NEW Forum Feature - Infractions

[gianttomato]

hehe...this is one lightweight 70 series...he's rewiring it to save weight - removed 20 (twenty!!) kg of wire.

[Farkurnell]

Greg, it is definantly not cause of your crowns and granny spec ke20, they are hot!

So it's cause I'm old???

[Draven]

No, age is no barrier

I'm gonna go with ugly

[Farkurnell]

Don't think I mentioned ugly anywhere Greg. Thanks for being so honest.

[Draven]

oh, I rate my own ugliness as a primary factor as well. don't go feeling special just 'cause we have the same name

[river]

Hi,

I love everyone 'cos I'm an old hippy.

Peace!

seeyuzz
river

[trdee]

As a past ST162 owner and current AW11 owner I care not for the banter that happens. If anything it livens up my day lol.

And yeah that clique stuff is bullshit. You can't just stand there and expect people to walk up to you and treat you like an old friend without even knowing you, but so long as you actually make an effort to get to know people then I'm pretty sure most of the dudes here will respond in like kind (unless you're a douche... then too bad)

[PeteH]

Hi,

Ya's think you'se are excluded????

Fuck, none of you young ****s come up to me and say hello. Only the ones that have been around for a long time do. What is it? Is it because I'm older than you? Fat, tattooed and hairy? Am I too intimidating?.

LOL....they are the exact reasons you were the first guy I bailed up at the first club meeting I attended.......employing the "go for the big dude get the respect of the others" routine...........

.......but then I don't really count as being young anymore.......

Cheers,

Pete

[MR22ZZ]

Hi,



LOL....they are the exact reasons you were the first guy I bailed up at the first club meeting I attended.......employing the "go for the big dude get the respect of the others" routine...........

.......but then I don't really count as being young anymore.......

Cheers,

Pete

LOL, I was going to say something similar.
I think it's more that, for those that don't know Greg, he's a damn scary looking fella.

[Hiro]

Finally decided to throw my opinion into the mix - despite the original intention of this thread to be about infractions it seems to have descended into a commentary on the club as a whole.

I think that a lot of the "clique" problems come from people who don't have the time, patience and passion to be a part of a proper club - they're the ones looking for the quick fix, the anonymity of slagging people online, the online fawning and constant praise that can only be achieved by looking at camera-phono pics and a shopping list of stuff that they paid someone else to buy, fit, tune and service. People get put off by the fact that the forum has a fairly stringent (in their minds) sign-up process. And if they get knocked back for being unable to read the clearly laid-out guidelines, they decided to form an instant opinion of the club ("oh, must be because I don't own a Celica, fucking elitist pricks) instead of actually thinking about why their application was rejected. It's like someone applying for a home-loan and thinking that they got knocked back because the banks are up themselves, rather than the fact that they didn't fill out the form and have defaulted on two previous loans - it's never their fault.

I must admit though that the "clique" thing is slightly exacerbated by the fact that a substantial part of the knowledgebase that is Toymods is focused towards A-chassis cars, but that is simply because a substantial proportion of the club/forum owns said cars. Being a wrong-wheel-drive Corolla/Celica owner, I do recognise that some Toyota models aren't as widely discussed/enshrined in tech-text, but I try my bit to represent them and to help out others seeking information that I happen to know about. Whilst not being a resident of Sydney, I am still a club member (and have been for about 3 years from memory, joined up at my first dyno day) who makes semi-regular trips to the harbour city to partake in dyno days, 'Fest, and increasingly more non-car related social events, because I enjoy being a part of the club and feel that I can talk to any member about anything, even if they drive a poor-Japman's Mustang with a wheezy carbied truck motor.

[river]

Hi,

I enjoy being a part of the club and feel that I can talk to any member about anything, even if they drive a poor-Japman's Mustang with a wheezy carbied truck motor.

Get it right!

I enjoy being a part of the club and feel that I can talk to any member about anything, even if they drive a poor-Japman's Mustang with a wheezy carbied truck motor and an auto box.

seeyuzz
river

[YLD-16L]

That's nice to know, but I firmly believe that it takes more than just "Toyota ownership" to fit in with some people. If you just own a Toyota and modify it for your purpose (whatever that may be) you're less likely to be involved with people who race their rides around circuits, or those that get along to drags, hillclimbs, khana's, etc. I approached YLD and tried talking to him a couple of times during the ToyotaFest about his Corolla (I doubt he'd have known who the hell I was), but both times he was engaged in some track talk to others.

Sorry that was the case mate, as we haven't been introduced I am still yet to put a face to the name. Just butt in next time though, it's perfectly fine We're never talking about anything serious. I should note too I'm not the kind of person that approaches people who are looking at my car, I don't know why but I just don't.

I went around and checked out every car that day, most didn't have their owners nearby to have a look and chat about their cars though, yours included. Just means next show I'll have some cars to check out that I won't have seen in detail already

YLD is a lot quieter and a fair bit less handsome in real life than he is on the forums.

Fkn LOL

Accurate description though

The AW11 knocking is something new that started recently in the forums from rival joking between different people.

It's a friendly rivalry and if anyone cares to check out the threads the banter goes both ways

I know i come across as a douche.....

Quoted for truth

Fuck, none of you young ****s come up to me and say hello.

Fark off, I did A few of you were sitting on chairs up with your Crowns having a chat, I was checking out the Crowns and butted in politely and asked who owned the bagged one and commented to you one how nice it was - it was one of my favourites at the show.

I'm not as young as some but I'm definitely still a ****



On the general theme this thread has now taken..........I think it's inevitable in life that you end up spending more time at events with people you have more common interests with and those you've know for a while and haven't seen in ages - just the way it is, it's certainly not exclusivity though.

[Farkurnell]

Fark off, I did A few of you were sitting on chairs up with your Crowns having a chat, I was checking out the Crowns and butted in politely and asked who owned the bagged one and commented to you one how nice it was - it was one of my favourites at the show.

I'm not as young as some but I'm definitely still a ****

Introduce yaself next time dude. That way I can cross ya off my list of ****s who don't say hello.



Cheers, Greg.

[river]

Hi,

Crikey, it must be a massive list!

seeyuzz
river

[TheToyman75]

The rules for signatures have been amended:

• Forum wanted ads are permitted in signatures provided there is a link to a correctly placed wanted ad in the Classifieds section.


There is also a new Clubhouse section for Financial club members. In there you will find a sub section for the agenda and minutes of Toymods Board meetings.

Thanks for all the feedback.