There is a misconception among some car enthusiasts that your car is what makes you an enthusiast. Basically, you’re an enthusiast if you own a Miata, and you’re not if you own a Corolla. But that isn’t fair, nor is it really the truth. The person makes the enthusiast, no matter what they’re driving.
Griffin Riley, the cool guy who normally edits our videos, wrote a review on the first EV he’s driven, a GMC Hummer EV. It was a great piece! Thomas The Tank Engine:
I’m a car guy, and I’m definitely not just saying that because I’d be promptly fired if it came out I’m an atheist in the church of combustion
You wouldn’t be fired at all.
A certain Mr J. Clarkson once said “Cars themselves are not interesting. What you do with cars is interesting”
A car is freedom, flexibility, independence, the gateway to life and adventure. Whatever the propulsion source.
So many magical experiences happen with the aid of a car – any car – and we as Autopians should know and celebrate this.
It’s why so many of us don’t care about the latest mega-super-hypercar that can go a squillion miles per hour and cost more than the International Space Station.
We love all cars, and what we can do with them and how they work, how they intertwine into our lives.
It’s why we love David’s rusty jeeps, Jason’s taillight obsessions, Mercedes’ Smart cars, Adrian’s design articles, SWG’s rescue tales, road trips, fixing breakdowns with duct tape and twigs, Dacia Sanderos and everything else. And the non-car stuff like trains and so on.
Electric cars are just cars. And they are just as welcome here as everything else.
Mark Tucker wrote a Shitbox Showdown that featured a pretty suspicious Ford Mustang II. Rob Stercraw has really good eyes, and this can help you the next time you’re looking at a car on Facebook or Craigslist:
Mustang II: That gigantic zip tie on the column and the sticker on the corner of the windshield clearly identify it as a Copart auction car. Flipper selling it couldn’t even be bothered to remove that and take their own pictures.
Asshat.
Have a great evening, everyone!
Top graphic image: Griffin Riley
I was a car enthusiast as soon as I could hold a Matchbox in my tiny toddler paw, and I still consider myself to be one. I’m over 60 now, and still consider myself to be an enthusiast (otherwise, why would I be here?) but it no longer extends to my vehicle ownership. I’ve just got other things to do with my money and time.
When I met Torch and the gang at the gang in Vegas on the Crazy Cross Country Taxi Tour™, I somehow felt it necessary to apologize for driving something as boring and ordinary as a CX-5, but Matt was really sweet and gracious and told me it was a neat car.
Reader for life.