Re: People bashing
Tom,
Very well said albeit a little overdue. As a guest and non-supercar owner, I must admit that I am a little nervous posting on here from time to time due to the acceptence level and bashing that takes place by some people. I am not a big business owner, don't own 1/2 million dollar home, and own 3 Impalas [img]/ubbthreads/images/icons/blush.gif[/img] but I feel that not only can I bring a little to the hobby but more importantly, I have gained a wealth of information from this site. Today being no acception receiving invaluable transmission documentation from Joel Bruno. That is what this hobby is all about, helping each other out. I have not only gained tons of information and made some great friends but also gained several new restoration customers. At least one member has introduced me to several extremely rare finds and hopefully he did so in part because I took the time to help him with some restoration questions off line after he got nowhere from what I felt was due to them being non "supercar" related. Even after asking for help several times from some sYc members via e-mail, he got responses. Anything to do with Chevrolet questions are related as far as I am concerned.
I met several sYc people at VF this year. Most were nothing like I had expected and treated me as an equal, some were still cold but that is called nature and different personality. For the most part, they were just like me. I would hope I would not be treated differently if I owned a Supercar. There are some members on here that are close personal friends of mine who have not always made a good first impression but are super people, they just haven't figured out how to type it. Thank God I did not blow them off based on first impressions!
The point I am trying to make and Tom pointed out, we are all here for the same reason, out of love for cars. God help us all if this group goes the way of some of the Corvette groups. I got my restoration start with Corvettes and I never want to look back.
Rick
|