About that time, eh chaps? *Sign off*

[SuperK]

Sometimes you know when it's just your "time to go". I think SuperK's close to that time. I've really enjoyed the forums for the years I've been part of it until recently.

I'm truly a believer in actions, not words. That's hard to accomplish on an internet forum but it can and has been possible.
Let me explain a little what I mean:

There's a guy who once sent me hundreds of dollars worth of tools from a different country to help me with a project I was working on at no charge (granted that I return it to him when I was finished) for my mx-3. I was quite shocked, and promptly took his offer! I was amazed by his offer to inconvenience himself for someone who was thousands of miles away.

I still don't think I did enough to show my appreciation but I stood up when I had the opportunity to, and helped where I could.

That's community to me. Feeling appreciated and showing your appreciation for others. Being a real person, helping each other acheive their goals.

Few years ago, I had the opportunity to ship large parcels from europe at darned great prices. sometimes it was hit or miss and a very big gamble for me. The courier would sometimes charged me oversize fees, and sometimes they wouldn't.

I used a good chunk of my time to scour european front bumpers and any other parts to go along with the package that I knew the community was interested in. I sold most of the front bumpers for 300 dollars, but even then there were several people who tried to haggle me down in price. I know I broke even but I didn't MAKE a profit off of the endeavor. I found I had an opportunity and a talent, and I used it to help the community.
There was a Knoxville MX-3 guy who wanted one of the bumpers, but he had to first get his timing belt replaced in his turbo BP with a few other things, that he coudln't do himself. I suggested he take the day to come down and pick up the bumper and I would take care of his timing so he wouldn't spend money he didn't have to. I never met the guy before, but that was OK.

When I was new and dumb to cars, there was an OldMan who came from georgia a good distance, someone I never met, and helped me with getting my mx-3 running back... several times. That was the coolest experience, having a 50-something year old guy just get up and help a barely 20 year old punk.

There's a lot of other cool stuff that's happened, I've bought the most random things for people who otherwise couldn't get out of the country or at least not as cheap... and sent it right off to them just because, never asked for extra.

... Then an incident occurred, someone tried to get me banned. It ALMOST happened... I had never felt so underappreciated by the moderating staff. i wasn't consulted when the issue began arising and was treated with little respect. Now I'm not saying I had no "fault" in the matter, no, it always takes to to tango... but I was given little to no credibility until things started getting serious and by that time I had lost most respect I had for my senior member, the damage was already done.

Now most of my favorite people have disappeared, and I just have this overwhelming feeling of frustration that I can't get rid of... and that's my clue that I've probably had enough. I'm just tired. Tired of being underappreciated, tired of people trying to flaunt their "intelligence", tired of too many commas being used in sentences, tired of hearing people talk on the forums COMPLETELY DIFFERENT then they'd talk in real life, tired of this forum being used to flatter your own ego, bragging about how you've been a mechanic for so long.. but you can't figure out how to change a belt? Or how you have such a big budget for your car when it isn't even responsible (and it never happens) or how you try to forumulate large sentences with words you'd never use in person to try to justify your "professional or expert experience"... or how you think that because you're online you don't even have to make an attempt to stop a 10 line run-on sentence. Tired of seeing snippets of people's posts being quoted just to be "disproved" to make yourself look smart. I'm tired of people not getting real and acting real, because some of you I know I can walk up and meet and be like, "dude, I KNOW you, cuzz you're the same online and offline!"
Then there's the rest of you that I'd just wanna... arrrg! *snort* You freaking frustrate me! POW, right in the kisser! You're not REAL, you're not GENUINE! You're a phoney! A big phoney!

And I know what everyone is thinking.

"Dude, SuperK, you just need to get off the internet(s) if you're tired of all that"

And you know what? You're RIGHT. There's no justification for me to stay if it doesn't improve my quality of life... and this place no longer does that.

So, to the people that appreciate and respect me, send me a message if you ever need anything, I'll try to help.
To those who don't know me... well, ya don't know me!
And to those who insist upon themselves... Learn how to use commas, you're using either too many or none at all. Get real, act real, both here and in real life.

I'll still sorta be around... still got some stuff to sell out of the garage... But for the most part, I'm out.

And for crying out loud, why the heck did you seriously sit here and read this whole thing? ... Why the heck did I sit here and type this whole thing out? AWWW CRAP I'M PINING FOR PEOPLE'S ATTENTION AND ACCEPTANCE TOO??!!

[Nd4SpdSe]

Sometimes you know when it's just your "time to go". I think SuperK's close to that time.

