Enthusiasm...what could that possibly mean to people like us? Does that include the time range of which a fad comes in and out? or does it obstain itself from a whole range of never ending popularity? I cant imagine what that word could mean anymore...I used to know but now it becomes a fuzzy mist like driving on 64 over the Appalachian Mts. I will attempt to define it and the determining factor to the best of my ability but i get the feeling that when im finished...ill just come to realize that the answer probably doesnt exist.
We acknowldege that our Enthusiam exists because like a drug it addicts us to it. During the time ive met all sorts of "enthusiats", and i could tell you whos in it for the fight, or whos in it for the glory and perhaps both. Perhaps age is the direct correlate between those who consider this a life instead of a lifestyle. For some its income, and for others its outcome. Some people need it for the sense of belonging while others thrive on their individuality. Then again...perhaps money is the factor that changes the way a person plays the "game."
A persons character comes out in its true form when youve been in it long enough and their cars reflect that character. Ive been told that a car is simply an extension of ones' own image. Then what does it say about the owners of these cars when you see a 12 year old Corrado walk a s2000 or a 13 second probe is built literlly from the muffler to the bumper or a 240sx that puts down 300whp who i havent seen this much ghetto riggin since Frankenstein. Do these people really differ from everybodys own favorite Ricer who buzzes his fartcannon around town and is considered the lowlife? Or...are they put in the same catagory and generalized as one in the same?... i say there is a PROFOUND difference that lies between every individual no matter what they drive or how it drives as long as their "enthusiasm" exists. And the Difference should not be judged by someone who is themselves different from everybody else.