You are not mistaken.....hardly.
Think about this.....If a person needs a definition of what a car guy is, like Sam said, then they ain't one
As a car guy or gal, you know "who is and who isn't"; you don't have to be rocket scientist to figure this one out, do you? What I'm saying is the guy who has money but doesn't know his ass from accelerator valve when it comes to cars, ain't a car guy or whatever you want to label him as. No flaming here....PLEASE just that owning a classic or soon to be one carrys responsibilitys to the hobby.
And by the way, if I saw that pinky-ringed fellow broken down on Rt 295 or the NJTP, I'd stop and get his car running for him. I always carry a pack of matches to set worn out points!!! (the flap is about .019)
If you had choice to go out in the ocean or bay with a guy and his single prop, 2-stroke Evinrude 21' boat and one said "bring the instruction book" and the other guy said "grab some tools, standard & metric", who would you go with?

I'd go with the car guy!
Jeff

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