What car threads - give them a separate forum?
Poll: What car threads - give them a separate forum?
Total Members Polled: 240
Discussion
We have dedicated forums for lots of minority interests (like the 93 posts in the "Belgium" forum) so why no dedicated forum to house* all the "what car?"** threads?
That way I could go straight to the forum for people who want to spend money on something (often knowing exactly how much they want to spend on something) yet don't know what the something is that they want to spend a specific amount of money on. I find the whole process fascinating as I work the other way round - I want cars, so many cars, then discount the ones I can't afford to buy or run.
Anyway, it'd be nice if I didn't have to wade through all the tedious news, angry rants and funny stories General Gassing to get to the threads about people who inexplicably don't know what they want, and even more inexplicably think the uninformed opinions of other people will in some way help them decide.
Maybe we could also have a "test drive" sub-area of the forum, with a sticky about how car dealers offer this service for free, and then no other posts.
Sarcasm aside - why not have a "what car?" forum? The answers are so often M5, some tedious VAG diesel or MX5 that a simple search would save everyone involved a lot of time. Lets list cars that are PHy by price, mpg and monthly maintenance and then any one with any budget will be able to pick a car they like/fit in/wanted aready but were too insecure to buy/have already/want from the list knowing that the internet approves. It may be that a forum of just "what car?" threads would be really dull, in which case please reflect on the affect they have on the dullness of General Gassing.
Or the whole thing is a s
t idea, in which case please insult me using an anagram of my forum alias, or reply with a spelling correction or grammatical error from this post.
* or mansion, with acres of rolling woodland and a lake, if you are a well built company director.
** I realise there may be some prior claim on that particular title so it may need some work.
That way I could go straight to the forum for people who want to spend money on something (often knowing exactly how much they want to spend on something) yet don't know what the something is that they want to spend a specific amount of money on. I find the whole process fascinating as I work the other way round - I want cars, so many cars, then discount the ones I can't afford to buy or run.
Anyway, it'd be nice if I didn't have to wade through all the tedious news, angry rants and funny stories General Gassing to get to the threads about people who inexplicably don't know what they want, and even more inexplicably think the uninformed opinions of other people will in some way help them decide.
Maybe we could also have a "test drive" sub-area of the forum, with a sticky about how car dealers offer this service for free, and then no other posts.
Sarcasm aside - why not have a "what car?" forum? The answers are so often M5, some tedious VAG diesel or MX5 that a simple search would save everyone involved a lot of time. Lets list cars that are PHy by price, mpg and monthly maintenance and then any one with any budget will be able to pick a car they like/fit in/wanted aready but were too insecure to buy/have already/want from the list knowing that the internet approves. It may be that a forum of just "what car?" threads would be really dull, in which case please reflect on the affect they have on the dullness of General Gassing.
Or the whole thing is a s
t idea, in which case please insult me using an anagram of my forum alias, or reply with a spelling correction or grammatical error from this post.* or mansion, with acres of rolling woodland and a lake, if you are a well built company director.
** I realise there may be some prior claim on that particular title so it may need some work.
wolves_wanderer said:
McSam said:
doogz said:
Don't know about you, but if there was a seperate forum for it, i'd never look in it.
Whereas, in general gassing, i'll occasionally click on one for a nosy.
Exactly this.Whereas, in general gassing, i'll occasionally click on one for a nosy.
Or they are vital threads that would die out and be a huge loss to the internet community if hidden away?
Kind of hard for me to tell which opinion you have. Unless I just read the poll results, obviously.
Captain Muppet said:
So they are dull threads that people only read when they are bored?
Or they are vital threads that would die out and be a huge loss to the internet community if hidden away?
Kind of hard for me to tell which opinion you have. Unless I just read the poll results, obviously.
Neither of those 2 is my opinion. I think that the general "car" section of a motoring website is the best place for questions about cars.Or they are vital threads that would die out and be a huge loss to the internet community if hidden away?
Kind of hard for me to tell which opinion you have. Unless I just read the poll results, obviously.
I posted this in Website Feedback, buried after 1 post 
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...
Captain Muppet said:
wolves_wanderer said:
McSam said:
doogz said:
Don't know about you, but if there was a seperate forum for it, i'd never look in it.
Whereas, in general gassing, i'll occasionally click on one for a nosy.
Exactly this.Whereas, in general gassing, i'll occasionally click on one for a nosy.
Or they are vital threads that would die out and be a huge loss to the internet community if hidden away?
Kind of hard for me to tell which opinion you have. Unless I just read the poll results, obviously.
However, I only see them because they're in GG with all of the other, you know, general stuff.. So there they should stay.
doogz said:
I'll click on one if it's reasonably new, so not too many posts to read, or if it's absolutely huge, to see what all the fuss is about.
But i wouldn't bother clicking on another sub-forum, knowing all i was going to find was 'what car' threads.
I appreciate that's not really rational, just how I am.
That is exactly my behaviour too. I'm just not sure if I'd lose anything of value if I never read them.But i wouldn't bother clicking on another sub-forum, knowing all i was going to find was 'what car' threads.
I appreciate that's not really rational, just how I am.
Mostly my reaction to them is either "How did you earn £40k when yuo are too stupid to know what cars you like?" or "No you aren't going to get a convertible estate that does 60mpg, 0-60 in under 4 seconds, has a neutral yet aspirational image, never breaks down yet has character and is under £2000 for a two year old ex-demo in the colour you want, you idiot"
Actually I am sure that I'd lose nothing from not reading them. I'm also pretty sure the OPs will lose nothing from me not posting in them (except the one about the daily driver Elise, where I was helpful, but that was tucked away in a sub forum).
wolves_wanderer said:
Captain Muppet said:
So they are dull threads that people only read when they are bored?
Or they are vital threads that would die out and be a huge loss to the internet community if hidden away?
Kind of hard for me to tell which opinion you have. Unless I just read the poll results, obviously.
Neither of those 2 is my opinion. I think that the general "car" section of a motoring website is the best place for questions about cars.Or they are vital threads that would die out and be a huge loss to the internet community if hidden away?
Kind of hard for me to tell which opinion you have. Unless I just read the poll results, obviously.
I hadn't considered that it might be for people who don't know anything about cars, but want to learn. Good point.
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