Mechanical Sympathy Posted July 15, 2013 Report Share Posted July 15, 2013 (edited) Hello, I'm new here so I hope I don't ruffle any feathers. After a long time away from tinkering on old corollas (I was on the Oldcorollas yahoo mailing list back in the day), I decided to jump back in again. I have a couple of projects on the go - a KE55 CS sedan and a KE55 XX coupe - so I've been reading (lurking?) Rollaclub in earnest recently. Some of you guys are doing some amazing builds. Things have come a long way with SR20's and the like, from when I last slotted a 5k into a '35 ten years ago. One thing I've noticed on here a lot though - a lot of cars or parts are described as being in "overrated" condition? To me "overrated" means to overestimate the merits of, or to rate too highly ie: "Do you like that car?" "Nah it's full of bog, I think it's an overrated POS!" If I bought something from eBay that was in overrated condtion I'd be PO'ed and would leave negative feedback. Does "overrated" have a different meaning in automotive discussions? Edited July 15, 2013 by Mechanical Sympathy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hiro Protagonist Posted July 15, 2013 Report Share Posted July 15, 2013 (edited) A while ago this forum was having issues with people trying to sell rust-boxes and crapped-out cars as "m_i_n_t". To try and combat this, a word filter was rather humourously implemented to automatically change the word "m_i_n_t" into "overrated", to stop people trying to use it to sell cars that weren't in what would be classed as actual "m_i_n_t" condition (ie perfect paint, no tears in the interior, spotlessly clean, little/no modifications etc). And to try and stop people getting around the filter by replacing the "i" with a "1", the word "m_1_n_t" was filtered out and replaced with "of questionable quality" Note, the underscores are there to get around the word filter :P Edited July 15, 2013 by Hiro Protagonist Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mechanical Sympathy Posted July 15, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 15, 2013 Aha that's actually esoterically funny! Thanks for clearing that up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carbonboy Posted July 15, 2013 Report Share Posted July 15, 2013 As has been said before, it is the joke that just keeps giving. Every few months it crops back up, nice to see you've stepped back & asked what the go is, rather than get into an epic rage over it. :) There's a few other filters, but we might just let you find them on your own. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luk3333 Posted July 15, 2013 Report Share Posted July 15, 2013 Haha this is genius, I wondered what was up with people using overrated oddly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongJohnSilver Posted July 15, 2013 Report Share Posted July 15, 2013 Note, the underscores are there to get around the word filter :P There are other ways around it. mint. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleRedSpirit Posted July 15, 2013 Report Share Posted July 15, 2013 The last guy was the funniest, he got mad and accused people who didn't like him of hacking rollaclub to disrespect his car or something. This one is only half as amusing because the OP has enough sense to ask before going troppo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mechanical Sympathy Posted July 15, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 15, 2013 I just feel sorry for the guy with the overrated green Ke50 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
altezzaclub Posted July 16, 2013 Report Share Posted July 16, 2013 mint. Just testing... I wondered how you did it. There are other ways around it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
altezzaclub Posted July 16, 2013 Report Share Posted July 16, 2013 I just feel sorry for the guy with the mint. green Ke50 I just feel sorry for the guy with the mint green Ke50 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mechanical Sympathy Posted July 16, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 16, 2013 There's a few other filters, but we might just let you find them on your own. ;) Does one of them change "hydraulic" to "hydrolic"? /test Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parrot Posted July 16, 2013 Report Share Posted July 16, 2013 Hmm, what will Irokin come up with now his secret code has been cracked! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philbey Posted July 17, 2013 Report Share Posted July 17, 2013 Trev cracked it the day we turned it on. Crafty bugger. So we had him killed..... (well I haven't seen him for a while so I assume we killed him) I reckon we need to fix manuel to autocorrect to manual. At least as far as I'm aware all these KE70's don't come with a free spanish butler. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B.L.Z.BUB Posted July 17, 2013 Report Share Posted July 17, 2013 Change it so that picture comes up. Id die laughing every time I saw it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philbey Posted July 18, 2013 Report Share Posted July 18, 2013 Haha. Ben, are you on that one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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