Some car forums are hard work
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Pistonheads toughens you up. I was grateful for all the abuse and put downs here when on a particular brand forum I met this obnoxious chap. The forum bully.
He rounded on me about a question I had asked breaking that unwritten rule on here of going into my profile and slagging off my garage. This guy had so much anger it was unbelievable. Being a PHer I started by correcting his grammar and spelling - bit rich coming from me, but there you go. In the finest traditions of NP&E I deconstructed everything he said pointing out contradictions and inconsistencies. He got more and more furious and white knights came in leaping to my defence. It was a right old barney.
It was great fun, and when I decided to only address him as "Princess" he began to melt, posting replies like "Just f
k off. I'm warning you, you ."
A mod stepped in and deleted the thread bar my OP which was a simple request for opinions. The mod thought the guy was funny and PMd me to say enough is enough but that he especially liked the "Princess" bit. However because this chap was a long standing member he wasn't going to be banned.
I did something a bit childish to the poster however. I'm a bit ashamed of that.
Another time.
I joined one very odd car forum because I had to.
You could sign up but until you paid a tenner you could look at but not interact on certain threads. There was a car for sale I wanted and it cost me a tenner to contact the seller.
Once I had the car, they were OK but generally up themselves with a definite hierarchy of gurus and experts.
The guy who sold me my car was a nice chap. I met him, he had a small business based around the brand of car. He would source spares. One of the top dogs rounded on him as he wasn't happy with something he'd bought. Instead of sorting it out off-line he spouted off about this guy who as far as I could see had done little if anything wrong. There was a kind of online kangaroo court held and he was banned, then slagged off some more with no ability to reply.
Eventually I came to sell. As I'd paid my ten quid to join I put an advert on the site. I did advertise it at a rather high - for that car but no more than others were advertised for on the site and I was fully aware it was only worth what someone was prepared to pay so made it clear it was ONO.
One member posted an angry reply. He knew how much I had paid for it. How DARE I think it would be acceptable for me to decide how much to advertise it for. Some of the stuff was quite nasty, even defamatory.
Bizarre some forums, bizarre.
He rounded on me about a question I had asked breaking that unwritten rule on here of going into my profile and slagging off my garage. This guy had so much anger it was unbelievable. Being a PHer I started by correcting his grammar and spelling - bit rich coming from me, but there you go. In the finest traditions of NP&E I deconstructed everything he said pointing out contradictions and inconsistencies. He got more and more furious and white knights came in leaping to my defence. It was a right old barney.
It was great fun, and when I decided to only address him as "Princess" he began to melt, posting replies like "Just f
k off. I'm warning you, you ."A mod stepped in and deleted the thread bar my OP which was a simple request for opinions. The mod thought the guy was funny and PMd me to say enough is enough but that he especially liked the "Princess" bit. However because this chap was a long standing member he wasn't going to be banned.
I did something a bit childish to the poster however. I'm a bit ashamed of that.
Another time.
I joined one very odd car forum because I had to.
You could sign up but until you paid a tenner you could look at but not interact on certain threads. There was a car for sale I wanted and it cost me a tenner to contact the seller.
Once I had the car, they were OK but generally up themselves with a definite hierarchy of gurus and experts.
The guy who sold me my car was a nice chap. I met him, he had a small business based around the brand of car. He would source spares. One of the top dogs rounded on him as he wasn't happy with something he'd bought. Instead of sorting it out off-line he spouted off about this guy who as far as I could see had done little if anything wrong. There was a kind of online kangaroo court held and he was banned, then slagged off some more with no ability to reply.
Eventually I came to sell. As I'd paid my ten quid to join I put an advert on the site. I did advertise it at a rather high - for that car but no more than others were advertised for on the site and I was fully aware it was only worth what someone was prepared to pay so made it clear it was ONO.
One member posted an angry reply. He knew how much I had paid for it. How DARE I think it would be acceptable for me to decide how much to advertise it for. Some of the stuff was quite nasty, even defamatory.
Bizarre some forums, bizarre.
Edited by wildcat45 on Sunday 1st May 09:38
Eventually you realise that most 'experts' on forums ar just fking idiots who have found a platform to support their pretensions.
