Do Dieselheads secretly dislike Cars? ( my theory....)

[Carrameow]

Last summer at a company picnic, a coworker showed up with his 57 Thunderbird and another Antique car. What was funny was I wasn't the slightest bit interested and didn't even wander over to take a look. Similarly, I was staying a a Hotel once and their was a Major Car show across the street and everyone was going....and I wasn't the slightest bit interested. And when the office motor nuts gather together to exclaim the virtues of Camaro vice Porsche 911, I'm the last one who will join the conversation...

And yet I spend more Wrench time than anyone at work or anyone, period. And I enjoy it and love it. My collection of used junkers are all over 200K in mileage and I spend quite some time ensuring they run and everything works. And thats the reason I love my Mercedes 300D. I love it because its not a car, its kind of ....well, like the family dog. It has a life and a spirit of its own and because its an anti car and its me. I mean who else would change out the springs on a rusting old hulk with 300K + miles on it when he put one's that were slightly taller than normal on them? (its no longer rusty, i welded patch metal recently and fixed and painted all the cancer)

And yet you could hand me the keys to a 2006 Lexus or Porsche ....and i would be totally bored and disinterested.....