However in this case the rule is here to stay. You have to remember that the rule didn't come out of thin air. It's not like one day we decided to force everyone to go to the (small) hassle of providing proof. It came about because too many morons would start a thread and only later would we find out they were full of shit. "Who cares?" you may say, but it's annoying, disrespectful, and it feels like a betrayal to anyone who took the time to reply to the thread. We simply don't like trolls.
This rule is a good balance between proof (impossible to photoshop) and not causing lots of hassle (it takes 30 seconds to write your username on a piece of paper and cut a hole in it, we're not asking for you to make a video or something). A tiny bit of extra work from you and no disappointed members of the community.
While I completely respect and understand the reasons for this particular decision, I feel it actually takes away from the community.
It feels like adjusting for immaturity on
our part?think nanny state. In another car community I sometimes frequent there are some people with garages far more impressive than any posted on here. There is maybe a little fawning over that, but for the most part their posts are subject to the same meritocracy as everyone else's.
I would prefer a middle-of-the-road solution: Use the recently added checkmark to label proven ownership, via the current standard or something else that you/admins/mods/everyone finds acceptable. This way Nocturnal can have this thread and those of us who don't mind can enjoy the pictures/conversation, and the pickier members can ignore it because he hasn't posted proof. Win-win.
Still don't like the rule? Okay, well sorry then. Don't post your car I guess.
And I won't be. I know it matters little now (though I ironically
have posted proof for my current car, however inconsistent), but some day I won't be driving a bucket.
