So I look at a lot of Porsche forums from time to time, and have always been impressed by how quickly threads get punted onto the second page. But not lately, however.

Is it just me, or are people posting/viewing less? Not so much here, but elsewhere, such as RL, RT, 6SPD, early911Sreg, etc. Is there a great way to measure this that I, being a non-computer type, am missing?

Sign of economy?

Sign of nothing?

Sign of waning interest in car forums (I doubt this...)?

Sign of distraction in a world gone mad?



pete

Pete,

I think it has only slowed a bit here. Every morning for the last three months I have bumped the WCR post with a Top 100 blurb. By the next morning it has moved almost always to the next page. I would say it has slipped by about eight spots total in the last 3 months.

Perhaps a sign of presenile dementia???

it's a sign that its not summertime yet, well at least in the other parts of the world.. it's starting to get pretty warm in AZ

actually, it's the opposite ...

we had a sharp drop right after the split and we've been going up in traffic ever since.

we're almost back to pre-split postcounts ...
Andy

It's not here I see the slowdown.

It's elsewhere.

Makes me wonder.... Economy? Mortgage and home equity garbage? Gas prices? Or perhaps (ridiculous) anti-car sentiment sinking in? Or Pete is crazy?

I'm voting for the latter.

pete

in that case, how about another northbay backroads fun run?
Andy

I'm in... NO REALLY! I AM!!! The fan belt issue has been taken care of.

Sounds good to me.

When? Weekdays are best, and quietest. Two weeks from now? Oh wait, I'll have to roll my GTI. Think you can keep up?

pete

i'll try

depends if burger-boy can fix my steering column by then.

i'll be at thunderhill April 25-26-27, but other than that ...
Andy

Springtime.
999,911

Our forums are busier right now that they have been in 8 months! The server shows it for sure..

And it's spring and all the guys that SHOULD have been working on the car beginning in October of last year are just now doing the work...

And the phone is ringing off the hook... I am so tired of saying "Sorry, can't help you- should have started this project in November"..

Pete, can we talk tonight? If so ring me- I'll be here all night!

Cool. I'll have to see if I can dig up something interesting to drive, as I just remembered the GTI's brakes fade miserably waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too quickly in hardcore, low-speed backroad sections.

I suspect a pad change might help, but I think a 997 GT2 is imminent...

pete

I agree that hte other boards have slowed down.

As for me, I used to search about four different 914 boards. But since about November of 2007, I switched to this board and pretty much stopped going on the other boards.

Why did I switch? Because of the people on this board. The members here are helpful, interesting, funny and sometimes a bit touched (insane). I have never been involved in a BBS community that is as helpful as this board, and I have been involved in computer networking since the mid-1970's.

From the welcome messages to a newbie, the expert advice from a senior member all the way to the memorial messages marking a member's passing, this BBS is by far the best 914 forum available today. You just don't get that in the other boards.

My thanks to all for making this an online community that is more than the sum of it's parts. And it's got great pictures of 914's!

Maybe everybody is reading magazines these days...

BTW... both users are still very active on the early911Sreg. Not sure what this "slow down" is you're suggesting.

How 'bout a Hooky Friday™ run on the 2nd?

I think posting is down on the rich car sites, they've been figuring their deductions. Us CSOB 914 drivers got it together.