During the time of him being a moderator...
I never had a thread dis-appear.
Also, any infraction's I recieved during that time, were in my book..legit.



I dont know what to say about this new crew,except that I see why a lot of people are leaving/have left.

Jim E excluded.

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The secret to a long life. Is knowing when it is time to leave.

Who cares? Even with less people, this is a better community than any other Benz board on the net.

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1991 300E - 212K and rising fast...

What thread is missing?

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1987 560SL
85,000 miles

People left OD because the same horses kept getting beat to death, by the same people.

The mods have a thankless and unpaid job. I think the topics in OD, not the mods, are the root cause of the current situation.

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^ Agreed.

The same politcal sheat get rehashed. It's like a spam-box. The replies are totally predictable and uninteresting.

Mods can't control the topics, users have to. I'd post more automotive stuff, but don't have time anymore. Oh well, life goes. I don't really care, it's only the internets.

BTW: Who left?

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'13 Subaru Outback 3.6R
'13 Orbea Carpe 9-speed

Currently Benzless
Formerly: 300TD, S600, E55, 560SEL

---= The forest breathes, listen.
-Native American elder

Thanks Chil.

The new moderation is far more tolerant than Chris and I were. That's neither good nor bad............just different.

Folks left in the past because the moderation was deemed too rigid because the TOU were actually enforced. Little men ran to the Webmaster complaining about their little infraction. Other little men took their toys and ran off in a fit of pique. The Webmaster capitulated to the little men because selling parts is more important than integrity.

What you see today is a large number of trolls who are free to post on a daily basis who's sole objective is to inflame the political opposition. Sure, you don't need to read those posts, but the aggregate demeans the entire forum. You rarely see the highly knowledgeable and well written folks here anymore. They don't appreciate the predominance of trolls and have chosen not to participate.

A new paradigm.............life goes on.

I like the old way better because I invented it and I enforced it. Now things are different and it no longer goes the way I designed it and enforced it. Therefore it is worse.

I'm a little man who runs away when I don't agree with the paradigm.............and I don't do well attempting to read the other posts for comprehension.

My Wheaties can beat-up your Puffed Rice!

And that's why I originally left this section of the forum. Then I slowly stopped going to the other parts of the forum. Out of habit I still come back to look around once a week or so, but I rarely post anymore.

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1989 500SEL Euro
1966 250SE Cabriolet
1958 BMW Isetta 600

Wait... that's TWO things...


Agree with BC, it is different... better or worse is subjective and depends on who you are. I'm sure there are many who are happier than a pig in **** because they have free reign to troll freely through these waters now, and there are others who have moved on to less infected waters.

At least it has granted BC the opportunity to fire back on occasion....

I'm sure the current mods are doing the job the way the new regime at Pelican wants it done. I have no issue with them at all, in fact, thanks for accepting such a thankless job.

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1983 300SD - 305000
1984 Toyota Landcruiser - 190000
1994 GMC Jimmy - 203000

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THREE..he didnt allow troll's to inflame other members..either by failing to close spam e-mail threads...or allowing some little men who belong to the 'Neatboy Club' to run the show.


He stood his ground, and I respect that.

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The secret to a long life. Is knowing when it is time to leave.

I love traffic cops!

I will always cherish the infractions I got from BC...

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On some nights I still believe that a car with the fuel gauge on empty can run about fifty more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. - HST

1983 300SD - 305000
1984 Toyota Landcruiser - 190000
1994 GMC Jimmy - 203000

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.............got stopped again last week for a LR taillight bulb out. He was simply doing his job.

I fixed the bulb, got it certified by the police, mail it in, and we move on.


Note, that I didn't run to the Police Chief complaining about how the officer shouldn't have given me a ticket because everybody else has bad taillight bulbs too!!

And, I certainly didn't pack my bags and move out of the state because I got a ticket................that would be the height of stupidity.