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It's a good idea in general, but the reason that these automotive forums have persisted virtually unchanged since 1998 is because they're sitting on a tremendous knowledge base that you can search.

If you can figure out a way to get these forums to migrate to your platform (yes, make it a platform), then I think you're on to something.

The other option is to just create the communities from the ground up and let the users fill in the gaps in knowledge.

People tend to have particular tastes when it comes to cars, so I think it's good to form communities around makes and models early on, or more general categories like hotrods or european sports cars.

Of course, I usually only go to car forums when looking up how to do a repair or something on my own car. It's a classic Saab, so the forums are simply the best place to get information on repairs.

[dlf]

Wait... I believe I just answered part of my feedback. I see it automatically adds a category once I add a car. That's cool.

In that case, that should be almost the first thing the user does. The form when you sign up is really scary looking. I would just have a modal that let's you enter the cars you own, and maybe a few that you would like to own, then let the user take it from there and play around in the communities.

[MotoBabble]

Thank you for looking! Yes, we understand that knowledge is what will drive this type of site. We are working on making everything simpler and to interact in a seamless way. We automatically add a community based on the car they enter so that the user may talk to like minded people right a way but if they have interest in other areas, they can jump around.

We are going to look at our sign up form and make it simpler to get in and get active.