What's this "time to go" you speak of? I'm not familiar with this...

I used a good chunk of my time to scour european front bumpers and any other parts to go along with the package that I knew the community was interested in. I sold most of the front bumpers for 300 dollars, but even then there were several people who tried to haggle me down in price. I know I broke even but I didn't MAKE a profit off of the endeavor. I found I had an opportunity and a talent, and I used it to help the community.

Ya I remember that. Hell of a job you did there too. Similar to like my trek to get like the only set of SRD tie bar and crossmember available in years from a guy in NJ. I spend much money, time and distance to go get them, and I never made a penny back on anything related to their reproductions (of course I did sell my originals when I parted out the car at a loss of course). People don't realise what we've done and just take it for granted and eventually forget, especially when those members that were around then aren't around any longer.

Then an incident occurred, someone tried to get me banned. It ALMOST happened... I had never felt so underappreciated by the moderating staff. i wasn't consulted when the issue began arising and was treated with little respect. Now I'm not saying I had no "fault" in the matter, no, it always takes to to tango... but I was given little to no credibility until things started getting serious and by that time I had lost most respect I had for my senior member, the damage was already done.

That's actually very, very sad. I highly respect you as a member here and haven't seen anything on the boards that would really warrant an action so drastic, especially with no consultation. I'm disapointed that the process went that way, I really am. Hard to say without be part of what happend and what's going on, but on the forums front, it's not obvious.

Now most of my favorite people have disappeared, and I just have this overwhelming feeling of frustration that I can't get rid of... and that's my clue that I've probably had enough. I'm just tired. Tired of being underappreciated [...]

Oh I know *exactly* what you mean. It's a phase, or was for me anyway, lol. I went through a lot when I was arguing with Inodoro. I had comtemplated leaving a while back. Of course I wanted to stick it and almost left literally posts from breaking the 10k mark. I was feeling unwanted and that more people would of wanted me to leave than stay. Things are better now in that aspect I would gather, but I'm sure that most are wondering what the heck I'm still doing around since I've been Mx-3 less for a few years and just move on and away. I'll get there eventually, but it's part force of habbit, part haven't moved on cause life hasn't been easy, and part I have too much time on my hands, lol.

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And to those who insist upon themselves... Learn how to use commas, you're using either too many or none at all.

Don't, forget periods, and CAPS, LOCK

And for crying out loud, why the heck did you seriously sit here and read this whole thing?

Cause I've got nothing better to do at the moment? lol!

[wytbishop]

You are genuinely one of the best people I've ever "met" on the internet.

That is all.

[mitmaks]

I'm member of other forums. I have been hated by other members on other forums but I stuck around. Guess what? Those member are no longer around. One of member who made fun of me apologized to me a couple of times.
Sometimes you just have to stick it out and let destiny take it course.

[Savin]

We love you SuperK Cereal! You can't leave us! I still need to go down south to meet you in person, damn it! I'll be all like, "Yo SuperK! (yes I'd say that and not Kris) Wut b poppin' homie g?" Then you'd look at me like I was crazy and you'd shut your front door and lock it!

Soooo.....No leaving! ....EVER!

[wytbishop]

^^^ Fer reals yo!

[SuperK]

See, that's all I wanted, is to hear people say that you love me and how awesome I am. FEED MY EGO, OM NOM NOM NOM. Shucks, you convinced me!


But being for serious, like I said I'm just unhappy, and it's a lot less stress not having to try to be part of a community that doesn't improve my disposition. So two things either have to change, me and my disposition or the forums. And until one or both of them things happen it's best I just head out, because being here doesn't help.

I really do appreciate a good deal of you guys though, and you can look me up on facebook and be friends, https://www.facebook.com/SuperK86, PM me here, or email me at superk86@gmail.com.

And you all still can come visit... but if you do I might put you to work on my two MX's.
Also yes, I was the one that bought Ukrman's MX-3, if anyone was wondering.

[Savin]

Ukrman's car? I called you out on that and you denied it! You lied! *gasps* I knew it, though! I just figured it out too quickly.

You know you're obsessed when...


... you've been hiding a mx-3 secret for 4 months and have no plans to share what that is for another few months!

mx-3 secret? By chance...a red mx-3? I think you posted a pic with you in a red mx-3. Possibly ukrman's car? lol


Shot in the dark theory there.

nope never had a picture with me in a red mx-3... at least that was mine. Miessau has a red turbo BP-T, I did a 95 dash swap/interior conversion a while back for him, he had the goatsh*t brown interior.

