NOVAwhiteTypeS

As you all know this site grows at a great rate. Always getting new members and topics.

So of course, looking from a systems point of view it is obvious we need more space (harddrive) faster site (bandwidth,processor)

So it is only fair that we do some kind of contribution.

I know alot of people here refre autocarparts.com and xepherperformance so I suggest , even tho it looks like crap we get an ad banner for Xepherperformance under Xepher's fourm and else where we get the autocarparts.com banner and any other banner that will generate some revenue for this site.

Since most of you don't like sending cash or paypal this is a good way.

I know if we put an ad banner i would click it everytime before I hit the refresh button. meaning over 400 times a day. and 10 cents each for a click would be 40 dollars just from me.

CLicking on it wouldn't be manditory but just out of respect, since this whole site is being paid by soopa's pocket.

Just a consideration.

Who wouldn't mind a banner?



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CL-S
White/Ebony/Navi/Spoiler/Visor/Full Bra/Mud Guards/Acura Car Cover/Tint 20%,35%,5% on Sun Roof, Rockford 250a2 Amp w/JL10w6 / K&N Drop in Filter.Polarg m-6.
Comptech Headers,Springs,Sways, Eurolite Xenon Crystal high beams.Polarg m6


gtech 0-60 6.03 w/ 438 pound load. preheader.

Crazy Bimmer

yea a banner wouldnt hurt. Id click on it everyday!!

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2002 TL Type-S
Blk/Ebony
Comptech Springs
V1 hard-wired
More to come....

gto2050

No problem here!

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01 CL-S NightHawk Black/Ebony Bowling Ball Interior
Xephyr CAI
Polarg M6
Solaris 9005
Cupholder Ver 2.0 Part#77237-SOK-A02


gto2050 - The voice of absolutely no reason whatsoever!

Rod

Sounds good, it'll also eliminate the questions for where to get aftermarket parts from.

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2001 Acura 3.2 CL Type S
Satin Silver Metallic/Ebony

Still freaking stock.

NOVAwhiteTypeS

28 hits and only 2 replys???

Comon folks, it doesn't cost anything to you. its only for the better.

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CL-S
White/Ebony/Navi/Spoiler/Visor/Full Bra/Mud Guards/Acura Car Cover/Tint 20%,35%,5% on Sun Roof, Rockford 250a2 Amp w/JL10w6 / K&N Drop in Filter.Polarg m-6.
Comptech Headers,Springs,Sways, Eurolite Xenon Crystal high beams.Polarg m6


gtech 0-60 6.03 w/ 438 pound load. preheader.

synth19

As much as I hate banners, I wouldnt mind them in this situation...I think they would be helpful for the vendors as well. Almost everything I know about my car is from this forum!

g

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'01 Silver TYPE-S (navi)

• Spoiler
• Comptech Springs
• 18"ADR Enigma & 225/40
• 35%tint all around
• Polarg M-6
• Xephyr CAI
• Comptech Headers
• Comptech Sways
• Denso Iridium Plugs

Click here for pics of my CL!

hatemystocks

I dont care if he puts a banner here. Make it a Comptech banner and Ill check it every 5 minutes for my supercharger...

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2001 Silver CL-S
Factory Spoiler, mud flaps, trunk tray
20% Tint
Silverknight Grille
Denso Iridium Plugs
AEM CAI & Pulleys
Comptech headers, sways, exhaust, and H&R sports on the way

synth19

hey mods, what are the stats on this site? Hits per day, per month, etc... That would be helpful for vendors as well....

g

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'01 Silver TYPE-S (navi)

• Spoiler
• Comptech Springs
• 18"ADR Enigma & 225/40
• 35%tint all around
• Polarg M-6
• Xephyr CAI
• Comptech Headers
• Comptech Sways
• Denso Iridium Plugs

Click here for pics of my CL!

cmark

Sure, I could use the reminder that more mods($) are just a few clicks away!

