I pretty much exclusively search through google, adding "site:xxxxxx.com" to narrow it to the one in question. For example, for my F250 Ill search "2017+ super duty [key words] site:ford-trucks.com." The first part of the quote keeps me within my truck generation's forum. If I don't find it there, and cant find it anywhere else, Ill ask the question.
All that said, I was a physics teacher before, and now am a USAF flight instructor about to head out for my 5th deployment. Some folks will always hate noobs, but I always openly advertise that I'll give a real answer to any question a new guys asks. I'd much rather them ask the stupid question on the ground, than be overhead a target wondering "wait, was I supposed to hit switch A first, or switch B first?"
So yeah, ask away! Really, even if the topic gets discussed once every few months, chances are your new thread will engage different people, which increases everyone's education.