I understand this point but I will combat it, perhaps unless your some sort of share holder of a auto company they aren't even asking...
But they ask for our input and our opinions yet they don't really make it clear how they want us to communicate it, take the franchise blog where they say they want our input, "not just minor tweaks but BIG THINGS" yet most people came on this board and said "how do we send our suggestions"
As far as fostering respect, that's exactly my point in how it seem there is no real way, what if I don't have the time, or no nitpicky mindset to post everyday to critique then I come off as not being a respected member of the community so are my suggestions not going to be as vital as for say the CD guys