I'd like to point out that there's a difference between "car guy" and "hotrodder". People often use the terms interchangeably, but are they really? Hotrodders hotrod things, not just cars. Pulling tractors/trucks are hotrodded. Racing mowers are hotrodded. A 2004 Jeep Wrangler with a blower is hotrodded. Just because it's new doesn't mean it can't be hotrodded.
A car guy has cars/trucks for more than just basic transportation. "checkbook hotrodders" and new "factory hotrod" buyers can be labeled car guys (unless they're buying it for an "investment"). Anyone making something faster or more powerful is "hotrodding" it, thus making them a "hotrodder". Not that either is better than the other, and the territory overlaps often, but they are not the same. Just how I see it.
A car guy has cars/trucks for more than just basic transportation. "checkbook hotrodders" and new "factory hotrod" buyers can be labeled car guys (unless they're buying it for an "investment"). Anyone making something faster or more powerful is "hotrodding" it, thus making them a "hotrodder". Not that either is better than the other, and the territory overlaps often, but they are not the same. Just how I see it.
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