MikeWooldridge wrote:

Quote: Here are a few suggestions to make everyones life a bit easier: 1. Use your real name (this is life -- not a pre-teen DnD game). 2. Give the model and year of your car (details vary, and we're not psychic). 3. List any mods or recent work that might be pertinent to a problem. 4. Be polite. You will not get help if you are rude. 5. Take things with a light heart. 6. Since we have a threaded view option please make sure to click the reply button next to the message you are actually replying. Administration Looks like rule #1 is already not being used.

Number 1 and number 4 apparently are not being observed too carefully.
Al was rude so he shouldnt get any help?

Food for thought, and don't be so quick to support someone just because they "say" they are part of the community and donate stuff.

Call the kettle black when its black for gods sake

I must have missed the real name part.

I use Pinepig on all the forums I post at, it's kind of a second name for me anyway.

I'll put my real name in my sig just to keep folks happy.

Noob.

Great site, I've spent DAYS reading old posts so I don't ask too many questions that have been asked a million times ( don't you hate that )


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i second( or 34) this motion. I had two (2) nasty comments by guests to one of my posts. I say make it like other forums, you have to be registered to post!
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Anonymous wrote:

... I post as guest when I am not on my computer. I don't carry my password around in my wallet, sorry.

and do you also find it difficult to type your name after your message, guest or not? Perhaps you forgot to write it down in your wallet..

I suppose the necessity to sign in would help, it's just a shame the 'self policing' part of this board (which is one of its greatest assets and something for the 02 community to be proud of) doesn't work in this case.
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1967 1600-2 LHD. Daily use
1967 1600-2 LHD. Parts car
1972 2002Tii LHD. Resto project

it would seem sensible to request that people log in to post - even this thread has been hijacked by a "guest" who "cant" remember his password...?! i would put some of the "angry" guest posting down to youthful exuberance but it can be bloody annoying when it interrupts a decent thread. it just seems ridiculous to me that this community is here to help each other and for us to learn from one another (and I cant begin to tell you how much I've learnt from people here over the years) and that we let a few people (and i'm sure it's significantly less than half a dozen) come here and shout their mouths off and generally create a bad feeling almost daily, and for what?! i agree that it would be a shame for us to miss out on positive posts from people who are maybe away from their regular computer and cant remember their login details but speaking for myself, these occasions are rare (aren't they?) and i think that missing out on these odd positive posts (as there are usually a few people who can help with an issue) would be far better than having to deal with angry wankers with nothing better to do every day. i think it speaks for itself the number of post this thread has received.
sorry this turned into a mini novel. i shall go back to work now...!
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'74 lux fjord - gone :(
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I only post as a guest when I feel my question is too stupid and I should have known the answer....



Guest, formerly known as somebody...

I had heard about this "Roadfly" place where you could get info on '02's. It seemed odd to me that I had to register to get into a site so I didn't and haven't. I then found the faq and it has been easy and pretty cool. I think registration reduces the gene pool. You don't have to pay attention to a guest post. And besides, we always have Rob, whom we really know is a moderator!

All the guests are complaining about not logging in because they can remember their password. BooHoo. Sound like a lame excuse to me.

I would like to know what is so hard about remembering a password?
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RIP LittleAngel

TJs692002 wrote:

All the guests are complaining about not logging in because they can remember their password. BooHoo. Sound like a lame excuse to me. I would like to know what is so hard about remembering a password?

Or let your cookies do it for you.

~Vroomer
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2003 BMW Z4 3.0i
2007 Jeep Wranger X with all the trimmings

Harv wrote:

Make it so you have to sign in to post. It would prevent people posting and forgetting to log in and then posting saying it was them. .... John

I'm in the minority here, but I don't want to see the board require login to post.

What you could do instead, which would help fix the specific problem I captured in your quote above, is to force the "username" field to be filled for each submission. I know that I've been guilty of submitting a reply after the board has logged me out (this seems to happen a lot when using the "back" button in my cookies-off browser.)

Just make the "username" field mandatory for guests not logged in (of course it's not there at all when you are logged in.) Then you probably wont see that damn "GUEST" tag all the time.

That, and show the IP address!

Janne Ahonen
Motor City, USA

thats not a bad idea at all. I like it.

That way you'd know if you weren't logged in (and thought you were) or at least you'd have to pick a username even if only for that one post. That would cut down on the guest posts for sure. I mean who is going to type 'Guest' .. a few people maybe, but most will pick some kind of handle

Thumbs up!

_z_ wrote:

thats not a bad idea at all. I like it. That way you'd know if you weren't logged in (and thought you were) or at least you'd have to pick a username even if only for that one post. That would cut down on the guest posts for sure. I mean who is going to type 'Guest' .. a few people maybe, but most will pick some kind of handle Thumbs up!

but that won't stop the anonymous ahole that want's to say something without being id'd....he/she can just keep using different names
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well I put in the thing that makes you at least write some kind of name in the box.

That will keep logged out folks from posting as Guest by mistake anyway.

hopefully

I for one would like to take it a step further, no guest posting and how about a nominal fee to register? this would cut down on people creating new login in names to post a negative response to a post instead of using their own. plus it would help support the site with some $.
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76 2002
71 F250 camper special

be careful with your comparisons: sometimes they fit someone unintended. I spend a lot of time in OZ, although a Yank, and it is my favorite place on the planet. I left active particitpation on this forum because of the tumble from car only, to people primarily,crap. Add on the difficulty of posting pics from my dedicated car site= the hell with it. I spent hundreds of hours, over the years, putting together informational posts that were buried under a morass of infantile banter. In any case, all the best down under- I look forward to getting back to OZ soon. Jay Kehoe, SFO: 1971 Sahara, 1972, Inka tii A4.
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1971 Sahara, 1972 Inka tii with Alpina A4 Injection. Both cars have too many upgrades for the "signature" square. 1987 M325ic daily driver( all E30M3 except chassis).

G'day Jay... what part of Oz do you visit? If you are in Melbourne and wouldlike to catch up with some 2002ers, I think we could probably organise a bit of a drive for you!

Jay Kay is the lead of Jamiroquai - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamiroquai - all the info you need to know... he is a 2002 fan, with a 1602 that he got for his first car, then sold it to make the first record and then bought it back after he made some money from the record... he has since got a 2002 Turbo as well, along with many other cars in his collection including an Enzo, Lambo Miura SV, old Ferrari's, Mercedes Benz's etc. I also think he may have a CSL batmobile.
(He is kinda like my idol for his great car collection :-P)



Todd
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wow Jay, i had no idea!! :-D !!! Hope you can make it down under again soon. We'll get a few guys together and GOR it up :-)

Tom
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74 - Blacky