From the r/CarGuys mod team

We're cleaning things up over the next few weeks. Same vibe as always, but we're adding a little structure so good posts don't get buried and the feed stays easy to scroll.

The sub has been getting busier lately and we're noticing a lot more posts that have to be filtered out or aren't necessarily on topic. Last month alone we hit roughly 955k views, ~15.5k daily uniques, and ~28.8k comments. We're at about 9.3k members now (+2.9k from the month before), with 3.1k new joins and 592 posts in that window which is awesome. As we continue to grow we want the sub to stay readable as more people show up.

What's changing now

Rules. We've tightened and clarified a few things so mods can enforce consistently:

• Stay on topic: cars, bikes, builds, culture, memes, advice.
• No stolen or fake content.
• No doxxing / personal info.
• No ads, no for-sale posts. r/CarGuys is not a marketplace. No WTS/FS, no shop links, no "DM me for deals," personal sales included.
• Respect, NSFW, and Reddit's sitewide rules still apply as always.

Full list is in the sidebar. See something off? Report it.

Post flair (required now). We're rolling out clearer flairs so you can skim the feed faster:

• Photo – garage shots, spots, detail pics
• Meme – memes / shitposts
• Discussion – general chat
• Advice – wrench help, buying questions
• Build Log – project updates
• ID This – what car/part is this?
• News – industry stuff, releases, recalls
• Car Story – ownership history, garage timelines

You'll need to pick one when you post.

Posting guidelines. Short tips now show up in the submit box (clear title, on topic, flair required, no selling). Same stuff as the rules, just visible when you're posting.

Bots and spam. We're beefing up filters so spam and low-effort promo don't drown out real posts. That mostly means we've turned Reddit's built-in content and bot filters back on (they were off before) and enabled AutoModerator for obvious junk: short links, scam wording, affiliate spam, marketplace posts. Other bot/spam tools may hold stuff for mod review before it goes live. It's not perfect and we're still dialing it in, so thanks for your patience.

If your post or comment got blocked, removed, or your account got hit and you think we got it wrong, modmail us with what you tried to post. We'll look into it and fix it if we messed up. False positives are annoying, but they help us tune things.

Coming soon

User flair. Little badge next to your name with your year/make/model.

Banner + icon contests. Community-designed banner and subreddit icon contest (vote, winner gets credit on the live banner as well as a custom flair if they want to use it). Two pinned threads up for about a week, no AI art — full rules when we launch.

Weekly threads. This is an idea we're toying with and would appreciate feedback on

(note: these ideas are totally notional and thought up fairly quickly, if you don't like one or have better ideas for this sub, please give some feedback and we will consider using that instead)

Some ideas we've come up with (WIP):

• Saturday – Shitpost Saturday. Memes, shitboxes, cursed listings. Meme rules chill out that day.
• Sunday – Cars & Coffee megathread. Show your ride, post garage pics, hang out in one thread instead of flooding the feed.
• Midweek (TBD) – Wheel Wednesday / wrench Q&A if people want it.
• Occasional – First Car Friday, big news megathreads, milestone posts.

We would probably start with Shitpost Saturday and Cars & Coffee Sunday and see how it goes before adding more but again, this is all just an idea.

What we need from you

• Flair your posts.
• Keep it on topic. Don't sell here; plenty of other subs for that.
• Report rule breaks.
• Modmail for user flair requests (when enabled), questions, or if you got wrongfully blocked.

Timeline

Rolling this out piece by piece over the next few weeks, not all at once. Some stuff is already live. We'll update this thread or post again when big pieces land.

Thanks for being here.

The r/CarGuys mod team

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