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 If you read nothing else, read this: 1. Don't be an asshat. 2. If you're looking for advice on what car to buy, use this A/T thread. 3. If you have a simple question that you don't think is thread-worthy, use this thread. Use your best judgement here as to what constitutes threadworthy or not. (If it involves you doing stuff and content over several posts, odds are we'd love a thread.) 4. See 1 Questions? Concerns? Suggestions? PM CAT INTERCEPTOR or Somewhat Heroic If you don't have plat Cat and SH can be reached in the AI Slack (#modgrumbling channel) or report one of your own posts saying you need to PM either of us. Mr Chips and CursedShitBox are general AI IK. Annoy them as you will  Jim Silly Balls is the CA mod! You can also PM him with specific CA issues and questions! ---------- Without a doubt, AI is the best car forum out there. Nowhere else can you find a guy who owns ten Jeeps and half a Subaru Justy shooting the poo poo with a guy that daily drives a Ferrari 348. Where else can you watch someone with a field full of rx-7s discuss building a dyno with someone with a field of subarus and a guy that races rally cars chiming in. Our eclectic nature is our strong suit, and the knowledge of our regulars make this place something truly special. 1. Use the report button Everyone now has the ability to report posts, not just platinum users. I may not always take a visible action on a report, but I read every report that is made in AI. You will not be punished for filing a report or bringing up a concern to me in private. If the complaint involves me, then you are encouraged to bring it to the admin team. My one request is that you actually put a reason in the report. Me trying to divine the reason for a report is going to make it less likely that your desired outcome happens. 2. Basics
3. Low effort threads After swimming through endless threads of “which muffler / midpipe combo will make girls finally notice me” on brand-specific forums, AI feels like home. Let’s try to keep it that way. Keep small questions to this thread and don’t roll up in here like the reincarnation of Paul Walker unless you're really funny. Breaking this rule and posting a useless thread potentially subjects you to a mod challenge! 4. Car recommendation threads There is a car recommendation thread, and it is here. We don't need any new ones posted because inevitably, for a given set of requirements, the same set of cars get recommended over and over again. If you have questions about a specific car, you can probably find a thread where owners of that car are gloating / whining, read it, and then ask anything specific in there. 5. Content is good At the end of the day there's too much good variety here in AI to try and single any one group out for extradition. We've got people doing amazing things that may not be everyone's cup of tea, but they're at least interesting for most of us. I'd like to think we have enough good project/project-type threads going at any one time to appease fans of any vehicular activity. If all you want to do is (unironically) bodykit your Civic, though, don't expect any love. 6. Hate Speech This isn't a 1950's rural backwoods shop. Racist, homophobic, ableist, mysoginistic and transphobic language isn't welcome. A note for Australians/Brits/etc: In threads dealing specifically with topics in countries where its acceptable to say oval office or project threads started by a resident of those countries where the op indicates they are fine with it in the op, you are fine to say oval office. Please do not use it when posting in the broader subforum. 7. HOW DID YOU AFFORD THAT Anyone who's been here long enough knows that there have been some drat good posters who have the means to own, drive, and post on the internet about cars most of us can only dream about. Realize that in some cases, people either prioritize their spending differently than you do, or they may just have more money than you do. Posting on the internet asking "WHAT THE gently caress DO YOU DO FOR A LIVING" does not change that, but it does work wonders for making sure we don't get threads like that as often. 8. Ticket Threads Unless your ticket was unfair in a reasonably significant way, don't bother asking how to weasel out of the ticket you just got. You know the rules, we all do. If you gently caress around and drive like a moron, there's a chance you'll get caught. Be an adult, pay the fine, and move on. 9. Title searches If it is against the TOS of whatever title search program (CarFax, Autocheck, whatever) to resell / share / otherwise abuse their lovely services, please don't do it in AI. 10. The Car Game If you don't know how to play the car game, watch the thread for a while. Post in it at your own risk. loving up can earn a 6er. Hot wheels of actual cars (or similar die cast models) now allowed in hard mode (and hard mode only).11. Off-topic Do not go off topic in threads. There's a monthly chat thread for that. Look for the thread with the month in the name. Note: Aussies tend to open it before the rest of the world is in that month. 12. Thread Bumping It's the nature of car project threads - sometimes the OP will get sidetracked from their thread, and occasionally a single bump to the thread reminds them to come back to it and update it. However, one is enough. If someone has already bumped the thread and the OP still hasn't come back, it's time to let that thread die. 13. Thread title changes Report the post with the requested title or pm me with the requested title change and I'll get to it when I see it. Don't abuse it. 14. Rules Lawyering Don't try riding that line. If you're going to post something borderline racist, sexist, etc and you have to ask/think about where the line is, do us both a favor and say what you mean and eat your punishment. 15. Gator law is in effect. gently caress around and find out.  (Shamelessly stolen and modified from adiabatic, ioc and probably sigtrap.) Somebody fucked around with this message at 22:26 on Sep 8, 2023 |
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Rule 1 changed to deal with reports. I don't really care if you bug an unstable wife beating overpriced cookie addict with poor taste in cars. Though if you waited until the sale is final, that would be nice.
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Added my basic contact info. Also if you see a post that would make for a great thread title edit, feel free to report the post with a the reason "Would make a good title" - a bit of humour never goes astray On rule 6 for the Australians/Brits/etc: Doesn't matter where this rear end in a top hat was born, forum rules are clear, don't use oval office where you aren't allowed to
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The section on thread tags has been removed from #2 and a dozen new tags have been added. Have fun with it. 
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Since AI moderation is now a collaborative effort, gator law is now in effect. Fafo.
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Current mods have been changed now Somewhat Heroic is the new co-mod  CSB added as general AI IK  CAT INTERCEPTOR fucked around with this message at 11:47 on Oct 19, 2023 |
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