I know what it's like to be knowledgeable about something (although not when it comes to cars in my case) on a forum and have new people constantly ask the same questions and how frustrating that can be, but if you don't have the information easily available to them, that's going to happen a lot more often. I see this problem on a lot of the good forums.
When it comes to cars, I'm a noob and have about 350 questions I want to ask but I know it will piss people off if I did that. Some of these things I can search for, but searching through thousands of threads with the search feature requires using a search term, and if I don't know something, how am I supposed to know what to search? How do I even know that after looking and trying a whole bunch of different keywords, a thread addressing the question I'm looking for even exists and I'm not just going on a wild goose chase?
I think it would be really helpful if we made some sort of sticky in each section (wheels, brakes, appearance etc.) that was a guide to the important stuff to know. The FAQ is great, but there are still a million other things that aren't gone over.
For example, with wheels.
We could have a sticky that says "wheel guide" that lists what some of the best tires are for each diameter for daily driving and maybe also offroading or winter as well. We could add something about the different lug nut pattern, a link to changing brake pads, how to know when to change brake pads, why you'd want to lift, why you'd want to drop, who offers the best lifts and best drop kits (well, I guess that would go in the suspension one but you get my point) etc.
I think that probably would be a lot of work, so I understand if no one wants to take that on. However, I think it would be really, really cool to at least do some sort of GMTNation community approved preventative maintenance schedule. The one in the manual seems to not be the whole story. For example, it seems that everyone knows to go with AC Delco Iridium plugs, but obviously it doesn't say that anywhere in the manual. Another one would be like, grease your spare tire thingy, which definitely is not in the manual and seems to be a biggy. Also, the manual lists things by time or miles, but some preventative maintenance items are based on when you see early warning signs. For example, reading the manual, you wouldn't know that it's time to clean the throttle body if you're idling rough with the AC on. Stuff like that.
The pros: lot of unnecessary posts would be avoided because people might just find the info they wanted in the stickies/guides, those that still post can simply be replied to with a link to the guide, and it would serve as a great way to get everyone's consensus on various issues.
The cons: it would be a lot of work!, it would be hard to get a consensus on some issues that are controversial (probably could just list multiple answers), it might be difficult to know when to stop (how niche of a question is too niche for the guide?).
What do you guys think?