FerrariChat.com Official: New structure for model specific?

That sounds a lot less complicated, i mean you can go straight to the section that interests you the most.

 

make me a mod to one of the sections, then all will be good.

I like the new structure idea

 

The new categories make more sense.

 

Rob -

Just a quick observation.... 365BB and 512BB won't be in the same category?

 

looks good to me homes

 

Mo betta!

 

I surf the forums anyway, though I've never set a cursor in the modern category. Though my primary focus is on the 308/328 cars, it's nice to keep up with the bigger/faster cars. The current structure works and the new structure looks workable. How you like that for fence sitting? Go for it, we'll adapt.

 

Model-Specific
-Vintage
-206/246
-308/328
-348/355
-365/400/412/Mondial
-Boxers/TR/512M
-456/550/575
-360/430
-612/599
-Supercars

Boxers (plural) ought to suffice for 365 distinctions.

Mondial is tricky, as Mondial t shared same engine as 348, but, would be in good company with some of it's 2+2 brethren - debatable.

- That said, though it's also a 2+2, 308gt4 has a descriptive enough term with 308/328.

 

I like the new proposal. Much easier to look for or search specific information out.

 

Agreed on Boxers, disagree with lumping the Mondial in with the front V12s. They need to be with the rest of the mid-engined 8s

 

I like the way it is, but would not object to the change proposed. I may have to put a lot of 355 owners on the ignore list if I have to endure too much '348's suck' type of posts when lumped with the 348/355 group.
I will probably miss out on the TR threads if it is changed.
BT

 

If you had reservations about adding a sub-forum for Maserati, doing this would be even worse IMHO. I think you should leave it as it is. I like reading through the various forums, so it's nice to just go into Vintage, Classic, Modern, Super, as opposed to having to go through every model.

 

The underlying issue is that early 'Modern' cars aren't anymore, and it offends certain people when it is suggested that the 355 is becoming a 'Classic'.

 

Just an idea:

Model-specific
-Vintage
-206/246/308/328/348/Mondial
-355/360/430
-Boxers/TR/M
-365/400/412/456
-550/575/612/599
-Supers

Less forums, still a bit more interest-specific. -m

 

Since when is FChat politically correct? I suppose one way to look at this matter would be to look at the definition of modern:

Main Entry: 1mod·ern
Pronunciation: 'mä-d&rn, ÷'mä-d(&-)r&n
Function: adjective
Etymology: Late Latin modernus, from Latin modo just now, from modus measure -- more at METE
1 a : of, relating to, or characteristic of the present or the immediate past

The 355 is not the immediate past, the 360 is. I say stick the 355 in the Classics section. That, or, perhaps theres another word that would better identify that grouping of cars. Regardless, the 355 is no longer a modern Ferrari.

 

I like new Idea its straight forward.

 

I think we should keep the same format but shift the models. For example, send the F355 back into the Classic section.

 

Rob -

Not to hijack, but the thing that always baffles me is whether a maintenance "issue" should be in the General Tech forum, or in Model Specific. If I have a Slow Down light in a 355, do I post in Modern or in Tech?

If we break down the forums into these more specific categories, does it make sense eliminate Tech (and roll tech questions into the model-specifics)?


I don't have any answers... just questions that roll through my feeble Diet Coke infused mind.

 

No. The techheads tend to follow ANY cool tech thread, the tech forum is fabulous just as it is.

 

I agree.

 

^^ Good enough for me. Case closed

 

absolutely agree - please keep the tech section as is - we techies read most everything in there no matter the car.