Should GT Tech lounge be separate from 156/147 lounge?

Originally Posted by TallPaul

1. Newbie posts question
2. Question lost in sea
3. Unless someone with answer is searching for question (why would they do that if they had the answer) the post is never found or replied to.

In my opinion this is because of the no-thread-reuse policy of this forum and can't be remedied by fine-graining of model lounges. Someone opens a thread on "diesel noise", it gets some replies in a couple of days and sinks to page 2 after a week at most. Then another user opens the next "diesel noise" thread etc, etc. Just do a search for "diesel noise" (or "cambelt snapped" ) and you will see what I mean.

Originally Posted by GhostyDog

The GT is cobbled together out of left over bits of 147 and 156 anyway so why not?

Yes, but it is cobbled together in a very beautiful way.

I'm not voting 'coz I have no strong feelings either way.

As we are considering a GT for MrsJim this summer, I would just say that I know full well what is under that lovely skin and if I had tech problems I'd be quite happy finding them in 147/156 as appropriate.

Originally Posted by BigFoot

Use the search function chaps

It may not be perfect but it should help you a great deal zoom in specific issues you are looking information on.

BF

I agree but it depends how you use the forum -

If you want or need to use the forum as an encyclopedia type resource then the search tool will serve you well. I doubt however that those with 10,000+ posts see it as an encyclopaedia - they participate because they enjoy doing it not solely to ask or indeed answer questions.

I [and presumably others] like to browse - reading posts for general information - it is entertaining and some posts are downright hilarious. Unfortunately I can't browse anymore because the GT info is lost in the sea of posts and it wasn't before in the old GT/GTA lounge.