1969 Join Date -- OG

[Marcus-SanDiego]

We're now at 65 members.

When I first launched this site (4 weeks ago), I said that the first 100 members would be given 1969 join dates. After that, join dates will reflect actual join dates.

We're not that far from reaching our quota on OGs.

[danewilson77]

Sweet......my bet is still on 100 by New Years.

[Marcus-SanDiego]

We'll see, DW. If we have 100 members by January 1, 2011, I will be pleasantly surprised.

My next milestone will be 500. If we ever get 1000 members, I will be shocked.

[gr330zhp]

Call me crazy, but I kinda like the small community :) We know each other better

Obvioulsy we want more members though

[Marcus-SanDiego]

I used to have a blog that got a quarter million hits a month. Even though I had a ton of readers, it was still an intimate site. It's all about the quality of the members. Many of us knew each other (from the comments section of the stories I wrote). We treated each other with respect. It worked very well.

Having said that, I believe this site will never have a ton of members. The ZHP universe is fairly small. As a result, I think we'll be lucky to have 1000 members.

[Alphatek45]

Call me crazy, but I kinda like the small community :) We know each other better

Obvioulsy we want more members though

I'm with Stathi. When numbers get really high, so does the number of asswipes. I think we will avoid most of that being that we are all connected by something so specific. But on the bigger forums I'm 95% lurk and 5% post.
When there is a ton of members, the odds of having an "internet forum genius" look to rip apart every post to show his e-peen go way up. I'm over that lol.

[Marcus-SanDiego]

That kind of crap won't be tolerated here, Adam. No worries.

I have a feeling that ZHP owners aren't Internet assholes. And if one pops up, I will be sure that the person gets a private message from me. If the person still can't behave, then the person will get tossed.

My blog was similar. Readers took their cue from me. I behaved with respect and professionalism. So, too, did my readers.

We'll enjoy ourselves here.

[zhp43867]

:) I find this forum to remind me very much of the E36 section of M3 forum (a compliment), but perhaps here is even better. I think both the crowd of E36 owners on M3forum and zhp owners are more mature, not so many e-fights and good information.

I haven't visited BFC except to sell things since I joined here. My e46fanatics readership has also gone way down.

[pyreguy]

I can already tell the quality of people that own ZHPs and to a large extent BMWs in general are a step up from most forums. VW kids can get extremely irritating so I would rarely waste my time with vwvortex cause what Adam described is exactly what happened there. e46fanatics and this site is like a breath of respectful freah air. Much better scene.

So far all yous mafioso types are good people

[Marcus-SanDiego]

Lance, I have been a member of e46fanatics for 10 years. Hang around long enough and you'll find exactly what you hate. Given the amount of members, there is no way around it. That goes for any site, really. If you don't dictate quality from the get go, and you don't work to keep it that way, you'll eventually end up like every other site on the planet.

My goal is to manage this site closely -- for as long as I run it. I don't see this site being anything other than useful, friendly, and professional.

[pyreguy]

I have only been lurking on the e46fanatics site. I haven't even registered yet. Its too big for me to just jump into.
Since I just got my car, and its quite different from where I came from, I have been doing a ton of reading and research about it. That site so far hasn't pissed me off. Having said that, vortex was a really good example of how unmoderated sites can go down hill and having dealt with that for so long I tend to have a higher tolerance for drama. I can ignore much, so it's possible I simply overlooked it while searching out the useful bits.

I was reading some random thread there when someone mentioned this ZHP specific site so I immediately clicked over. I saw it was only a month old with a few members and jumped on in the fray. This is a great forum and I'm really glad it exists. It'll be fun to watch it grow too.

[Marcus-SanDiego]

Lance, glad you joined. I'm a member of all of the major BMW forums. I have friends on all of the sites. By and large, all of the sites are great. But, alas, you'll find an occasional ass clown on all of them.

I do not consider ZHPMafia.com a competitor to any of those sites. Instead, I see the sites being complementary. There is no way that you can get everything you need right here at this site. That's why I won't be operating this site with a heavy hand when it comes to linking to other BMW forum sites.

