Lets discus the future of this site.

[HidalgoGT]

C'mon, you can't be serious.

x2

[mr4teth]

I think every "car" forum has this same issue some to a higher degree than others.

Lou, if you or the moderators start to see a decline in quality discussion or personal attacks why not place a banner as such on specific threads to remind people of the rules? Obviously our message would be a little different. This was adopted by another forum I visit and seams to be working so far.

I sure hope you get things back to the way you want them because I really enjoy this site and have met some awesome people here!

[03 OW SVT]

Take out the trash Louie. LOL

It's your site your the founder... If there is a member/thread that you don't like you should remove it and not feel guilty about it. Myself included

I personally haven't seen any nonsense that's not out of the usaul, but I'm not on here as much as I used to be

[RUTHLESS]

Take out the trash Louie. LOL

It's your site your the founder... If there is a member/thread that you don't like you should remove it and not feel guilty about it. Myself included

I agree 100%! This is just an idea...What if you had a board of mods that made the call if a user was band? This way no single mod could be singled out.

I think we should brainstorm and see what ideas are rolling around out there.

[Stangman701]

Hmm... I guess I'm one of the few that actually like the drama . I can understand why some don't like it, but it spices things up around here and gives me something to read and laugh at. I don't personally get involved in these threads because I'm not the e-thug type. I think a BS section of the forum instead of just one thread might be the answer. If a thread turns to shit, ex. Latrobe thread, just move it there. That will keep the BS confined for those who don't care for it. As for posting in the for sale section, I've never seen a problem with saying "good luck with the sale" or something like that. It bumps your thread at least. Obviously any negative comments about price or something are out of line and should be dealt with. I still enjoy this forum and think the only real downside to the way it is now over say 3-4 years ago is that there are more people on here now and you don't really have that sense that you know everyone, but there's not much you can do about that.

[went9s]

I have not been on in a few days .(broken elbow)
If you dont like whats going on in th bs forum. Stay out and dont read it. what do you think its there for...
Lou.. I Think you should bring in all the other brands(cars) like you talked about before.

[90TitaniumStang]

Hmm... I guess I'm one of the few that actually like the drama . I can understand why some don't like it, but it spices things up around here and gives me something to read and laugh at. I don't personally get involved in these threads because I'm not the e-thug type. I think a BS section of the forum instead of just one thread might be the answer. If a thread turns to shit, ex. Latrobe thread, just move it there. That will keep the BS confined for those who don't care for it. As for posting in the for sale section, I've never seen a problem with saying "good luck with the sale" or something like that. It bumps your thread at least. Obviously any negative comments about price or something are out of line and should be dealt with. I still enjoy this forum and think the only real downside to the way it is now over say 3-4 years ago is that there are more people on here now and you don't really have that sense that you know everyone, but there's not much you can do about that.

TRUE MOSTLY ITS JUST FUNNY

[Sonic03snake]

Your in this thread and one of the bitchers but you go into Timmys forum and stir BS about his dyno numbers? This is the shit im talking about. Its no secret you don't care for him but you should take the drama elsewhere!

Glad you made this thread Lou!
Thanks again for the site & dont think I dont appreciate it very much!

My problem which has drastically dropped my post count is all the b.s. from the wanna-be's. A few of them have already been banned but a few still remain. These guys must just be bored or stupid as everything they post is 100% meaningless and non-contributing.

Don't feel bad about the bannings either, fire off a warning shot, then shoot away........................

[pRojekt02GT]

I have not been on in a few days .(broken elbow)
If you dont like whats going on in th bs forum. Stay out and dont read it. what do you think its there for...
Lou.. I Think you should bring in all the other brands(cars) like you talked about before.

Agreed with the "if you don't like whats going on in the b/s forum, stay out and dont read it". But, what about the b/s that starts and continues in someones thread who is trying to obtain useful information for the purpose of modding their car, fixing something, ect?

And I believe we should not bring all other makes/models in here. Perhaps a poll to discuss this decision a little bit more? We'll have ricers in here bashing mustangs causing more problems than there already is, I think, or something along those lines. I understand there are people in here now that do not own mustangs, but consider they are because they may have owned one previously or would love to get one. Theres only been one or two or three members that WERE on here that aren't anymore(thank god) I knew of that were so called "bashing" the mustang community with their vtec and other shenanigans.

I joined this site because I am not super knowledgeable with the New Edge Mustangs, or any of them for that matter. I love learning about other styles of Mustangs too, I see it as if you can learn it, why not? If it was not for this site, more than 3/4 of the things I've learned wouldn't be up in my little head right now. There are a lotta' cool people on here For example: even Mike from Wolfpack one day took time out of his day to talk to me for almost a half hour about my car over the phone. I thought that was amazing, he was probably busier than shit but yet took the time and went out of his way to explain some technical transmission stuff to me.(thanks mike) What other forum are you really going to find really good people/help like that? More than likely, your not.


Overall, this is a great site and I love being able to have the privilege to be here and learn what I can about my car, learn about everyone else's experiences, make some new friends, hell even get some good new ideas. I've met quite a few good people on here.

