Phone number list

[Gussie2000]

I have proudly put my phone number in all posts since Dec 2006 (OK, really since last March when I finally got a VX).

If anyone ever has a breakdown on I-80 in, ahem, Nebraska. I am graciously at your service.

I have posted on this subject before:
The established VX Members Map should include full contact information, so trekkers can have the information when taking. longish drives in the VX (Includes address, email, day/night phone numbers, repair facility (Garage/driveway)/level of available tools).

When I drove across the country and half way back earlier this year, it would have been nice to know where fellow owners were located along my route, in case of minor or catastrophic failures.

Maybe it's a different time, now, but the Land Rover Community has, and still does, I believe, this mapping and I used it many years ago when I was driving my '72 88" SWB (Marlin Perkins-type, spare on the bonnet) Land Rover from Georgia to Kansas. At KC, all three exhaust manifold-to-first pipe bolts broke off and my truck was screaming and zapped for power. I pulled out the map I had printed and linked up with the Paustians (I'll never forget their name due to their kindness), who were listed on the map as multiple LR owners with a garage and basic tools. I spent the afternoon with them, they fed me, and we removed the broken studs, drilled through the inlet manifold flange, and attached the first pipe to the manifold with straight bolts. It was a Gods Must Be Crazy repair that I rode for about 5 months before I replaced the manifold, not because it wouldn't have worked forever, but was simply unsightly.

Another benefit of my situation above was the respect it garnered from my wife. Sometimes it's hard to keep the spouse as excited about your current 4-wheeled passion as yourself. This story of generosity and field repair only helped keep the support (read that as 'financing') to my present passion flowing.

Please, as a community, support this initiative and if you think merging a full contact list with the Members Map is a good idea, please voice up.

I can't agree more on this particular topic.

Guys !

All this misconception about safety is just too much.
Phones numbers are all of public records no matter what steps you take to avoid it.

The same companies that provide us with products & services sells or shares,to the extend of the law,information such as names,mailing adress and/or phone numbers for "commercial & advertisement" purposes.
I can share with you guys my tale with this ex-member from minnesotta who sold me the racks.
Before he shipped the racks he told he was going to a trip to canada for 1 week;After two weeks i didn't had any info regarding the racks & did sent him few e-mails & no responds.
Honestly i got worried because he already had the payment so i begin to figured out a way to get in touch with him.

After looking into the yellowpages.com website i easly found his house number,he was completely surprise.He's PC got a virus which damaged the hard drive's sector 0 (PC gurus will know what it is) & he didn't had other means to replay my messages,thereafter i was able to get my racks shipped.

We are good people here,we aren't terrorists or criminals to be afraid from each other that way.
I also think that if any of us feels threated by any means HEY ! It's just a number & you can change it any time you want.
I also think about a fellow member from north dakota coming to NYC such as larry & he really needs help going around the city or just to figured out something he needs to know about;Who else but me to give him a hand,by just having my number he can let me know he's in the city so i can be aware of him needing any time my help,or what about me going to FL & needs some one in orlando for tips about good hotels and/or nights clubs to spend quality time ?
I have etlsport,beavertractors,otto,cryzyfool & the rest the members whom attend tri-state meet back in july & quite sure none never had safety issues thru sharing their cellphone numbers with me & viceversa
Again,we are all good family oriented-hard working people with moral.& values that shares at least one common interest
I can't feel my safety compromise with you guys after receiving telemarketers calls all the way from FL about housing opportunities down in fort lauredale.

I'm up for any idea to agree on common grounds to share my number with any one that thinks it's usefull now or in the future.