[s-cars] Flame wars... the final outcome

[Joseph Pizzimenti]

All,
I'll make one comment and then move on to my latest
mechanical failure.
I have learned more from this list in the past year
about my car (and cars in general) than I have from
all my limited experience 21 years prior.  It is a
great resource, as a lot of listers have been
tinkering with cars for longer than I've been around.
If I were to name everyone here that has helped me out
with one problem or another, I am sure I would miss at
least a dozen, so I'm not even going to attempt to.
The generosity of the guys on list really comes in
handy and I don't think that Audiworld or any other
forum based system even comes CLOSE.  I have
personally lent stuff to other listers and have items
on loan from others at the moment.  This is indicative
of the more personal nature of the e-mail list as
opposed to forums, which attract more "trolls."
A downside to this is that some people may construe
certain comments or suggestions as personal attacks.
I did this on one occasion and apologize to the list
for the way that I acted.  There is no greater tool
than you guys.  ETKA, Bentley and (Yes, Scott) even
properly calibrated torque wrenches included.  I may
offend some people from time to time, but I mean
nothing by it.  I thank you all for putting up with us
more inexperienced guys as I've learned copious
amounts from those of you that have been around the
track once or twice.  Hell, I probably would have sold
this car by now if it wasn't for this list.  Thank
you.

Joe P.
--- Darin Nederhoff <editor at s-cars.org> wrote:
>
> Well, this certainly has been an interesting weekend
> hasn't it?  ;-)
>
> To make a long story short, my attempt to calm
> things down a bit has
> failed.  Personal attacks and name calling are one
> thing, but when you
> make some childish physical threat to another member
> of this list then
> your fate is sealed my friends.  As a result of
> Paul's most recent
> comments to the list, his member status has been
> terminated.   I did not
> make this decision single-mindedly.  A number of you
> have contacted me
> privately requesting that Paul be given a bit of a
> vacation from the
> list.  After the last post it became evident that
> this was necessary.
>
> For those of you still battling Paul via private
> e-mail, please give it
> a rest now.  Let's get back to the productive side
> of this list shall we?
>
> Peace... please!  You're giving me a headache.  ;-)
>
> Darin
> S-CARS.ORG
>
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