Yeah... this is exactly how I found the 2nd bad bearing in the MSM before it got too bad.
Ok. I'm going to say something only once about what was said in here yesterday.
Most of us know each other pretty well. There aren't many that someone doesn't see somewhat often. However, what bothers me is the fact that I said the exact same thing a couple weeks ago, and no one got upset or offended. Hell, I've told some of you this to your face. I'm not defending Levi here. I'm merely stating that I've already said this stuff, and no one gave a damn. The moment someone else says it, a lot of people that it may or may not have been directed at got upset (in this case, I think that people who got upset were NOT the ones the comment was directed to). That part is really unfortunate. It really bothers me to be honest. Especially because not so long ago, a few of us saw a complete meltdown of the Cleveland 6 Club. I wasn't even a founding member, or even one of the early guys to hop on board, but I loved everything that we did. Differences of attitude and mindset, and people not realizing what was happening tore that place up. There are times when things like this happen that I fear if s*** keeps up, this little group we've got going here may do the same. I'm all about clearing the air and getting s*** on the table so that it can be resolved quickly. I'm really bad about this though as Evan, Marlon, and Lauri know. I don't want to sound like I'm in charge of anything, or anything like that... but this Ohio section on this forum is my baby. I love knowing that we have one of the most active states both on and off the internet. Before I got this moderator title, this area was beyond dead. Now... it's freaking booming, and we have people coming onto the forum who only stay in our little "home."
Regarding "Team Ohio falling apart..." yeah, not happening. Levi expressed an opinion that has been bottling up for... probably 6 or so months. I know because I've been talking to him about it since I was in China. As I said before, I've said the exact same thing. The unfortunate thing is that it's forum-wide. Not just stuff going on here. It only really bothers me when it goes on with us locals. In a nutshell, here's my take on everything going on in the car culture. On one side, you have the hella-flush mad camber slammed folk. They have an attitude and "lifestyle" all their own and have no problem defending it. Well... this mindset pisses off the other side where most of us are... the "ok, my car's kinda modded but I can drive it and I like to." So... we don't understand their style, and we tell them that we think it's dumb. Ok... that's fine. But what happens in the long run (and I think it has all over this forum) is that the more we consider it dumb, the more we do to express why it's better and smarter to do the things we do to our cars. When we do this, we all developed an "elitist, my s***'s better than your s***" attitude. Whether any of us have sat and thought about it or not, it's true. Rather than accepting them as fellow car nuts, we've segregated ourselves because we have different definitions of building a car. I'm absolutely guilty of this.
So... while I rambled quite a bit, and probably said nothing of any importance, I just wanted to say that I agree with much of what was said, and I think that the reaction to what was said was a bit confusing to me... especially because I've already said just about everything that he said a month or so ago.
With this post, I'm going to say that anything else posted on this topic that isn't a thoughtful discussion will be cleaned up. I'm not going to deal with petty bickering just because someone had a difference of opinion.
Now... On to the good s***!
