To reduce the amount of spam, scam, and newbie bashing on the forum, in May of 2013 a New Member subforum was implemented, and a restriction placed on all new members.

This restriction prevents any member from creating threads outside of the New Member subforum until they have at least 10 posts AND more than 30 days since signing up.

You are still able to reply to threads everywhere else on the site, you just can't create them yourself.

NOTE:
FOR SALE and WANT TO BUY Threads are NOT permitted in the New Member subforum just because you can't post in the Classifieds. Yes, this is intentional. Yes, this means that we could be inconveniencing you significantly. If you joined only to sell stuff, you are going to have to wait a month and become a participating member FIRST if you want to sell to the broader rx8club audience.

However since Local sales are usually done in person there is much less chance for fraud on the part of the buyer or seller. So, for New Members you may post your for sale item in the For Sale/WTB of the Regional section for your locale. These must be for local pickup only. This gives you a chance to sell your part locally, a way to start participating in the forum and meet the other rx8 owners in your region.

WARNING:
Spamming the forum with posts just to jump to 10 posts is not only against the forum rules, but will not be successful. We will delete any posts we see from a member that is just spamming his or her way to 10 posts. Continuing to attempt it will result in administrator action.
Reaching 10 posts quickly is also not going to help if you haven't been here for at least 30 days. You still need to meet both criteria.

NOTE:
The system can take an hour or so to catch up AFTER your first log off / log on, so if you hit 10 posts and are past 30 days, don't expect it to suddenly lift the restriction. Log off, go have lunch or dinner, and come back, it will probably be lifted by then. This is also true if you exceed the restriction points and this is your first log-on since May of 2013.

If it just won't lift after 24hrs and at least one log-off/log-on, then PM Omicron or Zoom44.

NOTE:
If you have been a member for years, and just don't have the posts yet, you may be able to have the restriction lifted manually by an Admin.