Our first "Community Excellence" Award: Mechie3!

[David Hodgkins]

We are so blessed as a community to have so many folks who are just as interested in giving back as they are in learning new things and building their dream car. It is my pleasure to note one who is embodying the spirit of this site and contributing in many ways that go beyond simply posting to the site and being part of the community.

Mechie3 is hereby awarded our first ever "Community Excellence" award!

Mechie3 has been here from for a little over 1-1/2 years, joining May 30th 2012. In that short time he has amassed over 2,200 posts (averaging almost 4 posts a day), which puts him at number 3 overall. He is constantly engaging and helping to document specific portions of the build with threads like this one, which documents - in extreme detail - the dieting for a 2006 WRX wiring harness:

http://thefactoryfiveforum.com/showthread.php?11880-Wiring-Guide-06-WRX-Sedan-with-Auto-AC-HVAC

In addition, he has serious machining skills, and is now a supporting vendor, turning out new, custom parts for the 818.

Mechie3 we are thankful you are part of the site and would like to give you a token of our appreciation with a $100 FFR catalog gift certificate, as well as our thanks for helping to make our forum community better with your efforts.

Folks, join me in saying THANK YOU to Mechie3 for all that he does for our community!

:)

[Mechie3]

Thanks FFR! :D

[michael everson]

Great job!

[RM1SepEx]

You have been a great help Craig, Congrats

[JeromeS13]

Well deserved!

[wallace18]

Congrats! well deserved.

[AZPete]

Congrats, Craig. It's well-deserved. This morning I printed out all the pages of your harness dieting thread so I'll have it at hand when I start the wiring soon.

And, thanks to FFR for acknowledging the contributions of Mechie3.
Pete

[esff32]

Congrats Sir!

[WIS89]

Way to go Craig; congratulations!

Selflessness is so rarely rewarded, well done in the selection as well.

Regards,

Steve

[Frank818]

Thanks a lot for all you bring on the forums!

[Xusia]

Definitely well deserved. And thanks for all your helpful posts and ideas! :)

[skullandbones]

Good man! Keep up the great work. Wow: free parts!

Thank you,

WEK.

[Canadian818]

Congrats, and thanks for sharing everything as you build.


Now, has anyone told him he has to machine a trophy? :p

[Bob_n_Cincy]

Thanks Craig.

[Vman7]

Congrats Craig! Thanks for all the tips and advice you bring to the forum. :)

[Mechie3]

Thanks everyone! The wiring guide wasn't planned from the outset honestly. The wiring was the one thing that intimidated me the most so I decided to be methodical about it. I realized that most people wouldn't have owned their donor for 6 years before taking it apart so the connectors would be even less familiar to them. Since I already had it somewhat organized I decided cleaning it up and posting it only made sense. I've gotten plenty of tips and help from others on here too, it goes both ways.

[myjones]

Great choice for the first winner
I would also suggest to Dave that this kind of owner would be a great addition to the SEMA booth in 2014

DB

[Dave Smith]

Congratulations Craig on all your helpful posts, your positive attitude, and you contributions to the forum.

This forum started with a clear charter of fellowship and the mission of building a community and you've contributed hugely to that. Have a great new year!

[indiana818]

Thanks craig for all of your great ideas i know us who are building or getting ready to build like me enjoy tapping into all of the great talent out there like yours
kerry

[wleehendrick]

Congrats, Craig! My harness is in a cardboard box in storage, but when I do get to it (hopefully soon) I'll be really appreciative of your effort.

P.S. Happy New Year!

[Canadian818]

My harness is in a cardboard box in storage, but when I do get to it (hopefully soon) I'll be really appreciative of your effort.

It's his effort that's helped me decide to pay Wayne to make my harness, so thanks Mechie. And happy new year!

[wolfhound]

Congratulations !

[Jacob McCrea]

This is well deserved. It certainly isn't easy to make a real contribution while holding down a good full-time job, marriage, house, other interests, etc. My hat's off to Craig and others who contribute despite having a lot of other important things going on in life.

[bil1024]

Thanks MECHIE !

[tenncobra]

Congrats. Well deserved.

[Kalstar]

Congrats.

[nkw8181]

Congrats and defiantly deserved!

[Harley818]

thanks Craig, you are setting a very high bar! but what an awesome build.