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Originally Posted by DA34GUY

How many on here drive their Hot Rod more than 5000 miles a year anyway. Not too many I suspect. Most are "ZIP code Hotrodders" to me.

Your "ZIP code Hotrodder" term makes it sound like it's a negative thing. Just like seat structure and comfort, there's a lot of different circumstances and it's not a one size fits all world, at least in my opinion. What fits for you might not be right for another guy, but that doesn't make the other guy wrong, again in my opinion.

Originally Posted by rspears

Your "ZIP code Hotrodder" term makes it sound like it's a negative thing. Just like seat structure and comfort, there's a lot of different circumstances and it's not a one size fits all world, at least in my opinion. What fits for you might not be right for another guy, but that doesn't make the other guy wrong, again in my opinion.

My comment was more to the guy who may have a righteous hot rod, but also has obligations or commitments that make it all but impossible for him to hit the road for even a long weekend in his hobby car - the guy that's working a job that gives him Sundays off (if he's lucky); the guy who's working a second job on weekends to help his family have more than he had as a kid; the guy who attends his kid's sporting events every weekend of the year when he's not working; the retired guy who's income doesn't support long road trips, or who's the primary care giver for an elderly parent; or the guy who just may not like sitting around in a lawn chair at a big national/regional event. Some folks are simply not able to, or may just choose not to do the long road trip in a hot rod, but that's not a negative thing to me, and it's not a reason to put them in a box. The comment just struck me wrong, and I'll get off the soap box.