This Forum - bradgate

Seems very quiet these days. Where has everyone gone? I used to post regularly, but got fed up of the endemic pedantry and petty moderation and went elsewhere.

Looks like I am not the only one!

This Forum - FP

It is not "approved" to name on here the site to which some Back-Roomers migrated a while back.

Do a Google search for "Motoring Forums". It's about the sixth one down. Just below Honest John (!).

Mind you, some members post on both sites.

Edited by FP on 18/08/2012 at 21:34

This Forum - bradgate

Thanks.

I guess the success of Pistonheadscan't have helped this place, either.

This Forum - Avant

A warm welcome back, Bradgate. You're right - the previous moderators were somewhat over-zealous, and we are more easygoing now, although we still need to suppress personal insults from time to time when a poster gets carried away.

We don't name other forums on here to avoid a situation where members of one forum criticise another. There is as FP says another forum where some of our erstwhile regulars visit: it's more of a chatroom and none the worse for that, and we are not in competition. This is more of a place where (often directed from th HJ website) people come to ask advice on motoring issues, although we have discussion too. I and others post on more than one forum.

Edited by Avant on 18/08/2012 at 22:06

This Forum - Leif

My understanding is that a year or two ago this site went down for a prolonged time, due to a upgrade that had unforeseen problems, and since the forum was AWOL the regulars migrated to a new forum which uses the old HJ software. If you want to join a small clique of people, then the other forum is the place to be. I also had a feeling HJ did not like his forum being used as a chat room, rather than a car discussion forum, although that is supposition on my part. The other forum does not suffer the horrible pop up adverts, but lacks the good reviews and news.

This Forum - No FM2R II

>>The other forum does not suffer the horrible pop up adverts

Interestingly I realise I don't get pop-up adverts here either. If I'm stopping them, I'm not doing it on purpose.

This Forum - Smileyman

This forum still causes internet explorer to crash ... forcing me to use a different browser or not bother looking

This Forum - madf

I post on both forums. This one is invaluable for reviews. The other is more chatty...

Never had any pop up/IE problems.

This Forum - Fernando P

But HJ (Technical Matters) is the place to search for good advice from technically literate advisers.

This Forum - Buster Cambelt

Quite easy, if you don't like it, don't post / don't view.

I find the appalling English a pain but I still come back because it's marginally better here than the rest of the Interweb thingy.

This Forum - 1litregolfeater

I noticed that.

But said nothing, assuming they'd been promoted to the mobility scooters forums, it must come to us all.