yes langers, this all started because dave spurted out that he thinks everyone is a sheep that follows me. to be perfectly honest, i hope people dont copy what i do or agree with what i say.
i honestly dont know where all of it came with to start with, as i wasnt even involved with the latest argument that dave started, but for some reason he decided to take shots at people and myself and other mods. i've never even been spoken to, messaged, emailed or whatever by the guy (or vice versa) and then i notice he's getting stuck into others and myself and other mods for reasons unknown.. generally this kind of thing will piss people off, it doesnt matter if its here, other forums or in real life.
it is quite clear to most people here that the things dave got upset about were taken entirely out of context as well, such as the 'only in the country' comment in the sigma thread and the 'noss for pm' in the election thread, often with his own assumed additions to his out of context understandings.
the biggest part that i dont understand is that dave assumes we all hate diesels and we hate 4wd's. as far as i can tell, this has come from a thread posted that someone in a 4wd nearly run someone off the road, which in turn got responses about other people's unfortunate incidences with other 4wd drivers. that was somehow twisted into 'all of antrx hates diesels and 4wd owners'.. it was all just assumed by dave and frankly, i think he has made a total idiot out of himself. you'll find other people here also agree with that, but its not because i told them so.
i'll further add that dave sits here and says that we all think that the KA is the be all and end all of motors. i think that couldnt be further from the truth and i personally find that insulting. sure most here try to do what they can with the KA or at least aspire to do what they can with the KA.. that doesnt mean we think its the only engine worth modifying, i dont know if he realises, but coincidentally, the pintara, being the car that this website is here for, has.. wait for it.. the KA24E as its engine! a lot of the younger guys here simply cant afford to do an engine swap.. coming here and finding out that there are people that dont think they're stupid for wanting to modify their pintara can be one of the most exciting things to happen to a young modder.
yes i'm also aware that the pintara comes with a CA20, and you'll find that there is a proportionate focus on the CA20, but not from me, as i dont own one. i have still tried my best to help CA owners out though. you'll find there is a lower percentage of CA20 owners on antrx and that is why it appears that there is less focus on the CA20. CA20 owners on antrx though have also made some good progress on their motors, with twin cam and turbo conversions or staying sohc with a massive cam, the same things are happening on the CA as is the KA.
its pretty painful that dave obviously cannot see that people are being sarcastic, no one actually seriously suggested that i should be prime minister, or god, or whatever.. it was all just a bit of fun blown ridiculously out of proportion.
it doesnt really matter anyway, he wont be posting anymore outbursts here.