[ Registry tweaks ] ( a fresh idea)

[Rave Racer]

> > At the risk of being a noodge (nudge?), listing the cars by platform
> > confuses, not clarifies.  This is supposed to be a registry, not an
> > engineering thesis.
>
> it is not "supposed" to be anything... it's what Mark built and even as
> it is it is certainly very cool.  just wanted to mention that because
> without what must have been many hours of his work we would not even be
> discussing an actual working system!

        First off, Great work by the guys at Audifans.  Again, one can never
say this enough.

> > In everyday conversation and in q-list messages, we talk about our cars
in
> > familiar model nomenclature, not manufacturer-speak.
>
> Hmmmm.  We do?  I suppose so.  How do you tell a 1985 80 from a 1988
> 80?  one is type 85, one is type 89... to say nothing of the type $$!

        What about a tree setup.  A menu with the basic models,    ie 4000,
5000, .....  then submenus with the splits from there ,  ie 4000 FWD, 4000
Q, 4000 C....           This would be the most user freindly design.  Small
descriptions of the years, model codes and uniqueness of each model can be
added to each submenu.  This may take more programing, but it solves most of
the problems I've seen listed thus far.