Dwindling interest?

ragek23 · Post by **ragek23** » Wed Feb 13, 2013 10:24 pm

mrsixstrings12 wrote: They could put $10k in the neon to make it fast or could've bought an Evo and had a fast AND AWD car

Like me

JK. I wll always love my neon. Best DD around!

This site has slowed a bit. I have noticed tho, that many people are more likely to post on the 2gn facebook page than in here.

FormerlyREDRT_98 · Post by **FormerlyREDRT_98** » Wed Feb 13, 2013 11:11 pm

Someone post a link for the Facebook page?

theColonel · Post by **theColonel** » Thu Feb 14, 2013 6:54 am

https://www.facebook.com/groups/5666352213/?fref=ts

Midnight_Rider · Post by **Midnight_Rider** » Thu Feb 14, 2013 1:18 pm

Well, I'll be left out then as I have no interest in Facebook.

theColonel · Post by **theColonel** » Thu Feb 14, 2013 2:22 pm

Midnight_Rider wrote:Well, I'll be left out then as I have no interest in Facebook.

I hate cellphones, laptop computers, and ATM machines

Hudson_Neon · Post by **Hudson_Neon** » Thu Feb 14, 2013 2:31 pm

theColonel wrote:
Midnight_Rider wrote:Well, I'll be left out then as I have no interest in Facebook.
I hate cellphones, laptop computers, and ATM machines

i hate typewriters, Roth IRA's, and rotary phones on party lines

theColonel · Post by **theColonel** » Thu Feb 14, 2013 4:08 pm

Hudson_Neon wrote: I hate typewriters, Roth IRA's, and rotary phones on party lines

I didn't realize you were old enough to ever see a rotary phone, or a typewriter.

Hudson_Neon · Post by **Hudson_Neon** » Thu Feb 14, 2013 5:04 pm

theColonel wrote:
Hudson_Neon wrote: I hate typewriters, Roth IRA's, and rotary phones on party lines
I didn't realize you were old enough to ever see a rotary phone, or a typewriter.

haha, man i grew up on the outskirts of a "big" town around here. all of 25,000 people. my parents are from a town of 1500. i now live in a town of 12,000 (when college is in session). we had a typewriter when i was a kid. i wrote some of my first papers on that pile. i'm surprised you brought those up and not the party line thing. lol

theColonel · Post by **theColonel** » Thu Feb 14, 2013 5:19 pm

Hudson_Neon wrote:haha, man i grew up on the outskirts of a "big" town around here. all of 25,000 people. my parents are from a town of 1500. i now live in a town of 12,000 (when college is in session). we had a typewriter when i was a kid. i wrote some of my first papers on that pile. i'm surprised you brought those up and not the party line thing. lol

I grew up in Lexington, Ky ... second largest city in the state ... home of the burley tobacco market, and Adolf Rupp's UK Wildcats ...
we actually had farm quotes on the local news: "hogs, cattle, corn," etc. I was one of the few boys going to my high school who wasn't a member
of Future Farmers of America. I barely remember party lines when I was in elementary school.

Post by **occasional demons** » Thu Feb 14, 2013 11:42 pm

theColonel wrote: I barely remember party lines when I was in elementary school.

I'm thinkin party lines were around long after you were out of elementary school, unless you were held back. A lot.

You got a few years on me, and we didn't get touch tone until I was in early high school. 1979ish...

Damn rotary pulse, thanks for the 'orrid memory, EJ.

theColonel · Post by **theColonel** » Fri Feb 15, 2013 9:12 am

occasional demons wrote:
theColonel wrote: I barely remember party lines when I was in elementary school.
I'm thinkin party lines were around long after you were out of elementary school, unless you were held back. A lot.

You got a few years on me, and we didn't get touch tone until I was in early high school. 1979ish...

Damn rotary pulse, thanks for the 'orrid memory, EJ.

Somehow you missed the point ... I was talking about Party Lines

Rotary switch gear persisted even when I was in college, so did vacuum tubes in radios, televisions, and computers

Post by **occasional demons** » Fri Feb 15, 2013 11:11 am

Well we had Party lines pretty much up to the demise of Rotary Pulse.

theColonel · Post by **theColonel** » Fri Feb 15, 2013 2:41 pm

^^^^^This is one of those times, I wish I'd never posted a sarcastic comment

Post by **occasional demons** » Fri Feb 15, 2013 5:18 pm

Don't worry, I didn't get too butt hurt over it.

Arro · Post by **Arro** » Sat Feb 16, 2013 12:16 pm

I'll admit that I'm partial to my own forum, but then I'd also be lying if I didn't admit that my darker color theme was based on Jason's dark color theme here. 2Gn.org inspired our Club-S12.org overhaul, even tho since then we've tweaked and refined the look and feel well beyond what we ever expected. We also have a good, friendly, fun community, although it's been a battle in past years to keep it that way, even an all-out war once between us and another site that was trying to trash-talk and do us in. Of course, in the end the other site couldn't hold a candle to our look and feel and people.

Yeah, I'm loyal to sites. I kept coming back here to check things out, even while my 2000 ES slumbered in the back yard for a number of years. Even before I bought the SRT-4 I decided I wanted to get back into a 2GN chassis again. Cleaned off the ES and brought it into the garage to get it prepped for the ATX-to-MTX job. I attribute that desire in large part to the many conversations on here, some heated, most informative, and a bit silly. Some of the hotter-blooded chaps from here have moved on to other cars for reasons someone else best stated in page one of this thread, but the core group remains.