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Satin Silver Type S w/ Nav, H&R Springs, AEM CAI, PIAA 912 Stealths, 3M Clear Bra, 18" Mille Miglia MM11, 225/40/18 Bridgestone Potenza RE730

Shawn S

I’m all for helping out Soopa, but I don’t think “clicking on a banner 400 times” is the answer to our problems.

Ad banners are designed to siphon off traffic to a certain website to generate revenue from a sale.
If the Xephyr website gets 1,000 hits a day and it only generates 2 sales, HE is the one paying out all the ad referral fees for nothing.

My idea:
Charge like 10 bucks a year (PayPal) for something like a “BONUS” or “GOLD” membership.

You have to pay in order to read certain “private” areas of the forum or even have a custom avatar.
Maybe get a BOLD name title or a GOLD star by your name.
Maybe allow only upgraded accounts to post more the 5-times a day or something like that.

I don’t know if the software could handle this or not, but it’s just a few ideas.

Shawn S


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Make me an offer….It’s FOR SALE when the 6-Speed MANUAL comes out, I HATE the SLUSH SHIFT !!!

2001 CL Type S - NAV - San Marino RED / Parchment - Spoiler - 35% Tint - Roof Visor - PIAA Lamps
GOLD Emblems & Grill - V1 w/remote - KICKER AMP w/(2) 10" Alumapro Subs - Xephyr CAI - Shine by ZAINO
For Photos see: PAGE 1 PAGE 2 PAGE 3 PAGE 4 V1 & SUBS

eclipse23

Totally agreed Sean
I would rather pay a yearly fee than let this site become bannered. That is the reason I love this site. As for acura-tl.com it has become a banner frenzy, I personally hate it there.

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01' Acura CL Type-S
Piaa 19169 Bulbs
Valentine1 Pig Detector
CompTech Exhaust
Xephyr Cold Air Intake
Really Cool Mesh Grill
Custom BASS by <A HREF="http://www.streeteffectz.com

01'Acura" TARGET=_blank>www.streeteffectz.com

01'Acura</A> Integra GSR

tel1sps

Whatever... Banners or special accounts... or both... sounds good.

The list has a pretty good following if ya want to start selling hats or shirts ya can generate some additional money.

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2001 Silver 3.2CLS
Muds, Spoiler, Hardwire 8500, Polarg M-6 lamps, K&N filter #33-2178,
Comptech Headers, Sways, mufflers
Planning: SSR 17X7.5 GT1 Wheels, Brembo Brakes.

juniorbean

iTrader: (5)

I actually don't mind the banners, but I also like Shawn's ideas. I would pay a fee like that. Then, like he said, we can have access to private forums, or maybe get deals with companies associated with acura-cl.com (like Xephyr, etc.)....



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1998 Iced Blue CL 3.0 ** Some mods, but who cares, I want a Type-S!!

Moderator - 1st Gen Forum
Email: juniorbean@acura-cl.com

spiroh

I agree with shawn. If money is needed I will contribute.

Spiro

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Black/Black 2001 CL-S
Random Technology Cat
RED AEM CAI
Polarg M6 Roadlamps

NOVAwhiteTypeS

I'll pay up if I can get a peek at the mods only section. I've been dying to see whats in there for MONTHS!!!

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CL-S
White/Ebony/Navi/Spoiler/Visor/Full Bra/Mud Guards/Acura Car Cover/Tint 20%,35%,5% on Sun Roof, Rockford 250a2 Amp w/JL10w6 / K&N Drop in Filter.Polarg m-6.
Comptech Headers,Springs,Sways, Eurolite Xenon Crystal high beams.Polarg m6


gtech 0-60 6.03 w/ 438 pound load. preheader.

Crazy Bimmer

OK everyone, send me a check for 20 bucks each... ill make sure soopa gets it....

I dont mind paying a yearly thing either. Sounds like a good plan. Hell i dont even notice banners at the TL.com site.. either way ill join in.

