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Pro: Any expenditure can be justified with “because racecar”
Con: Realizing the tire budget has absorbed the grocery budget, and R compound isn’t that tasty
Pro: Making your wedding registry at Summit Racing
Con: You still haven’t gotten around to buying household basics... like a toaster
Pro: Having the perfect comeback when people say, “Ohhhh but what will the girlfriend* think of that??” (*Specifically talkin hetero relationships there)
Con: People still ask “Ohhhh but what will the girlfriend think of that??”
Pro: Choosing your house by garage space
Con: The garage is cleaner than the house
Pro: Being able to talk with your SO about all the latest automotive news
Con: Being able to have heated discussions with your SO over the real important shit... like Cadillac’s marketing strategy.
Pro: Your lover wants to write an article about your car
Con: Your lover wants to write an article about your car... For his !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!!
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Pro: Two “calibrated butts” to diagnose every automotive issue
Con: ...actually, no con here. Two butts are better than one!
Anyone else got some?
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exactly what I imagined it to be. I can barely explain stuff with my family.
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I wouldn’t say I’m in a two–gearhead relationship, but I’m slowly converting her. She’s already told me “now I actually pay attention to cars”. The con is “before I didn’t care, but now I want an expensive awesome car!”
Step 2: show her the joys of cheap fun cars. Or at least cheaper than the new S–Class she wants (until we can afford it ; )
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I would imagine a friendly competitiveness snowballing into outright rivalry if you both compete with your cars (not you specifically just in general).
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I’m too broke (and possibly too bork) to be in a relationship.
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Cars are in two different classes for AutoX and heads up drag racing is more about getting the car fast, not beating each other.
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Get a toaster oven.
Normal toasters are so obsolete.
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Which is why I was talking about in general. Not every case.
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As with everything in a couple’s life you start assimilating one another’s tastes, passions and concerns. I’m pretty sure I know a LOT more about Graphic Design, Fashion, Anime and other stuff she loves and vice versa. Meaning she now identifies cars from a distance and would like a BMW 2002 as her first drive about (good 2002 are somewhat cheap here in Uruguay and new cars are EXPENSIVE), that or an E12 528i... which is the hero car of a comic she’s making with some friends, the bad guy’s is a MK-I Ford Capri RS. And you would not guess who pointed them in the unassuming-cool-old-cars direction.
TL.DR: I’m getting there.
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More from my shower thoughts:
Pro: Your partner doesn’t mind keeping a gallon jug of Fast Orange in the bathroom
Con: Your guests assume it’s a fuckton of flavored lube
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It’s not just the Orange that’s Fast.
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Yea! The cars are too!
;) ;)
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My girlfriend thought her civic was RWD. Also, she leased it.
I’ve got a long way to go.
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Hahahaha. I enjoyed this. The woman I am seeing now isn’t a gear head at all, but she’s sympathetic to my addiction so I think I got it good.
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related/ not related: I told the girl I was going to go get some naval jelly for my car to help clean up the rust on the rockers. Her: “sounds kinky” Me: “...do not put this on your body it’s corrosive”...hahaha.
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Pro: two for the price of one for convincing people to help you wrench
Con: twice as much beer, cheese, and Tim Horton’s needed to get them there
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Yamahog and Travis are an item? Suddenly the world all makes sense. I’ve been confused a few times over the years not knowing this.
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There’s only one Con that you’ve missed.
Con: Your SO actually knows how much you
really
spent on car parts from Summit Racing.