Hey Rage Nice Interview!

[Synne]

Shelton Kwan, creator and president of Beyond, says that “roughly 50%” of Beyond’s 45,000 Calgary-based members are Honda owners. “When it comes to cars and performance,” Shelton says. “Most of the inquiries on the site are Honda related.” So, why Honda? “Hondas are the easiest cars to soup up,” Shelton says. “Both performance wise and looks wise, due to Honda’s massive aftermarket support.”

really?! i know beyond has a mad amount of honda guys but 50%???

article:

http://wildgunmen.com/blog/2010/09/18/automotive-saturday-holy-honda-fanboi/

[Awd-Tsi]

So much performance when the d15 is wheezing it's way up
to 80kmh:D

[Kloubek]

Yeah, that figure seemes pretty skewed Rage....

[Jlude]

rage is getting older and probably thinking of the glory days...

Perhaps at one time, beyond was 50% Honda... and it's probably still close, but most of the users are getting older and buying different (douchier) vehicles.

[Synne]

that article is also older by a few years. i think.

[beyond_ban]

^ Article posted: September 18, 2010 at 5:15 pm

[speedog]

Article is dated September 18, 2010 per Wild Gunmen's web site.

Too old and slow here - beyond_ban beat me to it.

[adam c]

nice

Synne says: September 20, 2010 at 7:31 am
yo! someone should throw this on beyond and let shelton know about it! lol

Reply Janx says: September 20, 2010 at 10:40 am
Actually Synne I’d prefer if you didn’t. Beyond members don’t exactly like us. Putting it on Beyond will likely just elicit further dislike. *tear

[rage2]

I never interviewed with that site. That was ripped from another interview years ago. Note the 45,000 member number. We're at 86,517 as I type this.

[Synne]

Originally posted by beyond_ban
^ Article posted: September 18, 2010 at 5:15 pm

ya but theres this line at the top of the article


This article was featured in our second issue of the magazine as well as in the October 2008 issue of The Calgary Journal.

[Masked Bandit]

Originally posted by rage2
I never interviewed with that site. That was ripped from another interview years ago. Note the 45,000 member number. We're at 86,517 as I type this.

Really? That's some greasy shit right there. It's examples like this that make me mistrust anything media related.

[beyond_ban]

Originally posted by Synne


ya but theres this line at the top of the article



Oh ya, you're right. I kinda just skimmed the article. I wonder how man members were here in 08... I think around 40ish as i had to recreate a new account (this one) in 08.

[rage2]

If I mentioned 45,000 members, that would roughly be spring 2008 when the interview happened.

The article is definately a reprint from 2008, not 2009 as stated in the first line "sources".

edit - the original article, dated nov 2008.

http://calgaryjournalonline.ca/local-living/35-local-living/226-holy-honda-the-fanboi-generation

Like I said, I interviewed for this early 2008, and what I said was pretty accurate at the time. Since then, Honda's have fallen off the map as a preferred tuner vehicle. If I'd have to guess today, I'd say 25-30% of beyonders own Hondas now?

[Synne]

Originally posted by rage2
If I mentioned 45,000 members, that would roughly be spring 2008 when the interview happened.

The article is definately a reprint from 2008, not 2009 as stated in the first line "sources".

beyonds doubled its members in the last two years??

jesus! i wouldnt of guessed!

[n1zm0]

This article was featured in our second issue of the magazine as well as in the October 2008 issue of The Calgary Journal.

according to the members list, Oct 2008 had about 50k users, rage said 45k in the interview that was around Feb or March 2008?, 2 years old info re-used for an article on the 18th,


Janx says:
September 20, 2010 at 10:40 am

Actually Synne I’d prefer if you didn’t. Beyond members don’t exactly like us.

we'll, theres yer problem ;)

edit:

Originally posted by rage2
I'd say 25-30% of beyonders own Hondas now?

and i'd say 40-50% RWD RHD Nissans to be more up-to-date

[Synne]

Originally posted by n1zm0


according to the members list, Oct 2008 had about 50k users, rage said 47k in the interview that was around July 2008, 2 years old info re-used for an article on the 18th,



we'll, theres yer problem ;)

ooo shit i didnt even read that! oops. :dunno: :cry:

[rage2]

Originally posted by Synne
This article was featured in our second issue of the magazine as well as in the October 2008 issue of The Calgary Journal.
haha WTF, they keep editing it. It said November 2009 on my page till I refreshed it. They must be reading this thread and fixing their mistakes... :rofl:

[arian_ma]

Hahaha I just assumed you were calling all the beyond ballers out on their bullshit
:rofl:

[Z_Fan]

http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i141/photodump_2006/SRT4/SRT4_S3R_HOM_0123_HL_GAG.jpg

[M.alex]

Originally posted by rage2
I never interviewed with that site. That was ripped from another interview years ago. Note the 45,000 member number. We're at 86,517 as I type this.

But how many of those are spam bots and similar? 85,017?

[Strider]

Originally posted by Synne


really?! i know beyond has a mad amount of honda guys but 50%???

article:

http://wildgunmen.com/blog/2010/09/18/automotive-saturday-holy-honda-fanboi/

:rolleyes:
Way to rip off some old ass article for name recognition to drag traffic onto your shitty site

[JZS_147]

Originally posted by Z_Fan
http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i141/photodump_2006/SRT4/SRT4_S3R_HOM_0123_HL_GAG.jpg

and the area above 500whp is reserved for Toyotas :D

[Masked Bandit]

"Synne says:
September 20, 2010 at 7:31 am
yo! someone should throw this on beyond and let shelton know about it! lol

Reply
Janx says:
September 20, 2010 at 10:40 am
Actually Synne I’d prefer if you didn’t. Beyond members don’t exactly like us.

Putting it on Beyond will likely just elicit further dislike. *tear"



So what's this all about? Is there some prior problems with this website or something?

[Z_Fan]

Originally posted by JZS_147


and the area above 500whp is reserved for Toyotas :D

Well, yeah, and Nissans. ;-)

[rage2]

Originally posted by Masked Bandit
So what's this all about? Is there some prior problems with this website or something?
I've got no problems with them. They talked to me about their first article when it first came out. I thought it was a funny read. Some members were offended and made fun of them.