<VV> the book

[Connie]

JR and so many others have been invaluable to me as a rookie old car owner 
trying to figure out the "what the hecks?" I've encountered with the 65. 
Don't forget.....we may not even know the books exist when we start asking 
questions.  I didn't.  There are some things you don't even know what you're 
looking for, only that something is just not right.  Like that long piece of 
metal you slide the top boot through.  What's that called again JR? 
And......if your car didn't come with with that funny little piece, and you 
don't have VV to post an APB for one, and Grant just doesn't happen to have 
one he'll send you for an embarassing low price....and you have no idea 
there is something called a body manual....you could spend weeks scratching 
your head when you should be driving.

Now if only Warren would write a book called "Driving really fast for 
mechanically challenged dummies" I'd be all set.  :)

Connie
Frozen in Iowa
65 Corsa Vert unhappy in the garage.

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From: "J R Read_HML" <hmlinc at sbcglobal.net>
Sent: Sunday, January 25, 2009 8:26 PM
To: <tony.underwood at cox.net>; <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Subject: Re: <VV> the book

> I generally try to help out the newBs with fairly specific answers (when I
> know them.... and with last week as an example - sometimes when I don't).
> Check the archives (or ask Connie and others) if you don't believe me.
>
> After a while, if someone has not bothered to arm themselves with the
> appropriate source information after being told where to obtain it, I 
> begin
> to feel USED and quit responding.
>
> Essentially, I don't agree with the approach of going direct to VV FIRST 
> for
> endless answers to stuff that is easy to find.  Sometimes it seems as if 
> the
> party is too lazy to turn the pages and is expecting someone else to do it
> and report back.  THAT is not the spirit of VV to my way of thinking.
>
> Now, when someone comes with a question like - I can't find this or I'm 
> not
> sure how to interpret what I'm reading, THAT becomes an appropriate 
> question
> from someone who's been around for a while.
>
> I'll continue to help the newBs when I can.
>
> Later, JR
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <tony.underwood at cox.net>
> To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
> Sent: Sunday, January 25, 2009 7:53 PM
> Subject: Re: <VV> the book
>
>
>>
>> ---- J R Read_HML <hmlinc at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>>> So - you do not appreciate when I provide a page number or a Fig # which
>>> clearly explains the answer to a question?  You'd rather have me write a
>>> few
>>> paragraphs on VV - copy them from the book?
>>>
>>> Sorry, I just ain't doin dat.
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ...but what f the fellow asking the question doesn't have "the book"?
>>
>>
>>
>> tony..
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