5 Ways To Spot A Petrolhead In Everyday Social Situations
1. Taking the racing line everywhere
Whether it’s in the office, at school or the supermarket, petrolheads will never meander. The racing line will be adhered to at all times.
2. Drifting supermarket trolleys
Speaking of supermarkets, you can always spot petrolheads because trolleys are the best drift weapons this side of a Nissan S-chassis, and no self-respecting car nut could resist kicking the back out on one of these beasts.
3. Comparing the stats on everything
People who like cars are often obsessed with stats, and more importantly comparing stats to find a winner. Find yourself in a group of strangers at a party, and the petrolhead is probably the guy who’s comparing the figures on two inanimate objects…
4. Braking from the passenger seat
Petrolheads hate it when other people drive. If you’re in the car with someone who’s going through the motions - mainly braking in quiet terror - they’re probably serious about driving.
5. Everything is a shifter
No matter what it is, even if it’s not shifter-shaped. If it’s by your side, it can become a shifter for the bored. Spot someone grabbing a television remote and absent-mindedly smashing through the gears, and you’ve found your secret petrolhead.
Comments
Very true, especially everything being used as a shifter. As a male sometimes I treat my…………., nevermind…
Popping wheelies with kids in the cart, I always do that with my son in the grocery
What about REV ALL THE HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCES!!!
Every Friday morning I go shopping when the supermarket has just opened. I’m usually the only one in there and I time my “lap” around the aisles, trying to beat it each week. It’s got to the point that I don’t stop when getting stuff off the shelves and am near enough jogging round.
‘’Everything is a shifter’’
Accurate AF!
Thats just like me! 😂
True as hell
This is so true
practice “phone locked to camera” time , so next time you can photograph that awesome car flying by on time