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    Image of VeeArrrSix VeeArrrSix
    06:06 PM

    In reply to Ten Gifts To Turn Your Kid Into A Car Freak
    When I was in grade school, someone in my family got me a script to Road and Track. I never paid for it until I was like 18 or so. Now I'm 31 and am obsessed.

    I don't have any crumb-crunchers yet but I know this little kid named Timmy, he's like 6 or so. One day he asked me if I like Porsches or Bimmers more. I knew that it had come full circle.

    I renew his script every year...
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    Image of LandofMinos, cast thou evil bum dragger to thy scrapyard LandofMinos, cast thou evil bum dragger to thy scrapyard
    05:31 PM

    In reply to The Worst Car-Related Tiger Woods Jokes On The Internet
    IMHO: SNL is just NOT funny anymore. Except for those Jorm dances to... videos on You Tube. Fucking hilarious!
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    Image of LandofMinos, cast thou evil bum dragger to thy scrapyard LandofMinos, cast thou evil bum dragger to thy scrapyard
    05:25 PM

    In reply to Ten Gifts To Turn Your Kid Into A Car Freak
    The thing that turned me into a rev-head when I was a kid was my mother's car. An early 70's XA Falcon Coupe.

    ...Which of course means Mad Max is was, is and always will be my favourite movie.
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    Image of Maxichamp Maxichamp
    04:59 PM

    In reply to Ten Gifts To Turn Your Kid Into A Car Freak
    What worked for me growing up? Tons of Tomica, Hot Wheels, and Matchbox cars.
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    Image of Paul Y. can't get in the club; gotta parking lot pimp Paul Y. can't get in the club; gotta parking lot pimp
    04:58 PM

    In reply to Ten Gifts To Turn Your Kid Into A Car Freak
    Come next month, I'll have a nephew, and this has been my plan all along.
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    Image of Tanshanomi Tanshanomi
    04:55 PM

    In reply to Ten Gifts To Turn Your Kid Into A Car Freak
    I need to point out that this should be required reading, long before they are old enough to appreciate Everything I Know About Cars.
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    Image of Bertone77 Bertone77
    04:52 PM

    In reply to Ten Gifts To Turn Your Kid Into A Car Freak
    I always try get my son a car-related toy for Christmas to help in-grain the Car Freak Disease.

    Though I've found the best way to invoke the Gearhead factor is to get him out in the garage with me to "help" when I'm working on a car. Even if he is just holding a flashlight so I can see, it always sparks tons of questions about "whats this do? whats that do?" etc...

    Best holiday gift for your kid?

    Quality time while getting your hands greasy.

    Cost: Parts you need to fix anyway.

    Value: Priceless.
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    Image of twitchykun(level 10 Jalop-Knight) twitchykun(level 10 Jalop-Knight)
    04:55 PM

    @Bertone77: that comment made me smile. It's true. My dad did the same stuff with me, and now i'm a Tech Editor here at Mitchell International, writing software used by car shops/body shops/insurance companies.

    Go gearheads.
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    Image of JayP71 is OVER Jeep ownership, as least right now. JayP71 is OVER Jeep ownership, as least right now.
    05:07 PM

    @Bertone77: My stepdad, and my biological father, used to do the same things when I was a kid. Thanks for bringing back a good memory.

    When I was married I did the same with my middle stepdaughter (the other two were girly-girls). Have to keep important traditions like that alive.
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    Image of skaycog skaycog
    04:52 PM

    In reply to Ten Gifts To Turn Your Kid Into A Car Freak
    Dear Santa,

    Number 5, please. I've been very good.
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    Image of günter macbeetle, codename: chrystlubitshi günter macbeetle, codename: chrystlubitshi
    06:15 PM

    @skaycog: if he doesn't bring you one, you can come play with the set i've got....
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    Image of Maymar Maymar
    04:43 PM

    In reply to Ten Gifts To Turn Your Kid Into A Car Freak
    For me, it was this that sent me over the edge. Or maybe I was already over the edge and gravitated to it because it was there too. I don't know. Either way, you'll know you've done it right when your kid catches you trying to skip pages because they've memorized the book.

    Of course, I'd be remiss if I didn't acknowledge Hot Wheels, and that Corvette driving game with the pop-up headlights (that's something the children of today are missing out on, that might impede their development in to the hoons of tomorrow).
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    Image of evoCS-Hench-Minion to the stars evoCS-Hench-Minion to the stars
    04:56 PM

    @Maymar: I. Loved. That. Book.
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    Image of Maxichamp Maxichamp
    05:01 PM

    @Maymar: Me too! I've been trying to find the title of that book for years. I've gotta get that for my own library. Thanks, dude.
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    Image of evoCS-Hench-Minion to the stars evoCS-Hench-Minion to the stars
    04:42 PM

    In reply to Ten Gifts To Turn Your Kid Into A Car Freak
    Correction Sam: The last time I checked, Jean Todt was dating Michelle Yeoh. Not a supermodel, but still smokin' hot.
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    Image of evoCS-Hench-Minion to the stars evoCS-Hench-Minion to the stars
    04:43 PM

    @evoCS-Hench-Minion to the stars: Oh, and in regards to the list: I've now committed this to memory.
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    Image of Sam Smith Sam Smith
    04:49 PM

    @evoCS-Hench-Minion to the stars: Arrgh! And here I though Todt was growing lamer by the day. Thanks!
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    Image of evoCS-Hench-Minion to the stars evoCS-Hench-Minion to the stars
    04:56 PM

    @Sam Smith: Easy mistake. I mean, just look at the guy. He always looks on the verge of tears.
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    Image of Mobius Mobius
    05:36 PM

    @evoCS-Hench-Minion to the stars: You would be that sad too if you had his number of Ferraris and dated Michelle Yeoh.

    Wait, that doesn't make sense, does it?
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    Image of Tanshanomi Tanshanomi
    04:41 PM

    In reply to $1.1 Million Pagani Zonda F Crashes In Hong Kong
    "...almost too gruesome to share.
    Full gallery below."

    "almost" being the operative word, there.
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    Image of Clown Shoe Pilot Clown Shoe Pilot
    04:37 PM

    In reply to Ten Gifts To Turn Your Kid Into A Car Freak
    I'd have chosen a Lego Technic set of some kind instead of the F1 pit set, but any intersection of car and Lego is a good place to be.
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    Image of Brian Brian
    04:25 PM

    In reply to $1.1 Million Pagani Zonda F Crashes In Hong Kong
    Somewhere, Richard Hammond is crying diminutive tears right now.
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    Image of bmoreDLJ bmoreDLJ
    04:24 PM

    In reply to $1.1 Million Pagani Zonda F Crashes In Hong Kong
    No, not the wing mirrors!

    BTW, thank you for not appeasing the commies by referring to Taiwan as Tai-frikkin'-wan and not "Chinese Taipei" or its less-well-known name they have for it, "The Island of Capitalist Pigs that We Own and Will Bomb One Day, Mao Willing."
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    Image of Mobius Mobius
    04:20 PM

    In reply to $1.1 Million Pagani Zonda F Crashes In Hong Kong
    Good thing it's not a Cinque that got crashed, I heard Carbotanium could get real dangerous and end the world!
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