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There could be a conflict of initials if BBD joins t'other side, as there's one over there already (I suspect they're not one and the same) and they post on quite different subjects!
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I would be sad to see this forum close. I have been on here at least 20 years and have learned a lot. I have noticed that the forum is quieter these days than it used to be and I also think that the average age of posters has risen quite a bit. Not that I can talk being 78 myself.
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There could be a conflict of initials if BBD joins t'other side, as there's one over there already (I suspect they're not one and the same) and they post on quite different subjects!
TBH, I'm still not sure of what this "other" forum is everyone else seems familiar with!
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TBH, I'm still not sure of what this "other" forum is everyone else seems familiar with!
Sorry, can't tell you, the swear filter blocks it!
c*a*r*4*p*l*a*y
Edited by bathtub tom on 08/05/2025 at 09:28
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TBH, I'm still not sure of what this "other" forum is everyone else seems familiar with!
Sorry, can't tell you, the swear filter blocks it!
c*a*r*4*p*l*a*y
Ah, gotcha!
(never heard of it!)
Edited by badbusdriver on 08/05/2025 at 09:52
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Was in here from early on, fist post c2000 I think.
Moved over to 'the other place' when it started while HJ's site got screwed up by an IT re-jug.
Post in both but regard c 4 p more as a virtual pub. I think there are people there who I've been engaging with for 20+ years. As above it got quite toxic over Brexit and people of both leave and remain persuasions baled out.
Mods defenestrated a couple of people for persitent and egregious breaches of forum etiquette. One was Pat, female lorry driver and driver trainer, who is now deceased. The other was Mark from, variously Brazil, Chile and 'RBLS' who could alternate between being the most helpful and friendly person on earth to a gross bully. He picked on me a bit as I'm not afraid to speak from a lefty perspective.
There was another site with a title playing on Grumpy Old men but that seems dormant now. For reasons I cannot ascertain people who'd rubbed along happily for years fell out.
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I've only been a lurker but I too wouldn't want the forum to cease, I joined around 1999/2000 ?. Recognise many user names and I'm a Septugenarian too!
Just registered over the other place too, just in case.
Don't know why my font has suddenly grown in bold?
Typing on the mobile doesn't help.
Must be me. :-)
Ps, is it really 15 years since HJ left the site?
Edited by nailit on 08/05/2025 at 19:15
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HJ left in early 2020 when the site went in to Administration and subsequently bought by Heycar.
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HJ in the Saturday Telegraph was a must read. However his page was downsized and then he was dropped when the staff & editorial changed.
HJ had more worthy news & comment in a few column inches compared to the current crop of writers. Every few weeks there is an article that catches my eye but most weeks it recycled r****** about 30/40 year old cars and there are only 10 or 12 cars left in the UK
If it is not old cars it's EVs which I have no interest in - never interested in them far less buying one.
I have 3 sons, 10 cars between them (1 son with 4 and 2 sons with 3) Only 1 EV ever bought (and traded in at 18+ months)
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I sincerely hope this doesn't become a self fulfilling thing.
I took a look on the "other site" but the layout when clicking on a topic is weird (to me and hubby)
I'll give it a miss for now.
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I took a look on the "other site" but the layout when clicking on a topic is weird (to me and hubby)
There's an option in settings to change between 'flat view' and 'topic view'.
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The same option is at the top of each thread, just under the thread author. Click View Threaded or View Flat to toggle it.
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I’ve been a lurker and occasional contributor since around 2002 and I’d miss this site terribly and usually look in every couple of days or so, have done for years. There have been some wonderful writers, remember Pugugly, the GWrowler and DVD?
The various contributors have influenced my choice of car over the years and in 2004 I bought a Nissan Maxima 3.0 SE+ after reading a contributor ( was it Aprilia or similar? ) enthuse about it, all the way up to 2024 when SLO’s write up of his experiences with the brilliant Nissan Leaf 40 led me to buying one. Hopefully all will be well but if something happens maybe a Plan B; if we all migrate to the same site the community can be preserved.
Edited by johncyprus on 11/05/2025 at 05:38
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Pugly is still active in 'the other place' but has changed his 'handle' to RP.
