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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