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[WannabeGT4]

Please set up some sort of subscription service so that we don't need these ads at the bottom of each topic. I'd be willing to pay so that I won't be bombarded by useless crap. Ads are so tacky and cheap looking. What kind of revenue do you make from those ads anyway? I'm sure our contributions (if they were allowed) would be significantly more. Sorry, I hate ads almost as much as I hate spam.

[Bigmeanbulldog55]

kinda un related, but Bulldog, what do you think is going downhill about the site in general ?

Everyone is loosing their cars, or loosing interest. So many members it's hard to keep as close nit community. Good bit of fighting, and non communal actions. New people who bought Celica's are more often younger people who just trash them. There just doesn't seem to be as much love as there was. But maybe it's just me and I'm just depressed at the distance between me and my dreams right now. Mostly, just the bigger the site gets, the less personal it is. There still are good members on here. Like I said, I'm just in a different mood, so it's not as bad as I thought. I'm just trying to express my feelings at the time.

Jay, I know it would have been better if I lied, but I just can't do that. Lieing never gets you anywere. It's one of my policies.

[orvillescelica]

kinda un related, but Bulldog, what do you think is going downhill about the site in general ?

Everyone is loosing their cars, or loosing interest. So many members it's hard to keep as close nit community. Good bit of fighting, and non communal actions. New people who bought Celica's are more often younger people who just trash them.

i think thats one of the reason we need to keep this site open and free for everyone by simply allowing a few ads. As new people get celicas they come to the site and find the more tasteful ways of modding them. If this site was a subcription service, they probably wont join and end up "trashing" them like you say. I think only the established regulars would pay for the service of the site, and then it would become too elite hoarding our secrets and car info for ourselves rather than passing it out to everyone, sharing information as the internet is intended.

You cant help people getting rid of their car, no one keeps one car forever no matter how much we would want to. And as one gets deeper and deeper into the hobby of tuning, it is only natural to move on to another platform that is more condusive to it.