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Fun fact: at least one of the mods of this community is a car guy.
One of the many great things about my "daily driver" being a bicycle is that all my cars can be project cars, instead of having to get rid of them to own something boring and reliable instead.
Frankly, I think the overlap between anti-car-dependency urbanists and car enthusiasts is a lot bigger than people give it credit for. It's the normie commuters who see cars as an appliance and can't imagine an alternative who are the problem.
If I didn’t need to drive my car I would definitely be working on it a lot more
That was always my dream if I lived more rurally. Imagine having a garage so big that you could work on several cars all the time!
As it turns out I found more interesting things to build and fix, so my peak “car guy” was like 17 and I never did anything more complex than replace brakes and springs
First apartment: 1200sq/ft.
Current garage: 900sq/ft.
I’m getting there…
Spent the last couple weekends doing maintenance on a couple things out there cause it’s been abnormally warm.
Yeah, when I bought my house (in an urban neighborhood), I had a choice between a 3/2 with a basement or a 2/1 with a 1/1 detached 2-car carriage house. I went with the former because my wife liked it better and I figured I could knock a hole in the basement wall to park cars in it, but I haven't actually done that so I kinda regret not picking the latter. Having to work on my cars in the driveway really cramps my style.
Good to know that I'm not the only one. I don't see plane guys and submarine guys using those as their daily drivers. I do have to ask though: am I a hypocrite if I want walkable cities but also want to embrace van life? I would love to get my hands on an old Soviet UAZ-452 and travel around Lake Superior and Lake Tahoe in it.
Have you considered a sailboat instead? More space, less fuel.
Same, but I don't have room/money for it so I just watch motorsports.
Would it be alright still if we just wheeled a guillotine in front of your house anyway? It would be purely a symbolic gesture, but I'm sure people will bring beer and will want a quick tour of your cars, and uh yeah we'll see how far the party goes
No, thank you. I don't really care for beer.
Well, can I sit in one of your cars and make "nyeeooooooww" noises followed by "eu-eu-eu-eu- POW -vrooooom". After that I will leave.
We can skip straight to the hard stuff.