I sold a bmw motorbike to a someone (a prolific poster) on a bmw mcycle forum. On the forum you'd think from reading he knows everything technical about everything to do with the bikes. Gives his options on everything as fact. Like (Mr Bean voice) "oh yes you need the ABC123 map on an '08 boxer when fitting with akrapovic pipe otherwise throttle hesitation will kill the acceleration out of low speed corners blah blah blah blah". "The Showa rear shock needs to be changed for a Nitrous 185lb purple-spring with 214.12mm of pretension otherwise you'll find it runs wide in 3rd gear" etc
He turned up and just looked at the bike & bought it, and didn't check anything - because he was just full of bullst and doesn't know anything more than any regular pleb.
king idiots who have found a platform to support their pretensions. I sold a bmw motorbike to a someone (a prolific poster) on a bmw mcycle forum. On the forum you'd think from reading he knows everything technical about everything to do with the bikes. Gives his options on everything as fact. Like (Mr Bean voice) "oh yes you need the ABC123 map on an '08 boxer when fitting with akrapovic pipe otherwise throttle hesitation will kill the acceleration out of low speed corners blah blah blah blah". "The Showa rear shock needs to be changed for a Nitrous 185lb purple-spring with 214.12mm of pretension otherwise you'll find it runs wide in 3rd gear" etc
He turned up and just looked at the bike & bought it, and didn't check anything - because he was just full of bulls
t and doesn't know anything more than any regular pleb.DELETED: Comment made by a member who's account has been deleted.
Pretty much an identical experience to mine when using a forum aimed at owners of Mk3 MR2 Roadsters.My warning came for daring to suggest that the pre facelift Mk3 was less than a paragon of reliability following the discovery that mine had shat itself after eating it's pre-cats and many other woes.
I'm a member on several forums (some would say in real life also! 
)and I find them all great. Autoste is a brilliant forum for folks that like quirky older cars with some of the most helpful members I have ever known, I have had loads of help from there and also members have sent me stuff completely free of charge. They also go out of their way to help each other if in need. Fantastic place with great people.
Also, the Rolls Royce and Bentley forums are full of terrific people, none of whom seem to be snobby or stuck up regardless of the price of their car. Everyone is treated as an enthusiast whether they have a new Phantom or a decrepit Shadow needing loads of work. The Australian Rolls Royce club is an absolute goldmine of information that is not available anywhere else that I have ever found.
Before I got my Bentley (old and decrepit) I had loads of help from various members even as far as one or two of them going and inspecting cars for me so I didn't waste hours travelling.
)and I find them all great. Autoste is a brilliant forum for folks that like quirky older cars with some of the most helpful members I have ever known, I have had loads of help from there and also members have sent me stuff completely free of charge. They also go out of their way to help each other if in need. Fantastic place with great people.Also, the Rolls Royce and Bentley forums are full of terrific people, none of whom seem to be snobby or stuck up regardless of the price of their car. Everyone is treated as an enthusiast whether they have a new Phantom or a decrepit Shadow needing loads of work. The Australian Rolls Royce club is an absolute goldmine of information that is not available anywhere else that I have ever found.
Before I got my Bentley (old and decrepit) I had loads of help from various members even as far as one or two of them going and inspecting cars for me so I didn't waste hours travelling.
I joined the mx5nutz forum when I first had my mx5 back 4 years ago mainly joined to sell the mx5 parts I had when I was building my exocet kit car mx5 based for those who don't know. Was always busy area meets throught the country which I started for my area south wales. Meet a whole bunch of good mates through it also had a great for sales section which was the heart and soul of the forum.
We had the biggest stand at both japfest 1 and 2 with 120 In the first one and almost 150 cars in the 2nd and won stand of the show.
Then last year the owner changed the classified system which was a massive change and didn't work like the old system. Then it got sold to a candian company which have bought other forum and completely ruined them.
They turned up promised everything and since then been dead the exsisting mods haven't a clue whats happening and the whole forum has plummeted. Lack of meets/shows/stuff for sale since then with many members leaving to start other groups being combustionpunks and mighty5s all are ex nutz members.
Then you got the facebook group which is full of chav bellends I join every so often just to take the piss then get banned or leave again.
We had the biggest stand at both japfest 1 and 2 with 120 In the first one and almost 150 cars in the 2nd and won stand of the show.
Then last year the owner changed the classified system which was a massive change and didn't work like the old system. Then it got sold to a candian company which have bought other forum and completely ruined them.
They turned up promised everything and since then been dead the exsisting mods haven't a clue whats happening and the whole forum has plummeted. Lack of meets/shows/stuff for sale since then with many members leaving to start other groups being combustionpunks and mighty5s all are ex nutz members.
Then you got the facebook group which is full of chav bellends I join every so often just to take the piss then get banned or leave again.
