Car obsession log

The Obsessed

The obsession, documented.

Owned, spotted, wanted. Short takes for people who stop mid-conversation because something good just drove by.

Owned

The Titan and Model 3 doing daily life now.

Spotted

Meet nights, parking lots, and surprise pulls.

Wanted

The list never gets shorter.

In the garage

Owned

Current drivers and past chapters. The useful stuff, the fun stuff, and the ones that still come up in conversation.

Silver lifted 2004 Nissan Titan with off-road tires parked outdoors

Current / 2004

Nissan Titan

The honest truck. Hauls, works, gets used, and still has enough old-school pickup feel to make errands better.

Dark grey 2018 Tesla Model 3 parked in an urban setting

Current / 2018

Model 3

Quiet speed is still speed. Not the emotional one, but impossible to ignore as a daily.

Dark blue 2016 Ford Focus ST slightly lowered with tinted windows at a car meet

Past / 2016

Focus ST

Small turbo hatch energy. Practical enough to justify, fun enough to miss.

Green lifted 2001 Toyota Tundra with off-road tires and tinted windows

Past / 2001

Toyota Tundra

Simple, tough, and useful. The kind of truck that makes newer trucks feel like they are trying too hard.

At the meets

Spotted

Cool cars do not need a velvet rope. Sometimes they are three rows over at a Saturday meet.

Warm evening car meet with enthusiast cars lined up in a parking lot

Fresno Cars and Coffee

458 Italia

Pretty, loud, impossible to ignore. The kind of car that makes the whole row stop talking.

Blackstone Ave

Widebody Challenger

Too much in exactly the right way. Big tire energy, no explanation needed.

Weekend cruise

R34 GT-R

Every generation gets one poster car. This one still earns the reaction.

Local show

AE86 Corolla

Small, light, honest. Proof that the spec sheet is not always the story.

The want list

Wanted

The cars that keep surviving every attempt to be practical.

Blue-gray first generation Raptor-style off-road truck in a dusty open lot at golden hour

The dream truck

Gen 1 Ford Raptor

The top of the list. First-gen attitude, desert truck energy, and still usable enough to make sense.

Dark Ram 3500 Cummins diesel pickup truck, tough and imposing, parked on a dusty road at dusk
01 Tow

Tow rig

Cummins 3500

Big diesel, real towing, no pretending. The practical want list still gets expensive fast.

Lamborghini Murcielago supercar at golden hour on a mountain road
02 Wild

If rich happens

Murcielago

Ridiculous in the right way. Not practical, not subtle, not something you explain to normal people.

Dark Rivian R1S electric SUV on a mountain trail in the wilderness
03 Family

Family hauler

Rivian R1S

Room for family stuff without giving up the car-nerd part of the brain.

1969 Chevrolet Nova drag car, black with racing stripes, built for the strip
04 Drag

Drag build

Classic Nova

Set up for straight-line noise, old-school attitude, and absolutely no interest in being sensible.

Rule 01

If you look back after parking, it counts.

Rule 02

A good truck deserves a little dirt.

Rule 03

Stock is fine. Boring is not.

Rule 04

Every meet has one sleeper worth finding.