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2002 TL Type-S
Blk/Ebony
Comptech Springs
V1 hard-wired
More to come....

Rod

I agree, working out deals with companies for Acura-CL.com referrals would be nice, even if they're minimal, but many people get their info and decide what to buy based on opinions from this board. A couple banners wouldn't be bad either, but not too many, just a very select few, like the ones already mentioned.

Zapata

A PAY SITE!!!!!!! NO F'N WAY! The fact this site is free is what is so great about it. I"m all for helping out Soopa, but a pay site noo way. It would reduce the number of people who come here and reduce the varity of people. Has Soopa expressed the need for help? What type of support does he need? Money to maintain the domain name? More money to handle bandwith? Have a mix. One banner add, paypal for those who want to contribute, and some sort of collection at CL-Meets. Keep it free!!!!!!!!

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'01 Silver CL-Type S
!BEWARE THE SILVER SWORD!

Wxguy95

We should do something. I never post here, but read the board almost everyday. I plan on buying a CL later this year and now know EVERYTHING to look for when making the purchase.

Why not have a sale for t-shirts? It's a little more of a pain, but you can make pretty nice t-shirts for about $4-6 and sell them at...say 15.

The only problem is making sure you have a large group ready to buy and getting the money upfront to buy the shirts.

There is a <a href="http://www.cafepress.com">site</a> that will front the money and make the shirts and ship them for you, but they take a large chunk of profit (each shirt at cost is 13.99 + what you want your cut to be). The advantage is no problems with the e-commerce side, plus you can change the shirt every so often when the design needs changing

Just a thought...

-Mike

[This message has been edited by Wxguy95 (edited 05-25-2001).]

ruvz

I agree somewhat with the banner idea, as long as it doesn't get out of hand....In one of my other posts I proposed some time of organization to this board (Ie: people volunteering time to form alliances and business relationships between the members of this board and aftermarket part suppliers, as well as Acura North America)....We can use our lobbying power to get the supplier's to listen to our needs and provide us with what we need (Ie: bodykits, superchargers, etc...)

We can also form advertising relationships with major vendors (Comptech, Eibach, AEM, etc.) and get them to advertise on the board - Perhaps a good idea is to have a "VENDOR's CORNER" which could be used as a reference point to those interested in ordering parts online....(This would eliminate a lot of the "What kind of headers are available for the CL? or "Is there a bodykit?"

I know I could personally volunteer my talents and make some calls and represent the fine members of this fine board....

what do you guys think??



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--&gt; RUVZ
2001 3.2CL Type S - Satin Silver - Polarg M6 roadlamps

Rod

The Vendor's Corner idea is great, that way all manufacturers have a spot on the site where interested people can check out their products and at the smae time we avoid flooding all the forums with banners.

Iridium130

::shrugs::

Soopa and this site have saved me the mind-bending boredom of my senior year in high school so I personally would not mind PayPal-ing him some money.

$5-10 probably, $15 at MOST.

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_-Phil-_! (a.k.a. 'Green Box')
2K1 #10,029 Satin Silver CL-S since 6/13/00 named Laetitia with Navi! Mods : XEPHYR PERFORMANCE CAI~3M Reflective Tint(37%) tint~Hiper Hibrid Plasma "Xenon" road lamps & high-beams~Uniden LRD 6599SWS Radar Detector~Shine by Meguiar's Gold Wax~Member of the Scratched Rims Club~Upgraded cupholder ~

Green Box -4- Mod!!

wayneg

I support either issue and have brought it up in the past in private mail messages.
Soopa - contact me.

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Wayne Gruen
Service Manager
Park Ave Acura
*** The opinons expressed above are my own and I in no way speak for American Honda or Acura. ***

2002 TL-S Black on Black
Factory Body Kit, Factory Spoiler, Comptech Springs, Comptech Sways, Comptech Headers, Comptech Exhaust, Xephyr CAI
Tuning by Jens

M5 Lite

a banner w/ 10 cent clicks? Where? Please let me know if this exists. Also, those banners are limited to ONE unique ip address hit per day. If 10 cents per click with no restriction on IP addresses, then I would put a banner on my site, quit work, and click all day long for some serious money!

