Hello everybody, On the heels of another discussion, I wanted to throw this out for your input. We’d like to create a list of tips/recommended info for users to include in their questions to the community. (Some suggestions have been make, model, year, size of engine, etc.) What would be most help…

Many, many people have several vehicles, and most questions are vehicle specific (I have a couple, plus a couple bikes, and friends who are embarrassed). A profile entry may be a bit much to request, since it’s like pulling teeth to get the info you may need, anyway. Carolyn, It will take some cod…

make sure if you do the dropdown idea, that the vehicle information is stored (preferably several vehicles per account). That way you don’t have to re-enter the data every time you post. It would also have to be an optional thing, as sometimes people post general automotive questions or discussion…

Carolyn, I don’t think that you want to require people with questions to jump through hoops to post or as you said, you may discourage questions. Not all questions require specific vehicle information. If specific vehicle information is needed, then potential respondents can easily ask for that …

It was hard to comment on the 95 running rough and the owner was thinking about an oil change or air filter. My thought, though it would be cumbersome for posters, would be a fill able form with things such as: Miles since oil change, gas filter, plugs,wires, air filter,trans fluid, and an other wo…

Lately I’ve noticed more than the usual number of triple posts from the same person - as if something changed recently (I know that some things did) that might be confusing people & getting them to resubmit a couple of times. It could also just be a coincidence or just my own poor powers of percept…

You’re right, cig, sometimes when I click ‘Post Comment’ I’ll get a screen refresh, but it’ll look like the post didn’t take, or the post will appear, but the entry window will still have the text in it, never to go away even if I clear it.

OK, good to know. How frequently is this happening? (I only ask so that when I pass on the information, I will be able to most accurately describe the problem.)

Maybe one out of 4 times. Just like with cars, those ‘intermittent’ problems are the worst!

It hasn’t happened at all to me. Just over the past week or so I’ve seen several triple threads all posted one after the other. This was the most recent: http://community.cartalk.com/discussion/2280515/30000-maintenance-on-2010-mercury-grand-marquis Its only been a few times but just seemed like…

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cdaquila September 23, 2011, 3:20pm 19

Hmm. I haven’t noticed it myself, but please let me know if you continue to see it. Is it happening to you?

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