The Org is back up and running. Now it's time to make bets on when it will be down again.I got $20 on August 21.

if nothing changes, nothing changes.

Thanks for calling yesterday BTW. Glad to hear from yet another local Nissan enthusiast.

NICO is home for me now. I don't want to speak for anyone else, but my personal opinion is this:

The .org will always remain a great source for Maxima info. I will always be thankful that I have met some terrific people, and formed some great friendships because of the .org.

BUT, NICO is a TRUE community, all makes/models owners post here. Everyone is welcome, and not flamed from the get-go. The site is professionally run...the owner doesn't take a 6 month hiatus; his love and passion for this site are equal-to and above most everyone here. He is active on the boards, but he and the mods here don't act like a fascists. I also like NICO because, as a fan of Nissan product, I like being able to search for ideas and questions that I have looking at potential future projects...without having to pay$.

Yeah, the .org was OK a couple of years ago. It has gone downhill since. Great peeps here on NICO.

<sniff> I love U guys (In a non-gay way of course) <sniff>

I have to say that there is a lot of good info here, better comradere (spelling?), and cooler people.

However, all of the How-tos and classifieds over there are invaluable to maxima owners, plus the regional forums are pretty cool.

The ONLY thing that gets me here are a few post whores who really do nothing. I mean, I make gratuitous posts here and there, but there are some who are really bad about it. They are not A-holes or anything, they just post whore, and then I don't know if my notification is for a +1-type post, or really helping out/answering.

I wish that this forum had the option to subscribe to threads w/o email notification...and I like the preview thread option on the org.

With the number of people ticked off at the .org, a lot want an alternative. No, we don't have as much info here, but we are just now building a owner base. If anyone has writeup information that could be helpful to the community, it should be posted in the how-to thread. It will grow and I hope this site will eventually have some great stuff available.

Heck, 1/2 the links in the .orgy hot-to's (at least the 5th gen side) are dead links anyway. Obviously it is not worth their time to make sure the information they post is valid or not.

man i just started all this forum stuff, and nico was the first one i found and i like it enough to wonder why you need anything better...if you do your just picky

I have a few write-ups on the org, and now that it is back up I will copy them to over here.

On a side note, I became an org Moderator while it was down..

NICO is a Nissan/Infiniti site and therefore will not have as much detailed information as any car specific site. However we can get close. The Maxima mods (and all other Mods/Admins) can make sure any valid information can get into a FAQ or DIY format.Please bring as much information about the Maxima that other members can use.As it has been stated the members here make it so much better than other sites.Going to the NICO meets will demonstrate that first hand.

BTW:I'm not a .org hater just a NICO lover.

phenryiv1 wrote:On a side note, I became an org Moderator while it was down..

Cool, what forum?

I'm not an .org hater either I was just making a joke of it because it's constantly down. It's a great place to get info. about your Max probably one of the best but it does not have the almost family like atmosphere that is present here on NICO.

phenryiv1 wrote:I have a few write-ups on the org, and now that it is back up I will copy them to over here.

On a side note, I became an org Moderator while it was down..

Congrats on the Mod-ship Prinz who posts here from time to time is a org Mod as well.

duccati02 wrote:I'm not an .org hater either I was just making a joke of it because it's constantly down. It's a great place to get info. about your Max probably one of the best but it does not have the almost family like atmosphere that is present here on NICO.

off-topic has a family atmosphere to it over at the org....more like a dysfunctional family with an alcoholic father and a prostitute mother, but it is a family atmosphere. Seriously, I love off-topic over at the org and all the wackos that reside there. I have noticed MANY iprovements since the last down-time and clean-up. Congrats again on the new mod' status phenny!

cullenj76 wrote:Cool, what forum?

I30/I35, test posts, and I am now officially bestowed with banning powers as a part of my role as sig moderator. Well, I WAS just sig police (I could change the unlawful sigs, but not ban people if they changed it back the the bad sig). Now I am the official sig moderator. Kirk (Bags aka Bags 353) is as well.

I REALLY REALLY REALLY wish the owners of the .org would consider allowing us to buy the domain and make the .org a portal to NICO's Maxima forums... Much like we did with 240sx.org....

