APC's motivations??? Create income through ad revenue, same as most social media outlets. The site was sold awhile back, now its just one of many subject specific sites held by an investment group. Sorry to burst your bubble, but APC is what it says it is. No agenda except to draw eyeballs to ads.

Try:

http://www.bimmerfest.com/forums/index.php

or

http://thehangar.forumchitchat.com/

or

http://www.cyclechat.net/