5 Ways To Spot A Petrolhead In Everyday Social Situations

It's easy to find like-minded individuals at car shows, but if you know what to look for, there are tell-tale signs that give petrolheads away even when there are no cars in sight
5 Ways To Spot A Petrolhead In Everyday Social Situations

1. Taking the racing line everywhere

5 Ways To Spot A Petrolhead In Everyday Social Situations

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

5 Ways To Spot A Petrolhead In Everyday Social Situations

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

5 Ways To Spot A Petrolhead In Everyday Social Situations

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

5 Ways To Spot A Petrolhead In Everyday Social Situations

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

5 Ways To Spot A Petrolhead In Everyday Social Situations

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.

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Comments

Sudip Suresh

your almost correct

04/01/2016 - 15:36 |
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Storklubba

100 % acurate

04/01/2016 - 15:37 |
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Murican Ricer

Have you every tried drifting a trolley/cart in the snow? Feels so good

04/01/2016 - 15:38 |
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Anonymous

i always brake in other peoples cars :S also drifting shopping trolleys and taking that racing line is the only thing that kept me entertained during shopping trips every weekend as a lad

04/01/2016 - 15:39 |
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AvoxJake

You forgot; Testing the trolley’s 1/4 mile time in the supermarket’s…

04/01/2016 - 15:40 |
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You mean standing AILE, HAH! Geddit? Kay.

04/01/2016 - 15:50 |
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skyfan123

drifted a shooping trolley once and crashed it into a pile of apples,#driftmissile

04/01/2016 - 15:40 |
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Still better than alex with phil

04/01/2016 - 16:13 |
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When I was young I tried to run and drift with a trolley. It flipped over, I broke my wrist and my mom was mad at me. 15 years later, I still drift at supermarket

04/02/2016 - 10:16 |
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Anonymous

That last one is me with every water bottle I touch

04/01/2016 - 15:40 |
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TheGreatDane

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

Me too! I even did it with an umbrella when I went to a soccer game.

04/01/2016 - 15:43 |
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Anonymous

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

I do that in my car because I have an automatic

04/01/2016 - 15:47 |
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Anonymous

Looking round when you hear a nice engine note

04/01/2016 - 15:40 |
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Anonymous

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

Me all day, i swear i should have whiplash by now

04/01/2016 - 17:04 |
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TurboKickedIn!!!

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

I tell whoever is talking to me to stop, until it is gone.

04/02/2016 - 03:02 |
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Garrett Mehre

Everything except the microwave loo

04/01/2016 - 15:42 |
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On the Apex

6-everything disc-shaped is a steering wheel.

04/01/2016 - 15:42 |
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