I understand your concerns about computing power, however I would also like to be able to search in all the forums at the same time.

I don't think the performance hit would be that noticeable because if we are able to search all forums at once, we won't do repeated search in several forums.

For most things I search on, I have to search 4 to 5 forums. For example if I want information on brakes, some can be find in "Genaral", in "Problems and Annoyances", in "Backyard Mechanics", in "Parts and Accessories" and in "Tires, Wheels and Brakes". So in this example, I am doing 5 queries instead of one so that is still using computing power. I realize that 5 small queries might require less computing power than 1 large query, but it still more than 1 small query.

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