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Title: automotive forum
Post by: CAP1 on July 05, 2012, 09:31:19 AM
 dunno if this has been put up or not before.........

 we have a TON of collective automotive knowledge on this bbs. enough that i think it may warrant it's own forum in here, for anything from just general automotive chat, right down to automotive advice.

 there's a lot of us that don't mind....and even enjoy trying to help out fellow ah gamers with their cars, and having a forum for just that seems to be a good idea.

 what say you all?
Title: Re: automotive forum
Post by: Devonai on July 05, 2012, 09:43:02 AM
Vroom!  Vroom!  Beep beep!  Putt putt putt...
Title: Re: automotive forum
Post by: nrshida on July 05, 2012, 10:11:23 AM
Aye.
Title: Re: automotive forum
Post by: 100Coogn on July 05, 2012, 01:27:43 PM
I'm a bit of a shade-tree mechanic.  I'd like to have a forum like that to bounce some questions off the experts here on AH.
So, +1

Coogan
Title: Re: automotive forum
Post by: Spikes on July 05, 2012, 01:33:02 PM
I don't really think HTC wants to have a thousand sub forums as they have stated in the past...it would be neat, but if you give 1 subforum requests will be pouring in for many others.
Title: Re: automotive forum
Post by: nrshida on July 05, 2012, 01:38:01 PM
I don't really think HTC wants to have a thousand sub forums as they have stated in the past...it would be neat, but if you give 1 subforum requests will be pouring in for many others.

I agree with this point, however all I ever see is knowledgeable people on this topic helping other players of this community with advice, constructive suggestion and the benefit of their experience which is genuinely helpful to all and in the long run helps save people money and time. It's a great thing and probably more directly useful / beneficial than the AH classified section.

Title: Re: automotive forum
Post by: Spikes on July 05, 2012, 01:47:20 PM
I agree with this point, however all I ever see is knowledgeable people on this topic helping other players of this community with advice, constructive suggestion and the benefit of their experience which is genuinely helpful to all and in the long run helps save people money and time. It's a great thing and probably more directly useful / beneficial than the AH classified section.


Trust me, I +1 this. I think the only way to do this and be organized is to create a main forum and each subforum under it. I don't know if they will go for it, however. Possibly if they gave certain people forum-specific moderator privileges, but I know they like to do things in house.
Title: Re: automotive forum
Post by: nrshida on July 05, 2012, 02:42:16 PM
Yes. I agree it would be jolly decent of them to provide it. A worthy request and suggestion however  :salute
Title: Re: automotive forum
Post by: cobia38 on July 06, 2012, 06:20:55 AM

  -1  I work on cars all day long,why the hell would i want to come on here and read about them  :headscratch:
   The net is full of auto forums....................goo gle is your friend  :rolleyes:
Title: Re: automotive forum
Post by: BaldEagl on July 06, 2012, 10:41:39 AM
Oh my.  Next it will be the household tips and tricks forum, then gardening, then the recipie exchange, then...  :bhead
Title: Re: automotive forum
Post by: Nathan60 on July 06, 2012, 11:57:30 AM
Oh my.  Next it will be the household tips and tricks forum, then gardening, then the recipie exchange, then...  :bhead

Speaking of I have  a mean recipe for Bean Sprouts  if anyone i s interestred
Title: Re: automotive forum
Post by: CAP1 on July 06, 2012, 12:36:22 PM
  -1  I work on cars all day long,why the hell would i want to come on here and read about them  :headscratch:
   The net is full of auto forums....................goo gle is your friend  :rolleyes:

 you ever googled a simple problem? you find much more wrong stuff than right stuff.  i think that most of the people in here that ask advice know that there's about a half dozen of us that they can trust.

