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Posting Rules
* While debating and discussion is fine, we will not tolerate rudeness, insulting posts, personal attacks or purposeless inflammatory posts. Our decision is final in these matters.
* Please refrain from posting meaningless threads, one word (or short) non-sense posts, or the such.
* Multiple or repeated posting in order to increase your post count is not allowed.
* Advertising, spamming and trolling is not allowed. This includes using the forum, email, arcade comments, gallery comments, garage comments, chat room and private message systems to spam other members.
* Please wait a reasonable amount of time before bumping posts.
* We also do not allow posts or links to sites that are sexual in nature or violate SWMUSCLE.COM community standards. The Administration team shall be the sole arbitrator of what does and what does not violate community standards.
* Discussion of illegal activities such as drugs and street racing and other intellectual or physical property violations are not allowed.
* Each member is allowed one login account. Registering with multiple accounts is not allowed.
* While we are quite happy to have constructive comparative conversations about other car clubs, we will not tolerate blatant adverts of any sort. Also, we would appreciate it if you refrain from blatant bashing of other boards.
* We reserve the right to remove offensive posts without notice.
* If you are going to post non-English on our forums, please also post an English Translation of your post.
* Also while these rules cover most common situations, they cannot anticipate everything. Consequently we reserve the right to take any actions we deem appropriate to ensure the SWMUSCLE.COM forums are not disrupted or abused in any way.
* You cannot post any affiliate or referral links, with out prior authorization from an admin. Such posts will be subject to removal.
* You cannot post advertisements or notices for contests with out prior authorization from an admin or the OWNER of SWMUSCLE.COM.
* The function (Report to an Admin) should be considered to be confidential information. If posted in the forums it will be deleted.
* We also reserve the right to ban anyone who willfully violates the forum rules, as access to our forums is a privilege and not a right.
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We do not allow people to post threads or to send private messages or emails to users here that advertise or solicit any products, services, funds or donations.
Explicit advertising and solicitation in signatures is also prohibited.
* Links to other sites and or forums is not allowed without Admin approval.
* Promotional text for a commercial product or service is ok, provided there are no price(s) of product(s) or service(s) listed.
* A link and promotional text for a site that is not commercial and does not contain product(s) and/or service(s) is allowed, provided the site is not sexual or does not violate SWMUSCLE.COM community standards. The Administration team shall be the sole arbitrator of what does and what does not violate community standards. (Examples include sites about drugs and/or sex.)
* Duplicate links to the same URL in a signature are not allowed.
Avatars
* Animated avatars are allowed.
* Avatars that may be confused with official staff avatars are not allowed.
* Use of the SWMUSCLE.COM logo in avatars is not allowed.
Signatures
All signatures should not exceed the following size limits, and you can't have both text and images
* For text signatures: 4 lines normal size, 8 lines small size and up to 90 chars per line. Font sizes above 2 are not allowed. (Blank lines count as lines.)
* Do not use images with large text to bypass the previous item
* For images in signatures: 1 image up to 300 pixels wide, 125 pixels tall and 90k in size
* Animated images in a signature are allowed
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Addendum
We reserve the right to update and modify these rules as the needs of the community dictate to ensure the smooth operation of this online community.
Thank you,
SWMUSCLE.COM
Disclaimer & Notice of Information and Release of Liability
SWMUSCLE.COM (hereinafter referred to as "this site", “SW”, "SW Crew", " “We”, “us”) does not approve, condone, nor promote racing any motor vehicle on public roadways, which include but is not limited to; interstates, highways or any public motor way as defined by local, state or federal law, code or regulation.
This site provides the "online community" and automobile enthusiast alike with information about events that occur wholly without this site's participation. This site DOES NOT provide nor confirm or authenticate information about street racing which may be posted on this site. This site acknowledges that street racing is an illegal activity and this site's form, format and content is not to be interpreted as our approving, condoning or promoting of street racing. This site is designed and maintained as entertainment only. This site specifically states that motor vehicle challenges, tests of vehicle speed and tests of vehicle endurance should be performed by trained and skilled professionals with the proper safety apparel and done under a controlled and designated environment such as unsanctioned drag strip and/or road course and all applicable local, state and federal laws, codes and regulations. All parties who participate in illegal street racing do so at their own risk and hold any and all persons associated with SWMUSCLE.COM harmless of any and all liabilities. SWMUSCLE.COM does not promote, endorse, require or in any other way opine or intimate any endorsement of any form of driving other than what has been legally described above. By entering this site you acknowledge that you understand all the terms as set forth in this Notice of Information and Release of Liability. More particularly, you acknowledge that you understand that SWMUSCLE.COM is for information and entertainment purposes only. You acknowledge that some, if not all of the content (to include any form of content; i.e., video, audio,text, photographic and all other forms of communication) depicting street racing may be modified, exaggerated, or even imaginary for the sole purpose of dramatic effect and entertainment
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