A few 'stolen' ideas.

[wulos]

After browsing a coupla other car related sites, that I'm a member of, I have a few comments / suggestions that I've seen on these others that seem to work pretty well.
Thought I'd throw them up in here for a bit of a discussion, see what people think.
In the area that comes up identifying the user(where ya name / avatar lives) some of the other sites display a small flag icon pointing out where a user is from(in the case of the other sites tis a country flag - for here prob a state flag?? / symbol could be used. Or possibly a map of oz with a pin point location on it.
In this same area - there is a number of icon links, one is to the users picture gallery, a link to search for all posts by that user, a link to vehicle details.
Alternatively these details are contained at the bottom / top of their signature area.
Ive seen some pretty well done graphical signatures on these sites also - a lot of these have been custom designed to be in keeping with the rest of the site. All of a similar style, but individualised / styled utilising the sites logos etc. Perhaps could be a value added feature available to donating members?? (Shouldn't pose too much of an issue to D/U guys as you can disable sigs anyway.) I'm sure some of the more talented banner makers out there could provide some inspiration for a sig template. Something like to the top header - using similar design cues & incorporating one of the users pics - or something completely different.
Another section that appears on other sites but seems absent on here - is a 'In the press' section, dedicated to stuff appearing in newspapers, magazines, TV/Film, Computer gaming(involving the particular makes cars etc) official factory press releases, hearsay/rumours etc.
I'm sure theres other stuff I've seen but fergotten to include in this post...will update it when I remember em...