We will eventually require a motorsports forum to cover track and autocross.

Another forum to consider would be a dealer forum as a place that dealers of the car can post, and people can post their impressions and experiences with specific dealers.

A buying/selling forum for RX-8 related products and parts?

A forum for meets and events? Or maybe that should be in the regional forums.

A forum for car modifications. Maybe subdivide into body/appearance mods and handling/power mods.

All coming soon, Randy. We'll have those and more once the car is released. ;)

Cool. :)

This will be a busy site.

At some point, I need to discuss advertising with you guys.

I suggest directing those inquiries to BOOSTD7, the forum owner. LOTS of things are in the works, this place is going to explode, and our cozy little "hometown-feel" will be history. We're ready, ain't we guys? :D :D

Originally posted by Toadman
...We're ready, ain't we guys? :D :D Umm... Err... Umm... Yes?

;)

---jps

Originally posted by Toadman
... We're ready, ain't we guys? :D :D

As aptly put by "Yello"... "Oh Yeah!"

When the site gets bigger, you should have locality forums.

For example:

Nothern California
Southern California
Pacific Northwest
Midwest
The Dirty South
New England
Atlantic south Coast
Hawaii
Asia
Europe

etc etc etc...

Originally posted by Tragedy
When the site gets bigger, you should have locality forums.

For example:

The Dirty South

etc etc etc...


:D :D

Originally posted by Tragedy
When the site gets bigger, you should have locality forums.

For example:

Nothern California
Southern California
Pacific Northwest
Midwest
The Dirty South
New England
Atlantic south Coast
Hawaii
Asia
Europe

etc etc etc...

you give too much attention to cali

not to mention leaving out new york, Pa, new jersey and D.C.

Ok, North Delaware and South Delaware, howzat? :D

Seriously, all suggestions are valid. It's under discussion with the mods right now as we speak. We can go with the standard forum names copying other sites or we can do something out-of-the-box as long as navigation is easy for everyone. We're new and now's the time to toss in your opinions. We have a large and very supportive membership from "Across the Pond" and "Up North" who definitely will get their own forums. ;)

Originally posted by zoom44
not to mention leaving out new york, Pa, new jersey and D.C.

Talk about double standards...

Where do you live:--

1. New York
2. Europe

What's wrong with this picture?

iam from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. spent alot of time growing up in new york and new jersey. not sure what you mean by europe, sorry its been a long day lol:)

Originally posted by zoom44
iam from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. spent alot of time growing up in new york and new jersey. not sure what you mean by europe, sorry its been a long day lol:)

Lets use Asia instead of europe, because it's easier to explain... New York is a "City", Asia is a "Continent"...

That's like saying... what language do you speak...

1. English
2. Foreign

oh he broke this country into geographical bits and then said "europe" and "asia". understood now, im tired and a bit thickheaded today:cool:

LMAO! Asia (by definition that we have no influence over), refers to the Orient. Just piddly semantics and demographics 'tis all. Would you prefer RH drive vs. LH drive forums? :D

Originally posted by zoom44
oh he broke this country into geographical bits and then said "europe" and "asia". understood now, im tired and a bit thickheaded today:cool:

The geographical bits were basically OK,... I was just laughing at you putting New York and stuff in there...

I guess that Europe and Asia could be broken up better... but I'm not the one who's qualified to do it... definitely not for Asia...

IMHO, geographical areas are OK, and then Europe and Asia etc... but if it's decided to do say States in the US then that translates to countries in Europe I guess...

Based on my experiences at other car forums, it should not be divided based on geographical size or any other criteria beyind user needs. It could very well be true that there should be a Southern California and Northern California split, if the numbers of members indicate a need. It would be a lot easier to arrange meets and events in a Southern California forum for example.

If one person from France was an RX-8 fan, should there be a French forum? Nope.

I suggest you start small in numbers and divide and subdivide as the numbers indicate you should. A forum with a lot of sparsely used subforums and many layers looks crappy, IMHO.

Start out with a West Coast, East Coast, South, Midwest, Canada, Europe, Asia.

Yeah... is seems dismissive to a continent, but reality will be what it is. Most of the posts reflect people in certain regions. Again, create regional forums based on needs. If we have 20+ members from UK and they have to sort through the that one French guy's messages and all the German/Dutch messages, split it up then.

Yep, I agree... I see no need to split it up in that way at all... but if it gets done I'd like to see a little consistancy, otherwise it's gonna get confusing..

In that way I think less is more...

Originally posted by BlueAdept


That's like saying... what language do you speak...

1. English
2. Foreign

Actually I've been known to suggest that that WAS a good idea before... so who am I kidding...

Originally posted by randyc
Based on my experiences at other car forums, it should not be divided based on geographical size or any other criteria beyind user needs. It could very well be true that there should be a Southern California and Northern California split, if the numbers of members indicate a need. It would be a lot easier to arrange meets and events in a Southern California forum for example.


In case you haven't noticed Canada is pretty big - on top of that, there are already many many many Canadians from the atlantic to the pacific coast. I'm pretty sure a split in a bigger country is more valid than a state.

I think there should be a Canadian forum for users now.

Originally posted by Immi


In case you haven't noticed Canada is pretty big - on top of that, there are already many many many Canadians from the atlantic to the pacific coast. I'm pretty sure a split in a bigger country is more valid than a state.

