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A quick whinge!
Posted: Tue Jun 06, 2006 1:16 pm
by john325tewerin
I wish folk would complete their location entry in their profiles and have it showing. It would save on the hundreds of posts asking "where are you mate" when someone is selling stuff or whatever.
Posted: Tue Jun 06, 2006 1:24 pm
by graham_cab
totally agree
Posted: Tue Jun 06, 2006 1:40 pm
by E30BeemerLad
where are you John?
Posted: Tue Jun 06, 2006 1:47 pm
by john325tewerin
I fecking knew someone would be tempted!
Quite funny though. Made me laff!
Posted: Tue Jun 06, 2006 6:04 pm
by Cotty
graham_cab wrote:totally agree
same here, handy for arranging meets as well
Posted: Tue Jun 06, 2006 8:05 pm
by stuartgallafant
yeah, i agree too mate!! come on people, lets get it sorted!!!
Posted: Tue Jun 06, 2006 8:13 pm
by telski789
nah,i like my location being kept a secret! dont want dodgy people coming onto the site and driving around your area to find your car!
hi,im dave and i live in cambridge,ive spent 50,000 on my car,come steal it!
Tel
Posted: Tue Jun 06, 2006 8:28 pm
by john325tewerin
Tel, get a grip ffs.
You're not exactly giving out your address and house number. You can be as specific (or as unspecific) as you want. It's there to help other members.
Besides, I think if someone is desperate enough to steal an e30 (say in preference to any of the other more desirable vehicles on the roads today) then there are other ways to find an e30 owner's location.
But, the location data is not mandatory, so you can exercise your right either way.
Posted: Fri Jun 16, 2006 8:27 pm
by Cotty
telski789 wrote:nah,i like my location being kept a secret! dont want dodgy people coming onto the site and driving around your area to find your car!
Well unless they have x-ray specs they are never going to spot a car in a garage. Anyway anyone trying to steal my car is going to have trouble driving it with only one leg
Posted: Fri Jun 16, 2006 9:13 pm
by fuzzy
a vague location like your city town or region can be quite helpful without it being to much detail for someone to track you down. i think some people are just a bit to paranoid
Posted: Fri Jun 16, 2006 10:10 pm
by Jay07
Posted: Sat Jun 17, 2006 6:13 am Post subject:
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a vague location like your city town or region can be quite helpful without it being to much detail for someone to track you down
Exactly!
Posted: Sat Jun 17, 2006 12:12 am
by Simon13
telski789 wrote:nah,i like my location being kept a secret! dont want dodgy people coming onto the site and driving around your area to find your car!
hi,im dave and i live in cambridge,ive spent 50,000 on my car,come steal it!
Tel
who would nick it to be fair? just an old bmw to most people.
You could run the zone shop and be "somewhere in london" selling parts to zoners at random meet up points in london.
Posted: Sat Jun 17, 2006 12:44 am
by stE30
Simon13 wrote:telski789 wrote:nah,i like my location being kept a secret! dont want dodgy people coming onto the site and driving around your area to find your car!
hi,im dave and i live in cambridge,ive spent 50,000 on my car,come steal it!
Tel
who would nick it to be fair? just an old bmw to most people.
NNNnnnoooooo
3 months ago i owned a 1986 VW golf gti in alpine white, a 3 door reg.no
C521 MAV we called it Mavis for obvious reasons, it was in quite good nick for a 21 year old GTI, it was worth about £500
stolen!
I think it was taken because it was easier to take than a modern car with a full alarm and immobiliser on.
An old E30 like mine with a camshaft on the way out is only worth at most £500 but it`s kept on the road and has a clifford alarm, a steering lock and one of those handbrake lock things (which are shite but it may prevent a crack head from trying to steal my car!)
Posted: Sat Jun 17, 2006 12:49 am
by Zayyan
stE30 wrote:Simon13 wrote:telski789 wrote:nah,i like my location being kept a secret! dont want dodgy people coming onto the site and driving around your area to find your car!
hi,im dave and i live in cambridge,ive spent 50,000 on my car,come steal it!
Tel
who would nick it to be fair? just an old bmw to most people.
NNNnnnoooooo
3 months ago i owned a 1986 VW golf gti in alpine white, a 3 door reg.no
C521 MAV we called it Mavis for obvious reasons, it was in quite good nick for a 21 year old GTI, it was worth about £500
stolen!
I think it was taken because it was easier to take than a modern car with a full alarm and immobiliser on.
An old E30 like mine with a camshaft on the way out is only worth at most £500 but it`s kept on the road and has a clifford alarm, a steering lock and one of those handbrake lock things (which are shite but it may prevent a crack head from trying to steal my car!)
I think the point was that nobody would go out of their way to steal an old BMW using someone's location info.
Perhaps the person who stole "Mavis" was more of an opportunist rather than someone who set out to steal that specific car....?
Posted: Sat Jun 17, 2006 12:58 am
by stE30
......yeah, maybe your right (more than likely!) it just really p155ed me off so much everytime i get out of bed in the morning now i check to see if my luverly old bimmer is still there!
sad really isn`t it.
Posted: Sun Jun 18, 2006 1:40 pm
by M5pilot
Simon13 wrote:telski789 wrote:nah,i like my location being kept a secret! dont want dodgy people coming onto the site and driving around your area to find your car!
hi,im dave and i live in cambridge,ive spent 50,000 on my car,come steal it!
Tel
who would nick it to be fair? just an old bmw to most people.
You could run the zone shop and be "somewhere in london" selling parts to zoners at random meet up points in london.
Another unprovoked attack on the Zone Shop. All the moderators know where we are, most have been to our office and place of residence.
Our details are on the Zone Shop itself. People get invoices. The building in which the office is located is OWNED by me.
Lots of customers come direct to the office.
To be honest these attempts to ruin a reputation are an example of the kind of person you really are. Your harming no one but your self.
You seem to have a problem with the products yet you use alot of them on your car anyway.
Imran and me will be at Aces, lets see if you have decency to voice your issues to our faces rather than be the keyboard warrior you are.
There was no need for your above comment.
As Ant said in a previous thread "your better than this".....or are you proving him otherwise?
Sal