A Sweetcar I Desire

So I went to a local car meet tonight to hang out with some other car nerds for a while and chop it up.  Car nerd meets are great for a few reason.

1. It gets a bunch of social inept men to meet face to face.

2. A common language is already set in place.  

3. Lets you geek out on things that would have your layman friends second guessing why they put you in their top 8 on myspace.

But there is always the guy that makes all the nerds look cool.  It may be they flashy guy that knows nothing about his car except how much it cost to have everything installed. Or it could be the middle aged gent who drives out in his Caterham Lotus 7 replica but admits to never taking it to the track because it is too expensive.  I meet the later today.

First let me say that all cars are meant to be driven.  Hard.  There are no exceptions to this rule.  And if you have a 70k purpose built 1100lb 210 hp beast, then it should never see under 5k on the tachometer.  This guy went on about how he has this and that, and that his car is so great and expensive, but he says he wont go to a track day because it cost 500 dollars.  I don't know about you, but if I plan to invest 70k of my money in a car that can't haul anything but ass, then I think $500 every couple months shouldn't be an afterthought.  Needless to say when the guy left he got roasted.  But that's how it is.  It was a sweet car though.  x