Disappointed

It has as many posts about toyotas as people with questions about them are willing to post. I for one have posted some, but have had few

And since most of the people here have a love of (or hatred for) Toyotas, they need to have SOMETHING to talk about, so they fall back on politics (and name calling)!

Actually, since I bought a Jeep Cherokee several months ago, the only reason I still lurk here is Badgolferman's humor posts ;-)

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Yeah, you certainly were wrong. This is not an internet site, it is a newsgroup.

I wasn't going to mention that...

Natalie

Not necessarily. Do you have a question? There are a number of experts here who would be glad to try to help you out.

But, you called this a 'site'. Not being a wise-ass, but do you understand the concept of Usenet?

Surely your Netscape newsreader supports filtering? The vast majority of off-topic posts have subject headers starting with "OT". Put that in your filter and enjoy.

"Site"? Not "newsgroup"? Are you reading this on a web page?

The noise level is pretty appalling, I'll grant you. But there are several sensible, knowledgeable people; and most who cannot resist cluttering it with politics and jokes are kind enough to mark their posts as "OT:" (Off-Topic), so it's not hard to miss most junk by careful use of kill files. FWIW I only have three regulars in the sin-bin; their vapourings are reliably rubbish.

Of course, you will also filter all subjects that contain ToyOTa, and many other things. Now if people would all just use a colon after the OT. I can't seem to get used to anything but Outlook Express, which won't allow me to place a filter on OT. So I have 26 filters for this group. "ot a" ,"ot b", etc. I have a special rule to allow badgolferman's jokes, though!

You embarrass me...

Consider all the off-topic stuff as local color. There are still lots of Toyota discussions here, lots of amateurs and even a couple of professionals.

Regarding this poster's use of the word "site," I think he must know something about UseNet; after all, he is here! I think most will probably agree, though, that UseNet won't survive much longer. Other than old hands, you will be hard pressed to find anyone that has any idea what it is. jor

Do you have a Toyota question or problem? Post it and it will probably be answered.