Monkeylegend said:
You can't slip this in and then walk away, we demand info 
OK. It was many years ago and it was a bit silly.I went though the guys posts and he stupidly mentioned where he worked and what he did.. Simple Goigling got me the name of the company boss. The company supplied 'solutions' or something and the website mentioned some of the firms thy supplied.
I PM'd the guy I'd been having the 'fight' with offering a kind of apology then in the last line mentioned his company's name, implied a friendship with his CEO. I then said that a believed he had mental health problems and posed a risk to his co-workers and that i felt obliged have to chat with his CEO about our ongoing relationship bearing in mind his conduct and that from the time stamps in his forum posts he was doing this in work time. Finishing by telling him I was abroad for three or four weeks and that I would 'have a think' before I spoke to his boss. 'You may get called to a meeting once I've had that chat with Bob'. Or whatever the CEO was called.
He didn't reply.
wildcat45 said:
Monkeylegend said:
You can't slip this in and then walk away, we demand info
OK. It was many years ago and it was a bit silly.I went though the guys posts and he stupidly mentioned where he worked and what he did.. Simple Goigling got me the name of the company boss. The company supplied 'solutions' or something and the website mentioned some of the firms thy supplied.
I PM'd the guy I'd been having the 'fight' with offering a kind of apology then in the last line mentioned his company's name, implied a friendship with his CEO. I then said that a believed he had mental health problems and posed a risk to his co-workers and that i felt obliged have to chat with his CEO about our ongoing relationship bearing in mind his conduct and that from the time stamps in his forum posts he was doing this in work time. Finishing by telling him I was abroad for three or four weeks and that I would 'have a think' before I spoke to his boss. 'You may get called to a meeting once I've had that chat with Bob'. Or whatever the CEO was called.
He didn't reply.
There are some unappreciative `Berkeley Hunts` on some forums as mentioned and I remember a few years back a certain individual needing something he couldn't get in his country (he lived in Canada). I decided to show a bit of charity and send him the items from the UK he needed free of charge if he paid the postage. All was great and I sent them away. Weeks passed and PMs exchanged as they hadn't showed, him claiming a customs seize or a mail blunder.
I left the forum and moved on to new stuff. About 6 months later I logged back on to see what was happening and Mr `million posts` had posted pictures of his finished project complete with my contribution that had apparently went missing half a year earlier. All to save $25 postage. Dirty bd. Well, I sent a sharp pm telling him I wasn't impressed and I got more or less told I was `easy`.
Well, I had the last laugh. He had posted a year previous on the `other stuff` section that he needed advice as his wife had had an affair and was pregnant to her co worker but they decided to stay together, make it work and raise the kid.
I won't go into detail but I resurrected the thread and fired some seriously low blows before it was locked a few days later and I was banned. Well worth $25.
I left the forum and moved on to new stuff. About 6 months later I logged back on to see what was happening and Mr `million posts` had posted pictures of his finished project complete with my contribution that had apparently went missing half a year earlier. All to save $25 postage. Dirty b
d. Well, I sent a sharp pm telling him I wasn't impressed and I got more or less told I was `easy`.Well, I had the last laugh. He had posted a year previous on the `other stuff` section that he needed advice as his wife had had an affair and was pregnant to her co worker but they decided to stay together, make it work and raise the kid.
I won't go into detail but I resurrected the thread and fired some seriously low blows before it was locked a few days later and I was banned. Well worth $25.
Edited by bigkeeko on Sunday 1st May 13:18
I use Focus RSOC occasionally, good members, good technical information, not too much bhing or whinging, but just cringe sometimes, I know to some they'll be the most expensive car, or most exciting car they'll ever own, but for christs sake, it's a chavved up family ford focus at the end of the day.
hing or whinging, but just cringe sometimes, I know to some they'll be the most expensive car, or most exciting car they'll ever own, but for christs sake, it's a chavved up family ford focus at the end of the day.I have a wide experience of Ford sites.
Passion Ford.....just avoid.
RSOC....is okay but rather quiet.
Escort RS Cosworth forum is excellent,made good friends there ....apart from the forum know all,yes he's been around RSs for decades but he's an arse and loves to slag off the RSOC which the site is not a part of.
Fiat Forum seems okay,I only use the Barchetta section.
Passion Ford.....just avoid.
RSOC....is okay but rather quiet.
Escort RS Cosworth forum is excellent,made good friends there ....apart from the forum know all,yes he's been around RSs for decades but he's an arse and loves to slag off the RSOC which the site is not a part of.
Fiat Forum seems okay,I only use the Barchetta section.
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