You say you are asking your close friends but in reality you are on a...

1. Import automotive forum
2. In the whoreslounge
3. Presenting a random question about yourself to the general public.
4. Where the general public doesn't give two shits and a fuck how old you are.
5. And now you want to try to justify yourself.

Cut and dry case of attentionwhoreism. Go see your doctor for a prescription.