Just because he's a vendor doesn't automatically mean the rules don't apply to him or that he can stretch them a little bit more than any other member. That's not how it works here. But like I said, all I see is some childish bickering and I don't think neither should be banned for that. So I'm even willing to let mera 7 back under his old username. He was speedbanned (meaning I can undo that), but he can still be banned when his bar appears at 50 ratings, or when he again gets so many negative ratings in a short time that he is speedbanned again.
By the way, totally random, I know... but I spent the weekend in Orlando with some Dutch relatives of mine who rent out a house from another Dutch guy who owns a bunch of houses in a neighborhood that's made up entirely of homes owned by Dutch people (none of whom live there full time).
The nosy neighbor across the street came out every morning that I was there to get his paper while we were getting in our car. He never waved or said hi, even though I said hi to him. By the third morning, I said "goverdomma" (it's the only Dutch word I know other than calm down, butter, beer, anis breakfast stuff, and siroopwaflen). The guy just raised his hand as he walked back to his house.
Thought it was funny.
Anyway, my relatives kept going on and on about how bad Greet Wilders was, and that he isn't a leader, even though he's only a single representative, blah blah... I dunno, we ended up discussing the negatives of socialism, and I explained to them the understanding of federalism.
I asked them what's up and why all the big Dutch companies are gone like ABN AMRO, KLM, Philips, etc... and they were just like whatever.
EDIT: I had 13 Hienikens that night... followed by two Irish Coffees... those Dutch people can drink! My throat was raw for like two days after that...
Oh yeah, they somehow found this restaurant out in the middle of a trailer park, called "Cherry Pocket" and they took us there for dinner. It was good, but they kept saying... "This is America!!!" and I was like... NO!!! This is a run down restaurant in the middle of a trailer park!!!
Originally posted by Mera7 brad i will be insta banned soon....lol
I guess he was LOLing because he had already set up a new account. Now he is crying a river because he wants to stay on here after all he has done. I normally believe that people deserve a second chance, but in his case I would make an exception, he deserves to stay voted off the island. Boonie, how would you feel is someone maligned you by questioning the quality of your products, the accuracy of a registry you have been keeping for many years, and even used your own name to hurl insults at you? I wouldn't blame Rodney for becoming disillutioned with the Fiero community after all of this.
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K75004X4 Member
Posts: 18 From: OKC, OKLAHOMA Registered: Feb 2011
hello to all, i am sorry for the fiasco that has happened. i am only here for the meras and the mera community. thank you, mike
wait, is this the guy that got banned? If it is then wtf gives him the right to make another account? I havent given a neg yet as im still reading all the posts on this topic and only after that i will decide.
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Boondawg Member
Posts: 38235 From: Displaced Alaskan Registered: Jun 2003
Boonie, how would you feel is someone maligned you by questioning the quality of your products, the accuracy of a registry you have been keeping for many years, and even used your own name to hurl insults at you?
I would say that it was only HIS OPINION. Anyone that knows Rodney (or anyone for that matter) will not be swayed by one persons opinion of him. If 1 person does not like your buisness, you don't throw away a thousand other customers. You just don't do business with HIM.
There is probibly someone here that everyone of us don't like. We each just limit our contact with that person. We don't drag each other around by the hair post after post. And we don't bring personal stuff into it. We just say "whatever".
This whole thing feels like that whole Archie/Shawn thing. Just dumb.
The question should be; What are we trying to prove when we go back & forth about some stuff that even we don't REALLY care all that much about? I think sometimes we just get "caught up".
And for the record, I am not busting on either side. I think both should let it go. And remain here, helping, not hurting.
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Hulki U. My-BFF Member
Posts: 5949 From: Back home in East Berlin, PA Registered: Apr 2008
This thread needs cute kittens. Because EVERYBODY loves cute kittens. Cute kittens are our friends and they spread love. Love and understanding. Peace and cohesion, and friendship.
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Boondawg Member
Posts: 38235 From: Displaced Alaskan Registered: Jun 2003
This thread needs cute kittens. Because EVERYBODY loves cute kittens. Cute kittens are our friends and they spread love. Love and understanding. Peace and cohesion, and friendship.
Thank you thank you thank you!!!!
KITTENS EVERYONE, KITTENS!!!!
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Maybe now he will surely learn to keep his mouth shut, if he signs up again. It looks like the tribe has spoken again and is not willing to forgive him just yet.
I just caught this Thread....I do have to say that I have seen Rodney fly off the handle before in another Mera Thead along while back...Acted in such a way that really suprised me and it was over something minor about the Mera.....I think this is some of the same 'flying off the handle" type talk I saw in the past Thread......While I agree I read Mera7 post myself and thought he was very full of it but hardly a reason to be banned....If needing proof on here was what kept you from being banned then RogerGarrison would be out the door with the Thead he is in about his 280 HP 3.1 turbo swap that he has no dyno proof on.....I am just sayin...