I think there should be a Canadian forum for users now.


Thanks for the geography lesson. I also did not mention Australia. China. Russia. South America. And Antartica. And Mexico.

You missed my point. A split in a country is NOT automatically more valid than one in a state. It would be if the country had enough forum users and it was large enough as Canada is. I am not making a judgement AT ALL about Canada or if it may have enough users, so please don't be defensive. I just did not mention every possible option.

All I am saying is create forums based on the numbers of users and the requirements. If there was a lot of Canadian users and the Canada forum was chock full of activity, then we should consider breaking it down further.

I was responding to the person said that there was too much California. In my experience at other car forums, there well maybe a lot of users from California. For example, on the MR2 forums, they have a very high percentage of discussions so we ended up creating a SoCal and NorCal forum. And then all the people in central California convinced us that they needed a Central Cal forum. So California got 4 forums, one that covers the entire state. :)

On the other hand, at sccaforums.com, the California people have been almost non-existent as far as requiring a subforum. But the Las Vegas people have taken over the western region forum. I think they deserve a Nevada Region forum.

I think I used way too many words here... :) but my only point is that forums should not be created just based on geography or size of countries or any other criteria than the needs of the user base. And the needs is determined by numbers of those users in a region.

is portland oregon close enough to be included in the canadian forum? i'd rather not have to spend my time on here talking to people from northern california:D i keed!

ya, you really have to consider how many people from the region will be on the forum... like Asia for example: given the current situation of the "Tigers" the RX-8 won't be as big a seller across that enourmous area as it will in the states, or "europe" ;) heh heh... Japan is obviously going to have the largest contingent of Asian owners, but after that, i couldn't really say... HK doesn't have much in the way of roads, and most people in mainland china couldn't afford one, have enough access to the 'net, or speak enough english to want to be on a forum like this... the same applies for most of Asia, with the whole language thing playing the biggest role...

Originally posted by wakeech
ya, you really have to consider how many people from the region will be on the forum... like Asia for example: given the current situation of the "Tigers" the RX-8 won't be as big a seller across that enourmous area as it will in the states, or "europe" ;)

Perhaps, but do remember that this forum is not exclusive to RX-8 OWNERS. If so, none of us qualify as of yet. We'll just have to play it by ear. Nothing wrong with that.

Originally posted by randyc



Thanks for the geography lesson. I also did not mention Australia. China. Russia. South America. And Antartica. And Mexico.

You missed my point. A split in a country is NOT automatically more valid than one in a state. It would be if the country had enough forum users and it was large enough as Canada is. I am not making a judgement AT ALL about Canada or if it may have enough users, so please don't be defensive. I just did not mention every possible option.


Hey no problem on the geography lesson - it's about time Americans learn something about other countries. :p

I can see the province of Ontario having more Rx8 owners than cali.

Originally posted by Immi


Hey no problem on the geography lesson - it's about time Americans learn something outside their country. :p

I can see the province of Ontario having more Rx8 owners than cali.

It might surprise you to find I am not a native of America, but you still miss my point, and I know I used enough words. ALL I SAID IS THAT IF A REGION HAS ENOUGH USERS, IT SHOULD HAVE A FORUM CREATED. Not to make a lot of forums now based on countries and area.

It might surprise you to find I am not a native of America
could have fooled me :D :P

Originally posted by randyc


...but you still miss my point, and I know I used enough words. ALL I SAID IS THAT IF A REGION HAS ENOUGH USERS, IT SHOULD HAVE A FORUM CREATED. Not to make a lot of forums now based
on countries and area.

dude take it easy - your arguments contradict each other

first you agree with the fact that a north and southern cali forum would be necessary - but you totally dismiss the fact that other countries/states/provinces will have a large number of rx8 owners - you go on to say that forums should be based on the number of active users - yet you fail to understand my reason for CANADA having more than one forum - B/C there will considerably alot more rx8 owners compared cali

furthermore, you write about arranging meets etc.. - well only I have only one thing to say "why would someone from vancouver want to hear or read something about meets in ontario or montreal???"

I agree to what you said - "ALL I SAID IS THAT IF A REGION HAS ENOUGH USERS, IT SHOULD HAVE A FORUM CREATED" - but I disagree to your inputs on how important cali will interms of RX8 owners (and that's what i have been pointing out all alooooong)

I know this ain't a big deal. Trust me I don't think either of us is getting hot about it. But go back and read again what I wrote. I did not suggest we create a Norcal and SoCal forum. I did note that IF the users required it, then it would make sense. I also noted that we needed it at another forum.

To repeat (because otherwise you are reading too much into what I wrote). I do not agree we need a NorCal and SoCal forum. If you read what I wrote, I mentioned that at sccaforums.com, we don't even need a california forum at all.

That is not a contradiction. We could easily need 17 Canadian Forums and one Western USA forum. Who knows?

We are in total agreement about arranging meets. My point again is that if there are enough users, it makes sense to split them up. But if there was one user from NorCal and one user from SoCal, then it does not make sense, even if they are geographically far apart. I think that is the point.

Okay, so at this point, if we read the posts carefully, we are saying the same thing. I think you read too much into the whole California thing. I really have NO opinion about how many Canadians there will be. It does not matter to what I am trying to say.

Wack, wack, wack --> dead horse :)