We sure have a good group of guys on this site.

[The motor guy]

Not sure if I just ask good questions, or if we just have a ton of users on this site, but compared to my other internet forums this one is definitely the best. I've always been so surprised how everyone is very well behaved on here it seems. It never takes long at all to receive a response to most of my topics

 

[JohnnyO]

The sort of folks who are inclined to not be well behaved would get bored to death here in short order, so that's why we don't see them.

 

[GON]

This thread brought two thoughts to mind:

(1) BITOG is a master mind group. Most every walk of life on BITOG: technicians, farmers, pilots, IT, dentists, list goes on and on.

(2) Moderation- the moderators are the key to the activity and success on/of BITOG. A moderator of BITOG is a thankless job, nobody wants to enforce requirements, but the moderators who are all volunteers--- keep BITOG a purposeful, positive, and beneficial forum. Moderators are the reason BITOG is alive, well, and a benefit to so many.

 

[The motor guy]

The sort of folks who are inclined to not be well behaved would get bored to death here in short order, so that's why we don't see them.

I think it's mostly an older crowd here honestly. Not that anything is wrong with that.

 

[SC Maintenance]

I think it's mostly an older crowd here honestly. Not that anything is wrong with that.

Now now - who you calling old!

Besides its not the age, its the high mileage.

 

[The motor guy]

Now now - who you calling old!

Besides its not the age, its the high mileage.

We got oil for that, it's okay!

 

[Nukeman7]

I think it's mostly an older crowd here honestly. Not that anything is wrong with that.

I think you are mistaking older with more mature! LOL

Either way, this is a great community where we can agree or disagree respectfully, while gaining a vast amount of knowledge on just about any topic.

 

[edyvw]

I think it's mostly an older crowd here honestly. Not that anything is wrong with that.

 

[facility1]

hands on years of field experiences may come into play with a touch of education in various aspects of lubrication and related subjects.

 

[daves87rs]

I think many of us come from the old school forums, and we still like it here.

Much less drama than social media……

 

[shortyb]

I think you are mistaking older with more mature! LOL

There is NOTHING mature about this old guy .

 

[Glenda W.]

Yes. Excellent group of guys and gals here! IMO the mods allow the correct amount of debate and for the most part weed out the trouble makers.

 

[Zaedock]

It's been a good time, for sure. Can't believe I'm coming up on 20 years.
I definitely miss some of the guys who have passed on, like fellow Jeeper Gary Allan.

 

[walterjay]

Older crowd = more experience and wisdom.

And thanks again to the mods.

 

[Snagglefoot]

Ditto

 

[JavierH19]

Rules are constantly reiterated and punishments are administered quickly so that contributes and that's a great thing.

 

[Pablo]

Wide and deep!

 

[Bailes1992]

Most UK based car forums are now dead, a lot of them shut down. The car-forum era is officially over and it makes me quite sad.

I miss the days you'd have a handful of guys on a car specific forum who knew the car like the back of their hand, I fulfilled that roll on a few forums that are now long gone. You could jump on a car specific forum, ask a question and you were sure to find someone who had the same issue, or at least knew exactly what the problem is. The modern day Facebook groups that took over just aren't the same, especially from a searchability perspective and general group-knowledge.

I was lucky I caught the end of it. There was meets, plans, ideas, events, jokes, engineering and friendships that that came as a result of forums and it's all just kind of died.

BITOG is the last place left for me where I feel like something is going on, but even here has slowly gotten quieter over the last 10 years.

 

[Pablo]

Most UK based car forums are now dead, a lot of them shut down. The car-forum era is officially over and it makes me quite sad.

I miss the days you'd have a handful of guys on a car specific forum who knew the car like the back of their hand, I fulfilled that roll on a few forums that are now long gone. You could jump on a car specific forum, ask a question and you were sure to find someone who had the same issue, or at least knew exactly what the problem is. The modern day Facebook groups that took over just aren't the same, especially from a searchability perspective and general group-knowledge.

I was lucky I caught the end of it. There was meets, plans, ideas, events, jokes, engineering and friendships that that came as a result of forums and it's all just kind of died.

BITOG is the last place left for me where I feel like something is going on, but even here has slowly gotten quieter over the last 10 years.

Interesting. Seems like in the USA car forums are still alive.

 

[Bailes1992]

Interesting. Seems like in the USA car forums are still alive.

Maybe it's just a population ratio. In reality, how many people do you need to keep a forum alive? In the UK there's a lot less of us. And those who enjoy cars, enjoy maintaining them, modifying them and driving them are demonized by the folly that is climate change.