My teacher and friends say that I am addicted to cars... Every time I look at cars they tell me to stop. I don't have any friends who are car guys, and nobody understands how I feel
I hate that I have nobody to talk about cars with in person, and that everyone thinks cars are stupid. I get nothing but hate when I talk about cars, but I don’t ever want to give them up. I know that it isn’t a problem, and it doesn’t really get in the way of school work, but I can’t convince my teachers, family, or friends of that. Nobody understands that cars are my passion, and nobody thinks that it is possible to care as much as I do about cars. Any time they ask me about a random car fact, I give an immediate answer, and they make fun of me for knowing those things. They have no idea why I would want to know the exact horsepower figure of the new Audi R8, or why I know about some of the most obscure cars. It’s getting hard to deal with it, because I can’t find anyone to talk about it with. My friends think that I am either addicted to cars, depressed, or both. Help from other car people would be greatly appreciated.
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I went through the same thing during school and still am (In High School right now). The best advice I can give to you is think about it like this, everybody has their own passion… for me and you its cars and for other people it may be something else (sports or video games). You also need to realize that the majority of people only think of cars as a way to get from point a to b and they don’t appreciate all the hard work and time it took to design and build these great machines. The solution I found was to get involved in this forum here and start talking to people. You can meet people on CT that have the same interests as you and you can have a nice discussion in the comments. You can also search on the internet for local car meets and go to them (if you have a car). You may not know anyone at first but eventually you will get to know people and you may become friends for life because of your shared interest. Trust me it may be hard even scary at first but it will get better. You can tell your friends and teachers to not make fun of you because cars are your passion and that they should respect your interests. Also if you ever feel down and just need someone to talk car facts with ill give you my email.
P.S. What are the HP and Torque figures on the New R8 V10??
HP for the V10 Plus is 602, not sure about torque. There are a lot of cars I have memorized, but I forgot about the torque and the base R8
Dude, don’t worry.
It is hard to find someone intressted in cars when you can’t even drive them.
When your colleagues gets older they for sure will start being intressted in cars and they will appreciate your help with buying or fixing their cars.
And for know you have carthrottle :D
And maybe try to find someone in your school who will share your passion, it is hard beacuse no one shows that so much, but it is not impossible.
Yeah. I can drive them now actually, have my own. It’s hard because when I tell people about my car, they either have no idea what I’m talking about, or they don’t care. To them my car is just a free taxi
Honestly tough time i went through it to. It takes some time. when u get into the life u will run into car fanatics like urself but its kinda like a process of trial and error. ull get there eventually.
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You’ll make more car friends as you get older. I was lucky I always had my uncles to talk to about cars when I was younger. Once I got my first car and started going to meets, shows, and events is when I met most of the car people I know today. You’ll also meet people in places you’d least expect it. One of my closest friends I met because my roommate in university and him were studying in our dorm room. He saw me watching motor trend and that was that. Its hard for people have a passion for cars when they’re in high school because they really haven’t had the chance to experience cars and what they can do yet. A few guys I knew in high school became huge car nuts years later, it just took time for them to catch the bug. I was lucky because my uncles both raced and would always take me to the track and let me help them with their cars from a very young age.
Yeah, my uncle has worked at car dealers for a while, and he has had the privilege of working at a Ferrari Dealer, which also had a Maserati dealer, a Lamborghini dealer, and he currently works at a Porsche Dealer. He has been able to drive the new Cayman GT4, and I forgot to ask him if he got to drive the 918 they had at the dealership for a while. My grandpa raced various different kinds of cars when he was younger, and recently retired from racing. He still owns his own mechanic shop and raced spec miata until a few years ago. Hearing my grandpa’s awesome stories and learning about modern cars from my uncle was really what got me started.
On a side note, my grandpa once told me a story about a time when a customer of his came in one day telling him that he had ordered a Lamborghini Miura, but the car was shipped in boxes of parts, not an entire car. My grandfather had to put together the Miura from parts without an instruction manual. I don’t know if it was a true story or not, but I like to believe that it is.
How you should go through it:
Discover their passions and compare yours to theirs:
having a passion for cars is just as having a passion for computers/videogames/football/clothes/whatever. Get this concept through.
How I went through that:
Talked about my other numerous interests
Yeah. The problem when I ask them about their passions is that usually they don’t have a single passion. They have a bunch of smaller things that they care about, but they can’t relate to me. My one big passion compared to all of theirs doesn’t really add up sadly
Don’t worry bro. I’m almost sure that many petrolheads suffer the same problem when young. At last, they will understand the importance of that knowledge in the society. and will respect you. Just keep doing your things well done.
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One advice I can give you is .. if you love cars so much.. dont let anyone deter you from that.. so what if you cant talk to them.. you talk about school… but as you get older… you will go to college and there will be even fewer people to talk abt it there.. and even lower in work place… dont let that stress you out.. I myself just have a couple of people to talk to abt it..they call me crazy but i like it .. i like it when they need my advice on a particular car.. . at least my wife gets my passion and she loves it when I talk about it or spend time on it.. you will find some one like this too.. but my advice is … follow it and make a career out of it.. i didnt follow my heart/passion and ended up in a field that even though pays me, I am not happy waking up and going to work for.. make sure you follow it.. just knowing figures like HP and torque wont get you anywhere… cos these are readily available on internet.. learn what makes the car so special.. if its able to generate X HP what did it to over the last gen to make it so.. what new tech are car manufacturers using… all this is stuff that will help you, modifying car.. or if you end up getting an engineering degree.. in the thought process.. and just like I found a voice here on this forums.. you will too.. and remember …its better to be addicted to cars than drugs and alcohol .. cheers !!
Thanks! I am planning on studying aerospace so I can become an aerodynamicist for race cars. It’s something that appeals to me and I hope I will be able to do it in the future.
leave them alone they clearly dont know what happiness is my parents think that im obsessed with cars and still support me but not all the time, telling me i need to grow up (Im 16) almost everyone that I see at school are mostly ricers and clearly they dont know s*it about engines or how they work all they know is Honda
My best advice is to join a car club. Go to cars and coffee, join your local Mitsubishi club, you’ll find plenty of good people at both. As for your family, you can always call them together and talk about how it bothers you that they don’t respect your passion and that it’s not just a passing fad or a problem, that some very successful people are car freaks (Jay Leno, John Green, Adnan). Just have an open and frank conversation about what bothers you and what you’re passionate about, if they cut you off don’t get mad and start a yelling contest, just ask them to please let you finish because this is important to you. It’s important to let your family know when something bothers you. “This is important to me” is a very valuable line to use here. I wish you all the best, good luck.
Yeah, my dad is a car guy too, but not to the extent that I am, and he still doesn’t understand
Don’t be deterred by such antics to drive you away from your passion. CT is a great place to start if you want to talk to people about cars without getting someone trying to flame you (at least not very often)