When you Google a car to find out more about it...only to be brought right back to GRM

So I saw a car I hadn't seen before–a Pontiac Firefly–on Instagram, so I googled it because I wanted to learn more.

Go figures, it brought me right back here:

Great Moments in Challenge History: Pontiac Firefly Turbo

Oh, I hate that.

The worst is when my name’s on the byline. 

In my early times on GRM I knew I was in the right place because I'd google some weird automotive idea and the top results would lead me back here.

Had a similar thing once.  Looking for a picture of a car, one of them linked to a picture I took then posted to GRM.

I once googled something about getting the used gear oil smell out of clothing and one of the first things that came up was my suggestion on a forum that burning them was the only option.  Thanks me.

That would be my Pontiac Firefly.  Also seen here. I still have it

I've hot linked myself.

In reply to APEowner :

It’s kinda like this, I figure.

I've done that. First two or three results contain a link to GRM. My reaction:

There's nothing like being stuck and hungry for more info only to find out you are where other people are going for info.

When I googled DIY sway bar for beam axle, guess where I ended up ... and guess where I found the best info. 

 I skip a lot of BS and dead ends and just type: Car-in-question site: grassroots motorsports. Always seems like someone HAS the car, HAD the car  or has a lot of knowledge ABOUT the car. Saves a lot of time, plus you can ask any questions to the people who had been-there, done-that. Almost *any* car too...

(Thanks GRM)!

In reply to ddavidv :

Me too.

If you Google 'SVT Contour pics' mine is on the first page as the GRM car of the week. (Not bragging, just think it's cool this resource is so powerful)

In reply to chknhwk :

The silver one?

And here I thought this post would be about Skinny's firefly: https://grassrootsmotorsports.com/forum/build-projects-and-project-cars/skinnygs-v8-pontiac-firefly/85760/page1/

In reply to camopaint0707 :

Black

Funny. Happened to me just this morning. I was looking for which designation of wheel my Z4 has and came across a picture I myself had posted on GRM. HA.

That circular reference is one of the reasons I bother posting build threads here and not anywhere else. I know that if I learn something, it's got half a chance of helping someone else because it will actually appear in search results. The old Porsche 924 I've got a thread on is one such example - I couldn't find any reliably good information, backed up by testing, about the frequency valve specifically for the 924 (its behavior is slightly different across the range of CIS-lambda cars out there). Now, if you search for 924 frequency valve on google, my thread is the 4th result or something, and maybe it will help someone else troubleshoot their system somewhere down the line.

gearheadE30 said:

That circular reference is one of the reasons I bother posting build threads here and not anywhere else...Now, if you search for 924 frequency valve on google, my thread is the 4th result or something, and maybe it will help someone else troubleshoot their system somewhere down the line.

So many forums got sold to 3rd party marketing companies, or just dried up and blew away because of pressure from facebook. The ones that are still around got wacked hard by the Photobucket apocalypse.

I'm delighted that GRM has continued to make investments in this one...even though they probably wish they didn't own it!