Car guy? Really?

[ckissick]

Originally Posted by island911

at least he sounds eager to learn. --teach!

I think it will be my civic duty to ask him to help me put the engine and tranny back in the car.

[Bill Douglas]

A wise man. He likes driving them, not fixing them.

[RANDY P]

It's true- everyone has to start somewhere and better willing to learn than someone who just buys a car to post pics of on instagram or FB. I learned about cars out of necessity of being broke and wanting to drive as a kid.

There is a strain of car guys out there that just want to own the latest internet buzz- big (but unusable in real life HP #'s) - just to bench race.

The older you get, the less you care about HP #'s and more into the whole balance of the car- does it drive nice, can you work on it, is it capable enough for what you want to do? Is it actually fun to drive? Those are the qualities that really matter, not absolute HP.

rjp

[wdfifteen]

Mmmm. Without googling it, how many "car guys" can tell me what this is.

It may be THE most common car part in history to date.

[ckissick]

Ejector seat button?

[Don Ro]

A coil?

[matthewb0051]

Originally Posted by ckissick

I think it will be my civic duty to ask him to help me put the engine and tranny back in the car.

Jeez, say 'gear box' not 'tranny'. He is young and will think you are talking about something else or may get offended.

[Les Paul]

Model T 4 of them

[Noah930]

Originally Posted by onewhippedpuppy

I've met a lot of Porsche guys who couldn't tell the difference between a distributor and carburetor. You can still be a car guy without wrenching, some people just don't have that knack.

I'm not a great wrench. But IMO a self-proclaimed car guy should at least know how car stuff works, even if they don't know how to fix it physically when it doesn't.

[URY914]

They're all about rims. Not wheels

[rcooled]

Originally Posted by URY914

They're all about rims. Not wheels

Chris Rock talkin' about rims. (Contains profanity...it's Chris Rock after all)

[Tervuren]

Originally Posted by DanielDudley

College kid helped me work on my cars last weekend. My newest sports car is older than he is.

Reading this makes me happy.

I somewhat lament when I see an older gentlemen give up a car because they are too old to keep working on it, surely isn't there some younger person they know that they could work with? I would have loved as a teenager or early twenties to get to work on a car with direction from someone that worked on their own car for decades and knows everything about it.

So thanks for giving him he opportunity to work with you!

[manbridge 74]

I go Scottsdale for Barrett every other year. The guys I go with have know idea what they are looking at, just what looks good to them by appearance.

[LWJ]

Coil. Fords needed 4 I believe.

Back on topic, yes. A lot of douche-nozzles think they are car guys.

It's how places like JC Whitney stay in business. I have a funny story about those goofy wings you used to see on ricer cars but it's too long to type. I think all you get it anyway. Summary, they look cool but do nothing positive for the car.

[Tervuren]

When I read some of these posts I completely understand why Paul sold his 911S and bought a Mustang.

[yellowperil]

[QUOTE=manbridge 74;10084484]I go Scottsdale for Barrett every other year. The guys I go with have know idea what they are looking at, just what looks good to them by appearance.[/QUOTE

"know idea"? Really?

[stevej37]

Originally Posted by LWJ

It's how places like JC Whitney stay in business. I have a funny story about those goofy wings you used to see on ricer cars but it's too long to type. I think all you get it anyway. Summary, they look cool but do nothing positive for the car.

Sort of like the rear spoiler on my 78SC

[Flat Six]

Originally Posted by Seahawk

Remember the water station on the Grapevine?

Duuuuude . . . now yer talkin'!

[masraum]

Originally Posted by stevej37

Sort of like the rear spoiler on my 78SC

This should have been green, right? Assuming you ever get over 60mph, then the stock tail on a 911 is working for you, as is the front lip. It may not be an improvement if you've only got one vs both.

[stevej37]

^^^ Have both...just saying that the positive effects are prob no greater than the spoiler on a ricer...esp with a rear-drive ricer!