I get it somewhat, just not the intensity of their emotional connection to combustion engines.
The combustion engine’s character, flaws, sounds, cancerous wonderful smells. Tuning culture. Shitbox culture. Wrenching. All of that.
But I’m not spiralling into despair because EV is the hot new thing. It’s different, yes, but keep an open mind and you’ll age slower in the head. You can take EV battery safety courses and learn to wrench on them. Tuner and shitbox EV culture is already thriving on YouTube. People will learn EV have character too. The loud fart sounds shall be missed (many of you won’t of course lol) but oh well it’s not that big a deal.
My next commuter is going to be used EV. I am lucky to have a garage, so my big shitty V8 1994 Chevy trugg will continue doing the occasional dirty job until I can’t buy gas at a reasonable price any longer or it’s illegal to operate. I keep it nice minus the bed, so if I live long enough maybe I DIY EV swap it 👹.
I get it somewhat, just not the intensity of their emotional connection to combustion engines.
The combustion engine’s character, flaws, sounds, cancerous wonderful smells. Tuning culture. Shitbox culture. Wrenching. All of that.
But I’m not spiralling into despair because EV is the hot new thing. It’s different, yes, but keep an open mind and you’ll age slower in the head. You can take EV battery safety courses and learn to wrench on them. Tuner and shitbox EV culture is already thriving on YouTube. People will learn EV have character too. The loud fart sounds shall be missed (many of you won’t of course lol) but oh well it’s not that big a deal.
My next commuter is going to be used EV. I am lucky to have a garage, so my big shitty V8 1994 Chevy trugg will continue doing the occasional dirty job until I can’t buy gas at a reasonable price any longer or it’s illegal to operate. I keep it nice minus the bed, so if I live long enough maybe I DIY EV swap it 👹.