Hypocritical conundrum catch 22.....
Instructor
Joined: May 2012
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From: Pennsylvania
If you'll look at the sticky threads at the top of this forum you will see that the nasty "did you use search" posts are now against forum rules. 
Everyone was new to Corvette ownership and this forum at one point. Why should new members be expected to do and act any differently than those of us who already asked these same questions when we were new? We should welcome new members, not beat them up because they asked a question that to them is perfectly reasonable.
Everyone was new to Corvette ownership and this forum at one point. Why should new members be expected to do and act any differently than those of us who already asked these same questions when we were new? We should welcome new members, not beat them up because they asked a question that to them is perfectly reasonable.
Thank you, Sir.
Tech Contributor
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There's no such thing as the perfect car....and no such thing as the perfect forum. Pretty corny, but also pretty accurate....2013 is here, let's move on.
Drifting
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If you'll look at the forum rules you will see that the nasty "did you use search" posts are now against the rules.
Everyone was new to Corvette ownership and this forum at one point. Why should new members be expected to do and act any differently than those of us who already asked these same questions when we were new? We should welcome new members, not beat them up because they asked a question that to them is perfectly reasonable.
Everyone was new to Corvette ownership and this forum at one point. Why should new members be expected to do and act any differently than those of us who already asked these same questions when we were new? We should welcome new members, not beat them up because they asked a question that to them is perfectly reasonable.
Melting Slicks
Joined: Nov 2007
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From: Wake Forest NC
But what about....
"What tires should I buy?"
"What oil should I use?"
"What exhaust should I get?"
"Is my car running too hot?"
"How do I program my key fob?"
"Why is my belt chirping?"
"What grade fuel do I need?"
"How do I lower my car?"
"What shocks should I get?"
Etc etc ad nauseam.
"What tires should I buy?"
"What oil should I use?"
"What exhaust should I get?"
"Is my car running too hot?"
"How do I program my key fob?"
"Why is my belt chirping?"
"What grade fuel do I need?"
"How do I lower my car?"
"What shocks should I get?"
Etc etc ad nauseam.
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Le Mans Master
Joined: Jan 2004
Posts: 9,488
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From: Knoxville Tn
But what about....
"What tires should I buy?"
"What oil should I use?"
"What exhaust should I get?"
"Is my car running too hot?"
"How do I program my key fob?"
"Why is my belt chirping?"
"What grade fuel do I need?"
"How do I lower my car?"
"What shocks should I get?"
Etc etc ad nauseam.
"What tires should I buy?"
"What oil should I use?"
"What exhaust should I get?"
"Is my car running too hot?"
"How do I program my key fob?"
"Why is my belt chirping?"
"What grade fuel do I need?"
"How do I lower my car?"
"What shocks should I get?"
Etc etc ad nauseam.
Drifting
Joined: Jan 2012
Posts: 1,341
Likes: 8
From: Hopatcong New Jersey
Tires get updated yearly, as do a lot of shocks, oil formulations, exhast avbailability etc. Chill brother, new people arrive, many of them aren't 'pros' at using this forum. Just ignore those that you don't want to read, or read them and help out a new member by answering their question.
But what really gets me is the people who post a question at 4am and then when they don't get an answer within a few hours they assume nobody knows....90% of these questions could be answered by just typing it into google, which will then link you directly to the relevant thread on the forum....which brings me to my next point: Google search > Forum search.
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From: Phoenix area, AZ
Google is also the worst search engine in existence for ignoring your right to privacy, not to mention it's driven by sponsors instead of relevant information. If you want a search engine that only searches use DuckDuckGo.com.
Google is so last year....
Google is so last year....
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I previously posted a thread about responses saying "use the search" it's not helpful and usually posted in a way that is seen as hostile...if you can't post the answer or the link to the answer a simple TTT will do or you can just move on.
we were all new once....remember that.
agree to disagree...
if you see a post that is inappropriate use the report post feature one of us will handle it.
Happy New Year ....drive your Vettes and
I previously posted a thread about responses saying "use the search" it's not helpful and usually posted in a way that is seen as hostile...if you can't post the answer or the link to the answer a simple TTT will do or you can just move on.
we were all new once....remember that.
agree to disagree...
if you see a post that is inappropriate use the report post feature one of us will handle it.
Happy New Year ....drive your Vettes and