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5days and counting...Not validated, perhaps they don't want me.
Never mind.
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Now 6 days and counting...Not validated, perhaps they don't want me.
Never mind.
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5days and counting...Not validated, perhaps they don't want me.
Never mind.
I think something is broken re the validation process. I messaged in to report it - my login sorted now. webmaster@........
Edited by Big John on 12/05/2025 at 13:09
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If you go back far enough I’m pretty sure Mark used to be one of the original moderators here. Not the kind of bloke I would want to get on the wrong side of.
I too have benefited enormously from the advice given on this site over many years and would be so sorry to see it go. Unfortunately my lack of motoring knowledge means I have never been able to offer much of a contribution myself whilst benefiting so much from the advice of others, so thank you all.
I have occasionally looked at the other place but find the motoring content here much more interesting. They seem to have a more active non-motoring section which can be hostile to views which differ to the majority, and I can’t cope with confrontation very well so I stick with HJ.
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I have occasionally looked at the other place but find the motoring content here much more interesting. They seem to have a more active non-motoring section which can be hostile to views which differ to the majority, and I can’t cope with confrontation very well so I stick with HJ.
I quite like a bit of conf, so maybe I'd better stay out of it. I find transferring the dying bangernomics concept to boats is starting to get me in enough trouble
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I have occasionally looked at the other place but find the motoring content here much more interesting. They seem to have a more active non-motoring section which can be hostile to views which differ to the majority, and I can’t cope with confrontation very well so I stick with HJ.
I quite like a bit of conf, so maybe I'd better stay out of it. I find transferring the dying bangernomics concept to boats is starting to get me in enough trouble
Oh wait...seems the boaties have banned me, apparently permanently, for a pretty incredible (stated) reason.
Thats annoying, because that was my new thing,,no longer having a car
Might have to get into it IRL, offline and on water...in Scotland
Ooer
Comparing and contrasting,with this and other past bannings elsewhere, it behoves me to acknowledge the tolerance and balance of the moderators here, past and present, for my local survival to date.
Gents,you put the moderation back into moderation
Edited by edlithgow on 14/05/2025 at 00:41
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Robert J. - it's a pretty fair summing-up.
The depth of knowledge here is impressive and I too am indebted to the members, past and present, of HJ/BR.
The other place, as I indicated above, can be confrontational and if anyone finds that a problem they can always ignore the threads concerned. I don't mind defending (or attacking) a point of view, but hate it when things get personal and unfortunately (as with most social media sites) many people can't tell the difference and are too ready to respond inappropriately. That happens here, too, from time to time. These days, however, I find it's a waste of time and energy to get too caught up with stuff like that.
I think you're right about Mark/NoFM2R being a moderator here in the BR at one point. Yes, he could be obnoxious and eventually he got on the wrong side of the mods in the other place. I was guilty of deliberately winding him up at one point and his reaction when he realised was amusing - to me, at least.
Edited by FP on 12/05/2025 at 13:34
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List of moderators who've tried to keep the Backroom reasonably civilised:
Martyn
David Woollard?
Mark (RLBS)
Dynamic Dave
No Do$h
Hugo
Pugugly
Smokie
PoloGirl
rtj70
Oilrag
WellKnownSid
BorisTheSpider
Avant
ORB
Xileno
leaseman
We will send the Editor an email in the next day or so to see if there is any update concerning the HJ site.
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List of moderators who've tried to keep the Backroom reasonably civilised:
And Thanks to all.
It wasn't the easiest task to do.
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I remember that particular member on the other site. He came over as extremely arrogant, antagonistic and unable to tolerate any opinions other than his own! I think a lot of folk left because of him. I wondered what had happened to him! I'm not on there at the moment as it became a bit like a pub where only locals frequent. I hope this site survives.
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I remember that particular member on the other site. He came over as extremely arrogant, antagonistic and unable to tolerate any opinions other than his own! I think a lot of folk left because of him. I wondered what had happened to him! I'm not on there at the moment as it became a bit like a pub where only locals frequent. I hope this site survives.
He was asked to leave.
