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[nizerims]

Well its really hard, but I'm not going to think about myself for a second......

Picture this,,,, Its the year 2025 and Joe Blow just gets his drivers license. He's been working part time after school at the marijuana factory and saving his money up so he can buy the car one of his neighbors have been trying to sell for over a year. A black 2012 Regal GS. He wanted an iCar or a Teslagoogle, but his dad thinks the Regal would be a nice first car for Joe. The Regal is super cheap because of the stupid manual transmission and in 2025 it is politically incorrect to own anything black in public. The Regal has 126,000 miles and the owner is only asking 49,999.95 United States Trea$ury Credits.

Joe Blow buys the Regal and is pumped to start modifying things and make it his own. The first thing he wants to do is fix the left headlight that was damaged during the great garbage avalanche of 2023, but he can't figure out how to remove the front fascia to gain access to the headlight bolts. Puzzled, Joe jumps on the internets seeking experienced guidance and finds buickforums.com.

By this time Sal has changed the name of this forum to the 2011-2016 Buick Regal / Regal GS Forum (fifth generation). The forum has 1767 pages with 38,874 threads. Joe tries the search tool but comes up with nothing. He tried advanced search but there were too many boxes to click it was confusing to him so he gave up.

Needing answers quick to his problem he starts a new thread entitled "2012 GS headlamp removal".... It took 24 hours to get a few replies to his thread and by that time he already figured out how to remove the fascia, but with that behind him he can start the mods. So he starts a new thread about tires. And then he starts a new thread about the cabin filter. And then he starts a new thread about the BPV. And then he starts a new thread about LED bulbs. And then he starts a new thread about changing the oil. And then he starts a new thread about a compact spare tire and a new thread about navigation updates and a new thread about condensation in the headlamp and a new thread about what is the best tune and a new thread about shifting noises and a new thread about wiper blades and a new thread about brake pads.............

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For the future of this forum my vote is for categories ...... I don't hate it the way it is, but we need change. The same questions are getting asked over and over and over. Instead of one or two really good threads full of answers and information we have 25 threads on the same damn topic and 24 of those end with the same exact answer/part#/link. It's a waste of my time now. It's a waste of Joe Blow's time in the future. And it's a waste of space on the internets that could be used to store good wholesome down to earth gluten free porn.




Stay Woke!

 

[JAY820]

PLEASE DO IT!!!

 

[Handy_Andy]

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For the future of this forum my vote is for categories ...... I don't hate it the way it is, but we need change. The same questions are getting asked over and over and over. Instead of one or two really good threads full of answers and information we have 25 threads on the same damn topic and 24 of those end with the same exact answer/part#/link. It's a waste of my time now. It's a waste of Joe Blow's time in the future. And it's a waste of space on the internets that could be used to store good wholesome down to earth gluten free porn.




Stay Woke!

In my experience with forums, it doesn't matter how organized it is, people are still going to post the same dumb topic 20 times. When I used to frequent the Honda forums, those are some of the highest traffic car forums there are, and you could go into the "Suspension" sub-forum and still see pages and pages of "bro what coilovers r u uzing??"

I agree that for more savvy users, the categories would make it easier to find info, but I also agree that this forum has such little traffic, that it would make things even more boring. I see like a half dozen threads bumped every day tops, and if you cut that down into sub-categories then it could be quite barren.

 

[Sal Collaziano]

In regards to changing the name of this section - the "year" wasn't placed in the URL to define the generation. On this site there are two Regal areas. The old Regal before it went out of production - and after. If it ever gets so busy around here that we need to start separating models by generation - I'll do that. In the meantime - all models are combined.