This article goes out to the ladies whose boyfriends have a car addiction, or even the boyfriend with the girlfriend with the gear-head issue. Dating someone with an addiction is always hard to deal with. But it is up to you whether you want to put up with what I'm about to list -- which is all the stuff we love to do, but you hate with a passion.
1. They will spend all their money on car parts.
Turbos and fuel injectors aren't free, silly. Everyone has a hobby or something they uncontrollably spend money on. Our hobby just so happens to make us smile a lot more than yours does.
2. They will spend even more money at the fuel pump.
When you start doing some pretty serious modifications to your car, you will slowly stop thinking in miles per gallon and start thinking in smiles per gallon from the gains your new, bigger turbo gives your car. Warning: your significant other will convince you to let them convert their car to run on ethanol because it's a lot cheaper than gasoline. But in reality, he'll get even worse mileage, but he won't care because of the gains, bro.
3. They will own more cars than you do shoes.
There are some car enthusiasts who will drive the same car for the rest of their lives because they love their car that much. Good for them. I enjoy seeing loyalty to cars. But on the other hand, there are many people (like myself) who always have their car for sale or trade. These kinds of people get called familiar names -- "car whores." My response to people who call me a car whore or slut? Life is too short to drive one car for the rest of your life, so drive every car until they put you in the dirt.
4. Their car will spend more time on jack stands than it will on the road.
Sorry, petrol heads, I can't defend us on this one at all because it's true. Here's a perfect example of my car and my friend's car on a jack stand date -- a week-long date to be exact.
5. They will find any reason to drive their car.
We all have gone through the intense rock paper scissor matches to decide whose going to drive to McDonald's. Well have no fear the petrol head is here. We will find any excuse to drive because we trust nobody else driving, and we also just love driving that much. I can't tell you how many times I have "accidentally" missed the exit home and had to take the back roads home.
6. The house is full of random tools, tires, jacks, and the carpet will have oil stains.
I actually do not have an explanation for this. We accumulate a lot of crap -- sorry about that.
The life of a petrol head is very confusing and fascinating to common folk. I hope I was able to explain what goes on in our minds so next time when your significant other is up until 4 a.m. wrenching on his car you will understand why.
