For the people posting FS:

I would suggest a review of the suggestions announcement and POST YOUR STATE IN THE TITLE.

+1 it makes it so much easier when looking.

+2

yo +3
it would save us all so much time

For the people posting FS:

I would suggest a review of the suggestions announcement and POST YOUR STATE IN THE TITLE.

Amen Brother. The Mods should make this mandatory.

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I think i will do this on all forums from know on!!!

heck ya

can this not be enforced ???

do it!!

+5

it would be cool if the forum software could detect the state from IP address and add it automatically to the title

ya but a lot of the time your not near your car for sale, but that could work

+1 on the idea

i posted this in suggestions page like a year ago

it would be cool if the forum software could detect the state from IP address and add it automatically to the title

Unfortunately, some people use proxies, whether intentionally or because of their work/ISP.

ya but a lot of the time your not near your car for sale, but that could work

+1 on the idea

i posted this in suggestions page like a year ago

I posted it a while ago too

can we PAY someone to enforce this ?????
I am sure i would not be the only one to chip in via paypal,
that shhhtuff is drivin me nuts !!!!

please add +1 if you feel the same way, maybe someone will pay attention.

rgds and thanks

What a waste of time to keep clicking on cars that you have NO idea are reasonably close to you or not...

Should be COMPLETELY mandatory.

Thanks!

Mods!!!

Amen Brother. The Mods should make this mandatory.

+4^454151651

You should get a TO from this forum for a day if you make a thread without putting any regional info in the title..

+4^454151651

You should get a TO from this forum for a day if you make a thread without putting any regional info in the title..

ideas like this should be rewarded with a t shirt or a gift certificate !!!

very good contribution to the SUGGESTIONS box !!!

++1000000. I hate looking at out of states!

Ttt

omg yes so helpfull

I agree, this should be strictly enforced. Like they do over in NSXPrime.

bump for all to see

Is it time to bombard the Mods with PMs? (I will probably be put in time out for this:()

OMG is it me or is it getting worse ???
maybe it is just super annoying on some days when you already come home after a sh***y day, but it would BE SO EASY !!!!!!!!!!!!


STATE YOUR LOCATION IN THE TITLE !!!!

1st 4 places in every title should be standard: [CA] or [TX] etc.

Idealy it should be: State, year, model, ext/int (color), detail.

ex:

[CA] 1977, 280z, white/brown, Manual-89xxx miles extensive records back to 77

It's teh perfect way to sell your car, everything is right up front and not hidden. Nothing should ever be hidden when your selling your car unless you need to hide it to sell it, and in that case, you shouldn't be selling to members of this board anyway.

1st 4 places in every title should be standard: [CA] or [TX] etc.

Idealy it should be: State, year, model, ext/int (color), detail.

ex:

[CA] 1977, 280z, white/brown, Manual-89xxx miles extensive records back to 77

It's teh perfect way to sell your car, everything is right up front and not hidden. Nothing should ever be hidden when your selling your car unless you need to hide it to sell it, and in that case, you shouldn't be selling to members of this board anyway.

:urtheman

as I am looking in MD

Oh boy, I am becoming the official thread police ...

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1st 4 places in every title should be standard: [CA] or [TX] etc.

Idealy it should be: State, year, model, ext/int (color), detail.

ex:

[CA] 1977, 280z, white/brown, Manual-89xxx miles extensive records back to 77

It's teh perfect way to sell your car, everything is right up front and not hidden. Nothing should ever be hidden when your selling your car unless you need to hide it to sell it, and in that case, you shouldn't be selling to members of this board anyway.

Amen brother, unfortunately some people are retards posting their car for sale and don't even put the bloody mileage. The 2 letter state code IS a requirement on several other forums.

Amen brother, unfortunately some people are retards posting their car for sale and don't even put the bloody mileage. The 2 letter state code IS a requirement on several other forums.

And it should be a requirement here too, this isn't some shoddy forum.

Simply delete the threads that dont follow the format.

Can anyone improve on my format idea?

