TorganFM

Well, a few of og's (myself included) went from being high school kids with spare cash laying around to play around with to college kids that are flat broke. Eventually there will be a bunch of new ---- from the college kid og's that have the time and money to do legit ---- once they graduate, at least I hope so.

cereal king

I got banned for making reference to the ***** pillow extravaganza.......seriously. Jago will seriously buy you a ***** pillow if you will give him a log manifold that will crack in 30 seconds flat. It's just how he rolls.

Jorsher

New ---- coming from my CRX this year

Toda Party

forum drama ftl?

45psi

slocrx, you got to be the nutswingingest bastard there is.

TunerToys

Yeap, this further makes the point of the OP. When turbo'ing Honda's was relatively new, everyone came here to learn and see how it was done the HMT way, which was, getting boosted performance for very little investment. No there wasn't any hold your hand and hug a tree P.L.U.R. bullshit, but there was a little bit of respect for the visitor's eagerness to learn. The only flaming happened, when there was a noob who had not done their research and subsequently posted silly questions from ignorance. An intro post, involved you and your car, and we cared more about a person's interest in learning, than in their ability to link ****.

I first found the site when Jeff still had it on GeoCities. (That's right I am MFwayOG, nukka!) I made the very first Paypal donation to the site, and Jeff sent me a ton of information by email and phone to get me started, because there were no forums back then. I contributed back to the site later on the forums, by answering well posted technical questions, directing new folks to the site, and advising noobs to read the project pages, then all of the forums.

(And also by building quality ---- for HMT brethren at decent prices.)

Nowdays, I don't tell as many folks about the site. And when I do tell them, it's always with the suggestion that they lurk, avoid GD unless they can stomach apparent racism and vicious flaming from our members, and that they try to focus on the educational aspects of the site.

I agree with the OP, the lawlessness is not how HMT used to be. HMT is my home site, and I will always be here to some degree, but I do wish that the old HMT creativity and mentorship would return.

Craig

TunerToys

That whole deal was classic, even the maker of the pillow showed up on the site.

wtfmofo20

glad to see some common sense prevailing here.. a bit refreshing after this ---- storm. i was never a big contributor but hoping to do more in the future. just got tired of wading through the ---- and dealing with bozos. although some of them were really knowledgeable, I hope some will stick around.

now when I hit new posts it's at least 50% tech, getting there

only gripe with the new mgmt is my posts have disappeared.. wtf?? any way to find those?

Xgenturbo

Nah. Not true. Some OG's still build Home Made Turbos. I built several and sold them. Now I drive a 1.8T Hitler sled and work on gas turbine engines so I don't have much time to play.

More in to off roading now and have big plans with the wife to move up to Australia as soon as my contract with the Canadian Air Force is up.

DreaMsteR

I remember the old HMT, mostly tech