Thread: appreciating your car

I was driving with my buddy last night and when we stopped to get something to drink he said, is your rear left rim bent, cause it looks like it's rotating funny? I first told him that my rims are SUUUPPER dirty and i had my tires rotated a couple weeks ago which rubbed off a lot of the dirt, so it could just be that it looks weird rotating cause random parts of the rim near the center are clean

In any case i asked him if he minded switching cars on the drive home so i could check it out myself. (He has a 01 Corolla S which is a nice cruising car. Not the most comfortable car, but i wouldn't mind it as a DD. Back to the story...) When we got on the freeway I pulled into the lane on his left and slowed down so i was positioned slightly behind the car. I varied my speed to get different angles and i called him to tell him I didn't notice anything usual.

To the point of the thread. Has anyone else watched their car move? like what i did, watch someone else drive your car...i mean honestly, i smiled to myself watching my friend drive my car. like a i *heart* my b13 moment. all the things that i could never appreciate about the car while it's in motion I started to notice: the b14 rims and how sechs they look on a b13 in motion, how the hyperco/agx combo sits and even watching how the car moves and reacts in turns and bumps on the road (it looks so toooiitt ), and even while following my car snickering to myself because of how unassuming the a b13 looks (albeit i barely have basic bolt-ons, just knowing the capability of the chassis and the potential to make people ).

I just thought i'd share, it's one of those things i guess you'd just have to own, wrench on, and drive to appreciate the car. The analogy i just thought of was like working on something, like a painting, or anything you just find yourself lost in, maybe a project at work. and taking the time to step back and tilt your head when you look at it and smile at what you've done.


p.s. if this makes no sense, i'm sorry for the long post

i love watching my fiance drive my nx if thats wierd.......it just looks right....

I went down to Maryland last weekend to pick up a truck, my friend came with me and we used my 200 to get down there. He drove my 200 back up to Philly, it was awesome seeing it in motion. Even for how dirty it is, it looked great. I didn't realize how bright my clear/black housing headlights were... they're bright as all hell. My tein suspension was also tight as hell... he was messing around on the freeway and the way the car had no body roll as it went around cars, it was great.

If the body on my NX wasn't so sh!tty looking, and I wasn't at stock ride height, with stock rims, I'd be happy.

i once let my older bro borrow my car to go to the bank and happen to be outside when he got back....as that pearl white G20 came strolling down the street with the black Enkei's and the Gr-2 and eibach springs just snugging the rear wheel and the dark tint covering any possiblity of seeing inside i was in Silence that i at 17 years old could own such a gorgeous car and how incredibly lucky i am to have something that so many others admire. it put a big smile on my face...just like i got right now. :teeth:

it does make you appreciate your car more seeing someone else drive it

It's like you're envious for that split second, like "Damn that dude is lucky to have such a sexy ride." Then you realize it's yours and everything is all better!

You look at it and think......I have one badass B13.....lol I love it!

I love to watch my car moving, it makes it look a lot better and I smile while i'm watching it like an idiot, but I hate to lend my car, so its kinda tricky for me lol.