Is this place becoming a closed shop

[babelfish]

Try and post something in News and.... and get:

"As a result, we only allow members to posts here who have been a member on PistonHeads for a minimum of a year and posted at least 1,000 times in our motoring forums, so that they're well used to our rules and how our forums operate."

Others get ridiculed for "lurking"

[Kinky]

All info here, since April:
https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...