I want members at ZHP Mafia to have as much information at their disposal as possible. Banning links to other sites does not encourage or foster that goal.

Anyhow, please do enjoy yourself here.

[pyreguy]

I like that idea. I never understood sites that never allowed linking to a bigger site with more forums and thus more information. Why reinvent the wheel, writing a post with the exact same information you could just link to. Redundancy is dumb.

I also like how specific this site is. I know that if I have a particular question about my car, pretty much everyone here has the exact same car so that saves a lot of time with explaining myself. Plus I feel like I'm part of something elite. Now I can look down on everyone! Mwahahahaha! j/k

[Marcus-SanDiego]

LOL.

I figure that most people will want to create their own material here. However, if someone else -- away from this site -- has information we need, then a link is the way to go.

And I agree. It's nice to have a ZHP-specific site. You know that most of us will have this car. Questions will get answered quickly.

That said, this is a ZHP enthusiast site, so not everyone will own the ZHP. In due time, though, we will convert those people. Muhahahawah.

[pyreguy]

I've already got a friend I run with who put up his GTI for sale this weekend so he can get one!

[danewilson77]

Noice

[Marcus-SanDiego]

Good stuff, Lance. Hopefully he will be a member here.

As you can tell, Dane and I never leave the site. Haha.

[danewilson77]

Wut?

[danewilson77]

Hehe...

[Marcus-SanDiego]

Hehe...

:cool:

[Marcus-SanDiego]

We're now at 65 members.

66.

67.

69.

[Marcus-SanDiego]

66.

67.

69.

69.

70.

[jjcools]

This site is good and I enjoy the set up and conversation thus far. Most sites get too big and turn into an efight or a SEARCH! on each thread.

I agree with some and E46Fans has a crowd of DBs that really put people off. There is a ton of good info on Bf.c and E46 so I still run through them every couple days.

[Marcus-SanDiego]

Agree, jj. I grew up with the BMW forums. I remember when they were all just starting out. It was intimate and we "knew" each other. Eventually, the sites became heavily populated.

We won't have that problem here. We are a niche site, which will keep our numbers down. We will be just fine.

[Marcus-SanDiego]

69.

70.

71.

[jjcools]

I say close off the OG status at 75!

[Marcus-SanDiego]

Nah. I promised it would be 100. I know that some of our peeps have not signed up yet. It would be strange to not have them with us in the 1969 club. But we're going to leave them behind in 31 more users.

[danewilson77]

Sux to be left behind....

[C Withers Media]

I like the vibe in this forum a lot. When Marcus asked me to join up, I promised to not be a dick and get banned. I have been banned from 8 forums for random reasons. I don't say much, but when I do its profound. I post a lot of pictures and like carrots on my potatoes.

Mark, I am a man of my word. I will be a good boy.

[danewilson77]

You are a good boy.....other people just don't understand you.

[Marcus-SanDiego]

I like the vibe in this forum a lot. When Marcus asked me to join up, I promised to not be a dick and get banned. I have been banned from 8 forums for random reasons. I don't say much, but when I do its profound. I post a lot of pictures and like carrots on my potatoes.

Mark, I am a man of my word. I will be a good boy.

Casey, I knew you'd be a man of your word. No worries.

Enjoy the site. We're glad to have you.

[Marcus-SanDiego]

71.

Now at 74. OG status ends with 26 more members.

[NDubSki]

That's awesome. Can't believe we're all distinguished OGs here

[Marcus-SanDiego]

And now we're at 79. Just 21 slots left.

[danewilson77]

1 month to my goal. Its gonna be close....

[Marcus-SanDiego]

Yesterday we had a bump because someone posted a link (on another site) to our site.

[Marcus-SanDiego]

And now we're at 79. Just 21 slots left.

Now at 82.

I'm quite content with our first 82 members. Intelligent, knowledgeable, and respectful.

Can't ask for more than that.

