
I should be a mod here, I'm on this site like every day for hours just passing time while I'm doing other stuff. Like I'll have it up when doing homework haha.
But I agree that this is the better section on here... OT can be entertaining because of all the tards there, but I agree that they have been leaking into other sections.
But I agree that this is the better section on here... OT can be entertaining because of all the tards there, but I agree that they have been leaking into other sections.
10-24-2008, 04:11 PM
#18
2nd Gear Member
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: IL
Posts: 480
I should be a mod here, I'm on this site like every day for hours just passing time while I'm doing other stuff. Like I'll have it up when doing homework haha.
But I agree that this is the better section on here... OT can be entertaining because of all the tards there, but I agree that they have been leaking into other sections.
But I agree that this is the better section on here... OT can be entertaining because of all the tards there, but I agree that they have been leaking into other sections.
- and I agree about everything in this thread. Cocky money-makers are more prone to buy newer cars because they don't have the first clue how to work on things themselves. Hell, that's why they have the check engine light go off if the gas cap isn't even on tight enough these days.. Because if they didn't have that, they probably wouldn't even put the cap on.
Last edited by DeltaElite121; 10-24-2008 at 04:14 PM.
10-24-2008, 04:27 PM
#20
2nd Gear Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: May 2007
Location: Mustang Ranch
Posts: 499
Here is a link to my old post in the Classic section.
https://mustangforums.com/forum/show...t=daily+driver
I know we have lost a lot of good people around here.
RSRXION
THUMPIN455
and many more.
I hate to see anyone else go. I don't post a lot here but I feel that most of the people here are friends.
I get a lot of entertainment out of Waffles, honeygoldcoupe, rmodel65 etc. etc. etc.
Great people here.
https://mustangforums.com/forum/show...t=daily+driver
I know we have lost a lot of good people around here.
RSRXION
THUMPIN455
and many more.
I hate to see anyone else go. I don't post a lot here but I feel that most of the people here are friends.
I get a lot of entertainment out of Waffles, honeygoldcoupe, rmodel65 etc. etc. etc.
Great people here.
Last edited by 73 Sportroof; 10-24-2008 at 04:30 PM.