Cars - For Car Enthusiasts

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Are there really so few car enthusiasts on this site? This sub seems to have such little traffic. What gives? (self.cars)

submitted 1 year ago by Hazdaz to c/cars

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Coming from Reddit, there were multiple car-related subs and they all saw some fairly heavy traffic with lots of posts and comments. Heck, even some of the model-specific ones seem to get more interaction than this sub does. What's the deal?

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I've always just used car specific forums for car stuff. Though I gotta say the newer my cars get the shittier the forums are. Like damn man you put a K&N filter in it? That's some CrAzY mods bro

Can always start a flame war about oil that'll get some clicks

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

I think Facebook killed forums. With rare exception, they're all a ghost town. I'm excited about the idea of the fediverse, and the threadiverse specifically, bringing back forums. I think we should work toward that goal.

[–] grue 3 points 1 year ago

Though I gotta say the newer my cars get the shittier the forums are.

My theory is that the older a car gets, the percentage of owners who are enthusiasts increases. Some new cars get bought by enthusiasts, but a lot get bought by folks who want something new/fast/high-tech/whatever, but don't actually care that much and are happy to use it until it's no longer the new hotness and then get rid of it. In contrast, folks who own old cars (and join forums about them) are doing so because they really like that particular car for whatever reason.