[NDubSki]

Marcus, just realized that we're gonna need to see some interior pics of both cars.

[az3579]

OG. Glad to be a part of history. :)


Marcus, just realized that we're gonna need to see some interior pics of both cars.

I concur, though more of the ZHP is in order. :D

[Marcus-SanDiego]

Marcus, just realized that we're gonna need to see some interior pics of both cars.

Interior pics of my cars?

[Marcus-SanDiego]

Now at 82.

I'm quite content with our first 82 members. Intelligent, knowledgeable, and respectful.

Can't ask for more than that.

83.

[Marcus-SanDiego]

83.

84.

[danewilson77]

I'm telling you....

[Marcus-SanDiego]

It's looking as though 100 will be reached in December. We will see.

[NDubSki]

Easily

[pyreguy]

So yes, more interior shots of your cars!

[zhp43867]

I've PMd some of my zhp buddies on E46fanatics in the last couple days... :wub:

[Marcus-SanDiego]

I've PMd some of my zhp buddies on E46fanatics in the last couple days... :wub:

That's how we'll grow. Word of mouth. All in good time. Thanks, pal.

:applause

[Marcus-SanDiego]

Here are some interior pictures of the ZHP.

Natural Brown with Leather. (http://www.zhpmafia.com/forums/showthread.php?197-What-do-you-think-about-this-interior-amp-post-yours-up.&p=1704#post1704)

My 335 interior pictures are as basic as you'll find.

An old picture before I added hardwired V1, M knob and ebrake.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/marcussandiego/IMG_7232.jpg

Picture with current interior:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v125/marcussandiego/_DSC1006.jpg

[NDubSki]

Sex... clean clean clean!

[mimalmo]

Marcus, you'll appreciate this interior shot that I took of a friend's car.

http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg283/mimalmo/August%2029th%202009%20BMW%20Meet/P1020597.jpg?t=1291692770



Nice to see the group here growing in size.

[Marcus-SanDiego]

Marcus, you'll appreciate this interior shot that I took of a friend's car.

http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg283/mimalmo/August%2029th%202009%20BMW%20Meet/P1020597.jpg?t=1291692770

Nice to see the group here growing in size.

Looks beauuuuutiful!

[az3579]

How on earth do you grip that shift knob??

[mimalmo]

How on earth do you grip that shift knob??

My friend says its never been a problem. Turner says it has "great grip".

http://www.turnermotorsport.com/html/detail.asp?PRODUCT_ID=BMW-PERFORMANCE-SHIFT-KNOB

[johnrando]

LOVE that tan interior! And, very proud to be an OG in an elite group of car owners who clearly know how to recognize a good thing! :-)

[Marcus-SanDiego]

John, we're glad to have you. I really enjoy this subset of the BMW group.

[Marcus-SanDiego]

84.

87.

[danewilson77]

Nice....

[az3579]

Not many OG spots left.
What number am I, just out of curiousity? Could that be looked up?

[Marcus-SanDiego]

Early on we had some Russian spammers. It skewed the member numbers. I will be looking into flushing those from the records. I will get back to you.

[mwscircle]

MMMMMMMMMMMM PEW PEW PEW

[az3579]

MMMMMMMMMMMM PEW PEW PEW

http://knowyourmeme.com/i/151/original/n725075089_288918_2774.jpg

[Marcus-SanDiego]

MMMMMMMMMMMM PEW PEW PEW

Don't make me ban you! Haha.

[Marcus-SanDiego]

87.

88.

[Alphatek45]

11 more OG's to go!

[Marcus-SanDiego]

90

[mimalmo]

Getting close!

[Mtnman]

the first few people over 100 are going to look at all the join dates and be like WTF? why am i the only one with a real date? lol.

[Marcus-SanDiego]

92

[danewilson77]

8 mo.........

[Marcus-SanDiego]

93

[Nomar06]

Wheeee.....made it in as a New OG

[Marcus-SanDiego]

Yes you did, Nomar.

[NDubSki]

Whats the drop off? A hundo?

