mideastmafia

Can we bring him back? He is the best source of entertainment this board has had in a few months.


Thanks,

SHAUN

jabbadeznuts

Was he banned?

Jeremy Himsel

You have my vote.

tifosiman

Yet another new person that was ran off by over-zealous posts. This seems to be typical of Rennlist threads lately. Granted he seemed to be a bit of a hothead (and probably would have left over something else anyway), but the replies to his questions in that thread didn't help the situation very much. For reference to another similar thread, take a look at the "86 951 for sale" thread on the 944turbo board. I doubt that guy will be back as well.

BeerBurner

Yeah, the same thing happened with Freeker (that was him, right, the kid with the low-mileage '83?). He struck me as someone who was excited about his new toy but didn't realize that 944's really don't respond to power upgrades the same way that most other cars do. Rather than helping him out, most people flamed him. All that was accomplished was further perpetuation of the myth that all Porsche owners are snobs. He'll tell his friends that, and I can't blame him for it.

BB.

EZRider

Well yes and no...there were no angels on either side of this debate. Freeker was somewhat a hot head himself using derogatory words. You know he was looking to turn his 944 into a dragster. We made him upset with our disagreements but at least there was rationale for it. He does need to learn manners for certain. If he was my son he's grounded....

hacker-pschorr

Thanks for the link. I took at look at that thread. Read the whole thing. I made a mental note to never post on that thread or show pictures. I may be told my pathetic 944S is "extremely slow"

I like how they had almost a page worth of discussing the differences between:

Fast
Really Fast
extremely Fast

tifosiman

I agree. That "Fast, Really Fast, Extremely Fast" definition from you-know-who was pathetic. I don't blame the guy for getting a bit uptight and probably never coming back. Ha! If your S is "extremely slow", then my 8valve n/a is probably "sluglike"

PCinDC

Tifo - that post you reference made me sick when I first read it.

I think Everyone here needs to step back and remember what Rennlist is all about:



COMMUNITY

turbo944

I agree with that....we have a lot of newbies and a lot of the same questions over and over. It's been mentioned that we create a newbie FAQ, but so far as I know, nothing has yet been done. There is one over on the 928 board that says "Before you post, read this" We need one over here. This community is much larger and if they need one, we do 10X as much.

I typically hang out for a while anywhere before I ever make a first post unless I really need help or something after I join. If I got treatment as some people here have without just being a little slower on the draw, I'd have left some of them. And some of them I have gotten that treatment and left from.

I usually try to be calm and not beligerent on here and try to even avoid getting into a big argument to the point where I'll just drop a topic and not post again. We all have opinions (just like we all have another certain body part as the saying goes ) but sometimes they don't belong posted on here when someone says something that inflames us.

Should we start another thread and begin working on an FAQ? It could be setup and to be on all of the 924/44/68 boards to minimize cross over problems. If a newbie comes in and posts without reading and asks one of those questions, we should POLITELY point them to the FAQ to start at and then encourage them to ask questions once they've read the FAQ and they should be welcomed and we should ask to see pics of their cars (especially if they are 968 Turbos or something! ).

So as not to hijack this thread I won't go into this here, I didn't even get a chance to look at the nitros thread until it was too late. Yes, he needed better ettiquite up front, that is one thing that should be in the FAQ....

Blue S2

It sucks that some people get the third degree when posting new stuff. I think its just funny that the people that do are the ones that come in unknowingly with these cars looking for fast hp upgrades and crap like that. I would think eventually if they were true about the car they would learn after some reading and researching the archives and be better prepared for criticism. On the other hand, if your first post is all in bold with no punctuation, it is kinda hard to read and take seriously. We all started somewhere, i think some people forget that though. I also thing some people buy into the Porsche world with different expectations of the cars.

Oh well, just my 2 cents!

hacker-pschorr

Consider it done:

https://rennlist.com/forums/showthre...hreadid=111039

kennycoulter

my first time posting here, i felt the same way. the other place i post is on the svo mustang boards. it consists of older guys that went from muscle cars to the svo. kinda like me but im the youngest one there! the people there are more mild mannered. i lean toward this board now because i find myself posting jokes and being silly....it doesnt go well with the older guys. plus watching these threads are like the stock market.......there is constantly stuff being posted. post in the morning, by night it is on page three!

Blue S2

What is different about this board is that, yes there may be a lot of silly posting and jokes, but whenever a member needs something, there is support. And it seems that extends way beyond Porsches. It really is a strong community, and the people are here for more than themselves in the end. Very cool. VWVortex is a similar board, but i find you get a different mix of posting, and more of the ricey style posts where there is constant flaming and retarded sarcasm towards stuff. Then again, there is a lot more modding in the VW world for show than for race than we see in the Porsche community. The attitudes are different. I can see it very quickly going back and forth between the two. Ha, and then Ferrari chat is like a step away from the humor, and also consists of a lesser support i think, but its still decent board.

Sam Lin

Tifo, I thought all 8v NAs are sluglike?

Sam