Originally Posted by Xray
Okay I kicked in some money for the cause. I figure I have saved a whole lot of money thanks to this sight and the information which keeps me from blindly running to the dealership. Everybody should think about that fact. How many of you were able to self diagnose and replace your IC Pump thanks to all of the wonderful people on here. What would have happened if this sight were not around. We could be stuck going to a sight full of Ah***s that are more worried about beating up on people than helping them. Come on people you have to support the sight nothing in life is free and if it is you probably don't want it.
Not trying to stir anything up, Xray, but I believe I was the first to have a
recorded experience with the IC Pump issue. There was nothing on this
forum relating to that, so I had to diagnose the problem with my Service
Center techs. We went through a couple of iterations before settling on
the IC Pump. I promptly posted this info to the forum, and hopefully
saved many others the tedium of working with unknowledgable techs in
the Service Center. But, there was no self diagnosis in this case, as I had
to rely on Chyrsler service to figure out the problem. Took a couple of
weeks and visits to get it figured out.
To the subject at hand... if folks want to abandon this site for the CICCI
forum, that's cool. All things change, but it will certainly leave the rest of
us without the benefit of the many good things the members of this forum
have contributed in the past and will contribute in the future.
I found this site shortly after buying my SRT-6 in Oct. '04, and found most
of the people knowledgable and gracious. As time went on, many of these
folks offered up many solutions for either correcting problems, performing
regular maintenance (without a Service Center) and many options for
increasing the performance of our cars. This forum has been invaluable
to me over the years and I hope I've added some small value in return.
I'm generally not a "joiner", as I don't really like being around other people
that much. Most folks I've met in my life have either wanted something
from me that I didn't want to give or have had a real penchant for telling
other people how to run their lives. But, at the few times I've ventured
out to meet up with other Crossfire owners, I've never felt these kind of
things were in evidence, for which I am truly thankful. A better bunch of
folks I've not found.
But, being that I'm not a "joiner", I seriously doubt that I'll ever join the
CICCI forum. Guess that will be my loss if the wonderful folks who've
moved over there do not come back here to share from time to time. I
think to join CICCI would put me back in the place where folks whom I've
come to like and enjoy the writting of are now wanting something from me
that I do not want to give. I'm happy to share any knowledge I get, but
for me, my money has better uses.
Please don't take that the wrong way. I'm not a skin-flint or stingy with
my money. In the last 10 years, I've given several 10's of thousands of
dollars to the Union Mission (a group which helped me out many years
ago). I believe in their work and want it to continue, and I don't have
anything else that I think they would have use of from me (well, other
than the donations in kind [washer/dryers, refigerators, TVs, etc.]). The
point is, I choose carefully where I send my money and want to make
sure it gets the best value. I just don't see that with picnics and get
togethers sponsored by a Car Club.
And, to the justification I heard, that this was a way to get Chrysler to
support our cars... Forget about it. After the 10 year rule has expired,
you can bet your sweet a** that they will no longer stock parts for our
cars. And nothing CICCI can say will change Chyrsler's mind (especially
if they don't make it to 2014 as a business, which seems quite possible.)
Hope I ain't pi**ed anyone off, but there it is.
Coyote