DRA:
Now I don't claim to speak for anyone else, but I find some of the disucssions in "Off topic" to be quite "sharp" at times, and this inevitably effects the rest of the forum - how can anyone partition strong feelings? I know I find it a real turn-off.
So the great information is still here, but perhaps some of the "magic" is lost ... And maybe that goes some way to explain the first posters observation.
I seem to remember that this has already been (obliquely) remarked upon in the past.
http://www.rennteam.com/forum/thread/20093359/Has_Rennteam_gone_too_far_OffTopic/page1.html
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fritz