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Boondawg Member
Posts: 38235 From: Displaced Alaskan Registered: Jun 2003
I just caught this Thread....I do have to say that I have seen Rodney fly off the handle before in another Mera Thead along while back...Acted in such a way that really suprised me and it was over something minor about the Mera.....I think this is some of the same 'flying off the handle" type talk I saw in the past Thread......While I agree I read Mera7 post myself and thought he was very full of it but hardly a reason to be banned....If needing proof on here was what kept you from being banned then RogerGarrison would be out the door with the Thead he is in about his 280 HP 3.1 turbo swap that he has no dyno proof on.....I am just sayin...
It may not have been ment to be funny, but you made me chuckle. Reality does that to me sometimes.....
I just caught this Thread....I do have to say that I have seen Rodney fly off the handle before in another Mera Thead along while back...Acted in such a way that really suprised me and it was over something minor about the Mera.....I think this is some of the same 'flying off the handle" type talk I saw in the past Thread......While I agree I read Mera7 post myself and thought he was very full of it but hardly a reason to be banned....If needing proof on here was what kept you from being banned then RogerGarrison would be out the door with the Thead he is in about his 280 HP 3.1 turbo swap that he has no dyno proof on.....I am just sayin...
i have been hearing the same thing from others, too. huh? no Meras Owners yet, 'cept me. right off the bat when i bought my Mera. he was quite terse. i love the fact that MIKE IS TELLING THE TRUTH. to the best of my ability Mike seems to be what he claims to be. but i am a push over. after i saw his FaceBook page and the E-bay stuff Rodney found himself. i was satsified. but i believe in the person first. go figure. and to think, me with the 3@6's and Mike with my $120. huh? its all right wait till i get me swap from Mike. at a discount for being in his corner all along. NO PICTURES FOR YOU! which is BS cuz i post tons of pics. go look in the Mera thread. no wait, most wont. cuz thats where you can find the oldest of the 2 children kicking the younger, over a misquote about one of Rodneys NON MERA FERRARI 308 KIT parts. Mike said he was sorry, but then*FLASH* "this just in, news reports of a snowball the size of the moon spotted in hell".....almost ran me over. CRIKEY! glad its dun.
Daniel- Mera X
PS here we go. couple sentence answer....and a sales pitch. MY, GTS is OEM Ferrari i found out. which is better, glad he was wrong, again and i was already a member if i recall, not sure of the day.
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From the picture it looks to be a real Mera. The 87’s did not get the Cromadora rims. Only the 88’s.
I have replacement tail pipes.
Are you on Pennocks? www.fiero.com That is where we all hang out.
The GTS emblem is original Mera. The rest on the rear are not.
-----Original Message----- From: Dan [mailto:batousai666@live.com] Sent: Monday, June 22, 2009 10:04 AM To: Rodney Dickman Subject: Re: Emailing: 1987 mera pictures for rodney 001
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Maybe now he will surely learn to keep his mouth shut, if he signs up again. It looks like the tribe has spoken again and is not willing to forgive him just yet.
and to this guy....hey buddy electricity is here to stay. come out of the dark ages. the witch hunt is over
judaspriest....wow!
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since i see Rodney has some fight in him...i wish he would fight me over in the Mera thread about my Mera having more in common with the 1986 Proto-Type than any other Mera out there. except for the New #7004. AWESOME!! but then again as the "New Mera Man", i HAVE THE BLOODY PICTURES!!!hahahaaaaa.....*joke*
anyway have had a great time here in the To/T but its back the Mera Mines, for me. i got some work to do. *sunglike* "were in the money" ..........."I'm into Meras" "I'm into Meras"
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Rodney started this whole mess by doing exactly the same thing he made Mike do! Rod brought up old threads of Mikes and started bashing him.
Hey buddy. Why don't you go back and reread (or read) all the early posts I made towards Mike and the things he claimed he owned and did. You show me where I bashed him. I only started showing anger when he refused to supply any proof and started calling me names and such.
I'll even give an example:
quote Originally posted by mera7:
unfortunately thats in the height of our other race team season... my professional monster truck race team.
My rely:
Really. How about some url's on this. What is the name of your race team? What class do you run in? What race tracks do you race at?? I would love to see some pictures.
Rodney How much more politely could I have asked? How in anyway would this be considered a bash? I asked politely every time in the beginning. When Mike started bashing me I instantly replied with explanations and proof every time. Mike offered nothing. In my opinion since Mike could not back up his claims I believed they were all false and his only defense he could offer would be anger towards me.
Rodney
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Rodney Member
Posts: 4715 From: Caledonia, WI USA Registered: Feb 2000
Rodney started this whole mess by doing exactly the same thing he made Mike do! Rod brought up old threads of Mikes and started bashing him.
90% or more not true.
Example. Someone starts a thread on how fast have you driven a Fiero (or a car - I would have to go back and check this) and Mike replies in this persons thread "I have driven my race Porsche 216 mph". So I ask for some information. What race track. What kind of timing device etc. He hijacked others threads with his tall stories.
Rodney
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82-T/A [At Work] Member
Posts: 24347 From: Florida USA Registered: Aug 2002
Example. Someone starts a thread on how fast have you driven a Fiero (or a car - I would have to go back and check this) and Mike replies in this persons thread "I have driven my race Porsche 216 mph". So I ask for some information. What race track. What kind of timing device etc. He hijacked others threads with his tall stories.
