Break dancing in the archives

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For those that haven't explored the options available in terms of archives 
and FAQ's, take a gander at this site for some reference:

http://www.scruz.net/~barneym/toy_root/techneek/top_neek.htm

As a audi mechanic, I find this site invaluable for keeping my trusty work 
truck running.

Want to see what can be done with a list, take a thorough tour of:

http://www.off-road.com/4x4web/toyota/

All this can be done, on a "master list" or a "sublist".  Take a gander at 
the mitsu/talon site:

http://www.dsm.org/

Bottom Line:  We can do better.  My own opinion is that if just the first 
site: Tricks, Tips and Techniques Threads was here, we could cut the daily 
post volume by over half.  The answer, IMO, does not have to be as 
complicated as Peter B's proposal, sorry Peter, I'm still confused, you'd 
need a long webform just to post, IMO.  Your time is better spent figuring an 
audi TT&T.

Bottom Line 2:  Search engines are only as good as the protocol used to post, 
or an ascribed moderator to "assign" the topic (the case in point at the 
mitsu site).  Right now there is none, not sure I'm fond of one.  But hey, 
you start looking at some of these other pages, you start to think change is 
not such a bad thing.  Does it need to start with sublists?  Maybe, maybe 
not.  In the meantime, we lose time and exponentially increase the complexity 
of any decision by number alone.  At least a sublist, puts content in a place 
that can be accessed by folks immediately.

Personally, I have tried to lean the tabogon many a time towards a change for 
the better in terms of search history.  We are all losing out on good 
information, Dan is losing both time and space, the cremudgeons get more 
frustrated, the newbies frustrated and leave.  Paraphrasing Batman...  How 
does the toyota list get all those wonderful and useful toys?  

Carpe Diem has ruled this list for many years.  It's time to put history in 
perspective, somehow.  I just don't buy into the magical search engine being 
the answer.  It's only as good as the moderation or protocol.

My .02 arbitraged thru the peso

Scott Justusson
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'87 5ktqwRS2-10vt
'84 UrqRS2-20vt
'87 4Runner