FRIDAY HULK: To be an enthusiast, do you need to own something special/unique?

[Smoke Pursuit]

Originally Posted by HULK_I6T

So if I join a ferrari forum and start posting am I a ferrari enthusiast? When they ask what do you drive or come to the next car meet? then turn up in a Hyundai tiberion?

Lets be frank, you cant really be an enthusiast if you dont own the item of interest of have close affiliation. ie a ferrari enthusiast needs to own a ferrari. (and a decent one at that)

Bull****. You might have 10 model ones at home, posters, flags, caps, shirts. You don't actually need to own ones to be an enthusiast. You only need to want one and follow that particular brand.

[CoupeKing]

Well I`m a Car and Female enthusiast. Could never get all the ones I wanted so I transfered into a Food and Beer enthusiast.

[Falcman0o7]

Building a car YOURSELF and not relying on every tom dick and harry to me is an enthusiast with a passion that has also took the time to want to learn and do the job themselves resulting in a car that they can say with pride I BUILT IT.

To many people with to much bloody money these days that just drive the things.

Just my opinion obviously.

[Charliewool]

Originally Posted by JC

Did you post that particular issue up because it says "Hulk Smash" on the front, or was that sheer coincidence?

It certainly wasn't because I'm a fan of SM

[Vesper Martini]

There are probably readers of the Forum that know just about everything on a Phase III GT. Possibly more so than the actual owners
But will never own one let alone drive one..

[Road Games]

I just removed the radiator on my falcon as i wanted to give everything that hasn't ever been done a proper clean... idiot or Enthusiast ?

Then i stripped a trans line fitting from the end tank that i wasn't using as it was bypassed and now the rad has a small leak, so i need a new rad and decided to paint some power steering parts and chrome some others while i am waiting...

Enthusiast or idiot?

After all it is just an N/A taxi ...

[LoudPipes]

Originally Posted by HULK_I6T

So if I join a ferrari forum and start posting am I a ferrari enthusiast? When they ask what do you drive or come to the next car meet? then turn up in a Hyundai tiberion?

Lets be frank, you cant really be an enthusiast if you dont own the item of interest of have close affiliation. ie a ferrari enthusiast needs to own a ferrari. (and a decent one at that)

You obviously have a unique dictionary that isn’t available to the rest of us.

To be enthusiastic doesn’t mean you need to own something nor does it mean what you own has to be something special, it simply means you have an interest in a subject.

SgtBourne has already said what needed to be said.

Originally Posted by SgtBourne

Hopefully not, otherwise you're not an enthusiast either. Hardly call a XR6T unique or special..

By the way, being an enthusiast, as said above, is a state of mind. Being enthusiastic about something.

[cheap]

My back handed compliment,

There are cars which only an enthusiast would own/drive, likewise there are activities which only an enthusiast would do/follow.

[PepeLePew]

At the most basic level anyone with a genuine interest in cars of any form from junk to the pinnacle is a enthusiast. Someone that'll fire up at the topic when it's raised. I don't care what they own or not. I'm an enthusiast but I've had cars I've treated like crap, doesn't lessen my 'enthusiast' tag. I found out this week a fellow employee where i work is building quietly a HO replica. And another with a Corty GT hidden in the shed. And yet another....all from visiting a site i haven't been to for a while. Whats the easiest way to recognize a enthusiast? Put them together with another one and they just do NOT shut up.

No I've had enough of this thread and I'll just go wax the ute instead of hurting my brain any further

[Road Games]

Originally Posted by PepeLePew

A Whats the easiest way to recognize a enthusiast?
Put them together with another one and they just do NOT shut up.

Ain't that the truth

[jpblue1000]

Possessing the object others are an enthusiast off only makes you an owner, not necessarily an enthusiast.

JP

[blueoval]

Originally Posted by jpblue1000

Possessing the object others are an enthusiast off only makes you an owner, not necessarily an enthusiast.

JP

So your saying that because I own a pencil, I'm only a pencil owner, not a pencil enthusiast? Yet if I was into texta's but didn't own any texta's, I would only be a fan boy of texta's, and therefore am not worthy of being called a 'real' texta enthusiast because I do not own a texta, just like them a whole lot?

