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Feel like car is alive?
Posted: Sat Oct 06, 2018 10:32 am
by DavidinPerth
This might sound crazy but whenever I get to my MX5 (it’s kept in a storage facility as no room at home) I feel like it is “alive” somehow, and waiting for me to take it out. Rationally I know this is ridiculous but still it’s there...
Anyone else experienced this?
Re: Feel like car is alive?
Posted: Sat Oct 06, 2018 10:37 am
by NitroDann
Jinba Ittai, "Horse and rider as one".
Dann
Re: Feel like car is alive?
Posted: Sat Oct 06, 2018 11:28 am
by KevGoat
Mine just sulks as I walk past it AGAIN and don't take it for a drive .....
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Re: Feel like car is alive?
Posted: Sat Oct 06, 2018 11:57 am
by manga_blue
Welcome to MX5 ownership.
It's good to see that you "get" these cars already. I know plenty of people who've had theirs for more than 20 years and the feeling is just the same. I always feel like I'm taking a puppy out for a walk when I drive mine out the gate.
Re: Feel like car is alive?
Posted: Sat Oct 06, 2018 2:57 pm
by Rocky
It's a "car-nut" thing. We attribute "life" to things that we love. It's a kind of empathy with an inanimate object. It's made all the more real by the fact that a sensitive car like the MX5 "responds" to our directions - more like a smart dog than a lawnmower.
Re: Feel like car is alive?
Posted: Sat Oct 06, 2018 5:59 pm
by Red_Bullet
They usually have names too.
Re: Feel like car is alive?
Posted: Sun Oct 07, 2018 10:10 am
by MikeVictor
Rocky wrote:It's a "car-nut" thing. We attribute "life" to things that we love. It's a kind of empathy with an inanimate object. It's made all the more real by the fact that a sensitive car like the MX5 "responds" to our directions - more like a smart dog than a lawnmower.
Yep. Anthropomorphism at its finest.
Re: Feel like car is alive?
Posted: Sun Oct 07, 2018 10:29 pm
by Red_Bullet
Musical instruments do this, some cars, motorcycles and so on. The reward comes from little input for large gain. In a nutshell, either beauty OR amplification. There is no greater thrill than pushing your foot down on an accelerator pedal, or twisting the throttle open on a bike or strumming a chord on a guitar plugged into a 100 watt marshall amp. It's all about return for effort.
Re: Feel like car is alive?
Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2018 10:20 am
by StanTheMan
youve read Christine....right? If not , read it.
Re: Feel like car is alive?
Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2018 10:29 am
by Red_Bullet
StanTheMan wrote:youve read Christine....right? If not , read it.
Nope, who wrote it?
Re: Feel like car is alive?
Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2018 11:43 am
by hks_kansei
Red_Bullet wrote:StanTheMan wrote:youve read Christine....right? If not , read it.
Nope, who wrote it?
Stephen King
I've not read it, but you'll probably know the story, it's been adapted into a few films etc, and has become somewhat of a TV trope.
Re: Feel like car is alive?
Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2018 2:17 pm
by taminga16
Look at your cars, they are riddled with character and personality and then you turn the key. When I first researched purchasing an MX-5 the one thing that kept coming back was the advice that I should extend my Sunscreen budget and spend more time smiling. Just enjoy. Greg.
Re: Feel like car is alive?
Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2018 5:05 pm
by StanTheMan
hks_kansei wrote:Red_Bullet wrote:StanTheMan wrote:youve read Christine....right? If not , read it.
Nope, who wrote it?
Stephen King
I've not read it, but you'll probably know the story, it's been adapted into a few films etc, and has become somewhat of a TV trope.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christine_(novel)
Re: Feel like car is alive?
Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2018 8:45 am
by wasp47
Yes, I know what you mean, a friend calls me the MAZDABATER
Re: Feel like car is alive?
Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2018 3:21 pm
by Rocky
Ha! He's the Mazda-baiter!