How often has someone...

...come in this forum and just gone "Damn!"


Here-- if you don't want to read my explanation, skip to the bottom for the message.

I own a 1996 Chevy Impala SS. It was my second car after some idiot totalled my Lincoln. I was-- still am partially (I put almost as much as I paid for it in maintenance/repairs in three years!!! $10,000, paid $16,000)-- fascinated with it. Over the past three years I've owned it, I've loved almost every minute of driving it. However it was always breaking-- I put 30,000 miles on it in three years of driving it EVERYWHERE while it was operational. Long story short, it had several months of down time, several times.

www.naisso.net is the National Association of Impala SS Owners website/forum. I found so much information there. Everything that went wrong with my car, I knew what it was, how to fix it, and more importantly, how to fix it cheaply and correctly-- in a very short time.

I thought it was so incredible that I could post the sound, or feeling, or smell that I experienced, and within 24 hours I had an answer. A good answer. An answer that I could trust.

Then, I come to Ferrarichat. While I do not have a Ferrari, I come here to read stories of those of you accomplished enough to have your own Ferrari(s) at this point. I see your pictures, and I drool, dream-- become so motivated!

The information I've found on this forum is incredible. More than incredible. There's not a word for the incredible awe I am in at the vastness of information here. I mean, holy ****. Any car. Any question. Here there is an answer. A good answer. A respected answer. An immediate answer. 24 hours on naisso? 24 seconds on Ferrarichat. Never more than thirty minutes. Sure, more people-- different models. But what is the likelihood(sp?) of someone that knows the specific answer to the question you have so quickly? So many people know, so many people care. And I'm sure, like me, when you read a thread you don't have an answer to, something inside you goes "Damn, don't know-- sorry guy." without posting. Good stuff.

Above and beyond that, there is cohesion here is phenomenal. There is such a feeling of acceptance to me-- albeit I have quite the open mind. People are so blunt, and truthful, yet those being blunted (ha.) are quite welcoming to any criticism, and for the majority, do not retaliate with insult (i know, some do-- unavoidable, there are times it cannot be avoided, i know!).

Joking threads are responded to with "Haha, what are you drunk? That's funny!" instead of "Hey you idiot, go be and idiot on your own time you idiot!" like some forums.

Anyway-- what I'm trying to say and

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WHAT EVERYONE THAT SKIPPED THROUGH SHOULD BE TUNING INTO
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This forum ROCKS! and I'm proud to be a part of it. Thanks for educating me, and motivating me to be a better person.

<3 (that's a heart) Warren.