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The i20 N is one of the most exciting hot hatches around right now, and we're giving one away

Win A Hyundai i20 N Worth £25,545 - Car Throttle
Win A Hyundai i20 N Worth £25,545

More Spam Than Your Grandma's Fridge

Dear CTzens,

First, apologies for the lack of regular updates after Jake’s post yesterday. We’ve been behind-the-scenes trying to figure out solutions to the obvious spam issues Car Throttle has seen since Tuesday morning.

Here’s what we know so far:

Blasted spammers have been using the web app and have exploited a vulnerability which has allowed them to quickly create accounts and automatically post links related to ‘HD movies’. We thought it might be an isolated incident so, with the mod team, started to manually ban and remove posts on the spot.

This problem though has been occurring at a far higher rate than we’ve been able to manually manage. Before we’re able to push a fix, we have to set all Topics to ‘Editorial or Staff’ only.

Due to the tens of thousands of posts created, we may have to roll back the Community to a state on Tuesday morning. This means that there is a possibility legitimate user posts may be deleted in the Great Purge.

I advise you all to backup your posts to a Google Doc or Word and repost when we push a fix, hopefully within the next 48 hours. Also, we will have to mass delete all registered users who have recently joined in the last 48 hours. If you are a new CTzen here, I apologise, but you may have to sign back up after we have fixed the issue.

To all those saying we no longer care about the platform… you’re wrong! We’ve just been silently working away and we should’ve been more vocal about what we’re doing to fix. Please bear with us. As I’ve mentioned in previous posts, we have a limited number of people in the team and still have to produce regular video content across our other profiles… how good was the last season of 2 Guys 1 Car?!

Speak to you again very soon.

Adnan (Founder & CEO)

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[THREAD CLOSED] LAST COMMENT WINS! We're closing comments ANYTIME within the next two hours!

[THREAD CLOSED] LAST COMMENT WINS! We're closing comments ANYTIME within the next two hours! - Car Throttle

After three and a half months of build time, and many more months of CT App requests from CTzens, I'm proud to announce the launch of our first native Android app

You Can Now Download The Official Car Throttle Android App - Car Throttle
You Can Now Download The Official Car Throttle Android App

Want to win a CT hat? Just be the last to comment! We're ending the contest ANYTIME within the next 2 hours!

Want to win a CT hat? Just be the last to comment! We're ending the contest ANYTIME within the next 2 hours! - Car Throttle

If you answer these simple questions, we reckon we can guess your ideal ride! Give it a try and let us know how right (or wrong) we are...

Can We Guess Your Ideal Car?  - Car Throttle
Can We Guess Your Ideal Car?

Like the idea of an engine swap, but don't know what motor you'd go for or what ride you'd put it in? Use our chart to find out!

What Is Your Ultimate Engine Swap? Find Out Here - Car Throttle
What Is Your Ultimate Engine Swap? Find Out Here

Ever wondered what your very own Gumball team would look like? Find it out in this chart and comment your results below!

Ever wondered what your very own Gumball team would look like? Find it out in this chart and comment your results below! - Car Throttle

You've waited months for this, and I can now finally announce that our new iOS app - plus an updated look on Android and web with over 100 brand new communities - is now live!

Introducing The New Car Throttle iOS App - Car Throttle
Introducing The New Car Throttle iOS App
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The Way To Become a CTzen

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To celebrate the launch of our newsletter, we're giving away a set of sticky Goodyear tyres for your car

Subscribe To The CT Newsletter And Win A Set Of Goodyear Tyres - Car Throttle
Subscribe To The CT Newsletter And Win A Set Of Goodyear Tyres

Dat subie <3

300 km/h going Porsche ass kicked by a Subaru in Bulgaria

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When modifications go too far, it becomes difficult to even tell what the original car was. See if you can guess what these cars used to be before they were riced beyond recognition!

Can You Identify These 10 Cars Riced Beyond Recognition? - Car Throttle
Can You Identify These 10 Cars Riced Beyond Recognition?

What's your petrolhead costume for Halloween? Post your results!

What's your petrolhead costume for Halloween? Post your results! - Car Throttle

A letter to the community I wish I didn't have to write. RIP Momo.

A letter to the community I wish I didn't have to write. RIP Momo. - Car Throttle