We need to show Lou some respect, he doesn't pay for this site and keep it going so people can sit around and start bullshit and drama, granted it is funny at times, pending how far you take a certain issue.. Theres a place for that, go there and complain. If you can't take it, don't post there or stay out of that particular thread. Period. Just venting a little bit about how I feel.

[ddmi-twin90gt]

I have not been on in a few days .(broken elbow)
If you dont like whats going on in th bs forum. Stay out and dont read it. what do you think its there for...

Don't know whats in it, till you read it

well let see, I was talking nice and all to someone that couldn't understand that no one was making fun of him, then you sign in telling me to stay out?

[code]Dude you might want to stay out of this thread.....

When All I wanted to do was come over and check out the fun.. then started to get blasted with total nonsense. Your wrong and your thinking.. You guys just can't take any fun with out getting all salty..

I don't post a lot because of the jackass's, When I do, I want to have fun. Go meet up with cool people. Not Childishness egotistic people that no one wants to be around..

[ddmi-twin90gt]

Somehow Someway The Latrobe Thread Turned Into A Decent Thread.
It Seems The Argueing Has Stopped And Now It Just Random Jokes And Seeing Whos Coming Out This Weekend
It Made A Good Recovery

Really? I think no one really want to come over and put up with the bs now..

[cwh19]

I don't know if it would help or not but how about a 30 probation period for new people? If they don't play well with everyone (so to say) and the start causing problems then they're gone. No questions asked. Just a thought.

This is an AWESOME idea. Except like 45 or 60 days might be better. If issues come about from what they have posted, ban them.

[gmkillr]

Your in this thread and one of the bitchers but you go into Timmys forum and stir BS about his dyno numbers? This is the shit im talking about. Its no secret you don't care for him but you should take the drama elsewhere!

Lou, Im sorry if thats the way you interpreted my post but all I was trying to convey was that the #'s could not be accurate as others also posted there. I had no intensions of causing trouble with Tim. He & I have put our differences behind us and let the past go. I have zero issues with Tim anymore.

[Troll]

Members should have to pass an IQ test and possess, at least, 3rd grade level reading comprehension and writing.

Some people on here are stone cold idiots. Frankly, I'm surprised they know how to hit the keys on the keyboard to make words.

RUN YOUR CAR NOT YOUR MOUTH

then, RUN YOUR MOUTH for 4 pages of incoherent nonsense.

I'm not personally attacking anybody. I'm attacking about 50% of the board.

Like I said in the big bad BS thread, BAN EVERYBODY AND BURN THIS MOTHER TO THE GROUND.

[Steve-0]

if you were to go on a ls1 site would you be welcomed with open arms
im not saying anything to bash anybody just stating my opinion to lou thats all

To answer this... yes. LS1tech.com has always been cool with me being a member for years. Even though I have never even owned one.

[SonofaBish]

Members should have to pass an IQ test and possess, at least, 3rd grade level reading comprehension and writing.

Some people on here are stone cold idiots. Frankly, I'm surprised they know how to hit the keys on the keyboard to make words.

couldn't have said it better myself......

It's called reading! Top to bottom, left to right... a group of words together is called a sentence. Take Tylenol for any headaches... Midol for any cramps.

[MBH]

Ok well, its obvious that the guilty folks are trying to avoid this thread.... so i'll be the first to step up and apologize....

I try to bring a lot of experience to the site, as i have made a lot of mistakes and learned the hard way from them.... I post in the technical threads only if i have some sort of insight on the problem that the user is having... and my biggest pet-peeve is people posting in the classifieds, so i absolutely refuse to post "good luck!" messages in every single For Sale thread...

also, i try to bring a little bit of unbias opinion ... but unfortunately, because of what I have listed in my sig, people always take things the wrong way, and get their britches in a bunch.... If I didn't have a liking/respect for Mustangs, i wouldn't be here.... For some time this spring/summer, I had quit posting for the most part, and just read over all of the threads... However, with the recent attraction of certain new members, I found it very difficult to deal with their attitudes and wasn't able to keep my trap shut.... So I will take my part of this situation on the shoulders and make the proper changes.... I have lots more to say, but gotta head out the door to work... I'll check in later

there's always going to be some disagreement on some scale with almost every topic... however, the problem is people that can't carry on an "argument" without making it personal.... i hope that those of us that can debate things without getting all jacked off aren't TOO much of the problem (although, i'm sure we're part of why this thread was made, or i wouldn't have posted)... an example is MBH and I - we've disagreed with lots of things over the last year or so, but always kept our debates clean ...

Bish, I think that a great degree of what you said is true. If you put a picture of a cobra in your sig, people would take a lot of what you said and put it in a different light. Unfortunately, that's not necessarily fair to you, and it does an injustice to a lot of the insightful comments that you have shared with us here.

I personally don't think you're a problem here, I actually look forward to reading what you have to say because I know that you normally have a pretty well formed and relatively unbiased opinion that is constructive, rather than destructive. That's how I see it though. I think it sucks because you get slapped with the "oh that asshole hates mustangs, so I'm going to disagree with him on everything" tag. And that always seems to bite you in the ass on here. I'm not saying everything you post is right. But in my opinion, the majority of what you post has some truth to it.

