Spreading the Word, or Help with Ecomodding Discussions

[Christ]

Or, to say it simply... Food is expensive. Let the Trolls buy their own.

[Christ]

Originally Posted by cfg83

mcrews -

Christ is right. Gotta ignore the trolls and just respond to the people that "get it". The trolls need attention to survive. Think of the original Star Trek episode with the energy entity that needs the emotion of hate and fear to feed.

CarloSW2

I watched one of the first episodes of ST:TNG with JeanLuc Picard yesterday... Man, that was really advanced for it's time, but you can see every little incorrect detail if you're looking.

Sorry for OT!

[Piwoslaw]

Originally Posted by mcrews

Piwoslaw,

I feel your pain.
I (like others here) post on a 'car brand' forum. they rarely ever discuss mpg muchless FE. I had been posting here for the last 6 weeks about my progress and finally posted on the Q45 forum site.
The hostility was.....welll...... I'll let you judge....

the post by PARINIOD JACK toward the end was completely unexpected.


Can a 2002 Q45 get 31mpg on the freeway......: Q45 Forum / Cima Forum: Nissan Forums / Infiniti Forums - NICOclub

Reading that thread was like deva vu, I see pretty much the same. But I must admit that I really tried to give as much info as possible without going into verbal fights (I autocensored quite a bit). The urge to write a vile reply to dumb posts is strong, but I decided not to go there. A few members appreciated the work I put in and told the rest to get off my back if they didn't have anything smart to add to the discussion. What's especially nice is someone who appreciated my long, informative posts, even though he himself wasn't a supporter of grille blocks.
I also decided not to get into the details of A-B-A-B testing when a member said that he tried a grille block for 2-3 days and didn't see a difference, so it doesn't work.

EcoModder.com has a very high level of culture as far as discussions go (with Darin leading the way). Once you get used to it, going to another forum is sometimes like a bucket of cold water. We just have to do our best to stay at that level, where ever we are.

[mcrews]

Originally Posted by Piwoslaw

This reminds me of a joke.
(NOTE: I have no prejustice against women or blondes, I am just stating the joke as I heard it!)

Two blondes are driving in a Porsche when it suddenly dies. They get out and start thinking what to do next. One opens the front and says "Hey, no wonder it won't drive: there is no engine under the hood". The other opens the rear and says "Oh, but there's a spare engine in the trunk".

my daughter is 22, and in her senior yr of college. she is a live-in nanny for a divorved woman w/ two little girls. the woman has $$$$$.

Yeah, you guessed...they both claim to be blond......

Told the above joke......the woman LOVED it...
I use a lot of 'acting'......should haver seen me doing "Oh Look ther's a spare ....."
anyway as the 2 of us are rolling on the floor laughin....

my daughter said.....I don't get it......after even more laughing I realized that i had failed to expose my daughter to one of the finer things in live...a 911 Porshe ......My bad!

[mcrews]

EcoModder.com has a very high level of culture as far as discussions go (with Darin leading the way). Once you get used to it, going to another forum is sometimes like a bucket of cold water. We just have to do our best to stay at that level, where ever we are.

AMEN!

[MetroMPG]

Originally Posted by Piwoslaw

EcoModder.com has a very high level of culture as far as discussions go (with Darin leading the way).

(Embarassed.) I'm no leader! I just try to follow the example of the moderator of the Electric Vehicle Discussion List! (EVDL = an old school e-mail discussion list.)

He works hard to keep things on topic, and actively (diplomatically) discourages posts/threads that don't contribute to the forum's purpose. Result: the EVDL has one of the best signal to noise ratios out there. EM's isn't as quite good as EVDL's but it's decent!

[Christ]

I like it here mostly because there is good information and great discussion normally, but there is a time and event for light hearted banter as well, and it's not actively chastised.

[MadisonMPG]

Originally Posted by Christ

We just had a thread like this with MadisonMPG from a Dodge forum. The fact is, you just have to put down what you know, what you can find, remain level headed and calm, ignore the saracsm and witless remarks, and hope that somewhere in the world, a lurker is reading your post while ordering some coroplast.

Best of luck to ye, sir.

haha they never got the point.