The Car Space

[jbell]

long read, but worth it.

well, as a few of you may know, i've been working on a project for the past few weeks/months.

http://www.thecarspace.com

i am not trying to spam. i am sort of... asking for a favor. i need people to test the site for me. we're looking for bugs, server limits, and feedback. im building this site to sort of help the community with its 'network'. sort of like a "you scratch my back, i'll scratch yours" mentality.

its a project i started with 2 friends of mine. although there is always advertising potential.. i've done this site for one reason. i want to be able to say... this is something i've created. i've made the place where car enthusiasts can go together, share intersts, talk about cars, find inspiration, etc. all those things.

i am well aware of car domain, and its success, but i feel it misses out on the networking aspect that made myspace so popular. i don't want thecarspace to be just an "online showoff" where you go.. look.... leave. i want people to be able to set up meets, find shows, and find clubs through it.

in the long run.. i would like to be able to work with larger communities to work together, intergrate aspects we both share, maing it easier for everyone to access forums, clubs, profiles... all the aspects the enthusiasts look for.

with that said... the site has been open for a little over 48 hours. in that time we've got nearly 450 useres. our impressions are HUGE and i really feel we're doing awesome.

helping out really just consists of you guys telling some friends, putting links in your sigs to your personal pages, and giving us feedback.

we just released the new layout, everyone seems to love it. since the opening, we've got some great ideas mailed to us from users, and really really feel we're a step ahead of the competition. between myself and the other programmer, we're CONSTANTLY adding features.

again. thanks everyone, i'd really really like to see some muscle helping out, so we can balance out the domestic/import ratio.

i hope this doesn't fall under "spam" because that is NOT what i am trying to achieve here. we have great results with advertising through google... however it does not lead to people helping out, and posting feedback through a forum setup.

[jbell]

well, thanks to everyone for suggestions, we've added a ton of stuff, and now made it so that you don't have to log in to view profiles.

[jbell]

to let everyone know, including operators on this site- we are willing to work with you guys to set up any groups, forums, pages, etc.. pretty much if theres anything the community wants, or could benifit from, we're open to any suggestions.