We (the Mod/Admin Team) would
MUCH prefer that you
DO resurrect any (fairly recent
) older threads rather than starting up yet another thread asking exactly what's been asked & discussed, likely even resolved previously, possibly many times!!
Sure, we know that we're on a hiding to nothing with the
insane proliferation of oil and tire threads (and a growing number of others
), but please, don't start doing the same with other subjects!! :gaah: It makes it
much harder for anyone searching to find the same answer; it often hides the resolution/answer off in some obscure thread somewhere; it means that
NO-ONE is ever likely to get the
ENTIRE story; it makes searching in the future for anything even vaguely related a whole lot harder; it ultimately costs more for the upkeep of the platform, let alone to provide a system that's capable of holding and retrieving all the scattered data; and it basically
really annoys a whole lot of people from the owner/operator on down!! :cus:
So
PLEASE, always do a search first, and if you are asking a question that has either already been asked & discussed, possibly even answered in another thread; &/or you are expanding or adding to the knowledge base contained in an existing thread, especially if it's a thread that's not more than a max of saaay 5 or 6 years old, then seriously consider using the existing thread!! You are allowed to ask questions that vary the topic a little, just so long as they are related; and you're even allowed to add info that may not have been available when the earlier discussion was occurring! Sure, if the older thread is more than a few years old and your question/info is not quite directly related, then a new thread
might be in order; but in that case, if you're expanding upon what the other thread discusses, but taking it off topic at a tangent, then you should probably refer to the earlier thread in your new thread anyway!!
But adding even more new threads that ask something that's been raised, discussed, and probably even answered in an earlier thread is NOT generally the preferred way to go!! :lecturef_smilie:
And while this last little bit doesn't necessarily apply directly here,
all of the above DOES APPLY, ESPECIALLY if your proposed new thread is about Oil or tires!! :banghead:
It makes it much harder for anyone searching to find the same answer; it often hides the resolution/answer off in some obscure thread somewhere; it means that NO-ONE is ever likely to get the ENTIRE story; it makes searching in the future for anything even vaguely related a whole lot harder; it ultimately costs more for the upkeep of the platform, let alone to provide a system that's capable of holding and retrieving all the scattered data; and it basically really annoys a whole lot of people from the owner/operator on down!! 