[Marcus-SanDiego]

Yes. 100.

[danewilson77]

Ahhhhhhhhhhh...I win?

[Marcus-SanDiego]

96.

[Marcus-SanDiego]

97.

[Marcus-SanDiego]

Make that 98.

[danewilson77]

2 moar OG spots left. Wonder who's gonna get em....

[Marcus-SanDiego]

If anyone wants a friend to join, this would be a good time to grab them.

What's more, please refer people to this site who you think would fit in well here. We can always use more good people.

[Alphatek45]

^ Was thinking the same! Will be pretty cool when the OG ratio is diluted a bit. Sucks to be # 101! We gotta break his balls (respectfully of course) :biggrin

[Marcus-SanDiego]

Guys, we are currently at 100 now. However, I am going to allow two more users to come in before I cut off OG status.

Two of the user names on the site right now are ones I created -- so that others do not use them. I did that a while back, before I figured out that I could just take names out of the rotation without having to create them.

Therefore, two more members to go.

[danewilson77]

Why not just cut it off now? At 100.....?

[Marcus-SanDiego]

I can do that. But two users on this site are made-up accounts created by me. I figured we could have 100 real users who actually have the potential to post and contribute.

Dane, I will have you make the call on this. Close it now or add two more?

[danewilson77]

Close it now.....and if we get a couple guys here soon...that seem worthy....assign it to them.

But, they must be mature, tech competent, members with the willingness to be dedicated (somewhat) to the site.

So....what I am saying is close it now......and if a hard charger appears (not a slug)...assign it to them as a benny...."for their above and beyond contributions to the site"

[Marcus-SanDiego]

Dane, done.

[Marcus-SanDiego]

Johnnye23 is member 100.

Looking forward to his "new member" welcome.

[danewilson77]

Sweet.....OG all wrapped up for the Holidays.

[Smilez]

am i up in this?


edit: yes i am. woot woot

[Marcus-SanDiego]

Sweet.....OG all wrapped up for the Holidays.

Yep. With plenty of time to spare.

[Rayzah Blade]

am i up in this?


edit: yes i am. woot woot

niiiiiiiice... was hoping you'd make it over here... my bad for not mentioning it sooner. least you made it :)

[Smilez]

yeah danny boy told me about it last night.

[danewilson77]

Daney boy....

[Smilez]

WHO did that awesome sketch of your car daney?


i wonder if my Secret Santa guy i need to send out a gift to will like the gift i sent him

custom rotor http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f198/smilez23/sogood.jpg

[danewilson77]

The skect was done by a Polish fellow. He is JDLing me the original today. Pretty cool stuff.

Contact info in the below link.

http://forums.bimmerforums.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1566102

[Rayzah Blade]

Ray, that rotor is the freakin bomb!!! Any pics of it in person?

[Smilez]

nah i never got to see it lol. just ordered it from my guy. so i'm hoping pimpin325ci takes some sweet pics.

[Rayzah Blade]

Can't wait bro. He's gonna love it.

[danewilson77]

What is it, that Ray exactly got him?

[Smilez]

What is it, that Ray exactly got him?

it's a rotor with his screen name carved in and his favorite quote.

[Smilez]

oh what

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f198/smilez23/customrotor.jpg

[danewilson77]

Thats nuts.....you did just one though right?

[Smilez]

Yeah its for decoration and not ballers to buy all 4

[Rayzah Blade]

oh what

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f198/smilez23/customrotor.jpg

damn bro, I hope you're my SS next year.. hell, I'd even buy one of these ( with a different screen name of course) that just looks sick. Dank, even.

[Smilez]

Make yours with the word dank lol .

[danewilson77]

Marcus.....I want to mention this now before we go too far over 100. I say we make our first female member (that owns a zhp) an OG.

As far as I know...we don't have any yet...do we?

[Marcus-SanDiego]

As far as I know, we do not have a single female member on this forum, which is too bad. You know there is a female enthusiast out there some place.

I'm in for OG on first woman member.

[danewilson77]

Cool....