Oppo, I have a SICK confession to make....

"K-Roll-PorscheTamer" (k-roll390)
07/06/2014 at 19:02 • Filed to: Confessions

Being a car enthusiast, this is probably the first thing I should have done by now, but I haven't, and it brings me many sads...

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I've always wanted to go but could never, and still cannot find the time to go. Because it's Saturday mornings and I work at the same time it runs, I've never been able to make it to ONE! hopefully I'll find some time to go to one before the summer's up!

Have some of this for whatever reason:

DISCUSSION (42)

JGrabowMSt > K-Roll-PorscheTamer
07/06/2014 at 19:04

even my girlfriend "who doesnt like cars" attended one two states away.

come with us next time in PA, NJ or CT, and ill go halfway with you on gas.

Vince-The Roadside Mechanic > K-Roll-PorscheTamer
07/06/2014 at 19:13

WI doesn't have any. We have regular car shows every other week.

Jedidiah > K-Roll-PorscheTamer
07/06/2014 at 19:16

I only went to one. There were about 1300 cars present and I had the only Cutlass (aside from my sister). I don't know if I will go back to one or not.

You start to glance over the hundreds of Porsches and Corvettes because they inevitably get boring. You can only talk about someone else's rhd Nissan for so long before you want to go home.

Personally, exotics don't excite me and the classic car turnout is what you would expect. Unfortunately, you see one and you see them all.

The most interesting thing at mine was a Reliant Scimitar.

Manuél Ferrari > K-Roll-PorscheTamer
07/06/2014 at 19:18

Don't worry that doesn't make you a bad person. I hadn't been to one until last weekend. I don't normally work on Saturday mornings but I am always tired from working all week and hate getting up early on Saturdays...

When I went I met a guy in his 20s who has a Ferrari 458. He admitted that he's never driven stick. Now that's a big confession!

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > K-Roll-PorscheTamer
07/06/2014 at 19:19

Me either :(

EL_ULY > K-Roll-PorscheTamer
07/06/2014 at 19:30

jedidiah is right. They are such massive turn outs the you start going into an odd mode where "hey a gallardo.....ok what else is here" All of a sudden, "whoooa! it's a (rare but not exotic) neatooo!"

aberson Bresident of the FullyAssed Committe > K-Roll-PorscheTamer
07/06/2014 at 19:41

i've never been to one either

the closest one is about 2 hours away and i normally wake up at 11AM so yeah

although once i get my alfa legal i really want to go to one

and then maybe go on hot rod power tour

K-Roll-PorscheTamer > JGrabowMSt
07/06/2014 at 19:50

But it's sooo far from MI. :(

But if you go halfway on ze gas I might consider a road trip. :)

K-Roll-PorscheTamer > Vince-The Roadside Mechanic
07/06/2014 at 19:51

That should be against state law. Not even in Green Bay?

K-Roll-PorscheTamer > Jedidiah
07/06/2014 at 19:52

Scimitar? From Star Trek??

K-Roll-PorscheTamer > Manuél Ferrari
07/06/2014 at 19:53

Hey I'd never driven stick until this March. :P

K-Roll-PorscheTamer > sm70- why not Duesenberg?
07/06/2014 at 19:53

We can suffer together. :P

K-Roll-PorscheTamer > EL_ULY
07/06/2014 at 19:54

I see, well, we'll just have to see how long it takes for me to get bored!

themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles > K-Roll-PorscheTamer
07/06/2014 at 19:54

Eh, I haven't either. They're kinda boring for me. I prefer to just find a local autoX and just go to watch even if I can't race. You get to see the cars in motion and see a wider variety of cars. Typically the smaller shows/gatherings attract the local flavor. So in SE michigan you're going to get the odd and rare and classic detroit iron. Not that that's a bad thing, it just gets old when you do woodward every year. Autocrosses and track days seem to have so much variety no matter where or when you go.

On the other hand, if you're a morning person it's probably a ton of fun but I'm not a morning person at all. I need to smell burnt rubber to wake me up instead of caffeine

BlazinAce - Doctor of Internal Combustion > K-Roll-PorscheTamer
07/06/2014 at 19:56

Well, I haven't either, mostly because the closest one to me is two Americas away. And I mean Americas as the continents, not the country.

So, yeah...

JGrabowMSt > K-Roll-PorscheTamer
07/06/2014 at 19:57

well, PA is an 8 hour drive end to end, roughly.

i expect economy driving, none of that 14mpg crap.