In all seriousness, I do hope things change, either for you, or the forums to where you will want to come back and be a part of the community once more. Things will never be the same without you! At least for those of us that respect and appreciate you.

[SuperK]

I didn't lie, there was no picture with me in the car! I purposefully misled you with my response. Deception! I never said I didn't get his car though.

[Savin]

Good point. You did well in misleading me. I won't let that happen so easily again.

[Josh]

I know what you mean, I kind of took a 4 year break from the forum because of flight school, work, life things, getting screwed by another member when I took about 1K worth of parts off of my car to help him out to get his on the road and then he skipped town. I know exactly what you are saying, but sometimes it is just not worth it. I am all about a good discussion, and I am very guilty of run on sentences, they just keep going, and going, all in the same breath.

The first MX-West event I went up to in BC was a BBQ at Kevins house and we all installed a rad on another members car. This is the type of community I think of and part of the reason I still have my MX-3. I have developed some incredible friendships over the almost 11 years here. I drove down to OR just to help another member install his coilovers because he had never done so, and we bombarded another member for the use of his house to do it at. For a short time I built about 6 sets of polly mounts for other members with no profit to me as well as countless hours helping other locals and semi locals on their cars. This is what I do in real life! I pull over and help people change their tires, or help push their cars off the road. I have a couple of elderly folks I frequent to do general maintenance repairs for on their homes and cars at little to no cost to them. I love to help people. though sometimes I am an @$$. heck I erecently mailed out my spare calipers that I had planned on using, to a fellow member in Ireland so he could pass MOT. I even payed for part of the shipping. I know of other members who have literally traveled the world and stayed with and met others from the forum where they visited.

We are for the most part a very caring community and unlike any of the 20 or so other forums that I am apart of really.

Nd4SpdSe - Inodoro ... yeah ...Too may words typed and time spend "discussing" things, even PM's. Some people are just the way they are...

I love you



man... don't be a stranger

[Nd4SpdSe]

[SuperK]

Well played, well played! You know, that's the EXACT face that I get when going through the forums nowadays.
Haha, Nd4SpdSe, it's kinda funny that the two people who don't own MX-3's get in a confrontation with each other, irony! But as I understand it, it was more than just you that had an issue with him.


It's not just one incident that's happened that made me feel this way. I bought a set of Colt Cams from AaronTietje which came scarred and damaged in shipping... When it came to talking about returning and refunding, he gave the first offer which I didn't agree with and totally and completely blew up at him. I feel bad for not keeping my cool but I just didn't have the patience to put up with it and turned SuperKrazy. I sent him a message that said, "UNACCEPTABLE! BRUUAAAHHH!" and immediately filed a claim on paypal cuzz I was "fer cerealz".


One of my friends who is a counselor, when she's burned out from hearing peoples problems call it, "compassion fatigue"
and I think I have "tolerance fatigue".


Josh I know how you feel about community and helping others. It's been hard for me to see this place as a "community" lately. It's harder for me without any local members or interactions, but I guess there really hasn't been anyone that's gone out of their way to show appreciation... Except for Wyt. I want to shake that man's hand sometime in my life. And Pat, and OldMan, who took off and disappeared. I wanted to find some way to show my appreciation to OldMan, threw any and all parts I could think of that he would need.. but never felt that was enough. When I came into a position to be able to properly show my appreciation... he and his family had left to I don't know where.

I'm working on a relationship with this great girl... and we've decided to set aside a little money and maybe once a month to start, then once a couple weeks, do something spontaneous like pay for someone's meal without them knowing... Do a "pay it forward" thing. It was really cool to see that she was seriously on board for this.

But not until I can look at this group and say,



Then it's cool.

I'll probably use another venue to post up my progress on my builds then link it here for whoever is interested in my work.

[Mooneggs]

I'm really saddened to read this. I would say that you are one of the best members we have ever had on this site. It sounds like there is no convincing you to stay around...

I remember the early days when we named your first black mx-3 "the Beast" because of that rock quarry photoshoot.

I'm bummed I never got to meet you in person even though I lived pretty close for a while.

I always enjoyed your funny quirks and quotes in how you would write your posts - always a good time! Maybe we should get a thread going for our favorite SuperK quotes

You will be missed sir.

[Daninski]

Kris advertised he had a real crappy laptop for sale. I bought it from him and he was telling the truth. My buddy has a degree in computer fixin,,,or some damn thing and even he said it was a piece of crap. The only reason I bought it was to get a little of Kris's coolness but alas, that wasn't included with the laptop.

Kris, a group hug from all of us.