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Absolutely, car forums are still going strong, but it would be incredibly sad (and destructive) to think that the owner of a forum could remove 15+ years of bui

Absolutely, car forums are still going strong, but it would be incredibly sad (and destructive) to think that the owner of a forum could remove 15+ years of built up knowledge just by letting the domain expire. I'm sure this applies to 100's of 1000's of niches I've never heard about. Specifically I bought a 1986 BJ74 Landcruiser, and while the community may only be a few 1000 strong, there's no problem I haven't seen solved in the forum. Plenty of the threads have starting posts from 2000's, but if you bump the thread today those same people are likely to respond! https://ih8mud.com https://ih8mud.com (but there are a bunch of others)

mauvehaus 6y ago
I used to own an '86 Subaru BRAT. I sold it to somebody on a forum I used to frequent when I went hiking for 5 months without storage for it. Car people are the best people, and the forum for my current (utterly quotidian) ride has a couple of people who have been dispensing informed answers for years. I'm with you that small communities can be totally viable and all around awesome. ETA: totally coveting your 70-series.
rumblerock 6y ago
I bought an E46 M3 on the condition that I would learn to do the majority of the work, solely based on the fact that there was so much knowledge in the forums. I had very little experience working on cars, and no access to friends / family that had experience. The forum went down earlier this year due to poor ownership – but luckily the core members revived it on a new site, and the old DIYs and knowledge are being slowly rebuilt. That forum plays no small part in making the difference in owning one of these cars a constant nightmare vs. cars that need strict maintenance on schedules that the owners have figured out over the years, combined with do-it-once part replacements that address issues in the factory design.

mauvehaus 6y ago

I used to own an '86 Subaru BRAT. I sold it to somebody on a forum I used to frequent when I went hiking for 5 months without storage for it. Car people are the best people, and the forum for my current (utterly quotidian) ride has a couple of people who have been dispensing informed answers for years. I'm with you that small communities can be totally viable and all around awesome. ETA: totally coveting your 70-series.

rumblerock 6y ago

I bought an E46 M3 on the condition that I would learn to do the majority of the work, solely based on the fact that there was so much knowledge in the forums. I had very little experience working on cars, and no access to friends / family that had experience. The forum went down earlier this year due to poor ownership – but luckily the core members revived it on a new site, and the old DIYs and knowledge are being slowly rebuilt. That forum plays no small part in making the difference in owning one of these cars a constant nightmare vs. cars that need strict maintenance on schedules that the owners have figured out over the years, combined with do-it-once part replacements that address issues in the factory design.