I recently got a new van, which is old but exactly my dream van and since it's old and needs a few (a LOT) of things, the value of the forums like this is priceless.

With so many forums on the internet, we forget how the stuff we asked the random guy at NAPA or outside the dealership on a smoke break was all we had to go on, now we can log on and ask questions about anything, and find answers and solutions with the help of 10-100's of people who had exactly the same problem we had, and how they fixed it and the mistakes they made and how we can avoid them.

It's a different world now, and I love it. With the unlimited help from the people who take the time to share on these forums their experience and successes (and fails!) working on that daily driver (or dream vehicle) is so much more fun, cheaper, and educational. Thanks to everybody on this particular forum, which I have found to be extremely helpful, they've made getting my van running so much more fun.

 

Thanks for the kudos. Yeah, there are a lot of knowledgeable people here on FTE....