Up until maybe about 15 minutes ago, when I went to thirdgen.org, it would go to some SlowTravel site.

I thought TGO had been killed by Internet Brands. Glad to see its back.

 

I think it was hacked

 

I was afraid that it was something wrong on my end. I'm glad to hear that it wasn't just me.

 

yeh mee too i needed my fix. didnt know what to do with my time ....hehe

 

Thats what I thought at first, but then I found out that the Slowtravel site is actually owned by Internet Brands, the owner of Thirdgen.org and Jelsoft (vBulletin forums). I thought they had killed TGO and replaced it with that site instead.

It was probably a DNS server error that made any requests to TGO redirect to Slowtravel.

 

Exactly what I thought. I ran a google search for "slowtravel" and it came right up. However, upon clicking the link, the slowtravel site could not be reached. I guess somewhere in their database the IP addresses must have gotten mixed up.

I wonder how many people went to a different site they frequent, and got pissed that us gearheads took over thier domain?

 

Wow... now that you mention it, do these people not own every car forum I've ever been to, or frequent?!?.. Holy crap thats sad.

 

Yup it is sad, they dont seem to really care about board problems either. Ive been going to other third gen sites like thirdgentech.com and gtasourcepage.com more than this one because this one has really gone down hill lately.

 

 

The adminstrators and moderators of this website do care. I personally care. I admit there are problems to sort out, but please don't make such a bold statement. I give a lot of my time and effort to this website, more than anyone knows. I'm always involved. Unfortunately some things are currently out of my hands. I've been working on that.

Believe me, I understand your frustration and concern. But I take a bit of an offense to state we don't care.

Thanks.

 

I was a little depressed that this site went down...

I was thinking to myself... "Where am i gonna go to get my 3rd gen stuff?" None of the other camaro site cater to well to the 3rd gens...

But I am just glad it is back

 

Don't worry JT - We Know !

You know how it is,.......... frustration levels always climb the longer a problem persists. There's no doubt that you - along with the other admins and mods are putting in overtime these days.

I'm sure with TGO being down for a little while many of the members here realize what they have to lose and that even if it's a little broke - it's still the best ThirdGen site on the web.

 

 

yeah JT you are running a great site and i learn more and more everyday and get cool ideas for my camaro with this site... like someone said earlier... its almost like i'm coming here to get my fix... haha. keep up the good work man!

 

Seriously, I got upset when it didn't come up! To loose this site as a resource would have been a BIG deal to me. I am VERY glad to see it's back up!

 

I agree,this is the best third gen site avail.keep up the good work guys!

 

The site is great, i just wish i had known about it 3-4 years ago, it would have saved me a lot of money and headaches.

Keep up the good work JT, all of us here really appreciate it.

 

I really did not want to take a trip to the U.K., just wanted to know a brake part number.

 

Good to see TGO is back. This morning when I logged on I was wondering what happened. Doing a quick DNS resolve showed TGO and slowtravel to be very close to the same IP so I figured it wasn't a hack. My guess is there was a network admin fault updating the DNS server.

I've been a member of TGO for too many years now. I've seen lots of network faults and a few hacks. The site admins are usually very quick to get things fixed and running again. The admins and moderators do a good job maintaining the forums compared to other sites of this size.

 

I was in no way putting down the people who maintain thirdgen.org.. and I network admin myself and stuff happens so I wasnt worried about that either. I was suprised when this site got purchased, but even more in shock when I realized the people had pretty much purchased every big car forum on the net to go with it.. they have a little list of their owned sites, I didnt even see thirdgen.org in the list (maybe I overlooked it) but 3 of the other ones on their list I am a member of :P
The changeovers have not affected me much, increased ad content does nothing but annoy me, but I probably havent clicked an ad (cept maybe by accident) anytime this decade.. my brain filters them out ;0

It was pointed out by someone else these forums have always been moderated and run by people volunteering their time for free, but how long before all these free volunteers get tired of helping to make money for big business and leave..

" wanted, anybody who knows a damn thing about cars plz apply"

 

Good to see that the site is back!

 

I have to say, I was a little scared that it crashed.

I also noticed the Email Notification isn't working again.