NAM does have the highest traffic of owners wishing to buy and sell parts, which makes it a valuable resource. Other aspects of this forum are not the best. It was a moderator who sold me damaged parts, then riled and accused me of damaging them. He was wild and uncontrolled. Got PayPal to make him take back the parts and refund money, but I still had to pay shipping. I gave him a negative rating, but it disappeared. I guess as a moderator, he can go in and change things. Would hate to see you go, as MINI owners would lose a valuable resouce in information and a source of parts. The other forum has some good information, but most of the posting there are more of a social network babblings rather than car specific topics.