Amen brother, unfortunately some people are retards posting their car for sale and don't even put the bloody mileage.

Retards !! :rofl: Agree!

Its human nature to forget, and not to realize what sellers are looking for. Simply asking posters to do so is never going to work. Such rules can only be enforced by making entry forms for sellers, giving them these options to fill, and then displaying these options on the thread. Then the minimum information is always available. How do you think eBay displays all this information - it requires sellers to provide this information each time they are posting. Then the same options can be looked up using search forms.

This is the way most websites enforce their rules.

+54 lol Definitely need states in the title. It doesn't hurt to type a two letter abbreviation!

It's even worse over at fanatics. Bump till whenever.

Are the Mods seeing this? Hello! Kevlar, where are you?

How about making this thread a sticky?

Are we giving up?

Bump and Vote

+55 ;)

1st 4 places in every title should be standard: [CA] or [TX] etc.

Idealy it should be: State, year, model, ext/int (color), detail.

ex:

[CA] 1977, 280z, white/brown, Manual-89xxx miles extensive records back to 77

It's teh perfect way to sell your car, everything is right up front and not hidden. Nothing should ever be hidden when your selling your car unless you need to hide it to sell it, and in that case, you shouldn't be selling to members of this board anyway.


YEA.

+1 MODS?? please?

ttt

something like this would be nice

http://jeepforum.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=153

also in the smiley's next to the subject, you know how you can put the thumb up/down, lightbulb, question mark etc etc someone should put E30, E36, E46 and so on icons

+1 totally agree.

+12651234 ideas like this should make you a millionaire

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Including the state works for manual searching (search for e36 then look in the title), but if I try to search using just the state initials to see all cars in my state, the search engine kicks it out as "too small".

Let's have a form to fill out on the For Sale/Wanted forum.... and allow searches by state initials.

Steve

For the people posting FS:

I would suggest a review of the suggestions announcement and POST YOUR STATE IN THE TITLE.

Yes I agree that would save us all so much time +10 for this wonderful idea.:buttrock:buttrock:buttrock

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My vote to this idea as well.. maybe a pop-up or something to remind the seller how to configure the title.

should be able to add another box to add state, so it's automatically added at the beginning of thread title

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I don't think it's that big a deal. Sounds like an excuse for people to be lazy. If you are seriously looking for a good, clean used BMW, does it really matter how close it is if it ends up being exactly what you're looking for? If you only look at cars that are close to you, you may end up missing out on "the one". IMO

BTW, I live in Colorado and bought my car from a guy in Virginia............ and got exactly what I was looking for.

Agreed.

I don't think it's that big a deal. Sounds like an excuse for people to be lazy. If you are seriously looking for a good, clean used BMW, does it really matter how close it is if it ends up being exactly what you're looking for? If you only look at cars that are close to you, you may end up missing out on "the one". IMO

BTW, I live in Colorado and bought my car from a guy in Virginia............ and got exactly what I was looking for.


???? some questions for you, without trying to offend anyone :

1. what is your line of work ?
2. what does the word efficiency mean to you ?
3. is your BMW an automatic ?
4. How many BMWs have you owned, bought and sold in the last 12 months ?

I do not care where the car is, if it is the right one I agree with you and will drive across the country, however it would be nice to have some standard of seeing in one sweep which car is where and so forth....

maybe i read too many books on lean manufacturing or workplace management and japanese crap from men like taichi ono.

but believe me, i am NOT lazy when it comes to finding the right car, I just wanted my search to be more efficient and reach my goals faster in less time. Is it not this anal retentivess, this quest for superior german engineering, for cars that are efficiently made for one reason.... Freude am Fahren..... why we come here ???

Maybe it is just me, then apologize my outreach to fellow BMW enthusiasts, I am looking for "the one" just like everybody else, however I would just prefer to find "the one" that is as close as possible.....

rgds

???? some questions for you, without trying to offend anyone :

1. what is your line of work ?
2. what does the word efficiency mean to you ?
3. is your BMW an automatic ?
4. How many BMWs have you owned, bought and sold in the last 12 months ?

