Directions For Volvospeed

[Karlson]

Well, I don’t think that site is moving forward. There is nothing going on lately on this message board, and especially in past 6 months. I don’t even want to mention about closing sales section on the site. VS lost a lot people who knew about Volvos and how to tune them. Rich (bay13), Doug (you know who I am talking about) Swedish Mike and list goes on. Only Johann is still here that knows the stuff. For past 12 months I didn’t see anything in maintenance and repair section of the site, and a while ago it was one of the most helpful parts of a site. Mark mentioned that people are starting to take tuning more seriously, but I think this is because the price of our cars is falling down all the time, so demand for them is increasing. I don’t want to criticize Charles, because I see that he is trying his best to keep this site running. He invests a lot of his money into VS. But if someone asks me, I definitely prefer Volvo speed that was a year ago.

Probably many will disagree with me, but I had been here for almost 4 years.

[theForgottenone]

I don't know how much this would help since I have couple writeup that's specific for the S/V40 model (1st generation). If Chuck want to put them in the maintenance section then I'll be gladly to send them your way. They're all in the how-to section over s40concepts.net

[Che'_Moderator]

I don't know how much this would help since I have couple writeup that's specific for the S/V40 model (1st generation). If Chuck want to put them in the maintenance section then I'll be gladly to send them your way. They're all in the how-to section over s40concepts.net

If you have pictures and such sure. People lik you make the site worth while. I just wish you were not the silent minority.

[Spoony]

If you have pictures and such sure. People lik you make the site worth while. I just wish you were not the silent minority.

It's hard when all of the other members make moronic jokes claiming that the first gen S40 isn't a volvo. I constantly see other members ragging on other peoples' cars simply because they don't like the member or the car. In these scenarios, people just feel like jumping on for the hell of it. Take Arob's thread about his [Mom'] XC90. He never claimed it was his in the thread and it's stock. People just begin flaming him for the hell of it. Earlier, Mike (EvolveT5R) posted a thread about his stock S60T5 and he gets more compliments then some of those with modifications to their cars. It's all about status on this site and it's not something that we should be proud of either. What kind of example are the moderators setting when they begin a thread about disliking a member? They should simply deal with the member rather the attempt to embarrass them off the site. It doesn't seem like the correct way of dealing with unruly members. All I have to say is: If you have a problem with a member, don't think you're better then them and set up a thread showing it. That's precisely why volvospeed has the title of stupid kids. Our members can be irresponsible a lot but we should not expect the same from our moderators.

[MrWinkey]

VS lost a lot people who knew about Volvos and how to tune them. Rich (bay13), Doug (you know who I am talking about) Swedish Mike and list goes on. Only Johann is still here that knows the stuff.

This is kinda what I was looking for? I have been here for 5yrs+ I lurked for awhile. I have been sorta specializing in Swedish cars for 13 yrs . I run my own shop(just me) and my I say I "PAY DEARLY" for information on these cars as an indy and I'm HAPPY to share it. I'm not here to promote my business that's why I use a screen name. I have plenty of clientel YES we were truly blessed with Rich (comes to mind)...... for one he had dealer info. I do not!!! He also put a ton of time into the board doing write-ups,etc. Most techs are paid flat rate. Basically meaning , to take the time to document everything your doing costs you money. I don't know how Rich was paid and I don't care. I'm self employed and not flat rate but I still have to knock these cars out for I have a home to pay for and a family to feed. Automobiles are not my hobby they are my career as like some on this board. However I have agreed to help with the board as time permits for me. I'm not a PC wiz so write-ups can take some time for me personally. (P.S. there are a few new write up's in R&M)

Charles now on the other hand has a passion for automobiles(I believe)as most of you do. He has put a MOUNTAIN of time and money into this for you guys that cry about not having any new info so you can save YOUSELF MONEY? That's all good but most of all RESPECT what is there. I personally have been restoring a 150yr old home(for the past 10 yrs) and I can't go to the internet to tell me how to do it with pictures etc." I had to learn on my own" when I got into a snag I posted on a particular old home board and got suggestions and feedback. That is what makes doing what you enjoy fun....

So to sum things up I believe that the few that are here to help are doing it for you guys not for us! So take it in stride and perhaps there will be a write up on something that you need so you do have to pay a guy like me your hard earned money to fix it for you?

What do you do for a living?? Perhaps you could do a write up in OT that will save me some $$$ on working with something I enjoy? I'm not trying to be sarcastic just simply stating fact?

