Was Pistonheads/Gassing Station better five years ago??

[Wacky Racer]

I mean in the days of regular postings by stalwarts such as Nonegreen, Mrs Fish, Pwig, Chassis, Raf Dug, Mungo etc, or is it a case of looking back through rose coloured spectacles?.....

Just wondered what the PH massives thoughts were.....

[Cara Van Man]

Yes.

Add Nervy to the list.

[mybrainhurts]

Yes..

Before he bought a caravan...

[Tuna]

It's easy to remember the truly hilarious threads and forget the thousands of pointless ones. Each year throws up a few, and characters get well known, but it doesn't seem to get better/worse.

Anyway, five years is nothing...

[maix27]

I still miss Rod...

[anonymous-user]

It was easier for characters to stand out simply because there were thousands less people in here.

[ScottishSamurai]

maix27 said:

I still miss Rod...

I missed you too...

Wait, wrong Rod

[Dave200]

Wacky Racer said:

I mean in the days of regular postings by stalwarts such as Nonegreen, Mrs Fish, Pwig, Chassis, Raf Dug, Mungo etc, or is it a case of looking back through rose coloured spectacles?.....

Just wondered what the PH massives thoughts were.....

No.

The cliques are now smaller, and although the recent influx of posters hasn't been great, I don't think the quality has suffered overly.

[RDMcG]

I miss Dr Raoul M Fury, who just.........disappeared.

[Mazda Baiter]

Wacky Racer said:

I mean in the days of regular postings by stalwarts such as Nonegreen, Mrs Fish, Pwig, Chassis, Raf Dug, Mungo etc, or is it a case of looking back through rose coloured spectacles?.....

Just wondered what the PH massives thoughts were.....

Hang on a sec, you mean Chassis and Mungo were two different posters?

[DaveL485]

Bring back Rammage!!!

[528Sport]

Some of the threads are a little naf nowadays but I guess thats what happens with more users.

remeber the tit monday threads.... we due for one I think?

[madbadger]

What is always interesting is people posting about old PH events and characters when they have only been members a few months. Makes me wonder who they used to post as.

[Cara Van Man]

madbadger said:

What is always interesting is people posting about old PH events and characters when they have only been members a few months. Makes me wonder who they used to post as.

Quite.

I wouldn't expect to see anybody with less than 60 months under their belts to be posting on this thread.

[Scott330ci]

528Sport said:

Some of the threads are a little naf nowadays but I guess thats what happens with more users.

remeber the tit monday threads.... we due for one I think?

Why does nobody I speak to know what this is?

Monday 29th My guess

[Neil H]

The good thing about the current intake of noobs, is that there's no shortage of "I'm useless with women, please help me lose my virginity" threads.


.....so yes, much better than it is now.


ETA: Phew, 82 months.

Edited by Neil H on Thursday 4th March 16:02

[Gun]

DaveL485 said:

Bring back Rammage!!!

*cough* ProfessorPeach *cough*

[dilbert]

There was certinly more science/engineering/techy stuff, which I miss.
OTOH, I go elsewhere for that these days!
I sense much more "brand image" stuff.
The politics hasn't changed, but the left wing defence has declined.
There seems to be less passion in the arguments, but I'm not sure if that's good or bad.

Edited by dilbert on Thursday 4th March 16:08

[Puggit]

It was sillier and less moderated, so yes - it was better

[Cooky]

There was a lot less nastiness, and posters were generally a little more tolerant although I seem to recall getting 'binned' for insults was also more prominent.



One thing that does gnaw a bit is when you see new owners (esp in the more model specific fora) who are obviously new to the model suddenly becoming overnight oracles. They tend to forget that other owners of the same models with some amount of longevity have seen their cars pass from owner to owner.



That said the 'crack' is still good fun and at times most helpful.

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