What do y'all think?

 

Would ALOT better if search worked!

 

Last time I checked Yahoo spiders this site. Search through them.

 

Great forums by far my favorite right now.

Yah the search would be awesome and it would eliminate 35% of all questions on the forum each day.

I know there is a fix for the "SEARCH" feature hack by now. If its a matter of someone installing the update or installing the latest software on the forum, Id wish they would just ask cause I ve got expirence and would love to update the latest software so we can search again.

You can sense that the mods are praying for the update so they dont have to read posts like "What does my Y- Pipe do? What should I upgrade this with? Blah BLah BLah..."



Prophecy

 

Yeah, I must agree. I long for the days when searching was free.

What's the search 'hack' you talk of? I've never heard of it. I just thought it was hogging CPU resources.

 

i voted for the forum being difficult to find good info. What I mean is, I wish that this forum as a whole would have lots of info on maintaining the car instead of repeating questions such as basic mod questions. I know probably every topic has been covered, inside-out, with the 4th Gen Maximas, but problem is, we can't search and being broke, I don't have $20 to donate (although I feel like I owe the forum $20 for all the help I got in the past).

I noticed nowadays that people have been asking repeated questions when they can either read the FAQs up above or go to MaxMods.org which both have enough information to decide on which suspension setup or intake suits best for them. IMO, when newbies post those questions, it's fine, they're new. But please, if you have at least a "Maxima Fanatic" title, don't be lazy. Click the link to the FAQs, and search each page on the specific topic that you're looking for.

And last but not least, let's face it. Our cars are getting old. Maybe we should look into being more interested in how to take care of our cars so that it may last longer. I mean, look at the mod threads and u see that there's about 10 times more views compared to a thread about brake pads. I'm guilty of this also. I tend to ignore maintenence threads more than the modding ones, which interest me more and I apologize to those who I could've helped but didn't.

Please don't take this as a complaint. I'm not complaining. I have no right to complain because I owe so much to this forum. I LOVE this forum. And I'm sure that many of you feel the same way. I also recognize that there are a number of you (happyricefob, jepht20, brudaddy, etc.) who have helped me, personally, with a variety of questions that I had and I thank you also. It saved me money and I got the most out of it. I'm especially thankful to the staff of this forum for making it the way it is. Things like collecting links to make convenient Stickys of How-Tos and useful information is an example of what I'm thankful for. And I thank everyone else for being on here and sharing knowledge and information to others and writing write-ups (phenryiv1) on various things. Sorry for the long post. One thought after another popped up in my head.

These are my thoughts of the 4th Gen Forum.

 

If its a matter of resources then I could understand and if that is the case they should look in to some better hosting with a new way of recieving donations.

But there was a Vbulletin exploit that allowed hackers to access certain data using the control panel dont remember what release that was but I have seen it on other Vbforums. Some people were able to use the search feature to MASS MAIL users on the forums.

Also another recommendation would be to switch to IPB. Ive worked with IPB and Vbulletin for years and IPB has come along way and your seeing alot of BIG sites (bigger than the ORG) go with IPB forum software because the code is a little cleaner and it is less of a resource hog. Plus its FREE and there is no licenseing you have to do. However the staff at IPB have programs where they will port your current database over to the new software, help you skin it, and help you get it hosted with ease.

Prophecy

 

I'm bettin the 'It's still a great place to get information' vote came from a donor

 

My search kinda works. But it doesn't matter, we STILL get good info here.

 

I voted its hard to get info, but its still good, Now its just a bunch of noobs asking the same questions over and over again, What should I do to make my maxima 8 seconds, lol But I still love this place, makes me feel at home, I love the Maxima meets, And love it when people like kevlo (which I call the inovators) make new things from scratch

 

I like this forum, ppl here are very helpful

 

Yep.

 

in OT every poll has a "I like little boys" option

 

I think that it is getting harder and harder to find information on the org because of people that put little threads about "what mods to get next?" or stupid threads about their life and situations about other things OT. I can't believe the **** that people put on here. I'm sorry but it gets harder and harder to get right information as well. People seem to give tech advice that they don't even have experience in. I think it just plain sux.

 

Donating to maxima.org gives your car a 50whp gain.

 

where do i donate i can use 50hp . but seriously this place gave me good info. you just have to be able to weed out the right answers, just like we do in everyday life. I never thought i would own a 300+ hp max. thanks to this org i do.

 

i remember back in the days i would read back 5 pages of threads gto find some good/new info about my max. now i have to trek back like 7-10 pages to find something usefull like a new "how to". there are too many "what should i get" threads. if search worked i know things would be different, i still love the org, for the most part i can still get all the info i need in a timely fahion and whenever i can i help thers out as well.

 

i mostly do alot of reading, but the past 4 months the quality of information has deteriorated considerably, seemed like people care more what other peopel think about the look of theri car than they care about what they think of their own car, amazes me, everything i do on my car is for me, and nobody else, the inatke questions are a dime a dozen, most of the kids are buying maximas and all they want are loud exhausts, theyve brought rice into maximas, there are still a few good poeple out there willing to contribute CORRECT information i guess thats a plus

 

i come on here for good info, for help whne i am doign stuff and i try to my best ability to help maxima owners out. theer are not many maxima's modded around here that i see al the time, so here i get a chance to talk to other maxima owners. this site is the only reason i come on the net anymore. if i have seen all i need to see or done what i needed i sign off. I refer now to it as signing on to the org.

