I guess I'll add my .02....
I came here for info on my blown engine. I stayed because this site is, or was, a community. Lance, I fully appreciate and understand that this was not your original intent. But it happened.
I really am a believer in the maturity level here. Yes, there are squabbles, as in any family. But, the most interesting aspect of OT was that although we are a community united by one interest, our car, we are a also a gathering of like-minded people of other interests. And the coolest thing about this was that 90% of the time, OT was a collection of people who sort of thought like me. It is amazing that many of our thoughts and interests were common. When not, I found that the level of logic presented here was above that normally found on the net. It actually blew my mind, I was pleasantly surprised; I began to make CEG my FIRST choice for discourse and conversation.
There may not have been an attempt to create a "grand social experiment", but it happened and IMHO was largely a success. THAT is why a lot of people freaked when we were threatend to cease to exist.
OT or not, I am going to stick around and see what happens. I might be a troll now, but I still have opinions and knowledge to share. But I would like to see our community return. Many of our brains are wired alike, that's why we dig a car few appreciate. And that's why I enjoyed the OT so much.
Peace and love, no matter what tranpsires with the OT. But I miss it.
