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Old Oct 24, 2013 | 12:37 AM
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Every 3 clicks is another damn Volkswagon pop up, its pretty friggin' annoying. I know the site needs money to survive, I'd gladly roll a few bucks a month into it but I couldn't give a crap about the size of my avatar or how many photos I can upload. Give me something of value. A paid subscription without a single F'ing pop up. How about it mods? Bet the revenue would triple overnight.

And if we have to have pop ups, how many Harley riders are driving around in VW's? Can't someone at least sign up advertisers who sell stuff we might actually buy? ( hint: Motorcycle parts and accessories?)
 
Old Oct 24, 2013 | 12:49 AM
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Do you have the pop-up blocker turned on? I have yet to see a VW ad.
 
Old Oct 24, 2013 | 01:01 AM
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No pop ups here either!!
It could be worse, like gay midget **** or....
 
Old Oct 24, 2013 | 01:26 AM
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Yeah, gay midget **** would definitely be a step down, even from VW. Yep, pop up blocker is "on" and I know others have mentioned this is common to the i-pad but this is the ONLY web site that I ever see a pop up using the i-pad and its almost every time I advance the thread.
 
Old Oct 24, 2013 | 05:45 AM
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I NEVER see pop ups.
 
Old Oct 24, 2013 | 06:33 AM
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if you click on the green underlined word, and let the ad pop up, there is a menu item at the top 'ad choices'. click on that, then down at the bottom of the page there is a link to disable.

course, if your browser is set to disable cookies, then they'll come back again. but for those of us on work computers that don't allow to install ad blockers, etc. this will work for a time.
 
Old Oct 24, 2013 | 06:37 AM
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Install Firefox, then install the add blocker add on.
 
Old Oct 24, 2013 | 06:37 AM
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Install Chrome browser on your ipad....put in the AdBlock Plus extension....shut down those ads.
 
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Originally Posted by YeOldeStonecat
Install Chrome browser on your ipad....put in the AdBlock Plus extension....shut down those ads.
I have Chrome on my iPad as well and get the VW ads! Before that it was Caddy. Is AdBlock Plus another app or is it something that needs to be turned on in Chrome?
 
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Originally Posted by KYBill
Every 3 clicks is another damn Volkswagon pop up, its pretty friggin' annoying. I know the site needs money to survive, I'd gladly roll a few bucks a month into it but I couldn't give a crap about the size of my avatar or how many photos I can upload. Give me something of value. A paid subscription without a single F'ing pop up. How about it mods? Bet the revenue would triple overnight.

And if we have to have pop ups, how many Harley riders are driving around in VW's? Can't someone at least sign up advertisers who sell stuff we might actually buy? ( hint: Motorcycle parts and accessories?)
The GTI in my driveway is my 3rd VolkswagEn. It's blocking my Harley Davidson Softail in the garage.
 



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