I’m a Samba regular, both to contribute and to learn. I’ve made many posts with photos documenting work I’ve done and discoveries I’ve made; power steering rack rebuild, interior soundproofing, Eurovan seat swap, vans for sale and spotted on the road, trip reports, etc. A/C plenum removal to improve airflow to the front, now known as the plenumectomy, was perhaps my biggest contribution. 

It’s a resource and man cannot live by text alone. There’s definitely some snark in the air over there and eager volunteers have taken up the slack once TK was banned, as I believe he was also from this list. 

Stephen

Mobile

> On Apr 22, 2021, at 6:36 PM, Richard Koerner <rjkinpb@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> 
>  TheSamba has dealt with and solved just about every Vanagon issue known; furthermore it is relatively easy to search for stuff.  Furthermore, pictures are allowed and encouraged....this is a huge advantage.  Sometimes worth a thousand words as the saying goes.  And I've even bought and sold stuff via TheSamba.  Excellent resource IMHO.
> 
>    On Thursday, April 22, 2021, 9:48:10 AM PDT, Mark Belanger <mbelanger@gmail.com> wrote:  
> 
> I too like TheSamba and will use it when I'm searching for a specific
> answer. That said, the "ignition energy" of going to a website prevents me
> from becoming a regular.
> 
> 
> -MB
> 
>> On Thu, Apr 22, 2021 at 8:02 AM Steve Williams <sbw@sbw.org> wrote:
>> 
>> Like Mark, I'll never use Facebook or Twitter.
>> 
>> I agree this list will not appeal to people who prefer to use social
>> networks, mostly on their mobile devices.  I regret that disconnection,
>> but I doubt that'll change soon.
>> 
>>> On 4/22/21 7:39 AM, Mark McCulley wrote:
>>> If there were a modern forum-style vanagon site I would probably
>>> join it though.
>> 
>> Mark, and everyone, I'm curious to hear your opinion of TheSamba's
>> Vanagon forum?
>> 
>> https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewforum.php?f=20
>> 
>> Is that not a "modern forum-style" Vanagon site?
>> 
>> I've posted there a few times.
>> 
>> https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&u=200512
>> 
>> I prefer this list, because it's easier for me to work with emails than
>> a web forum.
>> 
>> I also enjoy following web sites with RSS.  But that doesn't work well
>> for a high-traffic forum.  I've tried TheSamba's RSS feeds:
>> 
>> https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/rss_feeds.php
>> 
>> But for some reason it just didn't work for me.  Maybe the traffic is
>> just too high.  Maybe it's because it doesn't present threads in a tree.
>>   Probably a combination.
>> 
>> Maybe I'll build a filtered RSS feed that includes only new topics.
>> When I see a topic of interest, I'll add it to my "Watched Topics" on
>> TheSamba, so replies are delivered to me via email.  (I can't remember
>> whether those emails are threaded?)
>> 
>> Tell me: Do you use TheSamba?  Through the web?  Email alerts on Watched
>> Topics?
>> 
> 
> 
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