Hello and welcome to 3sgto.org

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Originally Posted by IPD

the registration process is that way because there has been a HUGE rash of spam/bogus accounts lately.

as far as how THIS forum compares with 3sdie....well let's just say that those of us with any moral compass wouldn't choose to frequent that site very often.

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Why? because it has advertising and is owned by IB?

Look IB sucks and makes sites worse, but it's still a wealth of information, at least it was. I don't have a problem with them trying to make a profit off the site. Is there something else I don't know about?

Well regardless, I'm glad to be back looking for a 3S again, already recoginize a few old names so that's good. Hope the aftermarket support hasn't died down too much

Also, just curious IPD, are you familiated with the company that provides aftermarket support for those turbo Volvos? If so love what you do

The registration process is the same on 3si. Its serves three functions.
1) Keep some spammers out.
2) The ones that get in have to make their first post in a highly monitored thread so we can kill them fast.
3) It makes sure new users have a basic idea how stuff works here. (if you've been using forums a while most of it not new).

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Originally Posted by POS DSM

Well regardless, I'm glad to be back looking for a 3S again, already recoginize a few old names so that's good. Hope the aftermarket support hasn't died down too much

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We now have flash tuning, and there is another member that has developed an LCD displayed boost controller that does a plethora of other things.

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Originally Posted by POS DSM

Why? because it has advertising and is owned by IB?

Look IB sucks and makes sites worse, but it's still a wealth of information, at least it was. I don't have a problem with them trying to make a profit off the site. Is there something else I don't know about?

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the biggest problem i have with 3sdie is the ownership by AF. the entire split in the community was perpetrated by AF's reaction to alan's safety protocol of disabling ads on 3sdie--when one of them was demonstrated to be malware. rather than complimenting alan on preventing more users from potentially having their pc's infected, AF chose to chastise him for taking down the ads; ads that AF was remiss to check for malware in the first place.

there is much more history than that to it, but that was the straw that broke the camel's back. AF does NOT care about the community, and never has. on 3sgto, the site is ran by an owner. better yet, there's no AF-minded censorship of other 3s forum domains just because someone is butthurt and paranoid that they're going to lose all their membership base due to AF's asshatted tomfoolery.

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Originally Posted by 2fnloud

We now have flash tuning, and there is another member that has developed an LCD displayed boost controller that does a plethora of other things.

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Flash tuning eh? That's good news.

I do recall talking to one the guys who created DSMlink when I had my talon, said they were working on something similar for the 3S, did that ever come to fruition?

that I do not know. I sold my AEM series 2 to go the way of flash tune. flash tuning has made a series 2 harder to sell, I sold mine new and unused for 1200.00 shipped...good thing "bought it right".

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Originally Posted by IPD

the biggest problem i have with 3sdie is the ownership by AF. the entire split in the community was perpetrated by AF's reaction to alan's safety protocol of disabling ads on 3sdie--when one of them was demonstrated to be malware. rather than complimenting alan on preventing more users from potentially having their pc's infected, AF chose to chastise him for taking down the ads; ads that AF was remiss to check for malware in the first place.

there is much more history than that to it, but that was the straw that broke the camel's back. AF does NOT care about the community, and never has. on 3sgto, the site is ran by an owner. better yet, there's no AF-minded censorship of other 3s forum domains just because someone is butthurt and paranoid that they're going to lose all their membership base due to AF's asshatted tomfoolery.

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Ah that's right, its AF. For some reason I thought it was IB

still shitty, I just wish the community wasn't split, especially considering it's size and how few 3S's were made to begin with.

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Originally Posted by 2fnloud

that I do not know. I sold my AEM series 2 to go the way of flash tune. flash tuning has made a series 2 harder to sell, I sold mine new and unused for 1200.00 shipped...good thing "bought it right".

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wow that's a steal for an AEM

Alright, I'm sold. Now if only I could find a 99 VR4 haha