Come back to R3V:)

[Skafrog]

Hello. FB sucks. Thats all.

[82eye]

lol

[2mAn]

the TLDR for newbies:

(1) Come back to R3V
(2) Facebook sucks
(3) So waffleswaffleswaffles Reddit
(4) Everyone agrees about (1), (2), (3)
(5) Nobody posts in their own threads
(6) I would post here but it its slow
(7) Everyone goes back to Facebook

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[MrBurgundy]

Yea if you're on FB (Im not), the person to reach out to is James Crivellone as he owns R3V and manages the site, but I dont know the extent to which he 'manages' it. I would hope he finds a way to improve the experience because it will help retain people who find their way back here.

I posted about it

[2mAn]

Yea if you're on FB (Im not), the person to reach out to is James Crivellone as he owns R3V and manages the site, but I dont know the extent to which he 'manages' it. I would hope he finds a way to improve the experience because it will help retain people who find their way back here.

[JasonWilson48]

A view point from someone who just found R3V last year, and also uses Facebook/Reddit.

I find myself on R3V way more than anything else. This is the only site where I can deep dive into long histories and stories of different cars. It makes it feel more personal. it also provides way more useful information while I'm troubleshooting issues. Only negative thing about R3V is the UI. I could see why someone new could stumble on this site, find it useful, but be so annoyed by the UI that they just stick to Facebook/Reddit.

Facebook is only good for buying/selling. Reddit is just karma farming to an extent. Not many good conversations there.

Just my two cents if anyone cares. I also just may be repeating/echoing what others have already said.

[MrBurgundy]

Eh.

My experience has not been like that....

Greatest sedan ever made

[e30.pdx]

100% agree with this. I'm literally only on Facebag for the e30 parts groups. Even when I need help or have to look something up, I trend towards the old forum posts instead of asking on Fb. I'd love to see a resurgence of automotive forums again in general though. How to entice The Youths is the challenge it seems.

[roguetoaster]

To harken back to the classic r3v, gaaaaayyyyyyyy.

By that, of course, I mean I'm happy you're all still here.

[2002jm]

I'd like to think that forums will regain interest as people get more fed up with the overload of junk out there in social media world. Similar to how the popularity of vinyl was revived, the retro (and infinitely less chaotic) experience of forums may be what the 'cool kids' are doing soon. So glad r3v survived the terminal fate of most OG forums.

could not have said it better....come back....

[Aleman]

I'd like to think that forums will regain interest as people get more fed up with the overload of junk out there in social media world. Similar to how the popularity of vinyl was revived, the retro (and infinitely less chaotic) experience of forums may be what the 'cool kids' are doing soon. So glad r3v survived the terminal fate of most OG forums.

[Panici]

Nice to see this thread! I've always thought forums were the superior format, and R3V has endured the test of time.


I've been absent this year, dealing with health issues.
I don't think I've done any wrenching at all, so haven't felt like I had anything to contribute.
Sadly won't get to take out my E30 at all for 2025. But at least it isn't going anywhere.

[TobyB]

qft

We need more e39 love here, boys.

Manual e39s are very very very nice

Eh.
They're kinda high maintenance, and are E36- era in terms of durability
(we have 2 in the d-d fleet)

They're fine for taking the dog to the park and getting a cup of
overpriced coffee, but fixing the door latches and window regulators
every year gets old after a while.
Plus, with 'eight hundred integral ball joint-ended link suspension'
they get rather expensive when you're chasing that vibration that
they all get after hitting 120k...

Don't get me wrong, we're not getting rid of ours any time soon.
But they are high- maintenance hussies that handle... deliberately.

It's no surprise that they made the X5 out of them- they're BMW's 'Ute..'

Oh.

Now I want another wagon to make into
the 'El Bimeeno'... 'Branchero'... ok, the name needs work, but I
think the idea's... really bad, too.

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[Ant118]

Back in for the forums! Was actually talking about how forums were so much better and the FB/reddit side just isnt the same. Still use old r3v threads for info.

[McGyver]

I think the thing for me is access to the back seat (coupe, and I need to make the front seat sliders actually slide…) and with old cloth seats and a toddler, I’m nervous about ruining them. Plus this car is way too nice for my daughter to ride in! She needs to experience a clapped out rust bucket e30 before a nice one, as we all should.

No doubt though, the e34 is not going to be the same driving experience as a hopped up early model e30, but at least it’ll have an airbag or two, ABS and power steering lol

Wow, this really is your lucky day! I've got an auto sedan with paint that's getting noticeably worse every month, scored cylinder walls, new head gasket that weeps oil, and a rebuilt head with serious cam/rocker pitting. Only minimal rust, so that'd be on you. ABS and power steering DO work though, so that's neat. Straight up trade?