Unlimited space, plenty of room for growth, full credit to the founders, no more hassles for them, no more bleeding money every month for bandwidth and hosting, and a HUGE support network to transfer articles and threads...

We have 99.8% uptime since Feb 2004 (unheard of for a forum this size).

Maybe you guys can team up and work on them to consider this... It would be an absolute honor to merge with them. I'd give them some VERY broad latitude in running the show if they wanted.

I'm always available, and you can email me for my phone #.

phenryiv1 wrote:I30/I35, test posts, and I am now officially bestowed with banning powers as a part of my role as sig moderator. Well, I WAS just sig police (I could change the unlawful sigs, but not ban people if they changed it back the the bad sig). Now I am the official sig moderator. Kirk (Bags aka Bags 353) is as well.

Yeah, I knew you and Kirk were the sig 5-0, but congrats on the new mod status again!

AZhitman wrote:I REALLY REALLY REALLY wish the owners of the .org would consider allowing us to buy the domain and make the .org a portal to NICO's Maxima forums... Much like we did with 240sx.org....

Unlimited space, plenty of room for growth, full credit to the founders, no more hassles for them, no more bleeding money every month for bandwidth and hosting, and a HUGE support network to transfer articles and threads...

We have 99.8% uptime since Feb 2004 (unheard of for a forum this size).

Maybe you guys can team up and work on them to consider this... It would be an absolute honor to merge with them. I'd give them some VERY broad latitude in running the show if they wanted.

I'm always available, and you can email me for my phone #.

Would be a good thing...

Oh, and the org is down again

duccati02 wrote:The ORG is Back

audtatious wrote:and the org is down again

:crazy

hlh0501 wrote::crazy

LOL

Site says down through Saturday. Guess they meant next Staruday? :pface

What is up with that place?

I dunno, but I can tell what's "down" -

LMAO!

yea the both of the ORGs are very unreliable

AZhitman wrote:I REALLY REALLY REALLY wish the owners of the .org would consider allowing us to buy the domain and make the .org a portal to NICO's Maxima forums... Much like we did with 240sx.org....

Unlimited space, plenty of room for growth, full credit to the founders, no more hassles for them, no more bleeding money every month for bandwidth and hosting, and a HUGE support network to transfer articles and threads...

We have 99.8% uptime since Feb 2004 (unheard of for a forum this size).

Maybe you guys can team up and work on them to consider this... It would be an absolute honor to merge with them. I'd give them some VERY broad latitude in running the show if they wanted.

I'm always available, and you can email me for my phone #.

Well, there is a new owner over there. He may be a bit more open to the idea of selling the org to you guys. When it is back up, you might try to open a dialogue with him. I can get you his contact info. He is a lot more hands-on that the old ownership, and I know that this downtime was a planned maintainence to fix all of the bugs that had worked their way in while it was not attended to properly over the last 8-9 months. I also know what prompted the neglect, but that is not the point.

I would love to see the two sites merge, BUT if the new ownership can get the ship afloat again, I am just as well either way.

sachmo12345 wrote:yea the both of the ORGs are very unreliable

What do you mean, "both of...?" We are just talking about one site.

cullenj76 wrote:Yeah, I knew you and Kirk were the sig 5-0, but congrats on the new mod status again!

Thanks. I was a bit suprised to see that I suddenly had more access when it came back up last week.

phenryiv1 wrote:Well, there is a new owner over there. He may be a bit more open to the idea of selling the org to you guys. When it is back up, you might try to open a dialogue with him. I can get you his contact info. He is a lot more hands-on that the old ownership, and I know that this downtime was a planned maintainence to fix all of the bugs that had worked their way in while it was not attended to properly over the last 8-9 months. I also know what prompted the neglect, but that is not the point.

I would love to see the two sites merge, BUT if the new ownership can get the ship afloat again, I am just as well either way.

Thanks much - Can you guys start "working" on the new owner?

I really feel strongly about bringing these people and resources together.

I promise it'll be worth the effort.

So Kev and Jane are gone now?