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Dear Peter,
May this find You well. I respectfully beg leave to differ. I tend to ask questions that have technical content. Such questions have specific answers. Those, who have such answers, do me a great service by putting at my disposal, their experience and insights. Those, who do not have the answer - or any insight into it - do no one any good.
Many questions are posed - e.g., concerning sunroofs, which item is not present on my 940 - to which I can offer no answer at all. So, I don't answer.
When a question is posed, that for several days gets no response from this Board's bona-fide experts (in no particular order) - e.g., Rule 308, Porkface, Lucid, Dave Stevens, etc. - I may offer a view, that at least points the questioner in the right direction.
However, if the question is one where I have no insight or experience, I don't reply. I consider that I have a duty to do no harm.
The only bad question is the one not asked. However, there are bad answers: some are factually wrong (and at times this can be lethal) and others are simply off-point (not wrong, but simply not helpful).
An example of death danger that can come from getting the facts wrong: working on or around SRS components (airbags or pyrotechnic seatbelt pre-tensioners) without having taken the precautions set forth in the Volvo technical manual. I surely labor the obvious when I state that an airbag deployment, when one's head is close to the device, can be lethal.
In sum, in this realm - as in many others - self-discipline is useful. When strange symptoms are reported, many chime in. Inevitably some are wrong. I have no issue with that.
But when a technical question is posed, e.g., what is the torque specification for wheel lugs on a 940, there is a correct answer (63 pound feet or 85 Newton meters). Those, who give another answer, because they don't know - or can't be bothered to find the answer from a sound source - do a disservice.
Yours faithfully,
Spook
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