[jpblue1000]

Originally Posted by blueoval

So your saying that because I own a pencil, I'm only a pencil owner, not a pencil enthusiast? Yet if I was into texta's but didn't own any texta's, I would only be a fan boy of texta's, and therefore am not worthy of being called a 'real' texta enthusiast because I do not own a texta, just like them a whole lot?

No, just saying that ownership does not make an enthusiast nor does enthusiast status require ownership.

JP

[EBII Fairmont]

Originally Posted by HULK_I6T

So if I join a ferrari forum and start posting am I a ferrari enthusiast? When they ask what do you drive or come to the next car meet? then turn up in a Hyundai tiberion?

Lets be frank, you cant really be an enthusiast if you dont own the item of interest of have close affiliation. ie a ferrari enthusiast needs to own a ferrari. (and a decent one at that)

So according to you, you can only be an enthusiast based on how deep your pocket is. Last time I checked JP explained to you what an enthusiast is. Also I do go to Ferrari shows and read up on them and have good knowledge from their early cars. The difference between myself and somebody who owns one is they have the money to burn. In the end doesn't make me any less passionate.

Sorry Hulk, but you come across very narrow minded.

[MITCHAY]

I love cars but never work on them myself and probably never will.

I don't think that make me less of an enthusiast because I don't pick up the tools.

As for owning something unique or special, I don't really care. It makes you stick out but a lot of the time for the wrong reasons :

[nstg8a]

Originally Posted by PepeLePew

At the most basic level anyone with a genuine interest in cars of any form from junk to the pinnacle is a enthusiast. Someone that'll fire up at the topic when it's raised. I don't care what they own or not. I'm an enthusiast but I've had cars I've treated like crap, doesn't lessen my 'enthusiast' tag. I found out this week a fellow employee where i work is building quietly a HO replica. And another with a Corty GT hidden in the shed. And yet another....all from visiting a site i haven't been to for a while. Whats the easiest way to recognize a enthusiast? Put them together with another one and they just do NOT shut up.

No I've had enough of this thread and I'll just go wax the ute instead of hurting my brain any further

Best post in the whole thread.

[Sox]

Originally Posted by HULK_I6T

No better way to round out the week than with a good hulk thread.

Absolutely spot on mate, keep up the good work. You are an elite thread starter.

There are a number of people purporting to be car enthusiasts, but when you see their cars, they are basically stock everyday cars. Maybe a little neater than the average example or with a few basic mods.

But are these people really car enthusiasts?

Maybe, maybe not.

bragging about owning cars that you find at every corner parked out on the street?

Bragging about any car doesn't make you an enthusiast.

The driving experience nothing special than an average car?

The driving experience good or bad is what might make someone an enthusiast.

Does a proper car enthusiast need to own something that little bit special? something a little unique or a limited edition of some sort?

Not in my opinion.

For example if someone said they were a holden enthusiast and they popped their garage to reveal a 1988 mint condition VL walkinshaw group A, you could accept they are a car enthusiast.

Probably. But it's not a given.

But if the same guy walked you round to the side of his house and revealed a 2001 VX commodore executive parked outside with a set of mags on it, would you sort of think to yourself, why is he so excited about it?

Probably, but I'd understand it.
People like cars for all sorts of reasons, and the fact that this dude is enthusiastic about a fairly ordinary car perhaps makes him more of an enthusiast than the Walkinshaw owner.

Same applies to us ford people, many of us get excited about run of the mill models, build threads with basic bottom of the range cars or many even presenting them at car shows?

Again, I think this perhaps makes these type of people even more of an enthusiast than someone who just drives a more exclusive/unique car.

Am I being a little harsh here or does a car enthusiast need to back it up with something special to show?

No, and no.

Loving the threads Hulk, keep it up.

[BENT_8]

Why on earth would you need to own something to appreciate it.

I mean, that's what an enthusiast does, appreciates a particular subject in greater depth than an average person.

I know people who work on their cars but aren't enthusiasts, just too stingy to pay someone else to do it. Their cars are buckets of crap and they openly admit not caring.

