Cars and posting on FR are not even remotely the same.
What has made FR so special is the ability of anyone to contribute their two cents worth on any topic. Change that dynamic, and FR will cease to exist as we know it.
Almost every product line that requires development capital follows the same path from high-end to down-market, with very few exceptions.
What has made FR so special is the ability of anyone to contribute their two cents worth on any topic.
None of that would change in anything I've proposed. What might improve are access to old FR archives, search capabilities, customized sidebars, and the like, not to mention speed.