Forum Rules

[Admin]

Overall Community Attitude

* Even though this is an international forum, please make sure that your posts are written in English.
* Our purpose is to share info, pictures, answer questions and discuss automotive subjects
* Be respectful of others' opinions
* Allow ALL your fellow members to voice their opinions
* DO NOT deliberately start arguments. Debates are great, as long as they remain respectful.
* Always try to "give" back to our community. For each time you find help or answers, try to help someone else out in return.
* Give people a little time to respond to your requests. There's a lot going on in these forums and it may take a little time for people to notice and respond to your request. Please be patient.
* DO NOT just make a negative statement and leave the person hanging out to dry. Although you may consider yourself to be an "expert" now, try to remember that we were all new and learning once upon a time. Take it easy on your fellow members!
* Do NOT make threats or implied threats towards other members - even if you think it's fun.
* Any kind of spam or unauthorized advertizing lead immediately to a permanent ban.

Inappropriate Behavior

* DO NOT Make Inappropriate or Offensive Posts - including threats, harassment, swearing, prejudice, slander or deliberate insults/name-calling, or other negative remarks about this forum, its moderators and administrators or your fellow members. Even if this is just your own personal opinion, RESPECT YOUR FELLOW MEMBERS.

* Do NOT drag another member's personal site into a forum discussion unless the discussion directly involves that site OR if the member brings his or her own site into the discussion first. There's no point in ruining a good debate by accidentally (or intentionally) offending someone with a personal comment.

* We believe in integrity and respects what other forums have to offer. Because we realize our members may also be members of other forums, do not try to degrade or discredit other forums, their administrators and moderators, or their members. This includes slander and other offensive comments.

* Pictures and info that is deemed "over 18" are not to be posted in this forum at this point. Please respect that this site is for all ages. If you would like to see an "adults only" section, please suggest it to the administration and we will consider opening one.

* We want this forum to be open to people of all ages, genders, races, and sexualities, so any inappropriate or offensive posts will be deleted.

Forum Abuse Policy

* 1st Offense - A polite Private Message from an Administrator or a Moderator pointing out the Forum Rules, in addition to the editing or deletion of the post.
* 2nd Offense - Public warning on the message board plus deletion of post.
* 3rd Offense - Possible user removal from the forum.

Depending on the situation, Admin may bypass any and all of these steps and take whatever action is deemed appropriate.

Private Message and Email Abuse Policy

* DO NOT use this forum as a basis for spamming, asking members to join other forums/websites or scamming our members. If you want to advertize - contact the administration.

* We take spam and PM/email abuse very seriously, and it will result in the immediate removal of your membership and ban of your IP address, without warning.

* If we feel that a user is abusing our PM system we have the right to look through spam/abuse messages and report the offender.

Our SPAM Policy

* Please make sure that you are posting for the good of the community, not just for the sake of self-promotion.

* Please refrain from posting affiliate links and press releases in our forums.

* Do NOT use this community for the purpose of spam or excessive advertisements! This includes forum posts, private messages, or emails to other members.

* Our moderators reserve the right to edit or delete any posts they consider to be spam.

* If we find that you are spamming our community, you will be warned only once by a Moderator or Site Admin.

Recurring spam or abuse will cause a permanent ban and a report to proper authorities.

Identity Theft

* DO NOT impersonate anyone whom you are not, regardless of who the other individual may be. Identity theft is illegal and will not be tolerated.

* Remember: Nobody from RankTheRide.com will ever ask you for your password, do NOT give out your password to anyone claiming to be Moderator or Admin. If such an even happens, please post all you know about it in Comments/Suggestions/Website Issues/Forum Issues board or send a private message to the Admin.

Multiple Posts

* DO NOT post the same topic in multiple forums or boards. If you are unsure of which forum a thread should go under, just state that in your post, and a moderator will move the thread to the correct forum. Multiple posts are unnecessary and will be deleted.

* DO NOT post the same question multiple times in multiple threads in the same forum. If no one responds to your question or request, just post a reply to the same message thread again to bring the message to the top of the list so folks notice it.


Signature Restrictions

* You may NOT link to any sites without asking for permission from the administrator. Multiple links to be considered spam. Spam gets you banned.

Font Restrictions

* Do NOT use excessively large font sizes, as it is considered to be "shouting" and will be edited back down to the default size by the moderators.

Image Restrictions

* Unless otherwise stated, if you post an image in the forums, please keep the image size under 100K, and preferably under 640 x 480 pixels.


By joining our forum, you agree to abide by the forum rules, and you understand that violations will not be tolerated.

Please report any member whom you feel to be in violation of these rules to a moderator or Site Admin immediately.

Thanks!
RankTheRide.com Forum Administration