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Thread: Wanted,"history" of this board - general mumblings

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    Default Wanted,"history" of this board - general mumblings

    I was checking out my profile and I'm a one year member today. I mainly stick to this board for bmw related information. It specialises on the e34 which I love. The average age of the members seems higher on this board than other boards, which is good because it brings a level of maturity to the table.

    However, I haven't heard a whole lot of information of how and why this board was created. Could other members here fill me in on what's been happening?

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    Kristian

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    The average member maturity is definitely up there on this forum compared to others.

    Age, as well, is up there. I heard about this forum during the Midwest E34 Summer Meet last year, I was probably the youngest attendant there at 18. Lots of older guys for sure.
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    I reckon that the`maturity`on this forum has more to do with the fact that most of us are real BMW lovers and not like the guys who buy a 3 series because Honda's are out of fashion and Bimmers are in, and then get on BMW forums to bragg about their" performance" .
    Most of us breathe, eat and sleep BMW.

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    Default Most of the "old-timers" migrated here from bimmer.org, before it became roadfly...

    Quote Originally Posted by BigKriss
    I was checking out my profile and I'm a one year member today. I mainly stick to this board for bmw related information. It specialises on the e34 which I love. The average age of the members seems higher on this board than other boards, which is good because it brings a level of maturity to the table.

    However, I haven't heard a whole lot of information of how and why this board was created. Could other members here fill me in on what's been happening?

    Regards

    Kristian
    We used to OWN that board, then it got too "administrated", and MicahO, Ed, and others sent out feelers to see if we wanted a new board. And we did. The first iteration of this board looked much like the old bimmer.org board, but then it was suggested a little over a year ago that we go to this format. There has been a steady flux of folks, and some of the "old-timers" have moved on (probably to E39 or higher!), but some of us who have been part of the "community" are still around. Since I "joined" the bimmer.org board in 2000, I've sold two Mazdas, acquired an Explorer and an E30, gotten a dog, had a kid, moved (twice), and put 67k miles on the E34.
    You'll still see a lot of folks dual-post (here and roadfly), but the answers they get here are generally a lot more well-thought-out. There are some "know-it-alls" over there, and some really smart folks here (BillR, Winfred, and a host of others whose names slip me now). This truly is my HOMEpage!

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    Default Come and listen to a story about.....

    ....a man named Ed. A poor Bimmernut, he barely kept his family fed. When Roadfly said, "Join the Circle Jerk now or ya can't play no more." Some folks and Ed told them @!*%! you, and we promptly hit the door. Left that is........made a new place called Bimmernut. Bimmer.info that is.
    (queue the banjos)



    So for the rest of the story, I'll leave it to some of the "other" historians here.


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    I never posted on bimmer.org before, the layout of that forum looks very poor. I thought our main "competator" was bimmer.forums. They seem a lot larger than us, however serving a lot more different bmw's.
    Last edited by BigKriss; 05-12-2005 at 07:39 AM. Reason: more answer info added

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    Quote Originally Posted by Brian C.
    ....a man named Ed. A poor Bimmernut, he barely kept his family fed. When Roadfly said, "Join the Circle Jerk now or ya can't play no more." Some folks and Ed told them @!*%! you, and we promptly hit the door. Left that is........made a new place called Bimmernut. Bimmer.info that is.
    (queue the banjos)



    So for the rest of the story, I'll leave it to some of the "other" historians here.


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    Default Thats one of the best things about this forum

    No one is comparing whos wing or exhaust is bigger. It is definately on a higher level. And people deal well with the occaisional newbie post about putting 22" spinners on an E34. If you drive and E34 its the only board worth visiting.

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    Having owned an e30 for a year, doing every imaginable repair myself, and obviously joining and posting on a bunch of the E30 message boards, I have to say the 5 series board posters are 100x better when it comes to helping each other out, and generally being able to hold conversations. It doesn't feel like there is a competiton as to who can upgrade their car the fastest like there was with the 3 series, and just in general it DOES seem as though everyone in the 5 series forums is really in-to their cars.

    Most forums with e46 owners, the questions are like "oh crap my light burnt out!! what should i do?"...but even with the 5 series, the e39 owners seem to know their way around a car.

    It's just a more welcoming community :-)

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    after I bought my car i was surfing around to see if I could actually work on the thing myself, not being able to afford dealership service and not knowing ANYTHING about a German car. I went and read and searched and read and eventually found this place (before the format change). This was the ONLY place where people were actually giving relivent information regarding DIY repairs, serious replies to serious questions. This is the one stop place if you need help, roadfly seemed way out of touch and some others never really answered peoples questions. This place has been like a family to me and over time reading just about everything I can say I actually know a decent amount of information on our cars, more than my indie and the local dealership for sure. The dealer has me on the new Bangled up Bimmers but I have no intention of learning them right now. I would say that most newbies get 'initiated"' one way or the other, a make it or break it attempt to see if they are serious about their cars. 13" trash can exhausts are frowned upon by most here along with the 24" blinged wheels.
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