This topic was sparked by this posting: Is RAV4 SE higher trim than RAV4 XLE?

It's been suggested that

This question does not appear to be about motor vehicle maintenance or repair within the scope defined in the help center.

@Ben has carefully pointed out that another question, this one about Ferrari wheels, is essentially the same type of question, yet nobody suggested it be closed. The Ferrari question actually received a lot of votes.

@Ben is absolutely right. Personally, I don't care what the rules are, just that they are consistent with the goals of the site at large, and clearly communicated to all. As it stands the "goals" of this forum are NOT clearly stated at all. It's vaguely mentioned here, at the "What topics can I ask about" page...

Am I looking at this right? What do you guys think?

Who 'owns' this site, us the users, or some mysterious owners somewhere?

When you take a step back what's the big picture goal here? (My thoughts it's to allow us all to help each other with information related to cars and trucks [and sometimes motorcycles] and keeping them running!)

Gray areas:

• Option content of vehicles.
• Recommendations on purchasing decisions related to automobiles.
• Historical content relating to vehicles.
• Making things look pretty (not related to repair or maintenance)
• Recommendations about specific suppliers of automotive parts or tools. (I had recently made a comment about the free multimeter give away program from a tool supplier that somebody took great offense to...)
• etc...

Again I'm open, I would just request the guidelines be better written to cover the gray areas a bit..

This topic was sparked by this posting: Is RAV4 SE higher trim than RAV4 XLE?

It's been suggested that

This question does not appear to be about motor vehicle maintenance or repair within the scope defined in the help center.

@Ben has carefully pointed out that another question, this one about Ferrari wheels, is essentially the same type of question, yet nobody suggested it be closed. The Ferrari question actually received a lot of votes.

@Ben is absolutely right. Personally, I don't care what the rules are, just that they are consistent with the goals of the site at large, and clearly communicated to all. As it stands the "goals" of this forum are NOT clearly stated at all. It's vaguely mentioned here, at the "What topics can I ask about" page...

Am I looking at this right? What do you guys think?

Who 'owns' this site, us the users, or some mysterious owners somewhere?

When you take a step back what's the big picture goal here? (My thoughts it's to allow us all to help each other with information related to cars and trucks [and sometimes motorcycles] and keeping them running!)

Gray areas:

• Option content of vehicles.
• Recommendations on purchasing decisions related to automobiles.
• Historical content relating to vehicles.
• Making things look pretty (not related to repair or maintenance)
• Recommendations about specific suppliers of automotive parts or tools. (I had recently made a comment about the free multimeter give away program from a tool supplier that somebody took great offense to...)
• etc...

Again I'm open, I would just request the guidelines be better written to cover the gray areas a bit..