C'mon, you can't be serious.

+3. I find it pretty disappointing that for a guy that came onto this site and disrupted it's dynamic as much as he has, that's all he had to say. The main reason for this thread seems to be because of the Offtopic BS thread, the threads about you (that one that got locked after Carlisle), the threads involving you/friends (Latrobe thread), the Jper '****in mustangs' thread, the Troll '****in civics' thread, and all of the animosities that have developed between the members since then. Hell even the Who's rollin with us to Carlisle thread blew up.

Maybe Lou should lock the current offtopic BS thread and start a new one with the rules he wants us to abide by posted as the first post.

I think every "car" forum has this same issue some to a higher degree than others.

Lou, if you or the moderators start to see a decline in quality discussion or personal attacks why not place a banner as such on specific threads to remind people of the rules? Obviously our message would be a little different. This was adopted by another forum I visit and seams to be working so far.

I sure hope you get things back to the way you want them because I really enjoy this site and have met some awesome people here!

I think that isn't a bad idea to do so if a thread looks like its getting out of control, but we also can't ask the moderators to give up all of their free time to be our free time nannies. A lot of this comes down to self control and being able to walk away from stupid petty shit that's been popping up more recently. the "goon" mentality of "I say what I want, to who I want, when I want.... and that's their problem, not mine" that has developed recently has grown rather long in the tooth. And by a lot of us not walking away is what adds the fuel to the fire that would have otherwise burned out.

A perfect example of what to do wrong are some of the things that I've done:

I click on the latrobe thread because I have some down time I'm killing, so I read through it, I see that some random guy I don't know is being a real dick to two friends of mine - Ryan and Jeff. So what do I do? I start bombing the thead with derogitory pictures. Part of me thinks that it will either stop the nonsense or redirect it at me (which you guys know I'll probably find some creative ways to handle ). So I do it, because I lacked the self control to simply say "if you guys have a problem with each other, its most likely a misunderstanding, but you should work it out privately rather than publicly so you avoid drawing more people into the arguement"


All I'm saying is that we're all at varying degrees of fault here. Almost noone who is active on here can really be left out, because the failure to speak up about something can let just as many problems develope as the failure to keep one's mouth shut/always adding their $.02

I don't know if it would help or not but how about a 30 probation period for new people? If they don't play well with everyone (so to say) and the start causing problems then they're gone. No questions asked. Just a thought.

I've noticed myself things are getting pretty rough on some of the treads.

Good idea Jay! That would definitely stop a lot of the recent problems, but I don't know if it would neccesarily solve them. Maybe 30 days from their introduction thread would be a better way to do it... and if they are starting shit and haven't even bothered to make an intro thread to let us try to get to know em... wellllll... I'm all for Lou flexing the ban stick in that scenario.

I know second hand that SVTPerformance uses an infractions system. I think that at one point that site was outta control (even for it's 'my dick is bigger than you dick, and I'm going to make sure you know it' standards). I don't visit it often enough to keep up, but it seems like things have turned around. Yeah a douchemonger pops up every now and again, but since its a big forum with very little personal interaction **the interaction aspect is very important to note, as I know how we all stick up for our friends on this site** so those guys generally get run off the site by getting bashed or banned relatively quickly.

[1Badbird]

plus its a mustang forum honestly if you dont have a stang why would you be on it
kindly it just doen't make any sense to be on a forum about all mustang and not have one
yes you may like mustangs but the difference still remains

I totally disagree with this! There's alot of us on here that don't have Mustangs, but are pasionate about them. I would love to have a bad ass Stang but I don't, and it'll probably be a while before I can. Of course what I do have is a 1988 Thunderbird, it's a fox body just like the Mustangs of that era, and it shares alot of parts with it, but it's still not a Mustang.

When I first joined I asked if it was okay that I didn't have a Mustang, and I was welcomed by all. I've been on here for a little while now and I've made alot of friends here. I don't get to hang out with everyone often if at all but I did get to spend some time with a group from here at Carlisle and had a good time. I enjoy this forum and don't believe myself or anyone else should be kept off here for not having a Mustang.

[90TitaniumStang]

I totally disagree with this! There's alot of us on here that don't have Mustangs, but are pasionate about them. I would love to have a bad ass Stang but I don't, and it'll probably be a while before I can. Of course what I do have is a 1988 Thunderbird, it's a fox body just like the Mustangs of that era, and it shares alot of parts with it, but it's still not a Mustang.

When I first joined I asked if it was okay that I didn't have a Mustang, and I was welcomed by all. I've been on here for a little while now and I've made alot of friends here. I don't get to hang out with everyone often if at all but I did get to spend some time with a group from here at Carlisle and had a good time. I enjoy this forum and don't believe myself or anyone else should be kept off here for not having a Mustang.

A T BIRD IS THE SAME
I WAS JUST STATING MY HONEST OPINION I DONT EXPECT EVERYONE TO AGREE

[MBH]

Lets get this back on topic.

BUT LEAVE THE DRAMA AT HOME PLEASE IT'S NOT WELCOME

If you're going to say this, we should be able to hold you to your own word. Please act accordingly.