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Tom1200
Tom1200 PowerDork
7/17/23 12:06 p.m.

Yesterday I met up with a friend and as always I was discussing my finding that magic car that does it all (track days, autocross and vintage races). 

 

My friend immediately commented that I have become synonymous with my Datsun; seeing as we started competing with it in 1989 I could see his point. I’m also approaching 39 years of ownership.

So are you synonymous with your car?

Apexcarver
Apexcarver UltimaDork
7/17/23 12:13 p.m.

My racing friends used to call me "Mustang Boy", but considering I'm in my upper 30's and primarily racing other vehicles now... I'm approaching 20 years in this hobby.

Ranger50
Ranger50 MegaDork
7/17/23 12:17 p.m.

I seem to have junk and E36 M3boxes associated with myself...

ConiglioRampante
ConiglioRampante New Reader
7/17/23 12:27 p.m.

My friends and family still associate me with my old Miata, even though (sadly) I've been without it since 2019.

TurnerX19
TurnerX19 UberDork
7/17/23 1:12 p.m.

Forty years on I get "Hey, you're the guy with that Turner". Hence my user name. I will say that of the 50 cars that have passed through my possession, that is the one I should have kept.

preach
preach GRM+ Memberand SuperDork
7/17/23 1:45 p.m.

If by synonymous with my car you mean that my 50yo body is much like my rust belt 50yo Porsche and falling apart, you're not wrong.

Keith Tanner
Keith Tanner GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
7/17/23 2:00 p.m.

Man, that would be weird.

Tom1200
Tom1200 PowerDork
7/17/23 2:16 p.m.

In reply to Keith Tanner :

Thank God you dodged that bullet.........

buzzboy
buzzboy SuperDork
7/17/23 5:18 p.m.

Jeep made ~2,800,000 of my car. I blend in well.

My racecar though, I get a ton of people associating us.

Patrick
Patrick GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
7/17/23 6:17 p.m.

In reply to Apexcarver :

In this house we still call you Mustang Boy. 

thatsnowinnebago
thatsnowinnebago GRM+ Memberand UberDork
7/17/23 6:38 p.m.

My friend and I both had NA Miatas at the same time right after high school, so we're forever those guys to old friends. The fun is when they ask if I still have it and I tell them no, I have a different white Miata now. That usually gets some confused looks. 

VolvoHeretic
VolvoHeretic GRM+ Memberand Dork
7/17/23 7:24 p.m.

My car is 51 years old and I have owned it for 47 (I think) and immediately started modifying it, so yes my user name is correct. It could sure use a garage rescue anytime. I also had a two page driving record at one time and all of the cops knew me by my first name. smiley And yet, although any mom in her minivan could probably beat me today, nobody has ever tried to race me in town. It is also as loud as it looks because, "If you can't make it faster, make it louder."

mtn
mtn MegaDork
7/17/23 9:22 p.m.
TurnerX19 said:

Forty years on I get "Hey, you're the guy with that Turner". Hence my user name. I will say that of the 50 cars that have passed through my possession, that is the one I should have kept.

I want a Turner so bad that it is my middle name. 

buzzboy
buzzboy SuperDork
7/17/23 10:17 p.m.

I never realized there was such thing as a Turner until this thread. I am ashamed.


Are there any newer photos of the Volvo? I'd love to see more detaiL!

Keith Tanner
Keith Tanner GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
7/17/23 10:20 p.m.

There was a Turner at our track day last weekend. 

NOHOME
NOHOME MegaDork
7/17/23 11:02 p.m.

That is a scary though.

VolvoHeretic
VolvoHeretic GRM+ Memberand Dork
7/17/23 11:20 p.m.

smiley  I am the first of 2 people in the world to have ever stuffed a Volvo 6 cylinder into an 1800. before the internet. Nobody  believed me.

VolvoHeretic
VolvoHeretic GRM+ Memberand Dork
7/17/23 11:23 p.m.

VolvoHeretic
VolvoHeretic GRM+ Memberand Dork
7/17/23 11:30 p.m.

"I wouldn't get in that thing if my life depended on it."

LanEvo
LanEvo GRM+ Memberand Dork
7/18/23 12:52 a.m.

For years I was known for my obsession with Lancer Evolutions. Owned a few, from Evo II to VIII. No points for guessing where my username comes from!
 

For the last 10-12 years now, I'm generally known as the guy who brings an old Mercedes to BMW CCA Club Races. 

VolvoHeretic
VolvoHeretic GRM+ Memberand Dork
7/18/23 2:08 a.m.

I'm pretty sure I invented the Fast and Frivolous 40 years ago. wink 

"I wouldn't get in that thing if my life depended on it."

VolvoHeretic
VolvoHeretic GRM+ Memberand Dork
7/18/23 2:24 a.m.

One winter, I drove out to Escondido, Southern California, found the richest neighborhood (Rancho Santa Fe), drove up to the biggest new house under development, and got a job within 30 minutes because of my car, was from North Dakota, and had a 28 ounce framing hammer. Mostly because of my car. wink

On the way, I had to punt some drunk off of the road with my rear flare. Story coming up in, My Life, Chapter 25.

"I wouldn't get in that thing if my life depended on it."

bobzilla
bobzilla MegaDork
7/18/23 5:49 a.m.

I mean I'm still the Hyundai humper even though I only own Kias 

KyAllroad
KyAllroad MegaDork
7/18/23 8:05 a.m.

I'm definitely the Zoomboni guy.

Tony Sestito
Tony Sestito UltimaDork
7/18/23 8:27 a.m.

Yeah, I've definitely become synonymous with owning this thing. 21 years this year. 



As my wife has told aspiring tire kickers in the past, "He's had that thing longer than he's had me; it's not going anywhere!". 

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