Well said John.
I'm here from time to time. And yes the Forum does facilitate GTG and meets. But so does Facebook.
But there is little of interest anymore. Because,as you stated, the damn car is old. Unfortunately not classic old.
I get on another forum where if you wish to engage in politics you must agree not to b!tch about it. Out side of Politics it has about 30 other subject catagories.The mods are tougher thanhere but they are fair with everybody. So the nonsense that happened here is never allowed to get started.
That is all it takes.
But I digress,
I met a lot of good friends here. And frankly the joy of my crossie was amplified by that fellowship. As you and I have experienced ,our relationship is strong because it is about more than an orphaned footnote of automobile curiosity. I miss those discussions.
Some here can contribute a wealth of knowledge about cars in general, some about this novel little bit of maddeningly fragile technology nobody wants to work on in particular. And some of us have knowledge and interest in other things which we would love to share and contribute with our un common Crossie friends.
When I can I'll dump my little bit of know how about the crossfire but if limited to that.,most of the good useful stuff is on the shoulders of a few gearheads like 180, Boilerup,Woody and Oledoc2U. If uys like that sell their cars or go, what cha got?
So, like me,many of the old crowd may lurk about from time to time, and even chime in if we can contribute. Buit the old fire ,the original excitement is limited. Much like driving a highpowered car with a speed governor at 55MPH. It just ain't that interesting.
I don't care about me, I have a fine forum for what I wish to discuss.
But, if you all want this thing to survive,the new owners should think about broadening the subject matter.Because we can only argue about synthetic oil and using lower octane gasoline just so many times.
Perhaps a subforum on quilting will get past the Mods.
