You know, I'm a member of PBB, VWvortex, Dezertrangers, Race-dezert.com and rarely post on any of them but read up on all of them as well as this one almost daily. And the one thing I've noticed is that ALL OF THEM to some variying degree strongly encourage new members to read a little, do their own research, and use the search feature to find information on their own before asserting that their question is new and unique.

PBB and VWvortex are huge boards with a giant membership. The PBB is much larger and much more brutal with noobies who insist on continuing to repeatedly ask questions that have been answered over and over again. It's the nature of the net and it is typical of internet and automotive forums.

This forum is not anywhere near as vicious as others by a long shot. When someone comes in, spends no time and no effort at all whatsoever and instantly asks a question that has been asked and answered it really indicates that they haven't done any research on their own.

It has very little to do with bandwidth and more to do with there being a bit of a process for someone wanting to come in and be a part of a community , with all of it's disfunctions and faults, so that they can gain and share knowledge of a passion that we all share.