A Day In The Life Of A Petrolhead In 2016

8AM - Waking up in the morning

Getting out of bed every morning is probably the worst part of our everyday lives. Unless of course, it’s a Sunday morning, and you have a car meet to look forward to. After peeling your eyes open, you quickly check if your car is still in front of your house and say to yourself “What a beauty”.

9AM - Browsing used cars on the way to school / work

You use your morning commute to browse cars you can’t afford and calculate the amount of time you’d need to save up for them. This activity often turns into comparing finance deals and adding up the value of your sellable possessions.

9:30AM to 5:30PM - Pretending to work, but really you're just hanging out on the CT app

Due tomorrow? Do tomorrow. It’s time to release some stress by roasting cars in the “Roast My Ride” community.

6PM - After a hard day at "work" you jump into your car to go for cruise

Hands down the best part of your day. You forget all your troubles and head down to your favourite local twisty.

6:30PM - During your post-work cruise, you remember you haven't checked your oil level for weeks

You quickly think about the times you abused your engine (basically every red light) and cross your fingers there is still some juice in there. After confirming your dipstick is dry as a desert, you quickly check everything else on the car. Your tyres? They’ll last another couple of weeks… at least that’s what you’ve been telling to yourself for the past 3 months.

7PM - Time to fill her up

After running on fumes for the last 3 miles, you roll into the nearest petrol station to feed the beast. You put in no more than 10 litres (weight reduction bro) and promise yourself it will last you the week. On your way home you try to achieve maximum MPG but get bored and put pedal to the metal after 5 minutes of boredom.

8PM - Dinner time

Tonight you’re in for a treat. You’ve been eyeing those BBQ flavoured Ramen noodles for a while now so it’s time to put the kettle on and save another £5 towards car parts.

9PM - Watching an unnecessary amount of car videos on YouTube

Nurburgring crashes, dashcam fails, exhaust clips and old Top Gear episodes are the best to kill time before going to bed. There is something therapeutic in watching car videos while finishing off the last bits of your noodles. What time to be alive.

10PM - Checking CT notifications just one more time

That post you made as a joke ramped up an unexpected amount of comments. Before going to bed, you need to make sure you reply to everyone and clear all notifications so you can have a good night’s sleep.