as an escape from boredom, stress, and time deadlines. I work as a flat-rate auto tech, so all day it's go, go, go.......need it yesterday type environment. when I get to my work bench at home, I can spend as much time as I want fiddling with a part to get it just right in my eyes, no rush, and if I get tired, or uninterested I can walk away.
I also love cars and trucks, I had 1:1 muscle cars and after awhile that got out of hand money-wise, so now I build [or am going to build] all the 1:1 cars I would love to have.