YES!!!! 
Very nice. That will put you back into the seat pretty well.
I believe that's included in the Alfa Romeo handbook... 
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This post would be too long with the vehicles I've owned PRIOR to what I have now.... 
I do way too many oil changes....
The 2 wheel version...
Heavily modified and owned since it was new
The sporty one...
The daily driver, kind of...
Newest toy
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Hey - is that a 350z? I had its grandfather, a Datsun 240Z, about 40 years ago. It was bright yellow and would fishtail very easily. I don't drive anything remotely sporty now - a small hybrid.
Edit: Also had a Triumph Herald with a 948 cc engine. That was fun to drive too. My last few pre-hybrid cars have been VW diesels. And Volvos. If I ever buy another car, I'd like it to be all electric.
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Yep!
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How about "Dumbest thing I ever did when working on one of my cars" sub-category. 
Replacing stock struts/shocks on VW Scirocco (another fun little car I owned) w/KYB replacements. Did it all alone, and of course started late so it was dark before I finished and I'm working in partial light. Not smart generally. Yup, still in early 20's.
I was using a spring compressor probably created in the late 1800's that I had borrowed from a friend. Never seen or done this before but of course it's no big deal, I'll handle it.
I didn't get the compressor on correctly on the first spring and at one point it lost grip on the spring. I was about 1/2" away from a gazillion pounds of presurre suddenly releasing, and almost lost at least a finger, maybe more.
The sound it made when it let go and the spring hit the car is something I'll never forget. I was so shakey I had to sit down for 15 minutes to calm down. Of course I didn't stop, went back at it and got it done, but also decided that I would pay for that kind of work in the future. I've swapped engines on cars w/friends, but I have never gone near compressed springs since...
Side note: When I finished w/the shocks, the rear end of the car was lifted several inches, really noticeable and not at all what I wanted. I took it to the local shop where I had gotten the shocks and they were also mystified, and even offered to replace the shocks for me in case they were bad. I suggested we wait a bit to see if they'd settle, as it seemed an odd coincidence that two shocks would randomly both be bad. Couple friends looked at it, made great fun of me, but couldn't figure it out. People were stopping me in parking lots and asking how I had done it! 
Led to lots of interesting conversations...
I finally figured it out after a week or so when I was looking at the car and the car manual over and over. I had reversed the rear shock caps - I had put them back in upside down, and they unfortunately fit perfectly that way. [eek!] I took it back to the shop and we all had a good laugh at my expense, and they were nice enought to put them back to normal position for me. Happy ending. 
But it was long while before I stopped getting a recurring ribbing from my car-friends the "Custom Scirocco lift-kit" I had installed.
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Yeah but those 240Zs would take a cloverleaf at 60mph no sweat. Amazing little beasts!
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Wife had a 280zx in grad school...fun in a straight line, never trusted it on twisties. [eek!]
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Y'all can go fast. I can go anywhere. That said, I did thoroughly enjoy my Camaro back when I was young and had too much money.
'03 Jeep TJ Sport
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Here's my Superlite SLC. I built it over a 7 year period.
It's powered by a dry-sump LS7, connected to a Ricardo 6-speed from a 2006 Ford GT. All aluminum chassis, with a 6-point cage.
Heat and AC as the windows are fixed.
Lots of electronics, including it's own wifi network and webserver, used to control much of the car's features set.
320W amp powering an 8" JL sub and pairs of Morels in the doors. Android tablet provides music, internet, OBD2 tools, etc.
No integration with Hubitat, though- is that a disqualifier?
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We could be brothers.
I was changing out the shocks on my 77 Scirocco, and had a spring compressor, but it was too fiddly, and I really didn't need it, right?
Uh no, I guess I really did need it. While I was unscrewing the top shock nut, it seemed like it wasn't under much force, so I just kept on it until... It flew off, the top hit me in the head, and knocked me unconscious for a few moments.
I think I still have a small scar above my eye after 40 years or more.
Lesson learned: always use a spring compressor!
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Now that's cool! good work!
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Wow, just wow! 
That looks incredible sir!
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Wow, that's amazing. Same car, same doofus-level intelligence.
We were separated at birth, luckily, or we'd likely have killed both of us long ago.
If you don't mind I'll adjust this slightly:
Lesson learned: always pay someone else to use a spring compressor!
Was yours gold, too?!
I drive a prius 
Waiting on the prius jokes
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When I was driving down to Santa Barbara last year, I was cruising along at 90mph in the rental Charger RT when a Prius Prime went flying past! He was doing about 100mph because I decided to follow him as I figured If there where cops about, they’d nab him as he was in front. 
I had no idea a Prius could go that fast!
A couple of mine, there are many more bikes and a land rover in the stable as well but these are probably my favourites.
Very, very modified 1991 ZZR1100C. I like my vehicles to be scruffy, mostly because it amuses me to surprise people.
This costs nothing to run and can actually haul a surprising amount of stuff around, its relatively stock apart from an upgraded drivers seat and stereo. I'll put a large bike engine into it one day, purely because taking off from the lights on the back wheels would be worth the hassle. Until then it's a good little "sensible" vehicle.
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Yeah, what the heck? Three-wheeler.
A lot of nice rides around here, very impressive. This is my mid-life crisis snake in the driveway. Last year with 3 pedals, gotta have a stick! integrated with Alexa and Alexa to Hubitat so it's a Hubitat-in-law.
Oh, and if I don't need to get anywhere in a hurry; for the math inclined ((Shelby HP) * 10%) = ...
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