Old m3forum content, you want it?

[Obioban]

Ohhhhhh that’s Jared?! Haha. He was brought up a few months ago, and that 997 thread was linked. I ended up going through that entire thing!

His e46 build was even “better”

[oceansize]

looks like he wants to be a mechanic.

I can think of nobody I’d want to work on my car less.

Dude, ugh, gosh. He was rough.

[Bimma360]

Ohhhhhh that’s Jared?! Haha. He was brought up a few months ago, and that 997 thread was linked. I ended up going through that entire thing!

[Obioban]

I won't spoil it. Jared brought some good times. Just a young guy determined to tear everything up as fast as possible.

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looks like he wants to be a mechanic.

https://rennlist.com/forums/997-forum/1173131-mezger-turbo-38.html#post19782811

I can think of nobody I’d want to work on my car less.

[oceansize]

Well I can agree with you on OCD haha. While Jared sounds familiar, he doesn’t ring a bell. Got an example? I had my e36 during the m3f days so I only occasionally browsed the e46 forum. I have also had kids since then, and I swear they’ve given me brain damage.

I won't spoil it. Jared brought some good times. Just a young guy determined to tear everything up as fast as possible.

[Bimma360]

He probably wasn’t offensive in the traditional sense, just over the top. OCD might he the way to say it. For whatever reason that thread, Jared, and few others always stuck in my mind like woah, relax it will be alright. The real gold mine is Jared’s adventures. Honestly, I hope he’s alright now days. He was probably very young.

Well I can agree with you on OCD haha. While Jared sounds familiar, he doesn’t ring a bell. Got an example? I had my e36 during the m3f days so I only occasionally browsed the e46 forum. I have also had kids since then, and I swear they’ve given me brain damage.

[oceansize]

I actually agree with your point... generally. But let's be honest, if we all behaved like we do in real life, this place also wouldn't exist. Most of us wouldn't engage. I bet most people aren't annoying enough to offer up their opinions to complete strangers. So this place has to get some mixture of who you are, and that by default wouldn't be the same in real life. If someone is belittling, attacks people personally, or anything along those lines yeah they're being an asshole. But I don't think being blunt is that. At least not for me.


Haha now I really hope that Leatherique thread comes back. I do remember it, but I am super curious about Brett's posts.

He probably wasn’t offensive in the traditional sense, just over the top. OCD might he the way to say it. For whatever reason that thread, Jared, and few others always stuck in my mind like woah, relax it will be alright. The real gold mine is Jared’s adventures. Honestly, I hope he’s alright now days. He was probably very young.

[Bimma360]

He wouldn't talk that way in real life facing someone, so don't do it on the internet. Be polite and be nice (if you can't move on). It costs nothing.

And before you say he would talk that way in real life, you and I both know that greatly depends on who it is standing in front of them.

Class keyboard hard ass.

I actually agree with your point... generally. But let's be honest, if we all behaved like we do in real life, this place also wouldn't exist. Most of us wouldn't engage. I bet most people aren't annoying enough to offer up their opinions to complete strangers. So this place has to get some mixture of who you are, and that by default wouldn't be the same in real life. If someone is belittling, attacks people personally, or anything along those lines yeah they're being an asshole. But I don't think being blunt is that. At least not for me.


Haha now I really hope that Leatherique thread comes back. I do remember it, but I am super curious about Brett's posts.

[liam821]

Importing…

Yessss! E36 m3forum content is being imported into the live E36 section now...post date order is being maintained, so all the old M3F stuff is at the back in date order:

https://nam3forum.com/forums/forum/e36-1992-1999

[Obioban]

Importing…

[bigjae46]

The old forum was mostly terrible outside nostalgia. Why? Because most members didn't have the slightest clue what they were talking about, myself included, although I came near its demise. So much absolute crap information. Thirty page threads on nothing. Or illuminated door sills.

I remember that one dude (braymond or whatever the f$$$ his name was) who got really upset about leatherique and our leather seats. Like a thirty page thread on why it was bad. I think he ran the other competing forum (mforum) when the old forum went under. Although in fairness, he did seem to know what he was doing, but he like many other early members were absolute assholes.

This forum, IMO, is much better. The members have matured along with the platform and whatever information was lost has mostly been restored. Also, the vast amounts of useless information aren't around to pollute the search results.

I can totally understand wanting some old build threads back.

Bring it all back. Let's see who gets cancelled!!! 🤣 I visited E46fanatics recently...holy shit I was a moron! 🤣

If the old M3Forum comes back this is proof that you can never delete anything once it is on the internet.

[oceansize]

People like Brett and Jordan don't sugar coat things, and ultimately are passionate enough about the details that they can't help themselves from simply not responding. Personalities like that just don't have any tolerance for even mediocrity. You can't blame them.

He wouldn't talk that way in real life facing someone, so don't do it on the internet. Be polite and be nice (if you can't move on). It costs nothing.

And before you say he would talk that way in real life, you and I both know that greatly depends on who it is standing in front of them.

Class keyboard hard ass.

[Bimma360]

The old forum was mostly terrible outside nostalgia. Why? Because most members didn't have the slightest clue what they were talking about, myself included, although I came near its demise. So much absolute crap information. Thirty page threads on nothing. Or illuminated door sills.

I remember that one dude (braymond or whatever the f$$$ his name was) who got really upset about leatherique and our leather seats. Like a thirty page thread on why it was bad. I think he ran the other competing forum (mforum) when the old forum went under. Although in fairness, he did seem to know what he was doing, but he like many other early members were absolute assholes.

This forum, IMO, is much better. The members have matured along with the platform and whatever information was lost has mostly been restored. Also, the vast amounts of useless information aren't around to pollute the search results.

I can totally understand wanting some old build threads back.

Brett (braymond) is a good dude though. Incredibly particular and OCD when it comes to this stuff, and as a result yes can be blunt and at times abrasive. He's got a doppelgänger in the e30 community named Jordan. The vast majority of people on forums in general don't have the slightest clue what they are talking about. People like Brett and Jordan don't sugar coat things, and ultimately are passionate enough about the details that they can't help themselves from simply not responding. Personalities like that just don't have any tolerance for even mediocrity. You can't blame them.

I think a lot of Brett's stuff was lost with M3F. But here are two examples of Jordan's builds. When we are talking this level of work, they can nitpick whatever the hell they want if you ask me. Leatherique really does suck, haha.

https://www.r3vlimited.com/board/forum/general-forums/members-rides/the-project-forum/335697-project-lessmeister-91-318is-restomod-w-mtech2-and-modern-drivetrain/page48

This one in particular, albeit not as cool as the one above, gives a rough idea on the very first post:

https://www.r3vlimited.com/board/forum/general-forums/members-rides/9935947-july-2020-car-of-the-month-jordan

[liam821]

I'm importing threads now; so far, it's going smoothly. I was able to recover ~1 million posts, although I'm going to skip the classifieds and a few other channels. It's not complete; some threads are missing pages or just completely gone.

I also agree in regard to usernames. Pretty much anyone who was either around a long time on M3F or had high status and reputation would have kept the same username here for familiarity.

Anyone who wants their old posts linked to their current nam3forum account can PM me personally. I wrote a little script to fix posts after the fact, and I can do it on a one-by-one basis.

[Sharocks]

I also agree in regard to usernames. Pretty much anyone who was either around a long time on M3F or had high status and reputation would have kept the same username here for familiarity.

Yes, but also infamy.

LOL