english is not my native language...
Yes that's clear Andi and this is not easy to say... as you may think I criticize you...so bear with me please a moment?
It's precisely the opposite that makes it possible for me now to even attempt to say this without blame or disrespect... as my high level of admiration of your talents makes it all the more critical to mention this with kindness and in passing (ref.to 'leaf' above?) instead of pointing it out long ago and possibly offending you insteadl, as back then, six months ago some of your postings did create difficulty for me (for some time) and perhaps others more polite to even mention this publicly...yet realize that while attempting to fully grasp your true meaning here (and at times I could not)...this to some extent what will also affect your successful experience with new friends and peers here where English is their native tounge as well...and so in the future is for you to also consider ... see?
The English language (with it's multiple linguistic origins) is full of endless pitfalls where many words sound the same but have entirely different meaning...or worse adre even spelled exactly the same way and require face to face expressions or context to express properly.... Yes, that makes it hard to grasp for us natives here (when learning as children) and so we learn to speak perhaps a bit later in childhood than Europeans...and yet later in life we can perhaps more readily make fine distinctions, at least between ourselves..
Most recent advances in the process of sharing information...as first on the telephone and now over the internet has created a problematic condition where peoples all over the planet are now almost face to face virtually (but not in reality) and the countless idomatic differences each culture has developed (over many centuries of time) now are being tested vigorously and are often unfortunately innocently misinterpreted.... most especially when the process is text only (as it is here).. and there's no personal, face to face contact of any consequence....you see the problem we all face?
So in this highly technical age (especially with your engineering prowess and the particualr issues these e9 cars present) you (and not us as much) have boldly reached out here and if I may for a moment speak for us as a group it's clear that many of us seem to feel that we also wish to fully understand the more subtle elements of your postings...for one because your experience is most welcome and ingenius ... your photographs are top notch and expressive in great detail ...as so I mention this as it's important also for us here to send you the necessary feedback your postings engender...and any process of communication requires inherently. You yourself Andi speak English as a second language FAR more clearly than many of your counterparts... as on other boards such as this one here (and Alpina, etc where you also post) it's practically like pulling teeth to get one's meaning across and or the reverse with some folks (Austrians esp) for some obtuse meaning...and the net result is that it could appear that people from your part of the world just don't care about the impact you might have on others (arrogance) when I am certain in this case that this does not apply to you...
...and that misconception, however incorrect may also impede your own efforts you work so hard to realize...without you realizing it the gap can become wider than it needs to be instead of shrinking (for instance the mailing/posting/coordination of the packages that came here was well organized but have you received proper feedback when you needed it..? Hardly)
Finally, I mention this out of respect for you and your accomplishments...and as you begin to get to know others here...unintentional miscommunication can also drive your less patient counterparts, peers and potential 'clients' to subconsciously avoid the trouble of discerning your true meaning and thus dealing at all with your on that basis as a result.... and that's just Human 'nature' ... so this is the crux of what I am saying just now...that simple mistakes will creep in... and as an engineer you are well aware of how difficult these errors are to remedy later...right? How many times have you 'kicked' your own 'rear' for not realizing a critical fact earlier so that it would not be such a big issue now?
So make your life easier ... perhaps as a suggestion allow someone there near you to review your postings and refine them a bit at a time....until you feel more comfortable and it comes more naturally on your own....and there you go...problem solved!
Cheers!
Ran
