First off, I do not know Cody, but here is my thoughts
My first question... Why in the world doesn't CR have age limits? Any other club/clan/organization I have been a part of requires 18 or older, for not only maturity, but also legal issues. If something happened to cody, his parents could easily limelight and blame CR...
Secondly, did anyone say anything to this Cody while he was getting in cars? I am not from Columbus, but I did grow up in NY... If a stranger got in my car, its to steal things, or the car itself, and if they do it right in front of you, they are testing the waters to see if you have the balls to stop them, or they are seeing what you have inside for a future robbery. If this Cody was to get in my car, I wouldn't wait to come home and make a thread, I would say "what the fuck are you doing in my car?". Any excuse afterwards would be met with "don't ever touch or get in my car without my permission", the warning has been issued and if it happens again, there is no excuses.
Thirdly, why is their not a anonymous area of the forums to voice concerns about certain members in order to seek a ban. These flame threads create more problems than they fix, and I am not very impressed with them thus far, and neither are the CR members that I have met in real life, and also the ones that private message me about certain issues.
We also do need a "ban appeal" section on the forums. I believe that we should carry some sort of professionalism on these forums, without ruining the fun of the forums, but when it comes down to peoples beefs with each other and ban issues, something different needs to be done. There's def more flaming on these forums than there is informational car discussions....
I am not sticking up for this guy as I do not know him, I also won't hate him until I meet him to pass my own judgement. But if he is what you guys make him out to be, he won't be someone that I associate with....