Thoughts on car community

[DaJo]

Originally Posted by Siberian Husky

I have been an active forum member on several different sites since 2004, when I was first getting into cars. Honda-Tech, Zilvia, Nasioc, IWSTi, ls1tech, rx7club, and many more. I've owned a variety of different cars from Am-muscle to civic hatches.

This forum is still fairly young and the car itself is still growing and maturing; I can tell a lot of positivity in this forum stems from latent excitement about the release of this vehicle, with the vehicle itself and its options/capabilities still being explored, and the fact that this car introduced many people to the tuning scene. I can tell from many posts that there are lots of people with less know-how about car modification or general racing/engineering theory.

I spent most of my time on Zilvia, because the s13 is the car I messed with the most in my life; that place is brutal and even the administrators share the "eat your young" mentality--very little tolerance to ignorance or entry-level questions. On the other hand, however, that place is so incredibly deep with knowledge. The "car build" section alone shows how deep the general knowledge about theory/modification is; lots of guys are doing their own exploratory wiring with unique engine swaps and there is constantly new development in pushing the limits in every aspect. Because of this it served as one of the best resources when tackling difficult problems.

The gt86 is a car that screams function over form and I believe as time goes on and the community matures, I see this forum turning into a place less tolerant of entry level knowledge to remain in pursuit of pushing the car's theoretical potential to the limits. There will, over time, be less threads about what product is better, and less explanations on simply installations like shifter bushings and cosmetic pieces, and more replies urging an OP to "use the search button."

With that said, I'll try and enjoy this innocent time on ft86club before we all turn into assholes. lol