Regards,

David

[Karlson]

Sir, I think you are over reacting because of my post. I didn't want to offend anyone by my post, my post was the answer to the previously posts about how great VS improved from past. That’s great that you spend time on this board and helping us, but all I wanted to say is that before it was more helpful and there were always help on a site, like Rich was answering in Repair section almost every night after he was getting back from work. And that’s about it. And regards about learn about we have to learn ourselves, I might agree with you, but some people just don't have enough skills or time to learn our self. It is great to follow instructions on stuff that you have no clue how to change it.

It is like building new PC, you got all the parts, but you still need to know where to plug motherboard and how figure CPU. It is just example about learn it your self

[MrWinkey]

Sir, I think you are over reacting because of my post. I didn't want to offend anyone by my post, my post was the answer to the previously posts about how great VS improved from past.

Your right and I'm sorry

I think I have spent many night's after work here myself as quite a few others have ;)

[BlackBeast]

Well, I don’t think that site is moving forward. There is nothing going on lately on this message board, and especially in past 6 months. VS lost a lot people who knew about Volvos and how to tune them. Rich (bay13), Doug (you know who I am talking about) Swedish Mike and list goes on. Only Johann is still here that knows the stuff.

I completely agree with that statement. Ive no idea what happened to those people, especially Swedish Mike, but what about trying to recruit more people from Scandanavia, those who have been brought up with Volvos and know what they are talking about. Most of the videos of fast Volvos that we see on the net are from the likes of Sweden etc. I know we have the language barrier, but most Swedes do speak english.

People who do try to bring something new to the table, one that comes to mind is Zulu something or other, the one with the log manifold, got shot down in flames mostly by Chuck himself (Not picking, just stating fact), I think Zulu went about the whole thing the wrong way to begin with, but still.

I have to confess that this isnt my first Volvo forum, so to speak, but I am a regular even though I dont post as much as I should. having said that, 90% of all the threads in my favourite lists are from VS, as I do most of my research on here.

Even if you take into account everything ive said in this post, this is still the best place to get info from, you just have to sift a little more through the stuff, to get at the good stuff.

[Gioseppe]

I would personally love to see a higher performance subsection, almost an "advanced tuning" or "advanced performance" section that can be devoted to engine build questions, standalone options/tuning, non stock turbo questions and upgrades that aren't really related to stage-0 items. It's not like i disvalue the performance section as it currently is, i would just think that the more technical threads can be catagorized in another section as so they are not flooded out by "what spark plug wires should i get?" threads.

Now if that can actually become a reality i'll give some more suggestions about how to differentiate advanced from regular, but for now i'll let it rest

Thanks a lot Chuck, especially for creating this site and allowing us members to further the aftermarket volvo scene (here and there ) as a community. I am sure i can speak for most of the community by saying that.

[Guest 300+_T5R_855]

Vovlospeed has an edge that other sites don't like Swedespeed and VolvoclubUK, but unlike those sites VS has been immature. A lot of good resources have been lost because of it. It has also chased away those professional types that are stepping up and buying the newer Volvos. They don't want to deal with some of the childish things that have been a part of the site. I for one tuned out quite a bit because of it, and know of others my age have said the same thing. If you want the site to grow that level of maturity amongst users must also grow. A mutual respect amongst VS'ers would go along way towards the site growing. That being said, it is unfortunately a fine line that will continue to give it that EDGE and attract a more mature, often older crowd. Many of whom have the expendable income to buy the latest Volvos and spend the money on mods, who are looking for a place to ask questions and get appropriate answers. Adding more sections to cover newer cars runs the risk of spreading the site too thin. Take a look at Audizine sometime and you'll see what I mean.

I have several servers and know first hand what it takes to keep them up and running trouble free. Countless hours, constant monitoring and maintenance. Well done.

[Volvokiller]

I'm going to tend to agree with Ilya. I do not visit VS as much as I used to. From my point of view, the forums are overrun with posts about projectors and hids, how dark my tint should be, and Butt tickler threads of god knows what. At any given time there are multiple posts about putting 16ts on LPTs, speedtuning chips, where can I find a 19t, etc....

I also don't really like the way the site is run from an administrative standpoint. While I respect Charles' right to do what he wants with his site, I think it turns off some people, myself included. A good example of this is the for sale section. I don't like having to pay a supporting member fee to use certain features of the forum. Supporting the site should either be mandatory to sign up, or completely optional. Making me be a supporting member to use the for sale feature only turns me away. I don't think I am a cheap-jerk either. I've spent money on my cars and I've given money to Turbobricks over the years because they don't ask for it, or require it to use the forums to their full extent.

