I recognize appreciating cool machines, I really do. I’ve just never been able to wrap my head around being a car guy. Spending huge chunks of change on a car, consistently modifying it, watching car shows all the time. I just dont get it. What’s the big draw for you?
It’s a blend of art and engineering. I don’t appreciate a lot of traditional art. Music, movies and TV, but not theater or paintings or most sculpture. But a good looking car just draws your eyes to it like an attractive person, but it’s rude to stare at people. It’s almost rude to NOT stare at a Porsche 911 GT3 RS.
Then there’s the beauty of the engineering. Thousands of parts working together to make one beautiful machine do what it’s supposed to do. It’s like how society is supposed to work. But instead of a GT3 RS, we’ve got a '96 Dodge neon with no working starter, only two working forward gears, a door that won’t open and electrical issues.
In today’s world it’s harder and harder to justify being a car guy, but I’ve loved em since I can remember.
Edit: I would add to that, the same feelings I have about cars being a blend of art and engineering, is the same reason I have a great respect for architecture. True great architecture is also a blend of art and engineering. You can replace the Porsche with Notre Dame, while the F-150 can be replaced with a modern factory. Utilitarian garbage.
That’s an excellent answer I respect the engineering a ton as well.
There was one time I almost got in trouble with a gf at the time. I was driving and I saw an F430 driving the opposite direction, and I said “oh fuck, I’d kill to be inside you.” Apparently there was an attractive woman on the sidewalk at the same time, but on the opposite side. She said “EXCUSE ME?!?” Then as I looked at her from the opposite direction, she realized I didn’t notice the attractive girl, “you were talking about a car, huh?” I hadn’t noticed the girl, and she hadn’t noticed the car. I’ve never seen eyes roll harder than that.