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Lately the forum has had a bunch of off topic posts, which seem to have some people in a fit. I feel that it is no big deal and I think that it is easier to have one forum instead of many. That way I don't have to remember which post is in what forum.
One of the suggestions made was an IS300 Owners (only) Forum, but a way to verify the ownership needs to be found, and I also think that this would exclude members that actually have something constructive to say about the IS300 because they don't have one. Instead of making an IS300 Owners Forum why not just make a General (Non IS300 Related) Forum. Change the name of the current General Discussion forum to the IS300 Forum and make the General Discussion forum open to any topics.
I think people are posting off topic discussions because there is only so much you can talk about regarding *only* the IS300. I also think that people talk about off topic things because there is a sense of familiarity within the forums.
Also, it seems like the other forums on the IS300 move much slower than the General forum. Do they really need to be seperated into 3 different forums? Maybe one called IS300 Tech could be made which would include all three modification forums.
And a suggestion related to the website in general, not the forums...why not make a tech articles section? TEG has recently done his armrest/subwoofer modification which many members seem to be interested in. Instead of everyone asking TEG repeatedly to post pics and questions on how he did it they could just go to the tech articles and see. This would also prevent new members from asking questions like: the front armrest is too small what can I do? Hopefully they will look at the tech article section first and then if they still have questions then they could post a message. There have been several members of the site that have done suspension mods and I think pics of their cars before and after and *hopefully* installation pics/instructions could be included. Same for the clear bra (3M film thing), tinting, etc., although installation pics would of course probably be non existent.
I also know that Webmaster (also the other moderators, especially TEG) are putting a lot of time into this site for free, so please don't anyone take this as a "this site sucks" type of post.
Concerning the tech articles, although my webpage building skills are not super good, I would be willing to build the tech section up if you want some help.
K den. Laters.
One of the suggestions made was an IS300 Owners (only) Forum, but a way to verify the ownership needs to be found, and I also think that this would exclude members that actually have something constructive to say about the IS300 because they don't have one. Instead of making an IS300 Owners Forum why not just make a General (Non IS300 Related) Forum. Change the name of the current General Discussion forum to the IS300 Forum and make the General Discussion forum open to any topics.
I think people are posting off topic discussions because there is only so much you can talk about regarding *only* the IS300. I also think that people talk about off topic things because there is a sense of familiarity within the forums.
Also, it seems like the other forums on the IS300 move much slower than the General forum. Do they really need to be seperated into 3 different forums? Maybe one called IS300 Tech could be made which would include all three modification forums.
And a suggestion related to the website in general, not the forums...why not make a tech articles section? TEG has recently done his armrest/subwoofer modification which many members seem to be interested in. Instead of everyone asking TEG repeatedly to post pics and questions on how he did it they could just go to the tech articles and see. This would also prevent new members from asking questions like: the front armrest is too small what can I do? Hopefully they will look at the tech article section first and then if they still have questions then they could post a message. There have been several members of the site that have done suspension mods and I think pics of their cars before and after and *hopefully* installation pics/instructions could be included. Same for the clear bra (3M film thing), tinting, etc., although installation pics would of course probably be non existent.
I also know that Webmaster (also the other moderators, especially TEG) are putting a lot of time into this site for free, so please don't anyone take this as a "this site sucks" type of post.
Concerning the tech articles, although my webpage building skills are not super good, I would be willing to build the tech section up if you want some help.
K den. Laters.
