My pet peeve on car forums...
 

Well I am going to be a Monday morning quarterback, after all it is Monday morning. It is to hear a new member just joined a car forum with a shopping list of what is wrong with their newly acquired 2nd hand luxo car - eg P car or BMW. Why are they so surprised that there is so much wrong with it? No PPI done, no research done. Buys first car they see etc. If one prospective newbie buyer could read this and get some help before buying, then I would feel really good......There is so much help on these car forums, they will help u save $$$$$.
Anybody else got pet peeves?

Yeah, people who complain about other people's posts!

Just kidding! I agree with you. I would think a potential buyer would do their homework and a simple google search would direct them here and to a wealth of helpful threads.

I bought my 1st Porsche in '98 sight unseen.

'81 SC Targa.

Paid $10.5K

Wasn't that bad of a deal. Had a few mechanical issues down the road but with over 100K miles wasn't too surprised.

I didn't complain then and won't now.

I learned a lot from working on that car.

Even tracked it at several tracks in the Southeast.

http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphoto...36123982_n.jpg

Sold her a couple summers ago to free up space....

some people buy cars knowing these things are wrong.

i bought my first BMW 325is with lots of problems. bad rear wheel bearings, rough idle, brake problems. actually the wheel bearings made so much noise, i could not hear what, if anything else was making noise.
i onlyt paid $850 for the car and it has been an AWESOME car. i now enjoy driving it as much as the 911, and the parts are WAAAAAAY cheaper.

I knew nothing! But I asked my friend his advice when he restored a Jeep. First thing he said, establish a budget and join a car forum specific to your car. He told me the guys on the forum will answer a lot questions and help you out. Who knew? :)

Baz - what tires were you running on the 81 SC? Look like Yoko A032.....

I normally buy any new car and establish a repair list that I work through. I think sharing common repairs is a benefit to the community, as it helps others know what to expect. What's the complaint again?

You want a pet peeve? People that think that their _____ car is the best thing on God's green earth. Let's face facts, most of our enthusiast cars would lose a drag race to a new Camry.

My pet peeve - the "flaming" of others. Everybody is on a car forum to learn and share; I really don't understand the inevitable personal attacks that make good people leave a forum.

People that don't read the owners manual. This doesn't apply so much for the vintage car owner.

Correct Andy....A032R's. I drove the car to the track events rather than trailer or bring an extra set. Much easier and I loved these tires.

8" and 7" x 16" on deep offset 951 Fuchs to accommodate the Brembos. That car could stop on a dime (and give you 5 cents change!)

Hmm, my pet peeve would be the consumate perfectionist who chides newbies for thier grammer, or corrects anybody on a meaningless misstep.

I gave up on the Datsun Z forums that I belonged to because of the bickering and sarcasm.

People who take the time to type "USE THE SEARCH FUNCTION!"

If you have the time to type that, then you have the time to search for the answer yourself and provide the newbie the link. If you don't have time to search, and don't know the answer, just move along.

In the "real" world if someone asked you for directions you wouldn't scream "USE YOUR GARMIN!!!" now would you? You would give them directions or tell them you don't know and move along. Being on the internet does not make any of us 9 feet tall nor give us the freedom to be snarky to a total stranger.

angela

^ what Angela said

I don't have a problem with new owners getting in over their head. I have never done a PPI on any of my cars. :)

G

People who don't take the time to "USE THE SEARCH FUNCTION!"

I bought the 101 Projects car from Wayne. It needed more than 101!

What is this "owner manual" you speak of?

It's "grammar". ;)

Somehow I knew I would not spell everything correctly.

That sounds a little defeatist to me, and you may not have meant it to be. I view the corrections that people make to my posts and to other posts as an opportunity to learn. I am amazed at how much I did not know but have learned on this board. YMMV.

I got corrected on that on the Aston Martin forum, and on "who" and "whom".

corrected *for* that

People that don't even own a Porsche, ranting politics and religion on a Porsche forum. Maybe they co-owned a 924 years ago and that makes it ok to bring a different mind set.
If you are active in a passion like driving a Porsche, fine. Otherwise go somewhere else.

Correction; I suspected that someone would call me out on a mistake I didn't realize I made.

My #1 gripe are people with a holier than thou attitude who put down others with whom they disagree. (Maybe that is a put down to those who put down...) In my opinion, this board is a 'community' where we support, help, laugh and appreciate the mark. Put downs and arrogance have no part in it especially when people do it to make themselves feel good about how much better/more knowledgeable, etc they are. We all were ignorant slobs at one point and wanted to learn. Now some are more educated slobs and have no problem with that.

Sure wish I was reading this one in pretty green letters.

Bob, any examples you wish to share? Just curious.

I have quickly learned that being overly subjective is not a good thing in this forum. If I was sitting in a room with a bunch of you, I am sure that I would have had at least 20 cushions thrown at me for some comments that I have made in the past. eg. You should get a manual transmission. Better for resale, more fun. There is more logic in this forum than PARF. Parf defeats me completely. In addition there are non P car owners on this forum which is fine by me. What about wannabe P car owners? They should know what they are going to be faced with in addition to flying cushions!

Totally. I read about others adventures and misadventures and learn. I stay on here so I don't forget to keep my eye on the prize. You guys get me so egged on by your pictures and stories of trips and rides you have taken. Good stuff. And besides, one of these days I plan to cash in on the friendships I have made by making all of you help me with my own project! ;)

People who list every car they've ever owned at the bottom of their posts.

yes, big one

Porsche/Porschah, we know

Recently i placed a ad wtb torsion bars someone
Acted like they had the greatest i idea by telling me to do a search there has been a few for sale. Hmmmm like i had no idea. Well i did respond to him telling him ummm yes i know they have been sold already hence my great idea of placing this ad.

This. and anyone who thinks the term "MODS" actually mean "improvement"

Face it- there are a lot of dummies out there ruining perfectly good cars with a combination of shtty aftermarket hoodoo voodoo parts and just bad ideas.

A lot (virtually all of) euro / jap car forums are like this

I can tolerate anything except the misuse of apostrophes. Please, please, think of the children.

I only list a fraction of mine.:p

Using hung instead of hanged when refering to executions, even the Associated Press got it wrong in todays news of an execution in Mumbai. Hung is something else again.

"Use the search function". Is it really that much trouble to answer someones question?? Especially if you know the answer?.

My biggest is the "know-it -all, self proclaimed expert on all that is automotive".
He will counter everyones opinion because only he knows whats best.

Yup...that one sent me off. A guy pulled that on me and I became unglued and spent 2 weeks on the island. :rolleyes:

Some epic insults.

the real problem is that you then get many, many threads with fragmentary information in each one - it clutters the forum and makes it hard to find info for those who are not so lazy as to avoid searching