Post by: drewtam on January 19, 2007, 05:04:37 PM
How does this board line up on the motorhead, sportscar question?
Any opinions why this association might exist?
e.g. Both interests dominated by guys??
Drew
Post by: Dannyboy on January 19, 2007, 05:39:01 PM
Post by: Zed on January 19, 2007, 08:15:26 PM
Post by: Matthew Carberry on January 19, 2007, 09:42:25 PM
Manly men's interests for that matter (hippy's don't drive V-8's).
Furthermore, manly men with disposable income and a penchant to spend it on toys.
Post by: Monkeyleg on January 19, 2007, 11:27:50 PM
Don't know if it's testaserone, either.
I just know that pushing the gas pedal or cranking a bike's throttle lever makes me feel good.
If we try to analyze the subject beyond this point, someone will figure out a "cure" for us, and we'll all be doing quilting at some arts and crafts fair.
Post by: Art Eatman on January 20, 2007, 03:03:31 AM
, Art
Post by: grislyatoms on January 20, 2007, 04:42:05 AM
If we try to analyze the subject beyond this point, someone will figure out a "cure" for us, and we'll all be doing quilting at some arts and crafts fair.
Yeah, I don't see myself getting a perm, building terrariums and singing "This Land is Your Land". Ain't gonna happen.
We are talking about powerful machinery here.
What stereotypical "guy" is not drawn to powerful machinery? From an early age?
Who doesn't get that "Tim the Toolman 'Oh ahh ahh ahh ahh'" caveman grunt around, say, a chainsaw? ATV? Monster truck? Offshore powerboat with twin 454 magnums? A Barret .50 BMG?
Not many folks here, I would wager.
Post by: drewtam on January 20, 2007, 04:59:27 AM
Its real easy for us to get caught up at work sitting around talking cars and guns. Its a nice atmosphere, I like my job.
I guess there is the men love 'power' association, but other than that I can't see why the two seem to come together.
Drew
Post by: garyk/nm on January 20, 2007, 07:51:43 AM
Drewtam, I'm jealous; I work with a bunch of academic, bumper-sticker libs. <sigh>
Post by: Gewehr98 on January 20, 2007, 01:22:55 PM
I dunno.
I had a gray-market Porsche 914-6 right after high school, and that little booger was a sheer terror. (For those who don't remember them, they were the 914 with the 911 6-cylinder boxer engine)
Fast forward a few years, and I was driving an Audi 200 Quattro Turbo. "Whispering Death" was what my squadron mates called it. I think I broke a land speed record driving I-95 from Cocoa Beach to Miami one afternoon.
A few years later, I was playing with a blown, big-block 580 CID Chevy S-10 dragster, running 8's in the quarter mile at the Southern Nationals.
It was sold as part of the divorce settlement.
I've been driving a 2001 Chevy S-10 with the ZQ8 package, handles wonderfully, but 2.2L on ethanol still doesn't give me the kick in the pants I missed with my older vehicles. I don't think the winter road salt is good for the thin GM sheet metal, either, so I'd like to park it in the garage during the wintertime and drive something else. I wash it at least once a week to get the salt off of it, yeesh! On the other hand, my wife's Hyundai Elantra is economical, cute, and bland as hell.
As of this morning, I might have a fix for that, and the wife appears to concur with my choice. I just test-drove a nicely-maintained Volvo 740 Turbo (Intercooler) wagon, and my goodness, does that big station wagon get up and go!!! It needs a little TLC with respect to brake pads and tailgate struts, but the man says I can have it for $800.00.
So I told her it would haul my guns and ammo cans to and from the range, get the groceries, and haul the two big dogs around in style and comfort. She doesn't like the 5-speed, but she's not the one who would be driving it the most.
Post by: Matthew Carberry on January 20, 2007, 01:32:07 PM
Post by: Standing Wolf on January 20, 2007, 04:18:09 PM
Post by: cosine on January 20, 2007, 07:39:21 PM
Gadgets is gadgets is gadgets.
And that's all that needs to be said on the subject.
Post by: Perd Hapley on January 20, 2007, 07:54:21 PM
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Who doesn't get that "Tim the Toolman 'Oh ahh ahh ahh ahh'" caveman grunt around, say a chainsaw? ATV? Monster truck?
Me. Chainsaws mean work. Two-cycle engines mean work mixing fuel and pulling cords before you can even get to the work itself. I have this wierd infatuation with my cheap-o Ryobi circ saw, however.
