Whatever happened to the days where car forums were about cars?
I joined UBRF way back in 2002. Back then, that forum was amazing. The meets were good, the people were great, it was just a bunch of guys (with a few attention e-whores thrown in the mix) sharing automotive passion. It was a tremendous break from the real world of school/work for most of us.
Now, UBRF is gone, and NYSpeed has taken it’s place, and it’s been great too. I just don’t get how the bannings and most noteworthy changes now have NOTHING THE FUCK TO DO WITH CARS. Everything has become a pissing contest. I just don’t get it.
There’s some people on here that get it, but a lot do not. So many people (car enthusiasts usually with NICE cars) ask me if I’m in a car association of some sort, or club, or whatever bullshit word you want to throw in there. Then I think of the cool shit we do, like WW, GPT, the beg./end of summer meets, BT meets, slip’n’slide meets, backroads drives, etc. That stuff is the absolute jam. I want to be like, “Yeah, NYSpeed, etc…” But then I see some of the garbage that floats around here, and I think to myself, I don’t even want to subject them to some of that stuff.
Forget it, it’s not even worth it…I just wish this place was more about cars AGAIN, not just OT, arguing over mods/bans, and a bunch of NSFW threads.