WHAT IS THE PROBLEM WITH CERTAIN PEOPLE ON THIS FORUM?!?

[InvisiBill]

I'm a moderator on another board, so I know what it's like... I don't know what it is, but I like to help people. Maybe it just strokes my ego knowing something that they didn't. Well, whatever it is, it's there. If I give back to the community (by making hood latch guards or answering newbie questions or whatever), I feel like I'm sort of earning the help I get from everyone else too.

But like the others said, after a certain point you just give up. People kept asking the same few questions over and over, so they combined them and all the answers into one big FAQ. One place, all the common questions answered. Then nobody reads it.

If you gather up all this widespread info and put it one easy package, and people still don't look it up themselves, why would you think they're going to bother reading your answer? My desire to help the person is directly proportional to how hard they seem to be trying to figure it out.

I'm a newbie to car stuff in general, so I ask for as simple an explanation as possible. But I realize that most of this knowledge is aquired over years through lots of trial and error. There's just no way someone could tell you everything you possibly need to know. Even if they could, you'd have to be able to understand it all too. Some people just don't get things that easily.

In short, I try to be as helpful as possible, but sometimes it's just too much and I have to give up.

 

[smeagol]

My desire to help the person is directly proportional to how hard they seem to be trying to figure it out.

Good point.

 

[TurboManiacal]

same to you :fist:

This was one smiley we could have gone without....

and my truck runs great so I don't need the dealer

Then you don't need us now do you?

yes I was talking about code 65 ,and I fixed it on my own

I would have reached throught the Internet Portal with my keyboard adjustment tool and fixed it for you...but I knew you were a smart lad so I decided to just let you have at it...duct tape & JB weld fixes everything.

 

[Mephisto]

just to make a neutral worthless statement...

before i bought my sy, i didnt know shit from shinola... without this board id still be driving a stock sy, with a broken propshaft. i have learned a shit load of info i wouldnt have learned anywhere else... for that im extremely grateful. there have been times when ive asked the dumbest questions, or had problems doing simple repairs on my truck, and got fast answers that helped me fix my truck... there have also been times that ive asked questions and not gotten any replies, or gotten replies to go buy a repair manual, when the person couldve just as easily typed 2 lines on how to do the simple service.

they way you need to look at it, is that no one is supposed to help you, no one has to, and no one is obligated to! a lot of questions have been covered many times, and are in the archives, but there are some that have been lost, while switching BBs. i personally get annoyed when a good question is asked and many suggestions are posted, and then the thread gets locked for someone posting lame bullshit or starting fights.

as for people only getting help, upon how hard they trying to figure it out, sometimes that person just might be looking for some direction as to where to start or what to do, and not expect the person to coach them through the entire repair/mod. at least the person is making the effort to do the repair themselves, and has a desire to learn.

although i must agree with BG, on that fact that its a waste of time trying to help someone if theyre only gonna have a mechanic do the work, especially when that mechanic shouldnt even be working on a lawnmower let alone a syty.

as for saying the people on here dont know shit about these trucks :lol: thats pretty damn funny. i guess people like myclone, ghettosled, BG, tyndago, daron, and many others, must have taken their trucks to their local ricer speed shop and paid them do all the work on their trucks, and i guess BG went to devry or itt tech, and just magically learned to make chips for our trucks from an erector set. you dont get answers or help by insulting the people that are most knowledgable. seems like common sense to me.

bottomline.... not every single question you ask is gonna get answered with 100% accurate step by step directions, this isnt PAS SyTy Tech Support. people need to understand that. and perhaps the people that are more knowledgable need to be a lil bit more understanding, when it comes to newbies trying to do repairs or mods.

thats just my worthless .02

 

[FLSY2730]

I'm looking for a good site that deal with mercedes benz I brougth a 2000 s500

Heres a tip , look somewhere else!! 8)

 

[FLSY2730]

I asked one question here and only got one reply and it was wrong. I think most of the guys that use this site don't know what they are doing when it comes to these truck

Since you are such a expert with sy ty then why dont you just answer all of 92 black typhoons questions?

 

[TheObiJuan]

hmmmmmm, PAS SyTy Tech support, now that is an idea. if an answer is needed so quickly, or step by step advice is needed. it shall be given, but a service fee of 5.00 a post/response goes to top left corner of the window, MR. Paypal....help support the method in which you post the questions dont you think???

otherwise, take a chance, do a search, post to your heart's content. just be prepared for a flame war(sometimes)....welcome to syty.net

 

[Ty1034]

you guys are right I DON'T need you like I said before most of you guys know shit

and if I did ask 92 black typhoon a question I know he would help as much as possilbe

 

[spooldup]

The problem that i am having is about a wire. I have been looking for hours and i cannot find where it comes from. All they show on the cd is a magnified view of a wire and the bolt that holds it. So i asked the question of what it is and i get nothing but smart ass responses from smeagol. At my other board the reason why we have 100 people that can answer the same question is because we have all learned together. We feel that no one should be left behind. I feel like here people with the knowledge are keeping it and not sharing. They don't have to but then what is the point of being on here? I don't know the answers to allot of question but i myself try to help. Actually right know what i am doing is checking all of my grounds. As i am doing this i am taking digital pictures of it step by step. When i am done i am going to put it in the new arcticles section we have here. I was thinking that this would be helpful to others. So the reason why i asked my question in the first place is because one am missing the wire and two if i am going to put this on here i want it to be 100% correct.

