A real car guy

[J-hop]

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It would never occur to somebody to call themselves a ‘real car guy’ unless they were.

I found the opposite. The guys I know who I’d consider true car guys. The guys that own a proper torque wrench (not a ctire special). The guys that have had their hands inside an engine. The guys that have built 500+hp engines with their own hands. Those guys are the ones that will never announce themselves as a car guy.

They’ll sit idly by smiling while some guy with more cash or debt tolerance than brains spouts about how they are a car guy because they read a brochure and bought a nice car but have never wrenched a day in their life.

Sure I’d call that other guy an enthusiast. But a car guy? Nope

I’m forever chasing this, until my project car is a serious track car I’ll consider myself a poser

[Darell_n]

I don't think being a real car guy has anything to do with money, whatsoever. Otherwise it would be called a real poor financial decision guy instead.

[J-hop]

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I don't think being a real car guy has anything to do with money, whatsoever. Otherwise it would be called a real poor financial decision guy instead.

No, nothing to do with money. Just whether someone gets their hands dirty or not.

what I mean can pretty much be summed up by the opening scene of Tokyo drift. Real car guy builds his car. Other guy reads some magazine articles, memorized specs then buys a nice car and thinks he’s some Motorhead

“You can read the brochure” - Sean Boswell

[max_boost]

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I think beyond has two or three types of car guys.
1) guys who are regularly in competitive racing
And 2) guys who spend a significant amount of thier wealth on automobiles.
Edit: maybe 3) guys who are into watching motorsports.

I'm neither. Just a dude who appreciates how damned good even cheap cars have become and who can do mid-level difficulty repairs himself.

#2 use to be me

Now i am none of the above haha

[JRSC00LUDE]

Nikola Tesla. Duh.

[A790]

A former buddy of mine is the definition of real car guy.

His cars are all well treated. He works on all of them. They all (like 6+ cars) have his touch on them somewhere.

He loves the community and helps people. He helped me turbo a Kia Forte in my garage. He even paid for most of the small shit that I didn't realize was something to even think about.

A real car guy doesn't shit talk, unlesss they're appreciating the shit they're talking about.

[ExtraSlow]

I'll agree with that, a real car guy doesn't talk shit and can appreciate the positive qualities in anyone's ride, even if it's slower and older.

[LUDELVR]

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I'll agree with that, a real car guy doesn't talk shit and can appreciate the positive qualities in anyone's ride, even if it's slower and older.

This is what I'm talking about. It's the word appreciate that makes it for me. You don't necessarily have to agree with the build or like it but to appreciate it... you understand that there is a desire to alter the car to what the owner wants it to be, just like each and every one of us. Why build a car to someone else's liking when you have to own it? If you like, then do it.

[D'z Nutz]

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my view about a real car guy is someone that loves all cars and can see potential in all of them and can work on his own cars for the most part.

I think to me this is the best definition of "a real car guy".

I don't agree that you have race, or have put $XXXXX amount of money into a car, or know how to disassemble and reassemble your ride to be "a real car guy" cause some people just don't have the means or accessibility even though the passion is there. That's like saying you can only like astronomy if you've been to space.

[Xtrema]

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I'll agree with that, a real car guy doesn't talk shit and can appreciate the positive qualities in anyone's ride, even if it's slower and older.

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You don't have to own them.

You don't have to work them.

All you need is appreciating them.

[J-hop]

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I think to me this is the best definition of "a real car guy".

I don't agree that you have race, or have put $XXXXX amount of money into a car, or know how to disassemble and reassemble your ride to be "a real car guy" cause some people just don't have the means or accessibility even though the passion is there. That's like saying you can only like astronomy if you've been to space.

I guess for me it’s astronomers thinking they’re astronauts that gets me.

[Sugarphreak]

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[shakalaka]

Real car guy? Someone who likes cars....a lot.

[NissanFanBoy]

Guys who drive Hondas are fake car guys.

[dirtsniffer]

Does nissan have more than 1 exciting vehicle?

[ExtraSlow]

The Nissan Kashi is Shure an excitingly spelled car name!

[NissanFanBoy]

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Does nissan have more than 1 exciting vehicle?

Not really, just the one haha and I'm a big fan of it.

[J-hop]

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Guys who drive Hondas are fake car guys.

Tell real street performance that haha.

Yea man, unless you’ve built a car running single digit 1/4 mile times you haven’t earned the right to talk trash, end of story.

[NissanFanBoy]

Real car guys live their lives a quarter mile at a time then?

PS, some of my closest friends drive Hondas

[J-hop]

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Real car guys live their lives a quarter mile at a time then?

PS, some of my closest friends drive Hondas

Haha no just essentially if you want to talk trash about cars you better have something serious lurking in your garage to back you up.