so whats going on these days??

Axle they have all beeen done to death. However if you are missing the good old days, goto the start of the Forum type "tyres" in the search box and you will get 4500+ answers. By the time you have read them all you will know the answer to your question.

Cheers, Chris

Axle, if you want to read a lively discussion & have about 3 hours to spare, there is a thread with about 70 replies on how to plug in an extension lead!

Well, I don't like satnav obsessives and don't understand the attraction.
Jeeps and VWs are rubbish, yes yours included.
Ill never likely own a Toyota.
I don't jump on PC bandwagons because I don't like being told what to think.
I hate unsolicited advice from strangers.
A wheel fell off my van near cocklebiddy and we survived.
Norseman is a rubbish town to be stuck in.
I hate deserts and you are wrong to like them.
Don't talk to me while I'm trying to set up my gear.

Reminds me of these days, and I have a an irrevelant photo of a Steca charger to prove it.

Good point, this forum is doomed in my opinion if someone new cant ask a question and get flooded with references to a similar question from the distant past. Searching a large database for long lost threads is like real exciting. Dont let the answer to everything be" refer to thread xyz", or " link to similar document"

Its no wonder this forum goes days without anything interesting getting posted. We dont want it to be a hangout for yesterdays heros. There is an enormous amount of experience here, let the newbys ask the question, and give them some meaningful answers. Not some homework exercise - " refer thread...."

Peter
Because the end result is a dead forum. Google searches can also produce results, but the question was asked here. If someone asked you around a campfire something about solar panels, would you reply "Google it", or answer them?

Lets keep it live, as reference searches are dead boring

You can ask a better question if you do your reading first.

As for shrinking forums, two letters: FB.

Yes I agree, I have noticed it has backed off. Even when you used to post something, after a few days it would be pushed back a page. Now days, after 3 days, the thread is only down a couple of spots..
Maybe it's just everyone busy leading up to, and getting over Christmas, as for me, I tend to lay low with the heat, seems I can't handle the heat as well these days.
The other thing about the old/past threads, is times and technology is changing every day, and it's great to get up to date info, where possible, as well as up to date info on places, if you have never been to a spot, looking at a thread which is several years old, ain't as good as info from someone who has been there last week or last month.
Sue n myself, haven't any major trips planned for the next twelve months, as in the past we have found this forum a major help in planning and research of past trips. We have just about all bases covered, in vehicle set up, and camping, with or without the camp trailer.. all thanks to everyone on here, be it past threads, or looking for new info.. it's still the "go too" place for us..still a great site.. always will be! Cheers Owen n Sue

The funny thing is that we seem to have a lot of experts who are not even members.
When I first joined EX OZ most replies were from members who would give you practical advice, these day's it's refer to abc ect.
If someone is asking for help on the side of the road , you do not tell them to do it themselves so why do it on the forum.
When you need help which would you prefer?

Also a lot of people use Facebook groups for info.
Cheers
Ev

Very good points. I enjoy the forum regardless of the possible repetition of questions and topics. Anyway some old forum posts might be on topic but not up to date for current conditions, permits etc. Just because many members have been around a while and have become ' experts' shouldn't be a reason to make others hesitant to ask questions. We need an active forum.

Great topic Axle .
look at the reaction .
My wheel Studs broke on my Camper trailer and my car , both on separate trips , added some excitement to the holiday .
Really didn't want to tell the world about it on a forum , i new the reason why .
Also my V8 toyota does use oil still , i have been bogged , i have had punctures . i have an Engel fridge and a waeco , my daughter sleeps under the stars ,
As for Nissans, Jeeps and Landrovers , do people still buy those things ?
Colin .

Here ya go, cos it's Sunday.

Last trip both shocks on the CT failed. A seal leak in one, and the other, well it fell into two pieces when I pulled it off!

Pedders.

We did something like 2500 kms of dirt with a good dose of serious corro, and Pedders aren't exactly the best. I bent over backwards to get something better. Went down the wire with a pair of Bilsteins - fitting and testing compression but there wasn't going to be enough. Could have gone Koni but it would've needed custom bushes and probably custom valving and the $$ started to look silly.

At times, I think what weighs on the forum and the opportunity for the inter-action it provides is that some see a "difference of opinion" as an invitation for a pointless argument, rather than simply accepting others may be of a different viewpoint.

Perhaps that is symptomatic of the keyboard culture that internet forums have introduced into our lives where anonymity gives rise to behaviours you wouldn't see in a face-to-face discussion.

And nothing wrong with sensible, respectful, and robust discussion and debate, but when it breaks down to a slanging match or becomes disrespectful no-one benefits, least of all the "forum"...

Perhaps that is one aspect that has put people off asking questions or providing answers these days, as there does appear to be a higher incidence of it...

EO is a great resource and the wider EO community has a great breadth of knowledge that can be tapped into, and long may that live...

As for anyone asking questions that have been asked before...

I say, keep on asking those questions, you never know, someone might have a different slant on an old answer to the same question. Perhaps technology or techniques has improved or changed such that it renders "old" answers irrelevant or questionable...

Cheers, Baz - The Landy

Here you go Axle. Some youthful lads decided to play in the bog hole instead of using the perfectly good track the rest of us were taking on our way down to Bendethera last weekend. They paid the price for their snap decision as you can see by not being prepared with their recovery gear.



Cheryl