 

[ParTyBoy]

The problem that i am having is about a wire. I have been looking for hours and i cannot find where it comes from. All they show on the cd is a magnified view of a wire and the bolt that holds it. So i asked the question of what it is and i get nothing but smart ass responses from smeagol. At my other board the reason why we have 100 people that can answer the same question is because we have all learned together. We feel that no one should be left behind. I feel like here people with the knowledge are keeping it and not sharing. They don't have to but then what is the point of being on here? I don't know the answers to allot of question but i myself try to help. Actually right know what i am doing is checking all of my grounds. As i am doing this i am taking digital pictures of it step by step. When i am done i am going to put it in the new arcticles section we have here. I was thinking that this would be helpful to others. So the reason why i asked my question in the first place is because one am missing the wire and two if i am going to put this on here i want it to be 100% correct.

I think the problem most people have with you is that most of the time when you ask questions, someone will answer, then you either disregard what they suggest or decide to listen to your mechanic... I can't count off the top of my head the number of times that I've told you to contact Peter Humblias about tuning or brian hartman about your transmission.. let alone the amount of times I've suggested getting to know either the NASTE crew or Daron... Reason people get tired of listening to you is because you ask for help, someone tries to help, you don't take their advice... then you complain when you try something entirely different and it doesn't work... I'll say it again... instead of going about things the hard way, you should get to know the people with experience "PERSONALLY".... Drive out to Ohio and meet Daron... Find Peter (if he's still in NJ) .... Having someone in close proximity with SyTy Experience look over your truck could save you a lot of "TIME", "MONEY", and "HEARTACHE" as they most likely will see things that they've already encountered before....

 

[smeagol]

Some retard said:
you guys are right I DON'T need you like I said before most of you guys know shit

Whoever is twisting this moron's arm to come post here... please let go. Good riddance. If you decide to stay, since you are well versed on these trucks (you did fix your own ride) I expect to see you answering a lot of people's questions in the calm manner you demand from everyone else.

otherwise... this is for you

 

[sy2185]

DAMN!! It goes to the neg. side of the battery. I've got my batt. in the bed so I rerouted it to the driver's side and bolted it to the frame, and off the batt. ib the bed to the frame as well. As for the rest of this crap-
F**K you all! I owned my SY for 18mos. before I found the BB and until then I thought my truck ran pretty good.
Seriously, though 92 blk ty, don't knock the BB. You don't like it, leave. In the first 1 1/2 years I owned my truck I went through 2 transmissions, a propshaft, motor mounts-replaced them w/stock and now I'm doing it again-and THE DEALER blew a hole in the side of my block while I had it in there for valve guides and seals under warranty. Then 9 weeks later I got it back the day I moved from SJ and I found out on the way home they misaligned my TC and motor and there went trans.#3. Plus timing was 6deg. ret.,etc...That's what I think of mechanics.
Though I'd done some heavy automotive stuff(air-bagged, c-notched and body dropped S-10, 16" travel heim jointed coil over front end on my Nissan, etc.) I'd have never wrenched on my truck b/c of the complexity, and I'd be in the same repair shop drama as before.
Can you believe you have over 1K posts? How long's it been since you asked about something that somebody didn't link an answer to from a 2 week old post?
I could give a shit about this and usually skip over your
"Aux. IC lines-heater hose?WTF!"
posts. I just don't want the few remaining people whose opinions are backed w/ r&d, track times and wasted $ to leave b/c of being annoyed. Ever notice the quality of posts on the list vs. the BB? Just read for a month and I bet you'll be a hell of alot better off.
Jeremy

 

[sy2185]

Oh yeah- I found out where the wire goes by actually getting under my truck and tracing it out, despite owning several complete manuals, etc.
J

 

[Daron]

Sometimes this board is like life. You act a certain way, you get treated a certain way in response. The only mystery in my mind is why you are surprized at the results you are seeing...

 

[SYO237]

deep daron, deep bro....

missed ya at the nats :-?

 

[MR_MNZTR_SY]

something else you gotta realize is that we are typing over the internet. its not like someone has the truck laid out before them and has driven it and knows what the problem feels like. the best answer you can possibly get is only going to be as good as your description of the problem.

 

[Jimmy]

I don't suppose that you've ever met any of the guys on here face to face.They are,in general,a great group of guys.
You,on the other hand,have set the record for most number of posts in the shortest amount of time,and freak out if nobody has answerd one of your questions within an hour.
Instead of beating your head against the wall and dumping loads of cash on the thing,why don't ya just ship it down to McCoy's,where it can be tuned/fixed to perfection?

tobefast.com
(606)432-1556

 

[TheObiJuan]

actually, i think that fastdubb and daron have the most posts in the amount of time. using the formula:
P/T=N
P= posts
T= time
N= posts while here

but anyways, gotta get back to work....

 

[Ty0279]

actually, i think that fastdubb and daron have the most posts in the amount of time. using the formula:
P/T=N
P= posts
T= time
N= posts while here

but anyways, gotta get back to work....

Dude??? You need some mathematics refresher courses.

 

[TheObiJuan]

it was a joke....
no real math involved...