I do not care where the car is, if it is the right one I agree with you and will drive across the country, however it would be nice to have some standard of seeing in one sweep which car is where and so forth....

maybe i read too many books on lean manufacturing or workplace management and japanese crap from men like taichi ono.

but believe me, i am NOT lazy when it comes to finding the right car, I just wanted my search to be more efficient and reach my goals faster in less time. Is it not this anal retentivess, this quest for superior german engineering, for cars that are efficiently made for one reason.... Freude am Fahren..... why we come here ???

Maybe it is just me, then apologize my outreach to fellow BMW enthusiasts, I am looking for "the one" just like everybody else, however I would just prefer to find "the one" that is as close as possible.....

rgds
+ 1,000,000. Nice to be able to at least see what's available locally, then expand beyond your "borders" for the one.. :) It would be nice too, if we could search by state, then expand accordingly.. Kinda' like Autotrader..

But one thing at a time, please post your state.. :D

???? some questions for you, without trying to offend anyone :

1. what is your line of work ?
2. what does the word efficiency mean to you ?
3. is your BMW an automatic ?
4. How many BMWs have you owned, bought and sold in the last 12 months ?

I do not care where the car is, if it is the right one I agree with you and will drive across the country, however it would be nice to have some standard of seeing in one sweep which car is where and so forth....

maybe i read too many books on lean manufacturing or workplace management and japanese crap from men like taichi ono.

but believe me, i am NOT lazy when it comes to finding the right car, I just wanted my search to be more efficient and reach my goals faster in less time. Is it not this anal retentivess, this quest for superior german engineering, for cars that are efficiently made for one reason.... Freude am Fahren..... why we come here ???

Maybe it is just me, then apologize my outreach to fellow BMW enthusiasts, I am looking for "the one" just like everybody else, however I would just prefer to find "the one" that is as close as possible.....

rgds

1. I am in the Army (I was in Iraq when I bought my car)
2.not relavent (that is what Autotrader is for)
3.it is a manual
4.0

I can understand posting the state in the title if there were hundreds of cars posted everyday. But there is really only a few added each day, and sometimes none at all. And when you consider the model that you are looking for, that narrows it even further. So if you aren't willing to skim through a few FS threads with the simple click of a mouse, then yes, I will definately say that you are lazy.

P.S. By looking at what is available in other places, it may keep you from settling on something just because it is around the corner. THE END

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+ 1,000,000. Nice to be able to at least see what's available locally, then expand beyond your "borders" for the one.. :) It would be nice too, if we could search by state, then expand accordingly.. Kinda' like Autotrader..

But one thing at a time, please post your state.. :D


thanks

+ 6969696

+ 6969696

after a hard days of work and dealing with the world, every one of you supporting my quest for efficiency and this matter really makes my day.

Just so you know you are really appreciated.

thank you

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on many other forums i go on it is a rule you post the state in the title. its so much better to browse around when this is the case.

Bump. People are too stupid and/or lazy to do this....

I don't think it's that big a deal. Sounds like an excuse for people to be lazy. If you are seriously looking for a good, clean used BMW, does it really matter how close it is if it ends up being exactly what you're looking for? If you only look at cars that are close to you, you may end up missing out on "the one". IMO

BTW, I live in Colorado and bought my car from a guy in Virginia............ and got exactly what I was looking for.

i'm sorry, but i totally agree with you...really not that big of a deal...i live in TX and flew to TN and drove my car back 17hrs...it was what i was looking for so i got it...one way ticket for $99 and a fun ride back in the car :redspot

Bump. People are too stupid and/or lazy to do this....

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For the people posting FS:

I would suggest a review of the suggestions announcement and POST YOUR STATE IN THE TITLE.

Why?

Why?


why not :confused ? would posting an extra 2 letters in your title really be that big of a strain on your fingers? do you really need those 2 extra spaces for your title ad?

