Wankel
Suggested by DLBedford
You’d be surprised how common this one is. Given Wankel’s political leanings, however, I might refrain, myself.
I’m a car guy, but I ride a motorcycle most days, so I’ve thought about getting a tattoo down my left leg that goes from top to bottom 5 4 3 2 N 1 (motorcycle shift pattern).
Suggested by Stillnotatony
This is a pretty great idea. Sadly my favorite motorcycle doesn’t have any gears.
Maybe a 10mm socket so that I’d always be able to find it…
Suggested by BuddyS
Hopefully whatever body part you get it on sticks around longer than my 10mm sockets.
Id get a schematic drawing of Ducati Desmo valves
Suggested by denverdawg123
Excellent. Next time I need to adjust my valves, I’ll just call you up and you can come over for me to reference.
Like Adam Savage, I’d probably want one to be useful. And I really like the ruler he tattooed on his forearm. So perhaps something similar to that … it would be car useful, but not specific to any car.
Suggested by dolsh
This is probably more useful than all of my fellow millennials who got a little mustache tattooed on the inside of their pointer finger.
Something from Ed “Big Daddy” Roth…
Suggested by Jimboy II, The Sequel
You little ratfink!
The closest thing I’d consider is the letters YYZ, which is one track over from Red Barchetta…
Suggested by Carrercrytharis
The Toronto airport code is transportation related, at least.
1978 Ford F-250 Dentside in Jade Metallic. It was the truck my dad had when I was a little kid and to this day, I think it’s the coolest truck of all time.
Suggested by Kaleb Carter
This is a really cool idea, but you might find it difficult to get a metallic to look right on a matte canvas.
The Dunlop CR65 or CR82 race tire tread pattern around an arm or leg, or maybe diagonally across my body. Fortunately I cannot get a tattoo for medical reasons.
As an aside, this reminds me not long after Art Modell moved the Cleveland Browns franchise to Baltimore, I saw a dude with a huge Cleveland Browns tattoo on his upper arm. That had to hurt in more ways than one. He looked pretty ornery and his arm was bigger than my thigh, so I wasn’t going to try to joke about it.
Suggested by Michael Rosenfeld
This is probably my favorite of the suggestions. I love the zig zag pattern of the CR82 myself, but you do what’s right for you.
And yes, thankfully the Browns came back to the CLE, but now they’re moving to Brook Park and that’s definitely not Cleveland, either.
I’ll just get a tattoo of an alternator and below it it’ll say turbocharger.
Suggested by EvoG35VIII
Excellent vintage Jalopnik reference, my friend. Now, do you sell V8 Motorcycle?
