Is Ecomodder dying/dead??

[Piotrsko]

A 412? For 3 grand? And you not on it like ugly on an ape??? Only issue if you need to smog because jetronics are unobtainium.

[rmay635703]

Originally Posted by Isaac Zachary

1974 Volkswagen Type 4/ 412 Wagon

Now you have me going through the classifieds! You happy!?

Now I just need to convince my wife we really need one.

I still rather have a Rabbit Diesel pickup 5mt

[Isaac Zachary]

Originally Posted by rmay635703

I still rather have a Rabbit Diesel pickup 5mt

I'd love one of those too, but I'd need something I could haul my wife and kids around in (or that they could haul me around in.) It's cheaper to just own a trailer for those hauls.

But being realistic, I'll just keep driving what I got until they get ran over by a cement truck or something of that sort.

[ksa8907]

Originally Posted by rmay635703

I still rather have a Rabbit Diesel pickup 5mt

Somewhat comical, I assumed this would be a bit of a unicorn vehicle. Did a quick search and found one about 20 miles away for free (pretty rough shape) but with the diesel engine.

[cRiPpLe_rOoStEr]

Originally Posted by Rango318

What happened?

Seems like a lot of interest on Ecomodder had always been quite seasonal and tied to fuel prices.

[California98Civic]

This would not be the main reason, but the off topic and the personal animus that gets vented here also drives people away. We lost one this week. It's why I split last year. And we have lost others in the past that I know of. I am sure there were more who left and others who did not want to join for similar reasons. However, I agree the main drivers are (1) fuel prices, (2) generational changes in car ownership, and (3) the increasing complexity of newer cars that makes them harder to mod.

[cRiPpLe_rOoStEr]

Originally Posted by California98Civic

the off topic and the personal animus that gets vented here also drives people away

Of course.

generational changes in car ownership

It's quite surprising how opinions about car ownership changed so fast. I see kids saying they're not sure if they would ever own a car, mostly due to the growing popularity of Uber.

the increasing complexity of newer cars that makes them harder to mod

Even if cars were still simpler than what they became, the average Joe may seem even basic routine checks as too much of a burden. Did you notice how many men either don't even know how to change a tire or just think it's more convenient to call their insurance to do it?

[Autobahnschleicher]

Changing tires yourself is pretty hard and requires a machine for dynamic ballancing.
I'd rather let someone in a tireshop mount new tires onto my wheels.
However just switching between summer and winter wheels is pretty easy.

[oil pan 4]

Ecomodder.com is going good. Still a free speech platform. The other electric car forms ban anyone who make posts that don't agree, are inconvenient, reveal hypocrisy, double standards, ect to the self proclaimed environmentalists/communist beliefs.
I got banned from mynissan leaf dot com because 3 weeks after the mask mandate was ended in Texas I pointed out the fact that the infection rate was unchanged. They really wanted to believe that masks were the difference between survival and everyone on earth dieing.
I'm going to go trash the illusion of green power some more.

[freebeard]

Agreed.

I follow the Recent Posts, but my refuge is in The Lounge (and Aerodynamics). It's as close to 'social media' as I care to be.