Autocar Refugees

[Tannedbalbhead]

Autocar's forum closed down today which is sad. Posted there for 5 years and looking for a new home. Any old Autocar members around? Anyone else just joined here? Anyone want to say hello?

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skip_1 said:

Have you mispelt your username?

Oh, and welcome!

F**k me! Yup a b is a d..... or rather a d is a b. How's that for a 1st impression.

Thanks for the welcome.

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Garlick said:

enjoy the bustle of PH.

Coming from Autocar to here I feel like a small town boy whose moved to London.

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Shambler said:

The Autocar forum was possibly the most negative place I have ever visited, welcome but please leave behind the posters with the usual audi/bmw/mercedes are crap brigade

It could be grim but, hey, it was my grim. Think of it as the pub you enjoy but none of your mates get. I'll miss it and some of the posters.

As for the "usual audi/bm/mercedes are crap brigade I have a more open mind. Have ran an old E Class estate for years which I think is brilliant, ran a new C Class as a company car which wasn't. The best car I've ever run was a company 525d and the best car I remember my dad having was back in 1978 when he had an Audi 5E.

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LuS1fer said:

Dog Star said:

Shambler said:

please leave behind the posters with the usual audi/bmw/mercedes are crap brigade

Yes, we don't need any more; we have our own

Yes, the last thing we need here is objective and perceptive free thinkers who don't conform to the norm.

Hmmmmmmm! Starting to feel at home.

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matsoc said:

Hi, "ciao a tutti!" just coming from Autocar forum, it's quite strange seeing there all the threads with a locker...
I see there are some of renewed usernames, I would need some kind of conversion table if this goes on :-)
anyway the first impression is that PH forums are too huge for my tastes, but I'll try it.

Ciao Matsoc guardate questo per gli Italiani.
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/forum.asp?h=0&a...

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REMF said:

With all due respect to some of the comments here, trolls did not close Autocar down,

Edited by REMF on Friday 5th April 23:20

Edited by REMF on Friday 5th April 23:26

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Prior to this post no-one had even mentioned trolls.

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REMF said:

The point of this post is most certainly not to start a flame war,

Edited by REMF on Friday 5th April 23:20

Edited by REMF on Friday 5th April 23:26

Hmmmmmmmmmm!

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DJRC said:

I see the Autobot chaps have fitted right in. In fact with a discussion about LA and trolling its just like the old days here

Sorry. When I posted here I only wanted to touch base with old Forum contacts now our's is gone and say a friendly hello.

What I expected and recieved from most was a friendly "Hi I used to be..... good to hear from you.....welcome to PH you'll like it here"

Didn't expect the internet warriors to appear with such belligerence. Feel kind sick of myself for bringing it here. Autocar Forum is gone. No point in post mortums or personal attacks on Autocar staff or old forum users. PH is the new way forward and I don't think it will do the image of ex Autocar forum members to bring their baggage to here. All they'll do is ps off the locals.

I've said hello, I've said my piece and now I'm off as a fresh PHer with a mere handfull of posts to my name to chat about motors and motoring.