Yeah this is going way too far. I guarentee people won't even click the link on the basis that they put this on every page alone.
Here's a link to the page TheSilentChamber is refering to, incase anyone wants to see exactly what he's talking about (check page 2 and 3 specifically):
http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbul...1&page=1&pp=20
As you can see people already commented on their dislike for having ads in threads and that was noted by Igor; yet here they are on every page. Time to start looking for a new forum I guess...