Come on man, you call yourself an old-time car guy, but you think that car people of different mindsets get along ANYWHERE? try getting your avarage classic car nut to admit that anything "import" might actually be fast, or look good... and try getting an import fanatic to compliment someone with a just-rebuilt 440 v8 with a roots-type supercharger in their cherry Nova...
Of course, there are people like me (and presumably you) who enjoy cars, everywhere, for the sake of being cars. There are people here, and on every other forum, who know jack shit, and make stuff up to sound good... welcome to the internet. There are people who know a LOT about some things, and BS about the rest, and people who know nothing, but are at least willing to listen and learn... those are the good newbies
Hey, If i can get along with the guys here, and on the Dodge forums, and on the general car forums... must be doing something right, eh? Maybe because two of the cars I want are (in order of when I found that I desired them) a 1969 Chevy Camero SS, cherry red, black ragtop, and a Mitsubishi Lancer EVO VIII, '96 honda civic silver, with the trim reduced the the base Lancer trim...
We, the regulars, the guys who Love Cars, are here to hang with other people who Love Cars... so, let's hang. You can't flame me... my car isn't the fastest or the slowest, I've owned basically every car type imaginable, and can and have driven basically everything with wheels (And a few things without). If you're here to contribute to discussions, post questions or ideas, or just post pics of your brand new paint job, go ahead! If you want a fight, go over to the Ford forums and try something immature like posting "fordssuck, liek honduh 4-ever!!!1!!11oneoneone"... i'm sure that'll piss SOMEONE off...