EL_ULY > K-Roll-PorscheTamer
07/06/2014 at 19:58

you'll n3ver get bored. Ive been going to the one here for almost 3 years and not missing one. Never bored

Jedidiah > K-Roll-PorscheTamer
07/06/2014 at 19:58

Kinja'd!!!

More like this.

K-Roll-PorscheTamer > themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles
07/06/2014 at 19:59

I still need to go to an AutoX!! Are there any in August??

Manuél Ferrari > K-Roll-PorscheTamer
07/06/2014 at 20:01

But you're way younger than he is. And you didn't skip straight to a DCT without bothering to learn stick first!

Oh I forgot to tell you - a girl in an automatic 335i beat me in ze 911. We were at a red light and she wanted to race me. But I couldn't get my car into first cleanly (it was giving me that issue where it is being a bitch and doesn't want to let me get into first). and I really didn't want to race anyways because tickets and danger and condemnation from others so I didn't step on it once I got off the line. I figured I'd let her have her fun. She can tell people she beat ze Porsche :)

themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles > K-Roll-PorscheTamer
07/06/2014 at 20:04

dozens. Check out michigan SCCA pages. I'm going to one at Grattan in september and I think there's a belle isle one in August too. Lots of smaller ones. Google is your friend.

themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles > Jedidiah
07/06/2014 at 20:05

Princess Anne had one of those, you know.

K-Roll-PorscheTamer > Manuél Ferrari
07/06/2014 at 20:07

YOU DID WHAT??? (O_0)

You at least could have said "If you beat me, you give me your number"?!?

Many sads....

K-Roll-PorscheTamer > JGrabowMSt
07/06/2014 at 20:10

How far into PA would I need to go?

K-Roll-PorscheTamer > BlazinAce - Doctor of Internal Combustion
07/06/2014 at 20:13

Yeah....You've got it worse.... :(

JGrabowMSt > K-Roll-PorscheTamer
07/06/2014 at 20:18

lehigh valley. About 40 mins away from NJ

Manuél Ferrari > K-Roll-PorscheTamer
07/06/2014 at 20:18

Haha that would be smooth! But I already have it. Forgot to mention I knew her, lol. Not dating her, just buddies.

beardsbynelly - Rikerbeard > K-Roll-PorscheTamer
07/06/2014 at 20:18

You think that's bad?

http://www.canberratoranaclub.com/reports/shanno…

That's at my work carpark, and I only found out last week that it happened.

K-Roll-PorscheTamer > beardsbynelly - Rikerbeard
07/06/2014 at 20:20

WOW!

K-Roll-PorscheTamer > Manuél Ferrari
07/06/2014 at 20:24

Fair. Ok,

"If you win, we go get some lunch, and you're buying!"

Manuél Ferrari > K-Roll-PorscheTamer
07/06/2014 at 20:27

Haha good call!

K-Roll-PorscheTamer > Manuél Ferrari
07/06/2014 at 20:29

"If you win, you give me your car!"

K-Roll-PorscheTamer > JGrabowMSt
07/06/2014 at 20:33

Yes. It's about 9 hours, I'd have to leave the day before to make it there...Wait! You gave me a genius idea!

Vince-The Roadside Mechanic > K-Roll-PorscheTamer
07/06/2014 at 20:33

Well that's too far.

Vicente Esteve > K-Roll-PorscheTamer
07/06/2014 at 20:37

I havent either. And, at least if I get to miraculously coincide with the dates when I am in the States, I probably never going to go. Until I get enough money to go on my own, buy a cool used car, and bring it to Mexico passing through some Cars and Coffee.

K-Roll-PorscheTamer > Vince-The Roadside Mechanic
07/06/2014 at 20:39

Damn

Manuél Ferrari > K-Roll-PorscheTamer
07/06/2014 at 20:40

X-D

That would be awesome. The E90 335i gets good gas mileage. Maybe even better than ze 997

K-Roll-PorscheTamer > Manuél Ferrari
07/06/2014 at 20:43

Maybe.

Manuél Ferrari > K-Roll-PorscheTamer
07/06/2014 at 20:46

My guess: the 335i gets better mileage when cruising but the 997.2 gets better mileage when driven hard.

Turbos get good mileage when you're not driving hard but the DFI Porsches are the king of getting good mileage while being driven hard!

K-Roll-PorscheTamer > Manuél Ferrari
07/06/2014 at 20:47

DFI FTW!!

Lumpy44, Proprietor Of Fine Gif > K-Roll-PorscheTamer
07/06/2014 at 21:01

Try living in Canada. We are very good at the Coffee but suck at the assembling of cars.

RotaryLover > K-Roll-PorscheTamer
07/06/2014 at 21:15

Me neither. Not a big deal.