Dave2013M3
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Hello; A few times it has been suggested I should not be on this site since I do not own a Mustang. Not sure how to feel about this. I first started here to find out if rumors I ran across about Mustangs were correct. So far the jury is still out on some things but I have learned a lot.
I had been looking at and did try to buy a Mustang twice. A couple of odd things happened which had me walking away from the deals. If the strange times ever get back to normal I will search for a mustang again. I have owned more ford products than other brands for what that is worth.
I did not start this thread with the idea of causing a fuss. I started it in the off topic lounge portion of the forum so as to not interfere with the more pure mustang talk. If you go back to the first page of posts you will find the disagreements started soon enough. You will also perhaps note some familiar members showing up. The same members who had fussed with me on other threads.
Having had some experience I did ask early on that we keep it civil. On a different forum where I was a member for nine years there were similar personality conflicts and the posts got rude and out of hand. I held my own and responded in kind. That site eventually had to clamp down on all of us and now is pretty much blah. The mods clamp down too hard anymore.
This site has been good in that we can discuss a range of topics. Most members do not get out of line. I learned a lesson and do try to be civil. I do not plan to shut up and go away, but will try to continue to present my ideas in a clear and thought out way. I enjoy a lively discussion and do wish such could be done without some of the rancor. Those of you who have followed this thread and a few others know how it goes.
I can handle the back and forth. I can be vulgar and use offensive language, but try not to do so. I do catch myself getting testy sometimes and will walk it back. I often do not post a response that first comes to mind. I have on occasion deleted comments written and just not posted them. I can appreciate the memes and ribbing. I am an old boomer. I can accept others have a point of view very different from mine. What I learned from the other site is the name calling and snipping escalates.
I decided to ask for no name calling in this thread as the OP. I do not know if an OP has any reason to expect any deference at all, but I did ask. Maybe I am going against the culture here in that the forum operators are fine with some name calling and bickering. I do not wish to spoil the party. If I am asking for something not in line with the nature of this site, then I can change. I just need to know the limits.
I have enjoyed the conversation with many of you.
Glad you're here, there should be no prerequisite that you have to own a Mustang to be on here. I am still on 6speedonline and I haven't had a Porsche now in over 10 years.
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