droldsmorland

Anyone else having trouble getting into the site? I keep getting a TCP error. Did Bryceman finally throw in the towel?

joe_padavano

It just worked for me. That site goes down frequently for hours at a time.

vette442

Pretty sure Bryceman hasn't had anything to do with that site in about 7-8 years... It just worked for me, by the way.

tru-blue 442

X3. Still there.
The Olds FAQ is excellent BTW.
Thanks in part for some of those here on CO.
Joe P. Chris W. and several more.

Thanks guys....Great info!

mrolds69

My understanding is that Brothers owns the site now.

joe_padavano

From whois.com:

The registration was dated 2011 and runs through 2016.

mrolds69

Right, what I heard was that they were picking off the good parts + cars and reselling or stocking them. After all, they would have first shot at everything.

droldsmorland

Humm. I can get to the front pages but not into the links such as FAQ etc...comes up as a tcp error. Interesting note about Bryceman. You'd think with a company now owning the site they'd up date it some so it has some more modern features such as editing and a better search. I have never had success with it in all the years Ive used the site. Over all it its the grand dad of 442 sites and does have a wealth of info...if I could only get into it. Im at work maybe their firewall is Ford or Chevy friendly.

Joffroi

I'd love to buy the domain name from them and get the design a little more up to date :-)

aliensatemybuick

The relationship between Bryce Smith and Brothers go way back...below is a nastygram I received from him after reporting the results (and then reposting it after it was deleted) of my one and only experience buying from BAP (back in Y2K). I didn't bother writing back to call BS, even when I was informed shortly afterwards that even back then he and BAP were "in cahoots".


> Date: Fri, 1 Sep 2000 09:25:35 -0600
> From: bryceman@442.com
> Subject: You're on thin ice
>
> If you post another derogatory statement on my site I will take
> action against you.
> Statements against vendors, posted on my site make me liable. Not to
> mention the fact that he might pull his advertising. That would hurt
> this site, not the vendor. If I loose a sponsor for the Tech Board I
> will do away with it. Furthermore, I will make it very clear that you
> caused the removal of the message board and I will furnish your email
> addresses and IP numbers to all of the 10,000+ people per day who
> frequent this site. How would you like to receive 10,000 hate letters
> in your in box.
> Didn't you stop to consider any of this before you posted. Your beef
> is with the vendor, not me. Stop trying to ruin my day or I will ruin
> yours real good. Got it?
>
> Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Oldsmobiles!
> J. Bryce Smith
> Email: bryceman@442.com
> Web: http://442.com

redoldsman

What a jackwagon. I just tried it and it is down. This site has to have some value with the name it has.

joe_padavano

Unfortunately, liability concerns like this are all too real. The AACA forum has a similar policy, implemented by their legal counsel, not an advertiser.

droldsmorland

So others are having trouble and some are not? I was thinking it was a IP problem, cookie problem or a port problem. Just started out of nowhere. Transmission Control Protocol probs are usually firewall or server problems or one or the other sides. There isn't a code associated with it which is further confusing? I was able to get at the home page earlier today but nothing below that. I tried to play around with cookie settings now I cant even that. Ill try it at home maybe its works firewall?

69HO43

I know it was years ago, but Bryce wasn't quite truthful. Generally speaking, he wasn't liable for third party comments he took no part in under what's known as a Section 230 that's been around since 1996. In my opinion, Bryce was acting like a total douchebag with all his threats about exposing a member's info. I thought he was better than that. Maybe I was wrong.

Haven't been to 442.com in years. Don't see a reason to start now. Especially now.

442b

I know this is an old post but I'm having problems with 442.com site. Is it gone???

RandyS

No, it's still there. Some days it runs pretty fast, but some days it takes forever for a page to load.

tru-blue 442

X2. Some days better than others.

rcorrigan5

I just went there and everything worked for me, but it has been troublesome again for the last couple of days.

Randy C.