Car Enthusiasts – A Unique Bunch

Car enthusiasts are a funny but lovable breed. They’re all about the cars and can spend hours on end taking in anything to do with the automotive world. They’re protective of their cars in a way that a Lioness is of her cubs and most will rip your arm off if you so much as think of laying a finger on their precious cars (I use the plural because most own more than one). Not sounding very lovable? Well…they do love their cars as if they were their children!

Those who have a passion for cars can be passionate about everything from classic cars to muscle cars to restoring cars that might be another man’s junk. A car enthusiast in a whole embodies anyone who has a deep enjoyment of anything related to cars and car ownership. There are people who spend millions of dollars to collect cars that they never drive! One well known celebrity car buff is Jay Leno who reportedly owns approximately fifty cars and close to the same amount in motorcycles, both vintage and modern. He’s also got his own website which is, of course, all about cars and anything to do with them. They site which is aptly titled ‘JayLenosGarage.com, offers an in-depth look at his collection, his love of cars and all kinds of other neat things to thrill the coveralls off of any car nut.

An extension of the car enthusiast would be those with a love of Automobila. What the heck is ‘Automobilia’? It is basically collectibles and memorabilia dedicated to cars. Things like vintage license plates, oil and gasoline signs, model car kits and a whole bunch of other stuff. To the non-enthusiast this may seem like a whole lotta junk but if you know a true car buff, then aside from a shiny vintage car with a bow around it; Automobila may be the best in gift choices ever! If you’re looking for any sort of car memorabilia, then a quick online search will be all you need to be directed to hundreds of sites packed full of things that would make your car lovers mouth water.

A favorite pastime of car enthusiasts often involves participating or even just watching car auctions. This is where all kinds of cars—classic and otherwise—are auctioned off and given to the highest bidder. Most collectors of automobiles use auctions as their main way of getting the cars that they collect. There are hundreds of car auctions ranging from things like police auctions which are used as a way to unload cars that have been seized to fantasy car auctions  like the Barret-Jackson Collector Car Auction which is now known as ‘the greatest car show on earth’ which is actually aired on television. Thanks to the Internet, car buffs can now have access to car auctions online as well. Being a car enthusiast has never been so fun!