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YOUR USER NAME MUST BE YOUR FIRST AND LAST NAME ONLY. WE DO NOT ALLOW THE USE OF HANDLES, INITIALS, OR NICKNAMES. Anyone not using their real first and last name will be banned from the system.

These are the current rules and policies for the Professionalcar.org message forums. These rules and policies are subject to change and will be updated when necessary. The most current version of the rules will always be posted here on this FAQ page. All members of the system are responsible for keeping current on the rules and policies. Last Updated: 3/8/09.

The Professionalcar.org Message Forums are a FREE Service provided to the professional car community. All that is required to participate here is a registered user account on the message forums. (Click the REGISTER link on the top menu to fill out the registration.)

Since the Professionalcar.org message forums are Public forums, we ask that you please participate responsibly by following a few simple rules:

• You MUST use your REAL first and last name as your user name on the system.
• You MUST be OVER 13 to use this message system.
• These Message Forums are an provided as a place for professional car enthusiast to gather with other like minded individuals. We are working to provide an enjoyable community for that interaction to take place. As a condition of use, we expect that our members will remain polite and respectful to other members of the system. Differing opinions are fine, attacks and flames are not.
• These Message Forums are geared to Discussions relating to Professional Cars. We have an area for off topic discussions, please make sure you are posting to the appropriate area.
• Posts must have a descriptive title to assist our members on dial up connections. Posts with vague or misleading titles will be edited or deleted at the discretion of the staff.
• By using the system you warrant that you will not post any messages or information that is obscene, vulgar, sexually-orientated, hateful, harassing, threatening, or otherwise in violation of any laws.
• You agree not to post any copyrighted material unless the copyright is owned by you or by the operators of this system.
• Advertisements, chain letters, pyramid schemes, Harassment, and solicitations (commercial or otherwise) are inappropriate on this Message Forum. This includes advertisements for other web sites, and solicitations for materials for publication including web publication on any third party site.
• The Classified Section of the Message Forums is available to any registered member of the site and is for Private Party Member Ads ONLY. Commercial Advertisements are not permitted in that area. Do not post For Sale or Wanted type ads in the Regular discussion forums.
• Sponsors are allowed to make commercial posts ONLY in the appropriate forum. To obtain more information about being a sponsor please contact the webmaster.
• Please be aware that transactions that originate in the Classified section are viewed as binding legal contracts. To insure the integrity and value of the Classified sections to our members, We insist that the transactions arranged via ads posted on this site be completed in a timely and efficient manner. Complaints of Fraud and breach of contract relating to advertisements posted here on the message system are taken very seriously, and can result in the loss of access to the Classified sections, or loss of access to the message system as a whole. However, transactions between two members are exactly that. Private transactions. The Professionalcar.org website and message board and its operators and staff cannot be responsible for the outcome of a private party sale, nor do we pre-screen any private party advertisements posted. Any ads posted are done so by private individuals, and the site and its owners/operators have no responsibility beyond providing a place for ads to be posted. As with any internet transaction, its the responsibility of both parties to make sure things are handled fairly and quickly.
• The owners/operators of The system have the right to remove, edit, move or close any thread for any reason with no prior notice.
• The owners/operators of The system have the right to suspend or terminate any users account at any time for any reason. Access to this system is granted by the owners/operators of the system and can be revoked at any time without notice. Users are NOT assured of any remedies in the event of account termination, appeals may or may not be granted at the discretion of the system operators.
• Any donations to the site are made knowing that this is a privately owned system and donations will be used for site maintenance and upkeep and upgrading of features only. No other claims are expressed or implied. You agree that by making a donation to the site, you are being offered additional features/privileges/abilities on the system as a thank you for your contribution, and there are no remedies or rights conferred to you beyond that. There are no refunds on donations.
• The site operators also reserve the right to reveal your identity (or whatever information we know about you) in the event of a complaint or legal action arising from any message posted by you.
• You MUST provide an active E-Mail address and make sure that it is always current. If you change your E-Mail address, you must make the changes to your User Profile on your next visit to the Forums. That is how the system administrators and other users can contact you off the system.
• You MUST NOT share your login information with anyone. Your login information is private and confidential. Revealing your login information or any other confidential information is grounds for suspension or termination.
• The public message forums are NOT to be used for "Private communications" between members. Ie: "Bob Smith, Please CALL Me". This type of communications is better suited for E-Mail or Private messages.
• Please do not abuse the Private Message system. Sending large quantities of private messages "just for fun" is a drain on the system and uses our system bandwidth. If you plan to have a long involved multi-message conversation with someone, please consider moving it to E-Mail. In the event of traffic problems on the system, the staff reserves the right to scale back or disable the private messaging system until such time as the issues are resolved.
• Please keep your posts On-Topic and relevant to the Forum you are posting in. Off topic posts will be move or deleted.
• After 6 months of account inactivity, accounts will be placed into an Inactive status and suspended. After 12 months of inactivity, accounts may be deleted to free up space in the member database.
• Specific forums may have additional requirements. Please make sure to read the Forum descriptions as well as any announcements in the individual forums.

Thanks for your Understanding and Cooperation,

The Professionalcar.org Message Forums Staff


REMEMBER: You MUST use your REAL first and last name as your user name on the system. WE DO NOT ALLOW THE USE OF HANDLES, INITIALS, OR NICKNAMES. Anyone not using their real first and last name will be banned from the system.