Automotive Enthusiasm Quotes

Out of the car I am normal, calm. In the car I want to give my best. It is passion, when you are passionate about something you give everything. I change quite a lot when I am in the car.

I've been saying I really want to get a 1992 Jeep Sahara, and I'm going to paint it so it looks like the 'Jurassic Park' Jeep. I've actually seen a guy who did have a Jeep Sahara, and he did make it look like the 'Jurassic Park' Jeep. I gave him a thumbs up and said, 'You're awesome!'

The first car I ever owned was an Italian sports car, a convertible, and I've kind of owned everything under the sun since then.

Volkswagen has been, is, and will always be my life.

My dad is into cars.

I've always been a bit of a car freak.

I do miss the Avalanche. That's the my favorite car of all time, but that Dodge Ram Rebel has overtaken the Avalanche; I just love that truck. It's got good vents in the hood; there's no running boards underneath, so I can go Baja-ing if I want to, off-roading.

The fact is I don't drive just to get from A to B. I enjoy feeling the car's reactions, becoming part of it.

At the end of the day, my natural habitat is in a car and I am happiest in that environment.

I don't live on a hill. I live down under a hill, in the bottom and I've got a lot of cars, yeah.

I love American muscle cars. It's my thing.

In the last three years of racing I've met as many women fans as men fans, and in NASCAR it's the same thing. My wife loves cars, but the difference is she doesn't have 20 years of understanding the background of them. She basically drives them and uses her gut feelings as to which is best.

Americans spend a lot more money on their cars, especially the older gentlemen who see it as their pride and joy.

I've always been a car guy.

What I would like to do... once I take care of all my kids' student loans, is buy a red 1965 Mustang and fully restore it.

I've always wanted an old Vette... like, a '67 Stingray is the car I'd want.

I have an old Shelby '68 Mustang that I don't drive.

I have yet to meet anyone quite so stubborn as myself and animated by this overpowering passion that leaves me no time for thought or anything else. I have, in fact, no interest in life outside racing cars.

I didn't grow up around a lot of souped-up automobiles. I love my Prius.

I used to have go-karts and mopeds and motorcycles when I was a kid. Then my grandpa let me drive a real car at about 13 or 14 and I just... I never cared about bikes again after that.

I always loved cars. I don't know why, I can't explain it to you. It has always been with me.

When I go to rallies and I see other people driving, I feel I would much rather be behind the wheel myself. That is where I get the most excitement.

In high school, all my friends' older brothers had these cars. I had a number of friends whose brothers collected Dodges and Plymouths and some of the coolest cars I've ever seen when I was a kid. I was just flabbergasted.

I knew a dude whose entire check was going to his car. He didn't care. This is back when the Mustang 5.0 came out in, like, '82. Between paying the note and insurance, I think he had like $40 left. A lot of people knew people because of their car, and not them.

If I don't like the car, I don't get excited about racing it.