Those guys love their GT500s. That is cool. There is nothing wrong with the things they do here and would be accepted in many car forums.
We are not like other car based forums. The Ford guys don't understand the feel, the tone of C5 or the way it is moderated. They get warned or banned and think it is only because they are Ford fans on a Chevy site. They don't see the warnings and bans handed out for similar tone between C5 owners. They haven't been to a C5FEST and don't understand what we do here.
They don't know Scott. They don't know what Scott means to the Camaro at GM or to Camaro owners and fans. If they walked through Tom's Build Thread and saw how much Chevrolet and GM are so much a part of who is is, they would still not love him as we do. Scott is a dyed in the wool down to the bone Chevy guy so how could they? GM has a Farley Award they handout and it isn't a badge of honor.
I miss having the PILL around here. I know he pressed a lot of buttons, but he kept me on my toes. He is a very smart, very savvy hardcore car guy. That isn't necessarily welcome on C5.
The truth is that there are fewer founding C5 members and newer members in the core group that makes C5 unique than you would think. The same is true with the moderators here on C5. There is a core of moderators that make C5 what it is. There are obviously hardcore Camaro guys here too. I don't think that is what makes C5. On C5 we have a social community with cars and car guys wrapped around the community, not around the car. We come here for the Camaro, but we stay for the people we become friends with.
That makes us a closed community to outsiders. We welcome new people to Shno's House,
but only if they agree to follow our House rules. Those that break the House rules are coached to help them find their way in the House or out of it and that includes C5 members. In some respects we are living in a Dream House. Has anyone ever been rude to you in Shno's House? Ever?
I went over to SVT today. No one is talking about fruit cakes. SVT is a good fit for their membership. Maybe if I spent more time there I would feel at home as I do here. Maybe not. The two 'houses' are different styles. They like their house their way. I understand why. I like this House this way. I think most of you do too. I feel at home here with my Shno's House friends. If GM closed the doors tomorrow I would still come over to hang in the House. I think a lot of you would do the same because it is more than a Camaro forum. It is our online home. Right or wrong, we like it the way we like it.
I would prefer we go back to the fruit cake. Who would like a slice?
Who has the coffee?