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Forums are tricky..
You either need to be the first out of the gate or be at the right place at the right time when a current forum's user base is unhappy and susceptible to change.
Example, most forums for games that become the authority sites are usually started almost as soon as the game is announced. Often a year or more before the game is released. Usually with a supporting news site on the front end, meaning it's a long term time investment.
Car forums are much the same way..It's very rare for a new model of car to be created, but if it is, you can bet there will be a forum created when it's first announced.
Example.. look at Rx8Club.com that domain was created in 2001 but the car didn't go into production until 2003. It's the number 1 ranked site for RX8 forum and number 2 for Rx8 just under wikipedia.
Same goes for most other marketable things. Simply put you have to win the war at being one of the first & the best out the door at the start or steal another forums member base.
Out side of that and just getting lucky with loads of hard work you need to be an expert in the field and have something that others are interested in.
Worst case you can check out theadminzone.com I haven't visited there in many years but I used it to try to bump start a forum I had. They have a deal where other webmasters help each other out as posters on new forums.
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