A Day In The Life Of A Petrolhead In 2016
8AM - Waking up in the morning
Getting out of bed every morning is probably the worst part of our everyday lives. Unless of course, it’s a Sunday morning, and you have a car meet to look forward to. After peeling your eyes open, you quickly check if your car is still in front of your house and say to yourself “What a beauty”.
9AM - Browsing used cars on the way to school / work
You use your morning commute to browse cars you can’t afford and calculate the amount of time you’d need to save up for them. This activity often turns into comparing finance deals and adding up the value of your sellable possessions.
9:30AM to 5:30PM - Pretending to work, but really you're just hanging out on the CT app
Due tomorrow? Do tomorrow. It’s time to release some stress by roasting cars in the “Roast My Ride” community.
6PM - After a hard day at "work" you jump into your car to go for cruise
Hands down the best part of your day. You forget all your troubles and head down to your favourite local twisty.
6:30PM - During your post-work cruise, you remember you haven't checked your oil level for weeks
You quickly think about the times you abused your engine (basically every red light) and cross your fingers there is still some juice in there. After confirming your dipstick is dry as a desert, you quickly check everything else on the car. Your tyres? They’ll last another couple of weeks… at least that’s what you’ve been telling to yourself for the past 3 months.
7PM - Time to fill her up
After running on fumes for the last 3 miles, you roll into the nearest petrol station to feed the beast. You put in no more than 10 litres (weight reduction bro) and promise yourself it will last you the week. On your way home you try to achieve maximum MPG but get bored and put pedal to the metal after 5 minutes of boredom.
8PM - Dinner time
Tonight you’re in for a treat. You’ve been eyeing those BBQ flavoured Ramen noodles for a while now so it’s time to put the kettle on and save another £5 towards car parts.
9PM - Watching an unnecessary amount of car videos on YouTube
Nurburgring crashes, dashcam fails, exhaust clips and old Top Gear episodes are the best to kill time before going to bed. There is something therapeutic in watching car videos while finishing off the last bits of your noodles. What time to be alive.
10PM - Checking CT notifications just one more time
That post you made as a joke ramped up an unexpected amount of comments. Before going to bed, you need to make sure you reply to everyone and clear all notifications so you can have a good night’s sleep.
Comments
lol thanks for making me laugh while readind this at work :D
9 30 to 5.. Rn
for those of us without a job, license, or a sound mind: 6am-10pm is devoted to car throttle
There is no such thing as an unneccessary amouny of car videos
I kinda feel bad if this is half accurate for anyone out there >_>
Three different things 1. I dont go to meets 2. I dont have a ride 3. I dont have to fill up my ride
I really can’t relate to checking your oil level (“6:30PM - During your post-work cruise, you remember you haven’t checked your oil level for weeks”).
Is it not common for cars to have oil level probes? (of course it doesn’t tell you the condition of the oil, only the amount)
Legit :)
not, my life, because i’m a minor with an open-wheeler that doesn’t run atm.
Way too accurate