Hey everyone - greetings from Oregon USA.
Permit me to share a few observations:
First, I want to encourage everyone to keep the conversations going. The diversity of opinion is good to hear and only can help improve the community.
Second, I believe the 8er will continue to be an important part of BMW's history moving forward which will trickle down to various 8er communities-of-interest.
Third, people like Reinhard, Revtor, Fredi, Christoph, Martin, Noogie, Steve, and others (you know who you are), are what makes a community strong and interesting. Without your participation and efforts, the 8er community is poorer in spirit.
Fourth, accessing information - free or subscription - is a never-ending discussion unless the community comes together and understands the levels of data access and at what costs to support and access it.
And lastly, as was pointed out, Bimmerforums (and before that Roadfly), gets a lot more traffic because of the broad coverage of all BMW models. As a newbie myself in 1999, I used Roadfly's E31 forum to learn about the E31 before buying 3 E31's by the end of 2000. I understand the reasoning here for public access. For 8er.org, I also understand why it's set up the way it is today. Both are valid points of view.
It's good to see the postings - I wish you all a great 2012!
Hi, Jud.