 i also work on cars all day, 6 days a week.......but there's a difference. helping people with this stuff is enjoyable....to me at least.
Title: Re: automotive forum
Post by: The Fugitive on July 06, 2012, 12:49:50 PM
I think it would be a liability issue for HTC to have a there dedicated to auto repair. In a sense, they look like they approve the advice given by opening the bbs section for it. That's why I don't think you will see a thread for auto repair or anything else out side of the game for that matter. They try very hard not to even make "recommendations" for things outside the game  like computer parts and such. All to avoid someone coming back them with "well someone at HTC said that's what I should do!"
Title: Re: automotive forum
Post by: CAP1 on July 06, 2012, 01:08:16 PM
I think it would be a liability issue for HTC to have a there dedicated to auto repair. In a sense, they look like they approve the advice given by opening the bbs section for it. That's why I don't think you will see a thread for auto repair or anything else out side of the game for that matter. They try very hard not to even make "recommendations" for things outside the game  like computer parts and such. All to avoid someone coming back them with "well someone at HTC said that's what I should do!"

 THAT is something i hadn't thought of, and makes a lot of sense.........
Title: Re: automotive forum
Post by: Molsman on July 07, 2012, 03:16:49 AM
Oh my.  Next it will be the household tips and tricks forum, then gardening, then the recipie exchange, then...  :bhead

hey I like to Garden legal and illegal plants and cook to  :devil
Title: Re: automotive forum
Post by: nrshida on July 07, 2012, 03:19:08 AM
I think it would be a liability issue for HTC to have a there dedicated to auto repair.

Surely a simple disclaimer would take care of that?
Title: Re: automotive forum
Post by: cobia38 on July 07, 2012, 08:54:38 AM
Oh my.  Next it will be the household tips and tricks forum, then gardening, then the recipie exchange, then...  :bhead

 and maybe a sheep dating forum too   :x
Title: Re: automotive forum
Post by: mbailey on July 07, 2012, 09:12:18 AM
hey I like to Garden legal and illegal plants and cook to  :devil

Note to self, dont eat the brownie from Crazy8s
Title: Re: automotive forum
Post by: The Fugitive on July 07, 2012, 09:40:06 AM
Surely a simple disclaimer would take care of that?

They have a disclaimer on the "Aces High Classifieds" thread, but also watch it closely so that it only pertains to flight game stuff. With the company being small and the main livelihood of those people, can you blame them for trying to protect themselves as much as possible? And what better way to protect yourself than not to allow it in the first place.
Title: Re: automotive forum
Post by: guncrasher on July 07, 2012, 04:46:31 PM
there's plenty of automotive bb's out there.   no need to have a separate forum in here, it has nothing to do with aces high.  I am pretty sure we have plenty of attorneys, accountants and tax preparers, and why not add a forum for them too?


semp
Title: Re: automotive forum
Post by: nrshida on July 08, 2012, 05:55:20 AM
Not like you to be so discouraging or negative about a constructive idea is it Semp?  :lol
Title: Re: automotive forum
Post by: CAP1 on July 08, 2012, 02:03:01 PM
Not like you to be so discouraging or negative about a constructive idea is it Semp?  :lol

 i was thinking of this as a good idea. but at the ripe old age of 50, i still sometimes fail to think things all the way through. what fugitive has stated is something i hadn't thought of. and in todays environment, htc could end up in a world of poop. i wish it weren't so, but that's the way things are today.

 it didn't hurt to suggest it though.
Title: Re: automotive forum
Post by: Babalonian on July 09, 2012, 09:50:23 PM
Why segregate?

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Title: Re: automotive forum
Post by: guncrasher on July 10, 2012, 03:25:54 AM
Not like you to be so discouraging or negative about a constructive idea is it Semp?  :lol

well i need an attorney more than I need somebody with automotive repair expertise.  and I mean that.


semp
Title: Re: automotive forum
Post by: CAP1 on July 10, 2012, 07:38:33 AM
well i need an attorney more than I need somebody with automotive repair expertise.  and I mean that.


semp

 dam....that sounds like you got yourself into a bad situation then.