I think the split is a good idea... It keeps the topics posted on top for longer and you dont get the mind numbing rubbish in between... It makes it much easier to look at the posts that have been left since your last visit.. If i only want to look at the car related ones it certainly doesnt take me as much time to sift through the posts for the interesting ones.. Who says progress is a bad thing.. I think it msakes sense to split it up with the volume of people posting up in general discussion.