I admit that I use SRTforums now more than before because of obvious reasons, but if I get around to running a decal on my SRT, it'll be a 2GN.org one like on my SE. Which reminds me, my SE's decal is faded and needs replaced lol

Oh, and NyNeon0813, I'm running a Magnaflow stainless Camaro muffler with the dual outlets. I love the sound.

I made sure it was centered, unlike the OEM muffler which for some lame reason is not. I was gonna put some 90-deg. mandrel bends on the outlets and make some tailpipes but I never could decide what rear bumper I wanted to eventually go with... so I've been just venting them out the sides like that ever since. And it works fine.

INVUJerry · Post by **INVUJerry** » Sat Feb 16, 2013 12:22 pm

I don't like SRT forums, usually when I had an issue with my SRT I still resolved it here.

Arro · Post by **Arro** » Sat Feb 16, 2013 12:31 pm

There's more activity there than here, and so if I need a quicker and more comprehensive response (meaning from many people), I get it there easier.

Still, I usually post the question here, too. Fewer people, yes, but less nonsense.

theColonel · Post by **theColonel** » Sat Feb 16, 2013 12:46 pm

Arro wrote:Oh, and NyNeon0813, I'm running a Magnaflow stainless Camaro muffler with the dual outlets. I love the sound.

I made sure it was centered, unlike the OEM muffler which for some lame reason is not. I was gonna put some 90-deg. mandrel bends on the outlets and make some tailpipes but I never could decide what rear bumper I wanted to eventually go with... so I've been just venting them out the sides like that ever since. And it works fine.

I used that same muffler on my SXT with an R/T rear bumper cover (old picture .... the wing and tires were later moved to my SRT-4)

Arro · Post by **Arro** » Sat Feb 16, 2013 12:49 pm

Yeah I had friends commenting that it sounded like an SRT-4 exhaust. It's mildly aggressive, not over the top. Not too loud. I like it.

Skitlz · Post by **Skitlz** » Sun Feb 17, 2013 10:47 pm

It's hard to stay interested in a car when it's so icy I have to go *under* the speed limit, and so cold that I don't want to spend any time away from climate control. haha

Also ATM stands for "automated teller machine", so "ATM machine" gives me a headache. ; )

Midnight_Rider · Post by **Midnight_Rider** » Sun Feb 17, 2013 10:51 pm

Skitlz wrote:Also ATM stands for "automated teller machine", so "ATM machine" gives me a headache. ; )

Help stamp out and abolish redundancy!

Skitlz · Post by **Skitlz** » Mon Feb 18, 2013 11:20 am

Oh no you din't!

theColonel · Post by **theColonel** » Mon Feb 18, 2013 1:44 pm

Midnight_Rider wrote:
Skitlz wrote:Also ATM stands for "automated teller machine", so "ATM machine" gives me a headache. ; )
Help stamp out and abolish redundancy!

I still hate ATM's

Post by **racer12306** » Tue Feb 19, 2013 10:02 pm

I for one, am just plain busy.

I have not been on much since my girls were born. Add in my work schedule and there isn't much time left.

Last week I logged 70hrs. This week is 40hrs and next week will probably be 70hrs. I love the OT, but damn am I tired at the end of one of those weeks.

Midnight_Rider · Post by **Midnight_Rider** » Wed Feb 20, 2013 11:40 am

As of this Saturday, I'll have 14 days in a row at work. But I'm still on the boards at least twice daily. Of course, I have no life outside of work and 2GN...

C1DoG · Post by **C1DoG** » Wed Feb 20, 2013 11:45 am

I have 21 month old twins. Typing this while they are eating lunch.

Some of us just don't have that much time to do stuff with our neons that much anymore.

Hudson_Neon · Post by **Hudson_Neon** » Wed Feb 20, 2013 12:22 pm

racer12306 wrote:I for one, am just plain busy.

I have not been on much since my girls were born. Add in my work schedule and there isn't much time left.

Last week I logged 70hrs. This week is 40hrs and next week will probably be 70hrs. I love the OT, but damn am I tired at the end of one of those weeks.

Midnight_Rider wrote:As of this Saturday, I'll have 14 days in a row at work. But I'm still on the boards at least twice daily. Of course, I have no life outside of work and 2GN...

C1DoG wrote:I have 21 month old twins. Typing this while they are eating lunch. Some of us just don't have that much time to do stuff with our neons that much anymore.

you guys need to get your priorities straight or :ban:

Post by **racer12306** » Wed Feb 20, 2013 1:46 pm

I do have my priorities straight...

30 hours of OT trumps every time.

FAC3L3SS · Post by **FAC3L3SS** » Wed Feb 20, 2013 2:00 pm

racer12306 wrote:I do have my priorities straight...

30 hours of OT trumps every time.

Salary FTL!

Post by **racer12306** » Wed Feb 20, 2013 3:27 pm

I'd jump at a chance for salary, if it worked out to the 50-55hrs I average a week.

I can live on 40 hour weeks, but the 70 hour weeks are so so nice.