914 club versus 356 weenies..... Options

[ArtechnikA]

What is a average age of a 356 owner? 70-80?

and don't forget, that's with Mikey and me pulling it down ...

so i gotta ask y'all - do -i- act like a 356 owner here ? does Mikey ?

i don't believe it has anything to do with the age.
i don't believe it has anything to do with the car.
i think it has everything to do with the kind of person that was originally attracted to the car, a long time ago, and has not taken favorably to the changes in the world these past 40-50 years.

i'd love to have my '53 running for the 50th Parade in 2005, just down the road in Hershey, PA. i don't think it will happen, in no small part due to the money i spend on the 911 and the time i spend with you guys ...

[Joe Bob]

http://www.356registry.org/356Talk/join_or_leave.html

Here's the link....join up and say hi!!!

They really like questions on cup holders, which tires to buy, VW/Type IV conversions, why are four cam motors so expensive and the number one question....TEST....is this thing working????

Give em hell guys..... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/mueba.gif)

[rhodyguy]

BOY!!! they have a fine set of rules. is Barney the moderator? i would sign up and ask if 4 lug fuch would fit on a 356, because the stock wheels are too thin but i can't be bothered with deleting upwards of 70 emails a day. the threads that pop up from pelican that are 6-12 months old are enough as it is.

kevin

[Chris H.]

I think we have found the exact opposite of the 914club board.

-no pictures/attachments?
-2 posts per day limit?
-no OT?
-"strip all unessential verbiage"? I'm screwed! Oops sorry that was unessential.

[ArtechnikA]

i guess i just don't understand the issue.

if you don't like their rules, don't join.
i know there are people who have come here, didn't like the atmosphere, and don't show up much (if at all) any more. what's our attitude to those people? "We don't need them." EXACTLY.

if you want to start a "914Club-like" 356 board, GO FOR IT!

[Joe Bob]

Ah Rich, don't get the panties all bunched up....we're (or I is) just having fun at the expense of a few constipated old tight asses..... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beer3.gif)

I'm gonna go strip down t tee shirt and shorts and work on the 9 eleben....

A friend (yes I have those) taught me how to fill rock chips with a dimple of paint and then 1500 sand block it down level....saves having to the repaint the whole lid.

[ArtechnikA]

Ah Rich, don't get the panties all bunched up....

A friend (yes I have those) taught me how to fill rock chips with a dimple of paint and then 1500 sand block it down level....

it'll take more than that to bunchify my panties ...

just i see this from time to time and wonder what's the point - guys (not you, Mike...) who aren't interested in participating in something in the first place complain about the rules in a club or forum they don't even really want to join. let it go - you aren't going to change them, and neither of you really cares about the other ...

lets face it - 356/911/914 combined ownership is pretty unusual. i expect the few we see here in 914 whackjob land are most of the population :-) ...

a multiple-Parade-concours-class-win 911 guy from San Diego taught us the rock-chip fix a long time ago. for a field-expedient fix (show-day, for instance...) you can use the base of a book match as a teeny, one-use rock chip paintbrush.

i'll be doing a LOT of small-area chip repairs this year... fortunately, the 911's white color is easy to match ...

[rick 918-S]

It would be fun to ask a couple of dumb questions to liven up the old pharts but not at the expense of getting 70+ emails a day. I'm on the Healey list and there kinda the same way. I delete a bunch of mail and never read it. I thought you were on a BBS. It's all for fun. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/lol2.gif) Lifes too short to be that serious... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif)

BTW: Be sure to get ALL the wax out of the chip before doing the fill trick. I had an owner bring his 911 in after dotting in a million chips and wanted us to the the block and buff for him. My painter went to sand and buff the chips and the paint dots were just coming off leaving a white speck. DUOOoo! We ended up shooting the front and mirrors anyway. Use ample wax and grease remover, and try using a Q-tip in the chip. Be sure the chip isn't to the metal. rust will still grow under the filed in chip.

[Brad Roberts]

Cool. I can go through and collect all their email addresses from the classifieds and spam them with big T4 ads. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)

At least ours are a few layers deep in code.


B

[ArtechnikA]

It would be fun to ask a couple of dumb questions to liven up the old pharts but not at the expense of getting 70+ emails a day.

if you subscribe here to the 'new topic notification' and 'topic reply' functions, you're getting that many from here.

if you don't want that many individual emails, subscribe to the Digest (like i do with RennList's 911 and Racing lists...). you read about the Digest option, right ?

[Joe Bob]

Dunno know where the 70+ number came from....the 356 list averages 10-12 at the most....when a RANT goes on, you can 30-40...

[Air_Cooled_Nut]

I think we have found the exact opposite of the 914club board.

-no pictures/attachments?
-2 posts per day limit?
-no OT?
-"strip all unessential verbiage"?  I'm screwed!  Oops sorry that was unessential.

Except for the "2 post limit" (which I think is pretty flipping stupid) and the 5K limit, the Type Three email list I'm on has the same rules. We all deal with enough email -- and people -- to understand the sense with these rules (like the no swearing and no flaming). Many people don't have the "latest and greatest" in software so keeping everything in text format, small and to the point, makes it very easy for anyone to get the emails, particularly those whose email client can't decode HTML and/or are using a dial-up internet connection. The "unessential verbage" means delete all of the text of the email you are responding to except for the part you are answering to. This becomes particularly important on topics that generate a lot of responses. It also greatly assists when searching the archives.

Email vs web forum are very different animals. Just shedding some light (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)

[nebreitling]

Oh they're old AND rich...and have you seen any of their daughters lately ? ??? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smlove2.gif)

dude, that's gross. their daughters are my parent's age.

[Jeroen]

Mike, post the link...
I'll hook 'em up with the Dutch 914 guys and they can all go bowling together :finger2:

cheers,

Jeroen