I think what XLR8SN reminisces are the few first pages of post where owners traded information on what issues they have with their cars, solutions to common problems, what they did about a certain problem, questions about something technical about the car, etc., etc.

Useful topics that many owners experience at one time or another with their car... i.e. Window Issues, IF i wouldnt have read it on the first few pages i wouldnt have know the fact that there is a problem with the passenger side...

Lately all the posts i've seen is of people "chatting" with people, people saying oh i saw you at XYZ place, i feel that thats what phones are for, even e-mail...

Granted, forums are forums but we have a choice to make, do we want THIS forum to be just like ANY other forum, or we want it to be helpful and a good source for others who may have questions about something, that would like to find a solution or an answer on their own just by doing a bit of research on the net instead of having to pay who knows who to troubleshoot something that has been posted it was an issue for them.

Yes, i've posted dumb things as well in the past, but try to keep it within the topic on hand, and dont do it everytime i post...

The choice is yours of how you want to make this FORUM look/feel. If you want to make good use of it for it to be helpful or just something like MySpace...

Now... where where we... yes, lunch time...

 

very good information. maybe this is peoples first time on a forum?? i do use these forums to help others though. i care more about the other persons car than i care for my own!! i'm here to help too. mybz for the irrelevant posts. i'll keep it out of the hawaii section.

 

Amen!


Good post, thanks!!

 

dunno, most of my questions relate to tracking the car on the road course. Most of the users here only have experience with doing the 1/4 mile. I usually go to the coupe section and seek answers...most of the "lounging" i do is in the hawaii section.

i have full bank of knowledge about road racing and 1/4, most of them basic, but i know a few things that would benefit those who're interested in any of the ideas i have. i usually contribute to brainstorming for ideas so that everyone would benefit from any idea someone may have. kind of like refining or broadening any idea one may have regarding racing. I'm also up for any suggestions that would benefit me as a roadracer.

engine tidbits...i know a fair share. with some some experience, and family experience with wrenching on cars, i can honestly say i know my way around cars. jensen knows how i used to help out a lot on FH in their automotive forums. i was one of those people who actually cared. If someone posted a question, i'll post an answer if i knew how to answer it. taking into consideration how james responded with whatever remarks he had, it makes me feel that my efforts are unappreciated. lately, i'll just direct people to dealerships than have me answer them; it's easier.

I help with what I know. It's just that when there's people like james, I dunno sometimes.

 

true, it would be nice to have just technical and useful information. ...but then again, isn't that what the technical forums are for...those sections above us?? i feel that this forum should be anything hawaii g35 related and if you have technical questions, feel free to ask. i think its good to have some off topic, funny, etc... type of posts just to keep it alive and interesting. however, i guess it wouldn't be right to bombard it with useless crap also...like other forums...HI.....how are you doing? hehe.

 

A/S/L

 

seen a blue coupe with RH Pro J5's in graphite yesterday on kapahulu heading into waiks. also, seen 2ND SIN's black coupe slammed on 20's. looked like a step lip too.

 

that's true, i forgot about the 'totally free' maintenance thing for the first 3 yrs of ownership. the only bad thing is that, even if it's free, if it keeps breaking down, then that's wasted time on your part. i don't know about the bmw of HNL dealer (or, much less, the ones in Ohio) but there's a bimmer dealer in San Diego that was giving out '03 Toyota Camry LEs (4cyl.) as their loaners - that's pretty sad.

so you're only keeping the car for a few months? is it really that bad to drive RWD up there in winter? just curious, otherwise you'd think that RWD-only MBs and BMWs wouldn't sell at all in rainy/snowy places like Washington, Orgegon, etc.

 

i saw a black g coupe over by waipahu today....had the same kind of grill as drew....so i waved.....umm...i should start wearing my glasses more because i dont know if it was him or not.......but he kinna gave me that O_o look

 

Saw a red coupe w/ CF hood over at Mobile Car Audio. Pretty nice.

 

I saw a new black coupe in waipio today.

 

Saw an 04' DP one today as well.

Oh, that was mine.

 

Hmm that could have been me... what time?

 

I've seen it around mid afternoon, for the past 5 days, & still have paper plates.

 

theres 636 again talking ****, you dont know anything about G35s thats why i told you many diffrent times why your points on ECUs and engines made no sence, and dude.. no one likes you, you where that guy in high school who just stood in the hallway and thought if he walked around with the cool people he was also cool. get a life