Does anyone's car ACTUALLY run??????????

All I ever read is "here in a couple weeks when I put air in my tire, then it's on!"

I just don't ever see people be like "Hey, I wanna race <whoever>" then <whoever> responds with "Yes, I will just drive my car out there and then push the gas to the floor for a few seconds while you do the same"

It's always way more fucking complicated than that.