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Originally Posted by Wayne at Pelican Parts
I'll ask again...
Most people want to enter in a basic search term like "brake disc" and have the search engine read their mind as to what they are looking for.
-Wayne
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Okay. A simple example - I am about to go on the Targa California for the first time. This looks to be 6-700 miles and my car is in auto-x trim, i.e., pretty well stripped. I wanted ideas on what tools and parts I might want to take.
So, I searched "travel", then "relay" (since any such list would likely include the DME relay), then "tools". Each got me hundreds of pages of hits. I finally found it with "toolkit", IIRC, but still many hits, most unrelated.
If we could combine search terms, say, "relay" + "tools" + "travel", it would really help to thin the list of hits. Perhaps this can now be done. But if so, I haven't figured out the magic decoder ring.
I did find what I needed, it just took a while. And, one thread I found referenced three others on the same topic.
Since we're talking Pelican board issues, one that is a little crazy making is multiple threads on the very same subject, e.g., "How do I lower my 911?" or "ducktails". Now, these are legitimate inquiries, but there must be hundreds of threads on these and many other basic topics. I've seen different people post the very same video six to twelve times, all in the same time period.
One board I frequent, Corner-Carvers.com,
requires people to search before starting a new thread (and they can be down right nasty to those who don't). Also, the mods take it upon themselves to combine threads on the same topic. Now, C-C is a bit anal about such-like, but the basic idea is, I think, sound.
Please understand, I use and value PP.com. And, I'm not going to pout or stop using it if nothing changes. But, it would really be nice if things were tightened up a bit.
Thanks for listening. And thanks for making this board available. It really makes owning and maintaining a Porsche, especially an air-cooled one, a lot easier.