[TinCanSailor]

Originally Posted by Qsilver7

Visceral...is the word that comes to mind when I hear or read what many f06/f12/f13 owners speak or write about their ownership of these vehicles:

Visceral feelings are feelings that you feel very deeply and find it difficult to control or ignore, and that are not the result of thought.

Intellect or logic is not necessarily the reason why someone owns or holds on to these vehicles. But the visual, the feel, the response of the engine, interior, & exterior all have a visceral affect in evoking our emotions...it bypasses our brain and goes straight to our hearts...dare I say our souls.

Visceral is exactly the word I have been looking for. I have had my problems with my car and continue to work through them. A lot of folks that I know ask me why do I keep it.

I tell them that I Love my people, family friends and colleagues, so I hold that word near and dear to my heart and stop short of using it to describe my affinity to it. The word visceral has been in my lexicon for a long time but hadn't been able to land on it when explaining this to folks.