Perhaps I'm just getting grumpy in my old age (28). I do love Volvo's, what they stand for, and the fact that they are different. But the juvenile attitude here leaves me with the wrong taste in my mouth.

[SkyWriter]

It's hard when all of the other members make moronic jokes claiming that the first gen S40 isn't a volvo. I constantly see other members ragging on other peoples' cars simply because they don't like the member or the car. In these scenarios, people just feel like jumping on for the hell of it. Take Arob's thread about his [Mom'] XC90. He never claimed it was his in the thread and it's stock. People just begin flaming him for the hell of it. Earlier, Mike (EvolveT5R) posted a thread about his stock S60T5 and he gets more compliments then some of those with modifications to their cars. It's all about status on this site and it's not something that we should be proud of either. What kind of example are the moderators setting when they begin a thread about disliking a member? They should simply deal with the member rather the attempt to embarrass them off the site. It doesn't seem like the correct way of dealing with unruly members. All I have to say is: If you have a problem with a member, don't think you're better then them and set up a thread showing it. That's precisely why volvospeed has the title of stupid kids. Our members can be irresponsible a lot but we should not expect the same from our moderators.

as much as i dislike quoting entire posts, i agree most strenuously with what nys says here. also like someone mentioned before this is very much with minor exceptions an 850/x70 site. everyone else gets either the hate (from the typical crowd) or ignored. i stick around mostly to help other S8- owners that stumble on the site get a reasonable answer.

on the plus side, i do appreciate other people technical responses and knowledge. the maintenance and performance sections are very good, there is generally little bad behavior there. except they get too much turnover.

However, the "R" forum which is advertised as "Raffles, Discussion, and Deals For Supporting Members. Much of the forum is not work safe and is not intended for minors" is basically the off-topic forum with smut. it's pointless IMHO.

oh and it's nice all the 'search stupid' posts have stopped. too much hate....

[theForgottenone]

I would personally love to see a higher performance subsection, almost an "advanced tuning" or "advanced performance" section that can be devoted to engine build questions, standalone options/tuning, non stock turbo questions and upgrades that aren't really related to stage-0 items.

Or group it together with Research and Development section.

[Fudge_Brownie]

I should start out by admitting i didn't thoroughly read through the past 3 pages.

I love the site, and I'm happy to know the member base is growing. I'll scrounge up the cash to get myself a supporting membership sometime, but at this point... I'm broke.

Chuck, Volvo doesn't wanna help sponsor your S60? You'd think it'd help them work into younger age groups, especially since I've noticed increasing younger interest, particularly with guy's who like subs and 24's. Not that I wanna see that. The C30, S40, and the T5/T6/R trim lines are better to get away from the 240 boxes on wheels, but I still think they are heavily associated with safety and safety only. I did see the EVOLVE, IPD, and HEICO C30's. Maybe they wanna help you out too? You're car is clearly cooler.

I haven't been around for long, but it seems like theres a lot of false knowledge floatin around. Endless debates and people spoutin out the rear about stuff that isn't true. I feel like one moron says something that isn't true, then another believes it and passes it on and suddenly its truth. I do recall reading that my stock stacked intercooler was fine. My logic said otherwise, but I accepted it as truth since some reputable people seemed to have said it. Now I see that several people have done FMIC's and I think theres two guys runnin high 13's with a FMIC and exhaust.

VOLVOSPEED performance store! The consumer market consists of IPD... and uh... Evolve. There's deff a few guys doin outta the garage operations and props to them, and the hand-made material I'm sure is quality! But mass production and operating as a unified business with a range of products and advertising beyond the forum could help. Competition is good.

[MrWinkey]

Vovlospeed has an edge that other sites don't like Swedespeed and VolvoclubUK, but unlike those sites VS has been immature. A lot of good resources have been lost because of it. It has also chased away those professional types that are stepping up and buying the newer Volvos. They don't want to deal with some of the childish things that have been a part of the site. I for one tuned out quite a bit because of it, and know of others my age have said the same thing. If you want the site to grow that level of maturity amongst users must also grow. A mutual respect amongst VS'ers would go along way towards the site growing. That being said, it is unfortunately a fine line that will continue to give it that EDGE and attract a more mature, often older crowd. Many of whom have the expendable income to buy the latest Volvos and spend the money on mods, who are looking for a place to ask questions and get appropriate answers. Adding more sections to cover newer cars runs the risk of spreading the site too thin. Take a look at Audizine sometime and you'll see what I mean.

I have several servers and know first hand what it takes to keep them up and running trouble free. Countless hours, constant monitoring and maintenance. Well done.

;)