To All: You MUST post your location...

Or even more local: Anyone know of a dealership with a good Prius Tech?

Answer: sure, I know of one in Salt Lake City. Won't do you much good if you live in Florida though.

Sorry Rick, didn't mean to exclude you, but I didn't remember your location.

 

hey Danny.. could you make this news for a week or so? lack of location bugs me (checks profile just incase).. good.. mine is posted

 

Now you hurt my feelings.

 

Sorry Rick, I'll never forget you're in Ohio again. But you can't argue that Kyle's avitar is unforgetable!

 

Location really helps, in every online forum. Be cool if was a way to be mandatory to fill something in when you register.

 

My avatar lists my location; don't most avatars list the poster's location?
Bob

 

Your avitar is a fish. No mention of location there! If anything, I would have guessed Florida.

Now if your profile is configured with your location, it will show BELOW your avitar, as does your age and gender.

 

OK, now i'm in the kitchen. No, now the living room, wait, now.....

...sorry. Couldn't hep mysef..

 

Dan.. amybe if Rick sould caugh up some Indy Passes or something, we'd all remember him...

I just want to go for Pole Day...

Bob Andersen

 

first thing I looked at on the forum and already get a feel this is a helful forum. I'll be configuring mine right away.

 

As a newby, the only thing you missed was a way to complain or contact Toyota. Seems to be a one way street.

 

I refuse. We Minnesotans are contrarians (oops! DANG!)

 

Bump... just to get it to show up under view new posts.

 

Please Post Your Location and Model Prius

This was a Great suggestion that just died.

Screw the privacy issues. Even a broad location like "South Florida" narrows me down to Earth/USA/Florida/No Snow/Lots of Rain/AC on all the time/and other helpful information to members.

DANNY - are you listening! The newbies seem to be the worst offenders because they just don't get it at first, but there are some die-hard members without locations listed too that reduce the effectiveness of our site.

While I'm ranting - lets make "Your Prius Year/Option Package" required too. I'll bet half the responses on our site would be eliminated if we didn't have to keep asking what everyone was driving and roughly where they live.

That's it.

 

I totally agree on its usefulness, but I've also wondered how much of the problem in not posting location is privacy issues---as opposed, say, to simple speed and convenience when members register.

My own guess is that many/most members are also signed up on many other internet sites, and just routinely skip over providing any and all non-essential information, for no particularly good reason.

Most Prius newbies would probably never suspect that their location/climate could be an important factor in helping other members to provide assistance when posting a future question.

Bottom line: I don't think a pinned post gets it. However, if it would be possible (and I don't see why it wouldn't) to put a brief disclaimer/explanation about the importance of stating location, say, just above those boxes when folks first register, there'd be much better response.

The next best thing I can think of would be a recurring (say, twice a year) "thread" (message) from Danny, reminding/asking recently-joined members to add location to their profile.

 

Hello~ Can u please tell me if I am doing the board thing right? How do I start my own topic? And is there an IM for this window? Thanks!
Barry~

 

I am in Cumberland, Md. My first tank traveling says it's averaging 41.5 for the 131 miles traveled. I'm assuming this gets better as u break in the car?! I love it!
Barry~