Hey there here is my experience with the cranking fantasy so far

[CrankieMonster]

Welcome, and thanks for posting

I certainly applaud the honesty of your post, there is a lot of information shared here that many, myself included, would not have the courage to be so open about on a public forum.

That you've actually seen a therapist about this is certainly unusual, I won't press for details but I can't deny I'm certainly curious about how that went!

The stories you describe are fascinating to me, as it's in a subject matter that I'm really not particularly into myself (scooters/motorbikes) and yet, it's all so relatable - from just looking at someone you found attractive and imagining what sort of vehicle they might have, to associating all the relevant specific details of driving to your interest in their own ways.

I can also certainly relate to the ongoing march of technology where, frankly I'm not convinced reliability of cars etc. is actually on the rise at all, but the things that go wrong don't result in the pleasurable experiences of old. Certainly the expectation now is that not starting is very much a "well something's broken" scenario that discourages them from keep trying, as opposed to a not unlikely scenario in the old days. That's not to say some pretty interesting scenes don't still happen, they can, but it relies on both the unlikely event of the car, or bike etc. having a difficult start, and the driver having the mentality to keep trying it. That combination would be widespread in the old days, but now, it's certainly pretty rare, and will only keep getting rarer - fortunately, cars that are from the era I grew up in are now of the generation where, at least in other European countries, they're at throwaway prices, so tend to crop up more in pedal pumping videos than they used to. In the UK, they're becoming rarer due to scrappage incentives a few years ago. What will happen when the only cars left in substantial numbers are 2010s models and later I'm not sure. Because at 32 I'm a fair bit younger than a lot of PP fans, I always preferred what I described as 'modern cars' - however, we're now at the point where I'm starting to appreciate how people feel about new cars not giving them the same satisfaction as older ones. Once we hit around 2010-2012, I'm noticing my interest starting to wane as well, so I guess we'll just have to see how that changes over the coming years.

As far as a partner is concerned, like you, I'm single and the only partner I've been with for any length of time, I didn't discuss PP with. You seem to have a lot of courage about this sort of thing if you've offered to help people in the past, so all you can do is ask, but maybe not on the first date eh?