If folks haven't used the "Active Topics" feature of the site, you may find that useful to see what new activity has occured on the site since your last visit. Also, notice the two drop downs, "Active Topics since" and the one to the far right "Reload Automatically ..." (it may be set to don't reload). If you are working in your garage and you want to share your experience with others on the forum you can leave your PC on with the reload and you'll be alerted to someone looking for help or answering your questions. I leave the reload on every 15 minutes when I am in my basement/garage.
Note: I will be picking up the coding these next few months, so new features are coming.