Being a car enthusiast is like being a drug addict? Interesting article

[Ricochet]

http://autoweek.com/columnists/cat_c..._code=04182674

[okie-chevy-man]

cool! its like cocaine except without the itchy nose and counseling.

[TexasF355F1]

Interesting article, however I can't help but think how some people are going to say its a sickness and we all need help. I'd be willing to be there's something that everybody has an addiction too. Whether it be cars, politics, or flowers that's makes their brain function in the same manner.

[2strokebloke]

I'm addicted to breathing - I feel like I just can't live without it!!! Arrrg!, why did I get addicted in the first place! It's really bad now, I breathe all the time, even at work and while driving.
Can't you be addicted to anything?

[kilpatty43]

i wonder if the same applies to women??? i get so horny sometimes from cars...crazy i know...but it happens...my bf loves it...

[Zcaithaca]

Originally Posted by kilpatty43

i get so horny sometimes from cars...

hahahahahahaha

[ac427cpe]

ah yes.... cars and racing are an addiction...






only cured by poverty.


and yes. aside from him making it kinda sound like a bad thing, there is nothing wrong with me! I SWEAR!!! i don't have an addiction to cars... that bad... very often...

...shit.

[craigcully]

I agree with this to an extent. I know that when I see a rare muscle car or something that it makes my day.

[eversio11]

Originally Posted by okie-chevy-man

cool! its like cocaine except without the itchy nose and counseling.

Don't forget the d*ck sucking

well, most of us at least

[publicenemy137]

^ you mean getting your dick sucked??? I dunno about dick sucking...

But yea, I got addicted and hooked ever since I got my 240, been reading about cars all day long

[goat_launcher]

The article makes sense...sure I get jollies off staring at cars and I nearly bust a nut whenever I see a 69' Boss, but comparing an auto enthusiast to a drug addict is way over the line. Having had to sit in Detox surrounded by maniacal crack heads and a meth addict screaming his lungs out and ripping his hair from his roots because he's coming down from his high, I can safely say that being a drug addict has some "minor" differences from an auto enthusiast. Obviously, the author of the article has not had alcoholic parents or known anyone addictied to drugs or else he would not have said something so stupid. Besides, has anyone ever sucked dick to drive a car?

[TexasF355F1]

Originally Posted by goat_launcher

The article makes sense...sure I get jollies off staring at cars and I nearly bust a nut whenever I see a 69' Boss, but comparing an auto enthusiast to a drug addict is way over the line. Having had to sit in Detox surrounded by maniacal crack heads and a meth addict screaming his lungs out and ripping his hair from his roots because he's coming down from his high, I can safely say that being a drug addict has some "minor" differences from an auto enthusiast. Obviously, the author of the article has not had alcoholic parents or known anyone addictied to drugs or else he would not have said something so stupid. Besides, has anyone ever sucked dick to drive a car?

You're right, it shouldn't be a comparison. But they also specifically mentioned cocaine. Cocaine is a drug that you only get one 'big' high one, and after that you're always searching for another high just like that. So I think, looking back on the article, that the comparison to cocaine is in a strange way legit. B/c car freaks like us can't ever get enough. We always want more and more.

[pod]

shit... how can i break it to my mom



hi my name is pod and im an auto-hollic... it got so bad that i was even drifting in snow covered parking lots

[Oz]

That's a bit of stating the fucking obvious. What gives us pleasure releases Seratonin in the brain. Medical fact. Sex, chocolate, cars, cactus wearing pink dresses - whatever.

[oldbluecelica]

Originally Posted by pod

shit... how can i break it to my mom



hi my name is pod and im an auto-hollic... it got so bad that i was even drifting in snow covered parking lots

hey man I'm right there with ya, mabey we can start a spport group