Okay, I've watched "The Incredibles" one time too many...

My three year old is hooked on it.

So I get to thinking, how would you apply Super Heroes to gearheads? Let's see what everyone can come up with. You have to think of a Super Alter Ego for your Avatar and come up with a picture of your uniform. You can be a force for Good or a force for Evil. Let's use a couple of examples. You might be a force for Good in the form of "Dynamometer" (cue trumpet blare) and be able to sense with enormous precision the horsepower, torque and rpm of a running engine just from laying hands on the vehicle. On the other hand, you might be a force for Evil in the form of "Rust-o-lator" (cue nasty electric guitar chord) who can cause steel to rust with a steely gaze...

Any takers?

So if my superhero name was "ButtDyno" would that be a force for good, or for evil?

I already have a super hero identity: Purveyor Of Flatulence. "Fear my thunder!"

No wait, maybe I'm an arch nemesis. Kind of like The Ghost of Christmas Dinner.

Only thing I can think of is Turbo Man.

I have no idea what the super power would be.

I suck in Evil, and blow out Justice!!

Torque master, he who shreds pavement

My name would be:

"Miles"

"Miles Long"

Wait, what? That may have been a different movie.

Crap, I put this in the wrong forum. Meant to put it in the Off Topic section.

Sorry, Mods.

Skinny, I think you qualify for Good as a provider of biofuel.

Aussie, too general. You need to be more specific, like you can amplify Torque for short periods of time.

On second thought, I figured "Rust-o-later" would probably have to be Italian. Can't come up with a good name, though...

Torquemeister, master of pavement pounding and rear end destruction.

How's that, and its factual (ask anyone from $2009 or $2010)

One can never watch "The Incredibles" too many times..."Cars", either.

Good: The Impact, with the ability to loosen and remove any fastener, while keeping it, the surrounding area, and my own knuckles intact.

Evil Twin: MonkeyWrench, with a touch, bolts become cross threaded, rounded off, and transmuted into a material slightly harder than diamond. Also a subtle passive psychic effect on parts suppliers and shipping companies to cause them to forget integral components, grab wrong parts entirely, and/or ship to wrong addresses.

Good: Dr. Diag. able to answer 10 questions in a row from the masses regarding car questions not already heard on Cartalk.

aussiesmg wrote: Torquemeister, master of pavement pounding and rear end destruction. How's that, and its factual (ask anyone from $2009 or $2010)

er....rear end destruction eh....ew.

Good: 'The Listenator'. Even with one bum ear, I'm pretty good at locating that weird noise.

Evil: 'Dain Bramage'. Has the uncanny ability to assemble things wrong two or three times, thus taking up valuable time.

^ ^ ahaha

Fear me! For I am The CrossThreader! Along with my sidekick Oxidation Boy we shall never allow a single nut or bolt to free without breaking!

Read the comic "Girl Genius". Superpowered mechanical inventing, troubleshooting and modifying.

In reply to neckromacr:

Heili-Coiler to combat evil CrossThreader. (sidekick ; Tapman)

Blue Smoke, the dreaded phantom of dying engines.

Surely, I'd be in the same league of supervillians as Lucas, Lord of Darkness.

Lord ViceGrip: grabs evil do-ers and never let's go.

oldsaw wrote: My name would be: "Miles" "Miles Long" Wait, what? That may have been a different movie.

aussiesmg wrote: rear end destruction.

Definitely a different movie

Evil: Bad Ground, and his minion Electrical Gremlin

Rod Knock and his evil sidekick Spun Bearing

I am "Captain Upgrade"! (Da da da dah!) With the mere touch of my hand, your vehicle instantly transforms into the highest form of itself! Driving a base Cobalt? POOF! Cobalt SS! Driving a POS 84 Corvette? BLAM! It is now a GT2 Corvette! Driving a clapped-out Civic? ZAP! It's now an A-Mod terror!

My nemesis of course turns Ferraris into Minivans.

Evil:

Craigzar

Has the ability to make any vehicle sold on craigslist fall apart within 20 minutes of the title being signed. Also known for his ridiculously bad grammar in postings, wrong phone numbers, and making people drive to hard to find locations to see cars that do not exist.

PS We are currently big on Despicable Me. I love that movie.

TuffWork wrote: Evil: Craigzar Has the ability to make any vehicle sold on craigslist fall apart within 20 minutes of the title being signed. Also known for his ridiculously bad grammar in postings, wrong phone numbers, and making people drive to hard to find locations to see cars that do not exist. PS We are currently big on Despicable Me. I love that movie.

I run around the house grabbing random cats/ferrets and yelling "ITS SOOOO FLUFFY".

I'm 31.