And for all of those who don't care, great, you can ignore those 2 letters and it won't effect your search 1 bit.

Such a simple issue complicated beyond reason, you all must be politicians

The few other car forums that have this, (i've seen on nicoclub and somewhere else) it makes it a lot easier to navigate through. I duno if they have it setup the state letters are a drop down menu select, but it makes it a lot easier sifting through cars.

I really don't care about a gem 3000 miles away on the west coast.

1. I am in the Army (I was in Iraq when I bought my car)
2.not relavent (that is what Autotrader is for)
3.it is a manual
4.0

I can understand posting the state in the title if there were hundreds of cars posted everyday. But there is really only a few added each day, and sometimes none at all. And when you consider the model that you are looking for, that narrows it even further. So if you aren't willing to skim through a few FS threads with the simple click of a mouse, then yes, I will definately say that you are lazy.

P.S. By looking at what is available in other places, it may keep you from settling on something just because it is around the corner. THE END

THE BEGINNING (of my opinion)
I'd rather shop for cars I can go and inspect without taking time off of work or buying plane tickets to go see a car I might not buy. Not all of us are shopping for LTW-under-20000mi-cars. Most of the cars on here are sub 15k plain ol cars. Not exactly worth flying across the country for, actually, they aren't even worth spending five minutes reading an ad for when it isn't a car you are going to buy.

Not all BMW's are l337, some of us are just looking for our next car, not "the one".

Also, I don't know about your browser, but every day, I have at least a page of "Today"'s and "Yesterday"'s that I'd rather not sift through again and again.

And what if, I know this might blow your mind, but what if I only want to check every week or every other week? Then I do have hundreds of posts to look through.

THE END (of my opinion) do I get a cookie?

THE END (of my opinion) do I get a cookie?

sure get one from me :-)

why not :confused ? would posting an extra 2 letters in your title really be that big of a strain on your fingers? do you really need those 2 extra spaces for your title ad?

And for all of those who don't care, great, you can ignore those 2 letters and it won't effect your search 1 bit.

Such a simple issue complicated beyond reason, you all must be politicians

I changed my mind, I think it's a fantastic idea, that way southerners can avoid rusted cars from up north.
If I find a great car 2,000 miles away, I'm not going to settle for an average car 100 miles away.

nice to see someone changing their mind and seeing the benefit....

THE BEGINNING (of my opinion)
I'd rather shop for cars I can go and inspect without taking time off of work or buying plane tickets to go see a car I might not buy. Not all of us are shopping for LTW-under-20000mi-cars. Most of the cars on here are sub 15k plain ol cars. Not exactly worth flying across the country for, actually, they aren't even worth spending five minutes reading an ad for when it isn't a car you are going to buy.

Not all BMW's are l337, some of us are just looking for our next car, not "the one".

Also, I don't know about your browser, but every day, I have at least a page of "Today"'s and "Yesterday"'s that I'd rather not sift through again and again.

And what if, I know this might blow your mind, but what if I only want to check every week or every other week? Then I do have hundreds of posts to look through.

THE END (of my opinion) do I get a cookie?

Again, the truth is known! I wonder if the mods and admins have even seen this thread.

Again, the truth is known! I wonder if the mods and admins have even seen this thread.

as you can see i bumped all the threads regarding this in the suggestion forum , however no response although someone even offered advice on what software to use to realize this ...

rgds

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It would be nice if I could edit my post to include the state, but this site doesn't allow changesto the title. Once posed you are damned for the life of the post... :(

So sick of people not doing this....

another totally crazy idea, why do we not also put in the title if it is an automatic or not ....

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another totally crazy idea, why do we not also put in the title if it is an automatic or not ....


:eek: hey now, let's not go off the deep end here, lets keep hammering home the state thing until we're up to 75% of new ad's with states in the title :alright

plus we don't want Kevlar to think we're trying to discriminate against auto sellers, the posts would drop to the bottom in a day with only BUMPS to save them :evil2

LOL my kinda guy !!!

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