r/BeAmazed • u/Soloflow786 • Feb 19 '25

Miscellaneous / Others A birthday he'll never forget 🎂🏎️

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u/TheBrontosaurus Feb 19 '25

Almost all the car guys I know love showing their cars off to kids. Maybe because an overly enthusiastic 8 year old is the only person who will show their cars what they deem an appropriate amount of appreciation.

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u/iwanttobeacavediver Feb 20 '25

Reminds me of the time I was at a motorbike cafe in Wales. There was this little boy aged about 5ish who seemed to have autism or similar and he was running about squealing with sheer happiness at seeing all these bright shiny touring motorbikes with his dad trying to keep up. The actual motorbikers who were outside having their coffee and lunches were just going with it and loving showing him bits of bike, revving loudly and letting him see their jackets and helmets and stuff. I was walking past this massive blue Honda Goldwing and the biker was taking a picture of the kid pretending to ride the bike on what must have been the dad's phone.

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u/Mammoth-Muffin-591 Feb 20 '25

Oh it's not about the appreciation, I know this will sound cheesy, but we usually never turn down a kids request because we were that kid a long time ago. And it just fills me up with joy that I can spark the same emotions I had as a kid while seeing all these beautiful cars.

I don't drive a supercar by all means, I have a modified fd1 civic, and everytime a kid has asked me to rev or get a picture I am filled with such emotions that i cannot describe. It truly is amazing 🥹

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u/Lou_C_Fer Feb 20 '25

I used to hang out with a dude that was into old muscle cars. He and his dad rebuilt them. He had a '69 road runner that looked and ran like it was just off of the lot. It was pretty fucking cool cruising around in that thing as a young man.

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u/sphericalhors Feb 20 '25

That's my first thought. I bet that its not only a big day for that boy, but also all those car owners are happy because they are desperate to flex their cars.

TBH I was expecting for someone to take that boy for a short ride. It will not take a lot of effort when they already there.

However, I'm not saying that the fact that they decided to come doesn't worth appreciation by itself.

If you can afford a car like that, your time must cost a lot.