More realistic is 2-5 cents per click, per unique ip address. I think everyone should send soopa, 50 cents via paypal. With 2000+ members, thats over $1000 per month which will serve the purpose for a dedicated server with unlimited bandwidth for this website. Actually all he should actually need is about $500/month.

BTW...why are you telling us to do this? Where is Soopa himself?!?!?

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'98 Dakar Yellow ///M3
Surprise @ Forums atwww.BMWExperience.com
0-60 5.53 sec G-Tech
Picture here

Satin Slayer

It's all good. Clicking on a banner...no problemo! Making a monetary contribution...sure, why not!

PLEASE, just NO POP-UPS!!!

Zapata

If we are looking for a place to those the website with unlimited bandwith and unlimited space, my personal site is hosted by WWW.BURLEE.COM $20/month...... They host the site, Soopa get's access and doesn't worry about hardware etc., etc.,

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'01 Silver CL-Type S
!BEWARE THE SILVER SWORD!

ruvz

He's probably drooling... dreaming of the headers he's gonna buy with all the revenue that's gonna be coming in


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--&gt; RUVZ
2001 3.2CL Type S - Satin Silver - Polarg M6 roadlamps

shockboltthrower

If it keeps this great forum a free forum then I think a banner would be a welcome addition.

No objections, Your Honor.

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Silver CL-S

NOVAwhiteTypeS

You just love picking out errors out of other people's statements dont YOU. Just giving an example MR. I KNOW IT ALL.


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CL-S
White/Ebony/Navi/Spoiler/Visor/Full Bra/Mud Guards/Acura Car Cover/Tint 20%,35%,5% on Sun Roof, Rockford 250a2 Amp w/JL10w6 / K&N Drop in Filter.Polarg m-6.
Comptech Headers,Springs,Sways, Eurolite Xenon Crystal high beams.Polarg m6


gtech 0-60 6.03 w/ 438 pound load. preheader.

NOVAwhiteTypeS

Because soopa's my friend and he doing a good deed. just want to help him out. look at how much we all learned from this site.

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CL-S
White/Ebony/Navi/Spoiler/Visor/Full Bra/Mud Guards/Acura Car Cover/Tint 20%,35%,5% on Sun Roof, Rockford 250a2 Amp w/JL10w6 / K&N Drop in Filter.Polarg m-6.
Comptech Headers,Springs,Sways, Eurolite Xenon Crystal high beams.Polarg m6


gtech 0-60 6.03 w/ 438 pound load. preheader.

WiLd~CL~TYPS-@SS

I wouldn't mind paypal soopa 5 or 10 bucks,it wont hurt and i like the banner idea too, just clicking..easy enough for me

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01 silver cl-s
AEM CAI red
K&N air filter (Out)
Piaa 19169
Cannon winter floor mats
35% tint all around

NOVAwhiteTypeS

FYI: Soopa@acura-cl.com is his paypal.

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CL-S
White/Ebony/Navi/Spoiler/Visor/Full Bra/Mud Guards/Acura Car Cover/Tint 20%,35%,5% on Sun Roof, Rockford 250a2 Amp w/JL10w6 / K&N Drop in Filter.Polarg m-6.
Comptech Headers,Springs,Sways, Eurolite Xenon Crystal high beams.Polarg m6


gtech 0-60 6.03 w/ 438 pound load. preheader.

Dyno_CL-S

yo, i'll buy i shirt for like up to $20 - 25 or pay up to $10 a year for something special but keep the site free for those who are just looking around and not responding.....or maybe 5-10 cents per response! i'm sure theres like over 500 responses per day! just some thoughts and ideas.

