Sunday, August 22 2010 - Thank Christ winter is almost done. Surely it won't be too much longer before the show season is back in full swing. The cold weather has basically kept me inside and my only link to the car world has been the internet. Even the first Corowa drag meet was canned because of the rain, and we all know the internet can be volatile at the best of times...

Over the last month I've come across some interesting forums. Typically I just lurk and not all of the people involved are your usual internet suspects. Perhaps the most disheartening thing is people's attitudes online versus their attitudes at the shows.

I don't know what exactly it is that causes people to hit the dickhead switch as they log in. We all know that daily driven, well mannered 800hp cars are a dime a dozen online (strangely a little less common at shows and even more so on the streets) but something I've picked up on lately is the need to jump up and down when someone starts throwing their money at a car they love.

It seems that unless you are thinking of throwing a few dollars at a car that will appreciate in value or is already seriously collectable you are a fool. Often guys looking to break into the hobby do so at the grassroots level with means for most of us GTHOs and Bathurst History Monaros are off the table. The government is doing it's best to stop imports so the pool of cars dries up further. But as long as you are happy at the end of the day that's all that matters right?

I always thought the best thing about car people was their open minds. We look and see what everyone else is doing around us and appreciate the time and effort that goes into it. That's certainly true at the events where 9 out of 10 people are happy to talk about their car to anyone who will listen. It's a shame that so many internet heroes can't do the same online.

Being a VN Commodore site you'd probably think that my little rant is directed at someone who paid out on the humble Calais but it's not. I've just had enough of reading the elitist bullshit that's sprouted by the imaginary internet people in response to a 17 year old with not enough money looking to spend up on a car his dad bought for him.

In site news, I've added a few new videos including a couple of hot laps by our two resident racers. They are definitely worth a look. A new feature car is also now up- a VP Clubsport built up for some hard driving and probably one of the toughest street cars currently featured. Check it out.

Thankfully there is some drags on next month so maybe I can get out in the sunshine and shake the internet frustrations.

Cheers,

Mick

Saturday, July 10 2010 - Thanks to Luke our new header is now up. It took a little while, but he's tried to tell me that it's a pretty big improvement from last year where he took six months to get it done. Apparently this year it only took three. Maybe next year we'll get it on time!

I have had a little time away from the site as well lately. My big goal this year was to really throw myself into the site but it seems that's almost an impossible idea. The real world just keeps wrestling me away from the site. More and more it is looking like I won't be able to get everything I want out of this by myself and will have to rely on our visitors to keep the new content coming in. I do still have a few things to work through from TazmanCrash and I am hoping to get it all up on the site soon enough.

In the meantime I would like to call on everyone to submit their videos to our new Cinema feature. At the moment I've only got my head around embedding Youtube videos but if you have them in your Photobucket or Facebook post the link in this thread on our forum and I will upload it to the SquaredArches Channel and then add it to the cinema page.

I am after all kinds of footage. Whether its video you've taken at the races, events or even engine start ups in your shed I'd love to have it up on the page.

Cheers,

Mick

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