see i agree with most of the posts so far, i wouldnt have probably more then 20 rep if we started this to begin with, now i do try to help out people that i can buuuuut.....most of the time the people that ask questions (that i can answer) are noobs, so even if they do rep me their rep doesnt even count cuz their noobs and its just nuetral rep (unless thats changed). most of the questions i ask are now in the VIP section. plus there are lots of different ways to help people besides JUST in the tech section, like if somebody wants to know how to post a youtube video or pictures or such.
i dont really care that much about rep but its just one of those things that IMO adds to the community and once u take away that addition (or in this case limit) that interaction that other people enjoy having, its kinda a bummer. i dont care too much either way about rep. but once u have what most people think a good thing u dont really wanna have that thing reduced, limited, or made more of an inconvieince.
I rep'd people for making me lawl on days when i felt terrible, and that in itself even tho its not technically something that helps me out with my car, it helped me to keep an interest in this site and the people on it. which in turn makes me stay interested in modding my car which IS what this site is about... just my 2 cents.