Would you have the same group of friends?

doubt it, i met most of the friends i actually hang out with through cars... if i wasn't into cars, I'd definitely be spending a lot more time with the plane crowd at the airport which are usually older than i am; contrasted to myself being the "older" guy in the group of car guys. I'm not saying that the friends i have now are not good ones, i probably wouldn't have met many of them had it not been for me playing around with Hondas.

Would you have the same significant other?

yes indeed

Would you have the same lifestyle?

most of what i do aside from work would be different, aircraft portion wouldn't change though.

Would people think any differently of you, had you never owned that car?

yes, they wouldn't ask me to fix theirs.

MAIN QUESTION:

If you didn't have your car, would people still think of you in the same respect or would it be lesser?

I like to think they'd respect me the same, just see who i am in a different light. Instead of the "car and plane guy", I'd just be the aircraft guy.

-jonathan