Rodney
I've been ~130 in my Fiero?... unless the speedo was wrong, I had the gas pedal all the way down to the floor, and the car sat at like ~4,300 rpms with the needle pegged at the bottom well past teh 120 mark, but the car wasn't accelerating any more from what I could feel. I guess the wind and rolling resistance were just too much for the ~140hp. (probably a good thing for my sake).
Ahh... to be 19 years old and totally immature. It's amazing I'm still alive...
I feel like I owe a bit of explanation for my attitude, since I have been one of the more outspoken people here, other than Rodney.
A couple of years ago, I trusted one of the people on this forum (not a frequent poster, these days) enough to plunk down $700 for a "recently rebuilt, with low miles since the rebuild" Getrag, when he had an engine swap and switched to an automatic. (I took the word of the person doing the swap that the tranny was "good".) It had the ManTrans sticker on it, alright, but it still had issues. I asked him if he still had the paperwork from the rebuild so that I might be able to obtain a warranty repair. He kept making excuses about the paperwork being "lost wwhen he moved" and finally just ignored my PMs altogether.
Now... I have bought lots of stuff from Rodney. Always top notch. Always exactly as described. He is the perfect gentleman/businessman. His ethics are above reproach.
Mera7, OTOH, has seemed shady for quite a while. He asks exhorbitant sums of money for things (The $3500 cryo-treated Getrag is what set me off) and spins tales of 8000 sq ft machine shops, 200 MPH street cars, and line of willing LS1/Ferrari swappers while offerering no tangible proof of any_thing. Excuse me, but I consider it an insult that he thought the people of this forum were that gullible, and then got an attitude and started trolling when he was called out.
It comes down to credibility. Rodney has it. Mera7 does not. The people have spoken. Twice. We don't want him here. I hope he stays gone this time.
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avengador1 Member
Posts: 35468 From: Orlando, Florida Registered: Oct 2001
Originally posted by Batousai666 and to this guy....hey buddy electricity is here to stay. come out of the dark ages. the witch hunt is over
judaspriest....wow!
The witch hunt is never over while there are trolls on the forum. "This guy" is known for rallying the troops to get rid of them. I always keep my pitchfork sharpened and my torches at the ready for action. Speaking of Judas Priest...
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Feb 16th, 2011
87antuzzi Member
Posts: 11151 From: Surrounded by corn. Registered: Feb 2009
I don't think leniancy is the right course here. These kinds of things happen too often, because there are no consequences. I can't stand people arguing for the sake of arguing. In my opinion both parties were in the wrong. Mera7 was annoying but harmless and a contributing member. Rodney over reacted to this as a personal attack until it became a personal attack. And since when does a person have to be justified to be a member of this forum? Just my opinion, no speed ban plz.
------------------ 1986 SE V6 Auto. 114K miles. 1995 F-150 4.9l Straight 6, Port and polished head, oversize valves, mild cam.
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Cheever3000 Member
Posts: 12400 From: The Man from Tallahassee Registered: Aug 2001
He was banned for being an ashole (which means it will probably happen to me one of these days). He irritated enough people that didn't like it and gave him the neg. Rodney didn't go around asking people to rate him.
I don't think leniancy is the right course here. These kinds of things happen too often, because there are no consequences. I can't stand people arguing for the sake of arguing. In my opinion both parties were in the wrong. Mera7 was annoying but harmless and a contributing member. Rodney over reacted to this as a personal attack until it became a personal attack. And since when does a person have to be justified to be a member of this forum? Just my opinion, no speed ban plz.
Both parties did not lie through their teeth.
In my opinion lying is just as bad as stealing from me. By lying to me a person not only thinks I am stupid enough to believe their crap, but they don't have enough respect for me to tell the truth.
Once he apologized I changed my opinion of him, but that doesn't work for everyone, nor does it need to.
Brad
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82-T/A [At Work] Member
Posts: 24347 From: Florida USA Registered: Aug 2002
I just read 6 pages of this and I can't figure out why anyone cares (or how I had the attention span to hang on for 6 pages for that matter- I guess because it involved Rodney....)
Everyone had to know that mera7 was playing with less than a full deck when he was unable to distinguish between the Ecotec and V6-60 bellhousing pattern; I mean, for christ's sake he bought like 3 or 4 fuh-hucking transmissions before he figured out the difference between the F23 and the F40 and the difference between the Eco and V6 bellhousing pattern.
...what I can't figure out though, for the life of me, is why Rodney gave a damn about this guy in the first place.
If we were to go back to our hip-hop albums, Rodney is like the Dr. Dre of the Fiero world. Relative to this little punk, Rodney's a mainstay of the industry... and like Dr. Dre said, "it's not that I'm too big to listen to the rumors, it's just that I'm too damn big to pay attention to 'em"
huh? its all right wait till i get me swap from Mike. at a discount for being in his corner all along. NO PICTURES FOR YOU! 
