agreed...getting a FAQ going would be the best thing we could do for this place

 

HarvesterUT...how are you guys doing out there?

 

Also +1 for intuitive FAQ

 

the mere fact that not a single moderator or administrator have chosen to comment on this thread speaks volumes....

matter of fact, who are the mods for this forum?

 

Remember how long it took to get a response to the questions and complaints on why this site was crashing daily. Do you really expect any action from this in the forseeable future???

 

It's also posts like this and the one he/she quoted that are completely unneccessary. I don't mean to be a dick, but when people create posts like this it just makes it that much more difficult to locate useful information and is basically a waste of bandwidth.

 

 

"Just Got a Z" threads are annoying, too.

 

This happens on every single automotive enthusiast site. I experienced it on the Honda Prelude website, the Audi S4 website, and now this Z site. It is also extremely predictable in it's time course. The posts tend to be on a 2 year cycle in terms of high level repetition. That is why we are now seeing a giant influx of "which is the best intake and exhaust" all over again. Personally, as long as it doesn't slow up the website, I don't really care. These people need info, feedback, advice just as much as anyone. We shouldn't penalize them becuase they are new owners or new to modding cars. If it does slow up the website to have all these repetitive posts, then some sort or reorganization may be called for.

 

I agree the info is uselful to not just the new members but also to people looking to change components - but the repetitiveness of these threads is what gets annoying - if there was even the slightest bit of moderation here, coupled with a logical, easy to follow FAQ, it would be a non issue

 

yes, a faq would be nice and will field many if not most questions of that nature, however....often times a faq cannot answer questions as well as the input of several members commenting on such questions (experiences, opinions). this forum does NOT belong to those who have been here the longest and it does NOT belong to those who can spend the most money and the most time on modifications. remember... there was a time when you were excited about getting your car and wanted to tell someone about it....just as there was a time when you bolted on your first part. dont open the cai and exhaust threads. share the knowledge that you have built. share the space.
my 2 cents. not trying to offend anyone.

 

well i have been home for the past 1.5 weeks....i go back soon though for the final 2 months...then i'm basically done! things have been going well overseas...the media makes it seem worse than it is, trust me

 

Need of moderation in the feedback forum?............lol

They read it cause it's been moved, just didn't do anything about it. People need to leave in the masses before things start to register........lol

 

I just saw this thread--I don't often check in on weekends.

An updated FAQ section would be nice--but will take some time to develop.

And remember, all these new people are in the exact same spot we once were and are just looking for information. If you're annoyed with some of the simpler questions, maybe post a search result thread to point them in a right direction, mention in a POLITE way that we have such a feature, and call it a day. Quite frequently, this is the first forum they've joined and have no idea how the whole thing works.

Mods do what we can, but we can't be on the site all the time to direct new traffic.

 

I was on Vacation, decided I had enough of the computer for a few days and needed to spend some time with my family..

Anyway, while on vacation I put together a list of things to do and the biggest one was improving the site..

So over the next month you will start seeing a lot of things change for the better..

 

I agree with Christi here. It is always frustrating when we see new posters just getting their Z get flammed for asking something the rest of us probably know already. I hate to see people act like it is a horrible offense to them to see a simple question posted, and that nobody should ever post without searching.

Fact is, a lot of time the search won't give you what you want if you are new to the subject, because you might not even know the common terms or names that have evolved for problems or issues. Just think about if you just got a Z and started having tire roar. Would you know to look for "feathering"? You might get lucky and stumble onto the subject with a proper search, or you might not.

Well before I was made a mod here I was in the group asking for FAQs, Tips, and How-Tos. Yes, we still need them, but due to some behind the scenes problems with the site and support thereof, it hasn't been done as we all would have liked for it to have been. GodZilla here has done a lot of positive things to get the site speed back up to bearable, and should be thanked for that. Hopefully he'll continue to help us with stuff like this

 

I appreciate the mods replyign to this - sorry you had to come back from vacation to such negativity, but it's been a pet peeve of mine about this site for a long long time.

To follow up to Mannish Boy's reply, this is exactly where the moderators come in...it is their job, as I see it, to direct new members to the threads where the information can be found. If there was a consolidated FAQ, with good threads or good outline posts describing a particular item, then that information should be readily and conveniently available to a new member

I should also clarify my initial post - I think what irks me the most is seeing 3 and 4 different threads posted within the span of a few days on exactly the same topic.....if we could get some sort of consolidation of those, that would be, in my opinion, a good step in the right direction

Adam