4 Signs You're Maturing As a Car Enthusiast...

4 Signs You're Maturing As a Car Enthusiast...What marks your maturity as a Veteran Car Enthusiast? A Faster Car? Your Skill at Driving? Your ability to work on cars? Or the literal years you’ve spent as a Car Enthusiast? Perhaps, it’s deeper than that, or perhaps it’s not deep at all, but rather the opposite. It’s so simple, but most people fail to grasp that simplicity as they live in their stubbornness, or unbeknownst to themselves, have already grasped that simplicity and matured accordingly, they just don’t know how to put it into words. In this video, I’ll tell you my personal journey as an Car Enthusiast. Rejecting Brand Loyalty
It’s great to keep an open mind, try out as many brands as possible, see the strengths and weaknesses. I’m not saying to love every brand, but for crying out loud, love more than just 1, 2, or just Domestic vs. Imports. The amount of brains I’ve made fail to function by saying, “I respect Tuners and Muscle”

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[SPICYCHILLY]

Some Super cub content or Harley content on this channel would be incredible

[PhilVillagerOffical]

"it's not gonna be deep"
"Once you accept what is possible, you can chase the impossible."

[broganweston]

This ain’t a video about cars, this is the best life lesson I’ve ever heard 😅

[caffeinatedbean]

Bladed I've followed you since I've had my permit, and now I am getting my license you were the channel that made me grow as a enthusiast your raw words made me realize my own stupidity and understanding in personal taste.. Thank You.

[KevinReillySV]

Number one sign you’re maturing is, you find yourself appreciating all sorts of different cars for different reasons. Not being toxic, and finding yourself loving cars for the cars themselves not others opinions or what’s better than another.

[diveshwarsaravanan]

Seems like you yourself reached peak maturity in this field of hobby.

Your last point about not caring about people's expectation kinda hits home as someone who constantly worries about what other people think.

[o-owow]

mans talking to humans in third person like hes an alien

[genericnickname]

I work at the DMV and constantly “car-spot” in peoples records. It is really fun to just casually ask someone if they still have their Isuzu I Mark and listen to them getting all excited and talking about their car while I do their title work or renewals. I have learned to appreciate so many vehicles far outside of my usual tastes just from watching my tired, cranky customers suddenly light up to tell me all about their car. I have learned so much just from plopping VINs into my decoder, learning a bit about the car in my free time, and keeping my eyes peeled for it again in the future.

[mwhunter]

12:50 i love how this isn't applied to only being a car enthusiast, in life it's the same thing, you sometimes just let go of your expectations and just living the life it is.

[ijfskcrw]

4 resonated with me very much. I always wanted a really flashy car but now a days a MK4 Golf is what does it for me. You learn to appreciate things other than a price tag and a spec sheet. Once you get rid of that feeling of "I have to have the best" life in general is so much more enjoyable. Learn what makes you happy not others, and if that's the high price tag and crazy digits on the spec sheets then be it but not everyone can do it and people should really learn that being humble will take you a good distance in life all together.

[VeilsideTofu]

For me, it was growing up from liking stance and rocket bunny kits, into the early 2000’s tuning I grew up with, aka „ricing”. Early 2000’s bodykits, neons, TVs in trunks rock.

[FabStream]

Basically being able to appreciate any car, and humbly liking what you like without putting others down is maturity to me.

[umlautabuser]

For me the sign of maturing is understanding that there is no objectively best car. Every car has its own quirks and stuff, and that's nice.

[snoopythemage]

The section about the Supercub is exactly how I feel about my BRZ. It isn't fast and it definitely has it's problems but it's by far my favorite car out there and it makes me so happy seeing people have the same passion about literally anything.

[gnralnsanity]

My mother was a gearhead who loved mustangs in her youth and she had a huge appreciation for cars like Volvo station wagons and VW hatchbacks so naturally I grew up loving anything with an engine and wheels and my first engine was a cheap quad that was imported from China lol this was 20 or so years ago

[trevorjones]

That last point hit me hard. In high school I loved supercars and went all over to see all that I could and take pictures of them. My group of friends all ended up getting mustangs and I had this expectation to buy one too. In college it was the same thing, all of my friends drove manual sports cars and I had a CVT Sentra and I felt so behind. When searching for a car I looked at so many sports cars and unreliable or otherwise broken weird cars that I'd adore to drive but couldn't afford or it wouldn't be practical for me. I wanted to impress everyone and fit in and finally I had to let go and I ended up buying a 1997 Honda Accord with a manual and it's been so much fun and I love it. I've learned to fix things, I've learned to drive a manual, and I've learned to respect cars even more than I did before when driving a slow CVT economy car. Not worrying about what others think is so important and it was the hardest thing for me to get over but getting over it is so worth it and now my friends still hang out with me and love the car. It's even more practical so we can all ride together in it

[sabastiangipson]

I've definitely done the first I used to be very brand loyal but just growing up and maturing in the car community has made me like other brands and cars I used to hate for no reason

[Iridiumcosmos]

Brand loyalty nerds are the absolute worst. I’m one of the few in my group who appreciate all cars but my friends stay talking shit about Euro cars. So I’m glad you touched up on that topic.

I had an MK6 Jetta that took me well, reliable, and was very budget friendly on the maintenance. I used to be the guy to despise VW until I actually owned and driven one. Not to mention their customer service is top notch.

[OutrunRewind]

another week, another round of Bladed's life advices

on a side note, i feel you on the last one, the "not caring"
like, i used to be very afraid of upsetting other people and choose my words carefully (by which i mean not speak at all) but after this pandemic, i feel like i just, stopped caring about everything
why be bothered if someone thinks of you a certain way, don't care and just carry on

[Ed-xvjl]

When listing the big JDM cars of the 90s/early00s, my guy really skipped the mk4 and mentioned the 3000gt. I think I'm in love with this channel now 😍