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I've noticed this site has become very slow lately. Terminal illness?
ORB. Did you ever manage to join t'other side?
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I've noticed this site has become very slow lately. Terminal illness?
It was incredibly slow this morning to the point of being unusable, just picked up a bit now.
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I think that super-slow mode this morning may be down to a couple of scammers who had posted a multiplicity of times before I disabled them totally. Sorry.
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I've noticed this site has become very slow lately. Terminal illness?
ORB. Did you ever manage to join t'other side?
I registered to join on Mon or Tues, still waiting for a validation link..................
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I've noticed this site has become very slow lately. Terminal illness?
ORB. Did you ever manage to join t'other side?
I registered to join on Mon or Tues, still waiting for a validation link..................
;-)
No. 11 days ago today. If they can't be a***d.... No worries.
Other worries on my mind currently.
Edited by Orb>>. on 18/05/2025 at 11:25
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No. 11 days ago today. If they can't be a***d.... No worries.
Other worries on my mind currently.
ORB, on asked on your behalf and they currently have a problem with registrations.
There is currently a problem when registering a new account, in that the verification link you're given doesn't work.
The URL is missing the letter 's' from it. If you change the http part to https, then it should work.
Also, I am not currently receiving emails informing that new accounts need to be enabled once they've been verified. This part of the process cuts down on spammers creating accounts and being able to post straight away.
Once you have verified your account, please email me at webmaster@c*******.com so that I am aware of it and can then enable your new account.
Please mention your username or email address, but DO NOT include your password (for GDPR reasons). Thanks.
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There is currently a problem when registering a new account, in that the verification link you're given doesn't work.
The URL is missing the letter 's' from it. If you change the http part to https, then it should work.
One would need to receive a validation link for that instructions to be of any use!.
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There is currently a problem when registering a new account, in that the verification link you're given doesn't work.
The URL is missing the letter 's' from it. If you change the http part to https, then it should work.
One would need to receive a validation link for that instructions to be of any use!.
Have you checked your "spam" or "junk" folder.
Give it another go just in case the system had a screwup.
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There is currently a problem when registering a new account, in that the verification link you're given doesn't work.
The URL is missing the letter 's' from it. If you change the http part to https, then it should work.
One would need to receive a validation link for that instructions to be of any use!.
Have you checked your "spam" or "junk" folde
Give it another go just in case the system had a screwup.
Spam/junk were checked but academic now as lost interest.
If HJ falls ( which I sincerely hope it doesn't ) it'll be the end of my forum postings.
HJ is now the only one I post on.
Edited by Orb>>. on 18/05/2025 at 17:22
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The website seems very slow over the past few days. Has anyone else noticed this? If so could it be related to the Heycar closure?
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"The website seems very slow over the past few days."
Not for me. Everything as normal here.
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I too have found it slow, but it's been okay today. Maybe they've paid the leccy bill.
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I too have found it slow, intermittently slow, currently slow @ 14.47 pm.
Running on Firefox with adblock. but fast on chrome with no adblock.
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On firefox with adblock slow.
On chrome without adblock fast.
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It was sluggish yesterday but today I'm finding it ok. It's probably a resource-hungry ad, IIRC HJ has no control over them, the ad space is controlled by an agency. But if it's stopping people using the site then I'm sure HJ can apply some pressure but there will be no IT support until Tuesday.
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Extremely slow to log in today. Not too bad once I got into the Backroom. Firefox with Adblock and a custom hosts file that blocks thousands of ad sites and other undesirables.
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It was sluggish yesterday but today I'm finding it ok.
Yes, noticeably sluggish yesterday, but better today, tho slow loggong in just now. I assumed that some server somewhere was undergoing weekend maintenance or something ?
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Definitely weird earlier. now getting the diagonal stripes on the reply page too. Logged in on the android mobile and opened a topic and the replies cascaded as on the "other" forum. (where you can choose how it shows replies, )
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It was sluggish yesterday but today I'm finding it ok.
Yes, noticeably sluggish yesterday, but better today, tho slow loggong in just now. I assumed that some server somewhere was undergoing weekend maintenance or something ?
Same here - seems fine today.
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