FT86Club will not die! - Page 6 - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

new2subaru · 07-17-2025, 05:45 PM

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Originally Posted by OkieSnuffBox

Because the under 30 crowd CRIES when told, "Hey man, there are literally 318 threads on this EXACT topic. Do some research and educate yourself, then ask a question that hasn't been asked and answered 800,000 times."

When I my OBD-I S52 swap into my E30 in 2009, I was able to use R3V to find out EVERYTHING I needed to know without asking a single question. Wiring harness adapter, brake booster, which ECU, and on and on.

Now there are posts about "how do I change the blink on my 2nd gen twin" when it's literally a f------ setting you can access through the headunit.

I use this forum constantly when working on the car. It really is amazing how much information is stored here. I hope it lasts...

FB, reddit and other avenues are useless.

humfrz · 07-18-2025, 11:20 PM

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Originally Posted by new2subaru

I use this forum constantly when working on the car. It really is amazing how much information is stored here. I hope it lasts...

FB, reddit and other avenues are useless.

Yep, sure does beat the hell out of the old days, where you had two choices; borrow a rich kids Chilton's Automobile Manual or stop at an auto shop and ask one of the old mechanics, the next time you were in town.

new2subaru · 07-19-2025, 08:43 AM

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Originally Posted by humfrz

Yep, sure does beat the hell out of the old days, where you had two choices; borrow a rich kids Chilton's Automobile Manual or stop at an auto shop and ask one of the old mechanics, the next time you were in town.

Yep. Or the Haynes manual that covered 17 different models and you could never find yours

OkieSnuffBox · 07-19-2025, 10:26 AM

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Originally Posted by new2subaru

I use this forum constantly when working on the car. It really is amazing how much information is stored here. I hope it lasts...

FB, reddit and other avenues are useless.

Yes forums are FAR superior to social media platforms. I'm just saying without enforcement they can become as useless as those social media platforms are when you end up with hundreds of threads on the same topic.

And there are A LOT of people on social media that constantly and confidently share completely incorrect information. Before the rise of social media, on forums, people like that were corrected and information deleted by mods/admins until they finally shut up and went away.

I realize I'm sounding real crotchety right now, but incorrect information is bad for guys actually trying to learn and being led astray by those suffering from the "Dunning-Kruger Effect."

humfrz · 07-19-2025, 10:50 PM

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Originally Posted by new2subaru

Yep. Or the Haynes manual that covered 17 different models and you could never find yours

Yep, none of them thar manuals had my car -

new2subaru · 07-23-2025, 06:49 PM

The forum is fading away. All I see is white...

ZC6_STi · 07-23-2025, 07:09 PM

Nope, it's just a maintenance screen whenever it's white. Looks like they've updated the interface of the website. Don't like the "red" font of the username since it can mislead if they're moderators or not. Still, the forums is becoming a bit more active. Hope they can add a dark/light mode feature to the forum.

humfrz · 07-23-2025, 10:09 PM

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Originally Posted by new2subaru

The forum is fading away. All I see is white...

Next, it will be all "blue: -

Dadhawk · 07-24-2025, 11:26 AM

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Originally Posted by humfrz

Next, it will be all "blue: -

Sadly, the BSOD (blue screen of death) is no more as of Windows 11 24H2. While it's still BSOD, it now black, not blue, and doesn't include the sad face emoji or a QR Code.

new2subaru · 07-30-2025, 07:31 AM

I haven't been able to subscribe to a thread in quite a while, under thread tools.

SuperTom · 07-30-2025, 10:15 PM

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Originally Posted by new2subaru

I haven't been able to subscribe to a thread in quite a while, under thread tools.

Thought it was just my computer guess im not alone

DaJo · 08-01-2025, 05:52 AM

Whoah, this forum is still ALIVE?

Wally86 · 08-01-2025, 12:41 PM

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Originally Posted by SuperTom

Thought it was just my computer guess im not alone

If you load the "Thread Tools" link in a new window, the subscribe link pops up a the bottom again. I'm glad we're all suffering together lol

sly · 09-13-2025, 10:43 PM

Why do I have to use a VPN to access this site sometimes? I don't usually have to use one but sometimes it won't load and so I use a VPN. But today the US VPN didn't work either. Had to switch to Australia to get the site to load again.

08-01-2025, 05:52 AM	#82
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new2subaru Weight Weenie Join Date: Aug 2015 Drives: 15 FR-S Location: Canada Posts: 2,660 Thanks: 5,234 Thanked 2,434 Times in 1,397 Posts Mentioned: 12 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	The forum is fading away. All I see is white...

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ZC6_STi Member Join Date: Oct 2014 Drives: 2015 Subaru BRZ Series.Blue #709 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 84 Thanks: 45 Thanked 59 Times in 34 Posts Mentioned: 1 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Nope, it's just a maintenance screen whenever it's white. Looks like they've updated the interface of the website. Don't like the "red" font of the username since it can mislead if they're moderators or not. Still, the forums is becoming a bit more active. Hope they can add a dark/light mode feature to the forum.

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sly Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2015 Drives: 2016 Cosworth 2.2 BRZ Location: TN Posts: 335 Thanks: 88 Thanked 198 Times in 124 Posts Mentioned: 10 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Why do I have to use a VPN to access this site sometimes? I don't usually have to use one but sometimes it won't load and so I use a VPN. But today the US VPN didn't work either. Had to switch to Australia to get the site to load again.

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