 

you got a super charger?

 

I really wish the tech questions would get more responses, that is one thing I really miss coming from www.twinturbo.net from when I had a 300ZX.

Mods might want to contact the form mods over there, they run a very efficient forum, with full search function, even searching posts 5+ years old, an invaluable resource.

I'm really more a lurker than a poster on forums, and it sucks having to ask every little question that I think up, instead of just being able to search.

Anyway, just my thoughts.

 

You read my thoughts and expressed them vividly!

 

ORG rules!
I never participated in any kind of forum, chat etc. till I came across this place.
I cannot believe how addicted (almost) I have become. It is tough to go through a day without taking a peek.
I have learned a lot from all of you. For that I am grateful. Org has fuelled a new hobby. Org is a huge part of why after selling my 98 Max, I turned around and bought a 99 one.
As far as searching goes, I wish there were easier ways to go about it. For example being able to search for a keyword in thread title alone. (Maybe there is and I just don't know about it, oops).
I have one thing to say to say to the vets. Be patient with the noobs. You were one at some point. Yes it would be lovely if they did a thorough search before asking, but you have been guilty of this at least once too.
Now if I could only get those ******* stickers I have been after lately it would all be perfect, lol.
Good job Kev and the mod team.

P.S. If you've been here long enough to post more than 100 times, I think it is about time to donate.

 

the org is a good place but would be beter if the search feature worked. also it would be better if everybody was a true maxima or nissan enthusiast and should keep their mouths quite and take advice. just my opinion.

 

just because new members are considered noobs, doesn't mean that they are new to working on cars, there are plenty of veteran members on here that don't know the hood from the trunk. i think the best option would be to have some sort of way to classify members in terms of their knowledge of cars instead of how many times they posted "my y-pipe is louder than yours" or "I raced a ferrari this weekend and beat him by 8 car lengths"

 

i agree with that completly cause some people dont know anything about their cars except putting rims and a sound system in their car and they dont even do that themselves. they have somebody like a shop do it.

 

sometimes I gotta sift through the B.S. but it's still my favorite place on the WWW. Plus w/ out you all Id just be another ricer....


BTW- when this pole is over I got an exhaust question........

 

I love this site personally... It is my homepage... and I wouldn't be anywhere close to where I am now knowledge wise without this site...

But, I am 15 and don't have a job... Back when I could search it was a whole lot easier to find stuff... And I do think it is kinda unfair!

BUT! I do now that it takes money for webspace, domains, and bandwidth... And with as many users this site has... There is bound to be TONS of bandwidth... so I completely understand the donating part about it... Not many people would contribute if they didn't have to... I would if I could, but I don't even have a job yet so I guess I'm SOL!

There are some good threads out now... But it seems like we get threads that are redundant and could easily be solved with the search feature...

So we can have our cake, but can't eat it...

.2's...

 

I actually considered putting one in, but the I realized that most of the people in this forum don't frequent OT; they just wouldn't understand.

 

The tech info is good when it's given, but the topics about which part does what for my 0-60, 1/4 mile..drag race, straight-line, vs. mustangs, friend's neon, performance enhancers..whatever...those are the topics that ache my head. IMO anyways.....

 

I almost voted for Which intake should I get, but you know what. In the end, this is by far the best resource for maxima enthusiasts. I also agree that the forum has been getting a lot of nonsense threads, myself included, but regardless, questions are answered, people are helped. I think that's what makes people visit and stay with the org. Having a tech only forum sounds appealing, but I think better maintaining this forum would also do the job.

 

clearly this thread is racist

 

I LOVE this forum. Without this place I would never be obsessed about the Maxima as I am now. My girlfriend will make cracks that I love the Max more than her.

It is getting harder to find good info around here, but it still a great place. Learn new things everyday about my car. And while people still put things down there are others that help out a lot. And then there are guys that are nuts and come up with crazy new ideas and make it work!!

Hopefully will get to see the search feature come back for free, but in the end this place is still great, I eat, sleep, and breath Maxima.

 

 

no ia m not bashing newbies but some people think they are so smart when they get here, they talk all this bull and think they are all hard. hey, i was a newbie and everybody has to learn about their car. they just should think what they say before they actually do it

 

hello i'm from the future

 

well said, I totally agree. Newbies don't know what goes on in Maxima.org so how are they supposed to know that an intake question would get themselves bashed. I remember when I was a newbie, I asked a question about the chip that I see around on ebay and I got bashed. So, honestly, i was afraid to post. I decided to search for every answer since that's what newbies are only allowed to do, right?

 

Actually, that's what everyone should do. I've got no problem with newbies...as long as they RTFM (or in this case RTFS).

There have been way too many posts that are answered in the stickies. It doesn't take that long to search through, does it?

I'd argue it takes longer to create a post than to search through a sticky.

 

yeah it doesn't take long to search through the faqs but newbies don't know how important it is to save bandwidth, ya kno? If i were a newbie, I wouldn't think that there would be any harm in posting a new "useless" thread.

 

That's why they put:
I need to read the FAQ and IMPORTANT threads before posting a question

Under their name