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Originally Posted by Sebscst

That’s the sad part, I want to continue to use them for parts as that must support the forums. I’m willing to pay a little more just because we are not only buying parts but years of knowledge from forum members that is priceless. Without this forum I would have never been able to complete my cars. It’s frustrating because losing this community would be detrimental to future Porsche enthusiasts. So as many have started to buy parts elsewhere how long will this forum stay around.

Company related forums are online marketing tools that drive traffic numbers for the respective host. The more traffic to a website, the better the search engine ranking for that site based on traffic data. So we're helping Pelican's traffic data every time we visit here. More, the longer time we spend on the site, that also benefits Pelican's search egine rankings. Every time someone writes "Porsche" or a Porsche part number, that's also benefitting Pelican in that we're adding relevant content. To say/think Pelican is doing us a favor with this forum... true but at the same time we're doing them a favor each time we visit the forum.