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Current ride: 91 Dodge Colt.... no p/w, no p/l, no AC

Preiovus ride: 2001 CL-S, Black, dropped 2 inches, stock

WebToker

Right now I am hosting the site. We have gone through 2 servers alreay and the load is only going to grow. We can not keep this site up if we do not get help somewhere. Right now I am in the position to provide management, bandwidth, and rack space. What I can not do is provide a server. Soopa is working on this now but if anyone has any high, and I mean high, level connections with Compaq, Sun Microsystems, or Dell it would be cool if you could come foward. We need a solid server. Something that will not have any hardware issues and have plenty of power.



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Mustang Killa

MikeS 18

Let's get real guys. We have grown up and now need to get this site onto a real platform and "out of the garage."

Webtoker has the space and the access but not the hardware. Soopa and the mods have the mental capacity to manage the site. We need funding.

My advice is to select 2-3 core sponsor advertisers (Park and autocarparts and ?) who will be happy with the references and be able to support the site in some fashion financially.

-Mike

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CL-S #22,299 Black/Parchment/Nav, spoiler, door & fender guards, wood trim, PIAA 9005, Polarg M6, V1 w/remote, trunk & winter mats, no headers, no sway bars, no springs, no CAI, no money! (but I got a nice new kitchen!)

Sypher

I've been working on a Links area for this site (without approval so far, but I'm hoping to hear from Soopa). I'd be willing to host the links area on my hardware and even have http://www.acura-cl.com/links be its address.

If Soopa likes the idea, we could offer special membership that gives companies or individuals a special link in the Links areas, or maybe rotate through the paid members as Today's Featured Link.

If you want to see what I've done so far on the Links section, you can see it at http://www.sypher.com/cl/ . I'm not showing any links yet, and I still have a lot of background code to add...

If there is interest in this, I can finish the Links stuff this weekend. Otherwise, it was just fun for me to play around with the idea.


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Sypher (www.sypher.com)
'01 Black CL Type-S
Valentine-1

Rock Dog

You guys are so short sighted.

We either need revenue for hardware, or a reduction in bandwidth, and load right?

I propose a fee of $1 per post. And a fee of 25 cents/post on the current post counts.

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- The sum of the intelligence on the planet is a constant; the population is growing.

01 Type-S
Satin Silver/Ebony
Dunlop SP5000 215/50/17
Navigation-Spoiler-Muds-Wheel locks-35% Tint-PIAA wedges-V1 and remote

kensteele

Either way, I don't mind whatever you guys come up with.

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* 2001 Acura CL Type S * Blk/Blk * Navigator * Spoiler * Moonroof Visor * V1 *
* Since 3/31/2000 *
* Road Warrior *

Red Rider

With the amount of Comptech mods purchased by the members of this forum,you would think they would be compelled to support us.We all want to know what they are up to anyway.

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San Marino Red
Spoiler
Comptech Headers
Comptech Sways

EricL

Dell does have a "partnering" program. They were very big into this before the "dot com crash". I don't know what the current status is of today.

Someone mentioned banner ads -- if Dell (or whoever) was aware of the amount of traffic being generated via this site, they may be willing to pop for a server.

Are we talking about 2 processors, quad Xeons, or what. And what kind of support hardware are we talking about?

I'm asking, since I haven't a clue as to the bandwidth/load requirements, but I've seen the Pentium III systems with going for rather cheap prices. Do you need 4-channel Raid-5 with 15K RPM SCSIs, and 2 gigs of memory?

I've already responded that I would be willing to support a nominal fee, maybe we could even get Xepher to support a "raffle" of sorts.



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Silver 2001 CL-S with NAVI

• Mud guards
• Wheel locks
• Toyo T1S 235/45ZR17-97W* Proxies on 17x8" SSR Competition wheels (48lbs less than stock)
• Kevlar/SS Brake lines w/Brembos?
• Comptech headers & sways
• Silver AEM CAI
• 10 coats of Zaino magic