Fanboy cry babies...
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Now I've been a member of numerous forums for a number of years, fishing mainly and a couple of car forums including a Honda Civic forum... I didn't understand just how deep this fanboy stuff ran until I said that I didn't really like the new Type R or Mugen rear spoilers and I may of said that the Mugen fenders for the FN2 are a little bit Ford S Max.... They now seem to be targeting me for having an opinion that differs to theirs, are they all this mad or have I just joined a dodgy forum? Any of you experienced similar?
Honda brings out the fanboi extremists for some reason 
Pistonheads has the worst combination - blinkered brand fans how view any criticism of a car built by their beloved manufacturer as an all-out attack on their religion and people who read about a problem with one car and assume every other vehicle produced by that manufacturer will suffer from the same flaw. This inevitably causes some friction. 
Edited by kambites on Saturday 30th August 09:38
How are they "targeting" you?
I've slagged off most things on here over the yrs, hell I treat most ppl on ph with contempt because they usually deserve it for being dull f
kwits and to be honest I never even remember the usernames of who said what from thread to thread. Wtf would you care about what anyone who drives pissant hatches says? When they get decent car then they might say something worthwhile.
I've slagged off most things on here over the yrs, hell I treat most ppl on ph with contempt because they usually deserve it for being dull f
kwits and to be honest I never even remember the usernames of who said what from thread to thread. Wtf would you care about what anyone who drives pissant hatches says? When they get decent car then they might say something worthwhile.Being blinkered about a car isn't specific to a manufacturer. It can be said of the likes of Renault, Ford and Honda right the way through to Porsche, Ferrari and McLaren owners. If you get upset about it, step away from the internet. People that are into cars think the car they've bought is the best - that's why they bought it.
Frequent forum members are an opinionated bunch at the best of times. I've enjoyed all the cars, none of which are spectacular. In an ideal world I'd like to try and own as many performance cars as possible but there's that small issue of funds.
It does seem to depend upon the marques involved or, dare I say it, the main reason why someone purchased the care in the first place.
For example, a few years ago there was some good humoured banter between members of the Nissan 350Z and Mazda RX-8 owners forums.
But if you so much as hinted that to an Audi TT owner that his car wasn't the absolute best thing this side of a 911 Turbo you could expect to get beaten to a pulp with a (designer*) handbag.
*(yes, I am stereotyping a bit)
For example, a few years ago there was some good humoured banter between members of the Nissan 350Z and Mazda RX-8 owners forums.
But if you so much as hinted that to an Audi TT owner that his car wasn't the absolute best thing this side of a 911 Turbo you could expect to get beaten to a pulp with a (designer*) handbag.
*(yes, I am stereotyping a bit)
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