I consider myself an Australian Automotive enthusiast, that doesn't mean I have to own every model ever released, it just means that I appreciate what Australia has screwed together.
Having said that I have a definite blue tinge to my blood, despite what some may think and things I say, mostly out of frustration.
Fact is I love the Falcon, but I don't even own one now.
I'd take a Falcon Coupe over a Mustang any day.
But I'd also consider a HQ GTS Coupe, because they interest me too.

Im also an AFL enthusiast, but I don't play, I just watch most games and all the media shows throughout the season because I enjoy the subject.

[supershifty]

Sox, I can't multi quote your last post - #47, but ******* yay!

Cheers!

[BradEL]

From what I have been told, a large number of the people who bought GT-Fs in New Zealand were actually not interested in the car its self, but only bought them as they thought they would make a good investment. So just because some people own a car such as that, they may not be as much of a Ford/FPV enthusiast as many other people, but they just have a lot of disposable income.

[ford man xf]

Originally Posted by HULK_I6T

No better way to round out the week than with a good hulk thread.

There are a number of people purporting to be car enthusiasts, but when you see their cars, they are basically stock everyday cars. Maybe a little neater than the average example or with a few basic mods.

But are these people really car enthusiasts? bragging about owning cars that you find at every corner parked out on the street? The driving experience nothing special than an average car?

Does a proper car enthusiast need to own something that little bit special? something a little unique or a limited edition of some sort?

For example if someone said they were a holden enthusiast and they popped their garage to reveal a 1988 mint condition VL walkinshaw group A, you could accept they are a car enthusiast. But if the same guy walked you round to the side of his house and revealed a 2001 VX commodore executive parked outside with a set of mags on it, would you sort of think to yourself, why is he so excited about it?

Same applies to us ford people, many of us get excited about run of the mill models, build threads with basic bottom of the range cars or many even presenting them at car shows?

Am I being a little harsh here or does a car enthusiast need to back it up with something special to show?

[Whitey-AMG]

My insurance company determines this for me.
Based on the premium I pay , I guess my car must be unique and special and I must be an enthusiast .....they bill me like one anyways....

[Nikked]

Originally Posted by Falcman0o7

Building a car YOURSELF and not relying on every tom dick and harry to me is an enthusiast with a passion that has also took the time to want to learn and do the job themselves resulting in a car that they can say with pride I BUILT IT.

To many people with to much bloody money these days that just drive the things.

Just my opinion obviously.

So if you buy a brand new GT you're not a enthusiast because someone else built it?

[SSD-85]

[SensationFG8]

So hulk you drive an xr6t, do you consider yourself an enthusiast even though they can be found on every corner?

[Ben73]

I guess all those train and plane enthusiasts are not really enthusiast because 99.999% of them don't own a train or plane

[Shonky.]

Originally Posted by jpblue1000

Possessing the object others are an enthusiast off only makes you an owner, not necessarily an enthusiast.

JP

This.

Knowledge about a subject would be a far better indicator that one is an enthusiast than owning possessions relating to that subject.

Any schmuck can park an expensive car in the garage, but to learn all about it takes passion.

And what if I want to be a dinosaur enthusiast? Ownership is gonna be problematic.......

[GREGL]

Originally Posted by Shonky.

This.

Knowledge about a subject would be a far better indicator that one is an enthusiast than owning possessions relating to that subject.

Any schmuck can park an expensive car in the garage, but to learn all about it takes passion.

And what if I want to be a dinosaur enthusiast? Ownership is gonna be problematic.......

Just go and buy a commodore OHV V8 , problem solved !

[Franco Cozzo]

I used to be a car enthusiast, then I did it for a job.

Now I hate working on cars.

I like modified cars, I just don't like doing the work, rather enjoy the end product .

If a mate asks me for some help I'll give them a hand no worries but hell if I'm working on my own cars in my spare time anymore, I'm continuing my Falcon because I've got favors to cash in and its alright when I've got friends helping.

All of us who worked in the industry have a project car thats sitting by waiting for the last bit of work to be carried out, I have my Falcon, mate has a Kingswood and both are in the middle of procrastination stage.

[marty351]

I love petrol. I love what it does. I love the smell of it. I'm a petrol enthusiast!