Poll: Petrolheads on the Escapist?

[Danny 6Speed]

Just wondering are we abundant or rare,

I mean lots of gamers watch top gear but how many really know cars?

 

[dslatch]

Can't legally drive but I know how to drive standard and know my thermostats from my gear boxes and other assorted parts

 

[Antari]

Been around fancy show cars and racing cars all my life. Was sorta born into the lifestyle. Trying like hell to get away from it, bloody money pits!

 

[Ilikemilkshake]

I cant drive yet, im too lazy to learn. I'll get to it eventually.
I like cars though but i wouldnt say i know anything other than what i've learned from top gear or gran turismo.

 

[Nimcha]

Who drives an automatic, seriously. That is so uncool.

 

[feauxx]

manual all the way!
i could change my own tires and i know all the basics but that's about it.

 

[Canadamus Prime]

Actually changing your vehicle's oil filter is quite easy, it's disposing of the used motor oil that's hard.

 

[MetalMaz]

Can't legally drive a car, but I do repairs for my mates a lot. Prefer bikes, stripping em down, rebuilding them, building them from scratch, making parts and most importantly, riding them. I love cruisers and really want to build my own custom machine (when I get the cash).

 

[emeraldrafael]

I drive an auto. Car repair isnt my strong suit, so I made friends with a lot of car geeks at my highschool, knowing full well I would need them one day, and that when that day happens, i would get many cheap prices.

 

[Andalusa]

I can't legally drive, but I'm very competent behind the wheel.
I love cars and everything about them. One of my favourite games is a racing sim, the only sports I can stand are motorsports, so I know a bit about mechanics, parts, where things go and what they do, the theory behind repairing a car.. but so far I've only put the basics into practice.

 

[HerbertTheHamster]

What's petrol? Isn't that the stuff Mad Max uses?? Or was that pig shit....if only Master Blaster was around to explain it all to me again.

I can change tires, oil & filter. I can also drive stick, but my current car is automatic.

Petrol = Gasoline.

 

[Starnerf]

I used to work on my car a lot more when I lived with my parents. Having a garage and a second car made working on mine a much more attractive proposition. Nowadays it sits in a parking lot and needs to be in working condition every day so I can't really spend too much time on it. So the majority of my "work" on it consists of checking stuff for damage and then taking it to a shop to actually get fixed when I have the time.

 

[SckizoBoy]

Right, the first thought when I saw that title thread was: column chromatography... and me smashing the desk in despair.

Anyway, more interested in mechanical & engine design than actually driving. Bike rider...

 

[Dags90]

I drive an automatic and have never pumped my own gasoline/petrol, let alone change oil. There's too many hills and too much traffic where I live for a manual car.

 

[selce]

I can do regular maintenance on my own car but when the repair costs start getting into the thousands of rather let a pro handle it.

 

[Azure Knight-Zeo]

I can drive but I don't have my own car yet. Also my insurance is all screwy after my birthday so I'm not allowed to drive till it's sorted out.

 

[subtlefuge]

I change my own oil, and I try to pick up a few bits of knowledge every once in a while.

 

[SuccessAndBiscuts]

I have a full uk car licence (which is manual because over here automatics are the exception not the rule)

Don't have a car though unfortunately but I do own a motorbike and I do the vast majority of the repair and maintenance work it needs on it myself.

In honestly I have to, it might be road legal but its a dirt bike at heart and whenever I get the chance I take it up a local forestry road and thrash it appropriately. The results have ranged from snapping my break leaver clean in half to getting home and discovering a sapling caught in the pillion foot peg.

I drive an automatic and have never pumped my own gasoline/petrol, let alone change oil. There's too many hills and too much traffic where I live for a manual car.

Too many hills and too much traffic? Sounds like a bit of an excuse if I'm totally honest. I don't mean to offend but I had a narrow escape once with the throttle cable on my motorbike jamming wide open once so the idea of choosing an automatic really bothers me.

 

[Shaftweasel]

I once changed the windshield washer fluid on a car, otherwise, no.

 

[Summerstorm]

Between "Changes own oil" and "repairs own shit".

My father is an automotive mechanic. (Even a great one), but i myself am not that much of a handyman - i am the theoretical child in the family. But i can do shit and know a TEENY bit how stuff works.

Also my father forced me to help with anything back home... so i know that you can do most stuff if you just think about it, then be careful while you learn how to do something BY doing it. Just take something apart, clean, look if something is broken: Put back together.

Oh, i also like to drive... but my car isn't spectacular. SOMEDAY i will own a 1972 or 1973 Corvette Stingray. Damn, i will be so old by then i will look like a douche... grml.