Not so, Robert.  The Vanagon list is  intended for discussion of all issues
of general interest to Vanagon owners.  I would say that each of your
examples fits into that category - we all have them in our vans.  (whether
or not we are interested in discussing them).  Therefore, any of those items
are legitimate topics for discussion.

I was just questioning whether or not issues that are *unique* to a specific
engine conversion (such as Vag Com software, etc) are better suited to
another list where the members can really dive into detail.   As I have
pointed out, if you read the SubaruVanagon list, you will see an
excruciating level of detail in some of the posts that I am quite confident
would not be posted if the authors needed to worry about beiing "off topic".

Not trying to be a self-appointed moderator - just suggesting that there may
be a better way.  So far all of the comments I have received have run
counter to my suggestion (all four of them) so I assume that everyone agrees
that Tiico posts should stay on the general list.  Does this mean that Tiico
owners should now feel free to dive into their minutiae?  I would imagine
they could definitely benefit from such a forum, rather than relying on
p-mail back and forth.  (archives are such a wonderful thing!)

Brent Christensen
'89 GL Syncro Westy
Santa Barbara, CA

PS - I am done with this thread.   ;-)

>To: "Brent Christensen" <sbsyncro@HOTMAIL.COM>, "Vanagon .com"
><vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
>Subject: Re: Is it time for a Tiico list?
>Date: Thu, 6 Jun 2002 23:14:20 -0700
>
>
>But then also there should be a mailing list for tires,(The Tires List) one
>for cupholders, one for throttle switches, and one for  every thread we
>don't like..
>Robert
>1982 Westfalia
>

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