Bushtrackers Forever!

A guy I worked with in Gove many years ago has been thinking about buying a BT. He has been reading the Forum & in an e-mail the other day commented to the effect that given all the negative comments he wonders why anyone buys one! Discussion Groups serve different needs for different people but in the end we all hope to gain knowledge. Alexander Pope summed it up beautifully, "A little learning is a dangerous thing; drink deep, or taste not the Pierian Spring:" My Grandmother had a quotation on the wall, which I have never come across again, that went something like, "Let me have men about me that know how to do things, rather than men who know how things ought to be done." Discussion groups that attract people who know "how to do things" are fortunate. All public domain groups shows the occasional tendency to reflect opinions rather than facts, however it is an absolute trueism, that in the end, the laws of physics are everything, the basis for our existence. My concern runs deeper than just opinions vs fact, many participants in the Group own Bushtrackers, & in our case would buy the brand again, yet the outsider reading the postings must wonder. Nothing in this world is perfect, this is the case with every product we buy from a BT to bicycle. The Group Participants need to emphasise the positive, in our case we have taken our BT to the bounds of buggery, as they say, & been amazed at the punishment it has absorbed - the van has given us reliability & pleasure well beyond our expectations. There are faults & potential improvements - this just life. We have gained an amazing number of ideas, many of which we have adopted, from this & other Caravan focused Forums but are always disappointed when the points made become too negative or personal. It is our hope that BT, Steve & Tracey et al, will eventually join the Group based on the understanding that we are all proud to tow a BT & the Group exists to share experiences & to find improvements that we may be able to install ourselves & will find their way into the manufacturing process. Many times on the road people have looked at our BT with envy & indicated that they regard the product as the Best available - this is our view & we all should try & reflect this in our postings. Andy