Our Car-Loving Eldest Son

In our family, we have an 8-year-old eldest daughter, a 5-year-old second daughter, and a 2-year-old eldest son. While the two older sisters have absolutely no interest in cars, our eldest son is currently growing up to be a car enthusiast.

Today, I want to share a story about that eldest son.

When our son was born, my husband said,

The very first car he rides should be the best car we have at home!

and, unbelievably, he came to the hospital in our two-seater GT3 to pick him up, then drove home with our son alone (I went home in my mother’s car who came with me, lol).

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Being our first boy, my husband seemed to have the hope that our eldest son would grow to love cars, but he also said,

If I talk too much about cars, he might lose interest, so I won’t mention or force anything about cars at all after he was born.

So he never bought him lots of toy cars or took him for rides in our cars.

Whether that approach worked or not… our son started showing interest in cars around his first birthday, getting super excited whenever he saw cars in the city or parking lots, shouting “Cool! Cool!” He still plays with toy cars from morning till night. (Maybe that’s typical for boys his age.)

Lately, it seems he’s beginning to notice the differences in car appearances more and more.

He also loves the Porsche emblem and gets excited jumping around when watching Porsche videos on YouTube. When he touches real Porsche emblems or wheel caps, his face lights up with a big smile.

When my husband goes out driving, our son’s eyes sparkle saying, “Take me with you!” (and if he realizes he can’t go, he’s utterly devastated, like the end of the world, lol).

When we come home to the driveway and my husband is out, if the Porsche isn’t parked beside us, our son looks disappointed saying, “Huh? It’s not here… it’s not here…” — it’s really adorable to watch.

Refusing to Ride in the Swift Sport!?

Recently, that eldest son has started refusing to ride in my beloved Swift Sport.

It’s not that he dislikes the Swift Sport, but more like he’s saying, “There’s a Porsche right next to the Swift Sport, so why don’t we ride that instead!?” Just the other day, he cried because he desperately wanted to ride in the Porsche.

That said, since he didn’t have the keys, I had no choice but to make him ride in the Swift Sport. But imagining him crying every time we go shopping or to daycare is a bit worrying for the future.

Since he loves Porsche so much, it might be tough to do every time, but (since my husband usually drives it) maybe I’ll let him ride in the Porsche occasionally.

At the same time, I hope that when he’s a little older, he’ll come to understand the joy of driving cars…

I really hope he’ll realize that “Of course Porsche is amazing, but the Swift Sport is also a nimble, fun-to-drive car (it’s a manual, after all) that’s enjoyable to drive.” That’s what I’m thinking these days (laughs).