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The forum culture is ... different. It's much better since the owners/supermoderators have abandoned the place. They were uptight about MIMA because: MIMA voids your IMA warranty, most Insight owners will need to use their IMA warranty or pay $3000 for a battery (at a time when there was little talk of DIY), and instructions were provided for hiding the modification from the dealership. That, and the developer of MIMA stood to make some money on the transaction.
The admins' decision to ban discussion of hiding MIMA from the dealer is a fair one, as is the policy of holding vendors to higher standards than regular posters. However, banning the use of "The M-Word" was ridiculous and draconian.
I wasn't around for the banishment of Xcel, but I suspect the fact that he owned and operated a fuel economy forum may have created friction. I'm not sure you have to remain closeted, though: it's not against the rules AFAIK, and the owners don't come around often. If you start posting excessive links to EcoModder, though, that makes you a vendor in my mind.
Anyway, that's all history. Presently, MIMA and other mods are discussed freely. There is a small but very healthy community of Insight modders, and also a very large number of Insight owners who would never consider a mod even as small as ditching the license plate holder.
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