Re[2]: Eric's demise?

[steveb@falcon.kla.com (Steven Buchholz)]

Excerpts from Paul Waterloo's contribution to the thread:
> 
> However, this is a an open forum, so take it at face value.
> 
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> People will say what ever they want, and I'm not gonna tell anybody how to say
> what's on their mind.
> 
I wholeheartedly agree with you on both points Paul.  The issue that I 
find disappointing is the fact that such quick and harsh remarks do tend 
to stymie open discussion on the list.  My personal goal is to do what I 
can to provide factual information to the best of my knowledge to the list, 
in the hope that others will do the same and we all learn.  Notice that I 
did not say "God's own truth" ... I have been known to be wrong from time 
to time.  I know of people on the quattro list that are satisfied with the 
performance and reliability of their TAP-modified cars, but they are not 
really interested in discussing this information on the list because of 
the response that they expect.  I too have heard reports of questionable 
things that TAP has done, most recently in association with the 1-lap 
effort.  In all cases we must assume it is caveat emptor, and it may be 
true that we should caveat a little more than average when considering 
TAP, but I wish that all of the list members would make an attempt to 
represent the facts, positive as well as negative ... 

... and my hope is that no-one who is interested in Audis and quattros 
is shooed from the list because of what is said on the list, be it Eric
or anyone else for that matter.  Eric has fairly unique experience and 
has demonstrated that he supports the list and its members in more ways
than contribution of posts.  

IUD  (-:

Steve Buchholz
s_buchho@kla.com
San Jose, CA (USA)

... and Paul, did you tell your wife what you said relating to her? ... :-)